who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
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Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
lol that's no '68.
lol that's no '68.
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
It's possible he is the original owner - a store might have sold it to him in 1980 after having it sit for a few years.
It's possible he is the original owner - a store might have sold it to him in 1980 after having it sit for a few years.
ginormous
Understatmentologist
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
"Reconditioned by Fender"?
Maybe, just maybe, it's a 1968 defective return that got rebuilt, and sold as a factory second to a Fender employee at the time.
IIRC, that was right in the midst of the CBS era, and they didn't care so much about QC as Leo, Fred White and Freddie Tavares did.
"One owner"? Perhaps bought from the original owner.
Anyhow, the speaker swap renders the whole issue moot. Without at least the OEM JBLs in there, I wouldn't bother.
"Reconditioned by Fender"?
Maybe, just maybe, it's a 1968 defective return that got rebuilt, and sold as a factory second to a Fender employee at the time.
IIRC, that was right in the midst of the CBS era, and they didn't care so much about QC as Leo, Fred White and Freddie Tavares did.
"One owner"? Perhaps bought from the original owner.
Anyhow, the speaker swap renders the whole issue moot. Without at least the OEM JBLs in there, I wouldn't bother.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
It looks like a late 70's, which can sound good if it's reconditioned and has good speakers.
It's interesting that the smaller Fender amps fetch higher prices than the old Twins.
That amp could be made to sound much better if you change the hum balance to a bias circuit by moving two wires, and also swap some resistors to blackface it.
It looks like a late 70's, which can sound good if it's reconditioned and has good speakers.
It's interesting that the smaller Fender amps fetch higher prices than the old Twins.
That amp could be made to sound much better if you change the hum balance to a bias circuit by moving two wires, and also swap some resistors to blackface it.
Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
Wanker.
Wanker.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
http://www.ggjaguar.com/fendamp5.htm
its a 1981. He prolly bought it new but 1980/1981 is a long time ago so he prolly mixed up the date of purchase.
http://www.ggjaguar.com/fendamp5.htm
its a 1981. He prolly bought it new but 1980/1981 is a long time ago so he prolly mixed up the date of purchase.
Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
Re: who has $900 bucks and wants a '68 Twin Reverb?
he's probably calling it a 68 because if you find a silverface Fender in a modern gear catalogue it's a '68 Custom Reissue'.
dude just isn't savvy.....
he's probably calling it a 68 because if you find a silverface Fender in a modern gear catalogue it's a '68 Custom Reissue'.
dude just isn't savvy.....
