NAMM 2014 Fender announce 65 Deluxe Reverb head and 57 Deluxe
Okay, over the last couple of years (as I have been getting older !), I have started to come to love the sound of Fender valve amps above many other amps! Yes, in my formative years, if you cut me I would have bled Marshall, through and through and Marshall still is my go to rock amp, no denying! In those years, I hated Fender amps, I just didn't get it, yeah so they are clean, so what...I want to rock and yes Marshall cleans (for me) aren't great, but I can certainly work with them! Anyway, roll forward and I took a chance one day and tried a Fender amp, and was kind of hooked on that gorgeous bluesy, clean, glimmering tone. Needless to say, I have been gigging with a Fender Blues Junior III (because of it's size and wattage) for the last three years, and it works very well with pedals. But I have always had my eye on the 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue (DRRI), and tried them out countless times, it is a lovely lovely amp, but rather pricey in the combo form, but not too bad. I am therefore overjoyed to see that Fender are releasing a head version (which I could use with my lovely 2 x 12 cab), this should be awesome and I am sure it will be a great seller.From the press release
Fender is proud to offer fresh takes on two perennial favorites, the '65 Deluxe Reverb® Head and '57 Deluxe™ Amp.The '65 Deluxe Reverb Head amp in classic Black is perfect for rock, country or blues players who want a moderately powered amp they can crank up at the gig or in the studio. Featuring 22 watts of tube power, the '65 Deluxe Reverb head offers two 6V6 Groove Tubes output tubes, one 5AR4 rectifier tube, four 12AX7 preamp tubes, two 12AT7 tubes, dual channels (normal and vibrato), tube-driven Fender reverb, tube vibrato and two-button footswitch for reverb and vibrato one-off.
I am very excited about this one, now if TC Electronic release an update to the Nova system, I will be totally sorted for years to come :)PeaceNeil
