Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 I just got back from selling my Princeton Reverb and look what I picked up on my way home... for $800. I have a few concerns. It doesn't have the black vertical lines on the face plate like any other Drip Edge Fender amp I've seen. The tremolo doesn't work without the pedal switch, and the amp hasn't been converted to a proper 3 prong cord. So what do you think is the deal? Is it a real drip edge model or an early silverface with a drip edge trim shoved in there? The amp sounds great, has quite a ton of clean headroom for single coils though. Why wouldn't the tremolo work without the pedal? I don't have a pedal, brought it to Guitar Center and they had an old amp with a proper RCA pedal. When I plugged it in (I got quite a jolt of an electrical shock) but the tremolo worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 The tremelo doesn't work on my 1965 Super Reverb reissue without the pedal either. Reverb does....but if you turn off the reverb with the pedal and remove the pedal, it won't work until you plug the pedal in and turn it back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 My trem on my 76 Twin Reverb doesn't work without the pedal. Neither does the reverb actually. I don't know much other than that. I LOVE Super Reverbs in just about any shape and form, and wanted to say I'm jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Lovely! I love me some Silverfaces. You'll need a footswitch (RCA type) to turn the tremolo off and on, but the reverb is default "on" all the time, unless you turn it off with the footswitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Do you have any idea of the date? I'm guess 1968-69. I've just never seen a drip edge without the black lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members littlemilo Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Nice amp! The 4 10s in Supers give them a sound like no other Fender. I have a few concerns. It doesn't have the black vertical lines on the face plate like any other Drip Edge Fender amp I've seen. Only the very early silverfaces have the blacklines (late 67/early 68). The drip edge was used from 67 to 69. Here's my 67 bassman for reference. I'll trade ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'd say it's a '69. All the transformer codes have 9's in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Would you say that $800 was a steal? Sure feels like it. I've played one of those Bassmans before and it kicked ass. I know of a guitar center that has one that's identical to yours for $600-700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members littlemilo Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 The only bad part about a Super is moving it. Not quite as heavy as a Twin, but much more clumsy due to the size. But yeah, you got a great deal. Congrats, HNAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Dear lord, this amp smells like it spent its lifetime in a Grateful Dead tour bus. Any tips on how to get the smell of pot out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Crow Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Nice amp! The 4 10s in Supers give them a sound like no other Fender. Only the very early silverfaces have the blacklines (late 67/early 68). The drip edge was used from 67 to 69. Here's my 67 bassman for reference. I'll trade ya. I just bought a 1969 Fender Vibrolux Reverb. It has the blacklines on the face plate, but no drip edge. Got it from the original owner,never modded. I'm guessing there is quite a bit of variation in this time period. Great looking Super. According to Ampwares, the Super Reverb is even heavier than a Twin Reverb! Great tone comes with a price! I think $800 is a very good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 I just bought a 1969 Fender Vibrolux Reverb. It has the blacklines on the face plate, but no drip edge. Got it from the original owner,never modded. I'm guessing there is quite a bit of variation in this time period. Great looking Super. According to Ampwares, the Super Reverb is even heavier than a Twin Reverb! Great tone comes with a price!I think $800 is a very good price. YIKES I gig a Twin... and it sure is a heavy thing. I bought a collapsible dolly to carry it on but half the time you have to carry it up steps or gravel or something. Good luck with that! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Crow Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 YIKES I gig a Twin... and it sure is a heavy thing. I bought a collapsible dolly to carry it on but half the time you have to carry it up steps or gravel or something. Good luck with that! Haha Yeah, 86 pounds for a Super Reverb, and 69 pounds for a Twin reverb. I had a 1968 Fender Super Reverb, and it was unbelievably heavy. Plus it's height makes it a bit ackward to carry. But oh, the tone! It was without a doubt the best sounding Fender amplifier I've ever heard. Super Reverbs have something special going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 This thing is electrifying. Literally. I'm not gonna play it anymore till I get it converted to a three prong. God DAYUM. Ouch! This amp doesn't seem so heavy for some reason. I have a head that seems just as heavy, a Traynor YBA1A Mark II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Crow Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 This thing is electrifying. Literally. I'm not gonna play it anymore till I get it converted to a three prong. God DAYUM. Ouch!This amp doesn't seem so heavy for some reason. I have a head that seems just as heavy, a Traynor YBA1A Mark II. I tried to pick up one of those YBA1A heads once. It was like it was nailed to the floor. Yeah, get it checked out. I'm sure you'll want to get the normal maintenance done on it anyway. I think you got a great amp there. It's like a blackface in disguise, from what I hear, just without the price tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Seriously. I think I could probably flip this for quite a bit more than I could sell it. I feel bad because I had a guy here on the line for a Deluxe Reverb from '79 in great condition. I can't buy that now that I bought this. Seemed like a great guy too. Any tips for cleaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Welcome to the club! I have a '69 Super Reverb and it's -- in the words of James Briown -- 'nuthin' fancy, but it's funky and clean.' The reverb n trem are 2 die 4. Once you've fixed it up, you'll have yourself one of the ULTIMATE amps, a favourite of Muddy Waters, Robert Cray and Johnny Marr. With a Strat, it sounds like THIS: [YOUTUBE]fp-Fy2VchYY[/YOUTUBE] And hey, it's still lighter than a 4x12 cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajympt Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Why wouldn't the tremolo work without the pedal? I don't have a pedal, brought it to Guitar Center and they had an old amp with a proper RCA pedal. When I plugged it in (I got quite a jolt of an electrical shock) but the tremolo worked. That is just how they are designed-just have the GC guys order the correct pedal, it only like 35 or 40 $- all will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Great amp. Super Reverbs are probably the best Silverface amps out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 My trem on my 76 Twin Reverb doesn't work without the pedal. Neither does the reverb actually. My experience (with a '69 Super) is ... that without the pedal, both trem and rev will stay in whatever state was selected last time the pedal was used. If either or both are set for 'on', the only way to neutralise them is set all their controls to zero, and then reset them manually if/when you need them. If they're set to off, you're SOOL until you can find a new pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheraton Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Dear lord, this amp smells like it spent its lifetime in a Grateful Dead tour bus. Any tips on how to get the smell of pot out of it? That takes me back. If I remember those days it will eventually dissapate but if you burn strawberry incense continuously right next to it the smell morphs into something much more bearable and acceptable. Seriously, pet stores have an "enzyme" cleaner that neutralizes all organic smells. You could take the chassis out and spray a little of that all over and it should do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 I just might do that. I'm just afraid of it shocking me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted January 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 God dammit. Another shock. When I'm barefoot and I touch anything on the amp that's metal I get a shock. Is that normal for an ungrounded amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 God dammit. Another shock. When I'm barefoot and I touch anything on the amp that's metal I get a shock. Is that normal for an ungrounded amp? I'm no wiring expert, but I've owned a lot of old amps with two-prong plugs and no, it's definitely not normal for an ungrounded amp to shock you all the time. It happens, but only when something is wrong. Does the amp have a ground switch on the back to change the polarity? If so, maybe try that. You also might want to try flipping the actual plug around when you plug it in. I've found that can make a ton of difference in the amount of hum in an old amp, so it might help the shocking thing as well. If nothing works, you need to take it to an amp tech. You can receive a pretty serious shock from an amp. It's nothing you want to mess around with. Oh, and to show some unity as part of the Silverface Squad, here's my 1977 Deluxe Reverb that had the faceplate and logo switched out for blackface ones by a previous owner. So it's technically a silverface and technically a blackface, I suppose. I just replaced the stock speaker with a Weber 12F150 and I'm loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JMR Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 There's this weird vintage fender at my the local GC with neon green tolex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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