Vintage 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb Tube Amplifier
The prices on these classic amplifiers are going completely through the roof Im seeing people asking as much as six grand so Im accepting the first reasonable offer for my original 1964 Pre-CBS Fender Deluxe Reverb amplifier chassis in a vintage 1960s Gretsch cabinet it was mounted in long ago. An original 1969 Fender OEM output transformer model 022848 output transformer was installed to allow use with a multiple speaker cabinet, all else is original including capacirors. The 606-9-03 code on that output transformer dates it to the third week of 1969. According to literature this 4 ohm output transformer was used in the Bandmaster, Pro Reverb, and Vibrolux Reverb amplifiers so it was most likely robbed from one of those amps. The grill board and grill cloth on the old Gretsch head was cut from an original Fender baffle board (see the outline of where the Fender logo used to be) but the grill cloth is in bad shape and should be replaced if this head is to continue to be used. The only other minor modification I can find is where they opted for a solid state rectifier like the Twin Reverb and I believe the Bandmaster was built during this time period so they soldered in some diodes to the rectifier tube socket and placed a safety across the tube socket to prevent anyone from installing a rectifier tube. This is extremely easy to reverse, just unsolder and remove the two diodes (see photo) and remove the little safety guard from the tube socket (see photo) then you can use a GZ34 rectifier tube. This should take no more than five minutes. I have owned this amp for at least 15 years and have never used it. I was careful to bring up the voltage very slow on my variac when I bought it and it repeated this sequence about a year ago to test it again. The amp sounds fantastic with zero hum the last time I tried it and of course I will bring it up slow and test it once again before it ships. I will include a set of tubes so the amp is ready to plug & play as soon as it arrives. The original power cord is stiff and needs replacing and I recommend installing a three prong with ground anyway for safety. The filter capacitor cover is not missing, I only removed it to show the original brown Mallory filter caps with individual matching factory codes. The item “Vintage 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb Tube Amplifier” is in sale since Saturday, June 22, 2019. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Vintage Musical Instruments\Vintage Guitars & Basses\Guitar Amplifiers”. The seller is “pickergibson” and is located in Lufkin, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Panama, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay.
- Brand: Fender
- Model: Deluxe Reverb
- Exact Year: 1964