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- Hello.
This is Eugene Edwards.
Thanks for tuning in.
In this video, we're going to revisit an Amp
that's been a huge part Fender's past.
As well as a huge part of modern music
whether it be live performance,
recording or composing.
It's one of the most requested Amps
for back line, it's often imitated.
It's a power house of tone.
That's right.
We're talking about the '65 Twin Reverb.
Part of our American vintage series.
The first time I got a Twin I was about 19 years old,
it's back in my home town.
I had a country gig, I had a Telecaster.
And I think I saw an ad
in the newspaper, the Recycler.
And it was an older guy,
who's getting rid of all of his tube equipment,
'cause he was switching to solid state.
And that was great news for me at the time,
'cause I didn't have (chuckles) a lot of money.
And I got this old Twin
and I dragged it around the country for five or six years.
And it taught me a lot about how to care for a Tube Amp.
It taught me a lot about how to put pedals
in front of an Amp.
It was my first big boy Amp.
So I'm really honored to be part of this re-issue series.
The list goes deep of players who call the '65 Twin
there go-to Amp.
Eric Johnson, Jack White, Steve Jones.
My favorite players of all time,
Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac.
When they played to the United States,
he played through a Twin.
For the playing, that was this American Pro Tele
going through a few Fender pedals.
Some Compression, some Delay, some Reverb
and going into the Vibrato channel of the Amp.
Now let me run you through the specs
and the we'll get into more tones.
Now here's what's under the hood.
85 watts, dual 12 inch Jensen C-12 K speakers,
Dual channels, Normal and Vibrato.
There's Fender Reverb and Tremolo or Vibrato,
depending on what you wanna call it.
I don't wanna get involved in that controversy.
And Tilt-Back Legs on either side.
Those are pretty important,
I can tell you from using a Twin
on the band stand for years.
You tilt that up so it's pointed at you,
gives a little relief to the audience
and the sound guy, it's the classic Fender Amp.
Let's take a look at the two different channels.
On the normal side, very straight forward.
Hi and Lo inputs, a Bright switch,
which in my opinion at lower volumes
really helps bring your tone forward.
Volume and three band EQ, Treble, Middle and Bass.
Now this Amp is set up to vintage specs,
so on a normal channel we don't get the Reverb Vibrato.
But it's a great channel if you're running pedals.
So here's a clean tone, we're in the normal channel
with the Bright switch on, the Volume at three,
Treble at six, Middle at three, and Bass at six.
There's no effects, half way through though,
I'm going to turn on a Marine Layer Reverb Pedal
and you'll hear the difference.
(bouncy guitar music)
(guitar music adjusting to Reverb)
All right, now let's have some fun.
If we turn up the magic knob,
I'm gonna roll the Bass down a bit.
We're gonna hear that tube overdrive kicking in
and half way through I'm gonna turn on
a Fender Reverb Pedal, so again you can hear the difference.
All right, alert the neighbors 'cause,
this is gonna be glorious.
(energetic guitar music)
(guitar music with Fender Reverb Pedal on)
Okay, now for the Vibrato channel.
We have a few more options on this side,
it's the same setup for the inputs, the Bright switch,
the Volume and the EQ, but we also have Reverb and Vibrato.
Let's hear a little from this channel,
we'll start relatively clean then I'll add
the on board Reverb and Vibrato as I play.
(upbeat guitar music)
(guitar music with Reverb and Vibrato)
Now we can do the same with this channel,
we can turn up the volume, yay!
Lower the Bass.
Now here's something to keep in mind, since this channel
has Reverb and requires an extra gain stage in the Pre-Amp
you can get a little more dirt when you crank it up.
Let's check it out.
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Now as mentioned before, this Amp takes pedals very well.
We've gone back to the normal channel, as you can see
I've switched to an Ultra Strat with a humbucker.
Here's my by-pass tone.
(playing guitar)
Now here it is with all three pedals on.
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The '65 Twin Reverb has survived through the decades
because it's a great work horse Amp.
For whatever your situation whether it be gigging on
small or large stages, whether you're playing blues,
jazz, country, rock, punk.
By itself it's an amazingly easy Amp to use.
Beautiful clean tones, if you push it, it'll growl.
As a foundation for your pedals, or your Rack,
it delivers what you need.
Thanks for joining us.
For more on the vintage re-issue series
head on over to fender.com
and stay tuned for more videos, cheers.
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