1979 Fender Twin Reverb 2-Channel 135-Watt 2x12" Guitar Combo - Silverface

Serial Number: F954211

Ladies and Gentlemen, an amp that needs no introduction, The Twin Reverb. Used and loved by Duane Allman, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Kurt Cobain, David Gilmour, Steve Cropper, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and countless others.

Condition:

This Fender Twin Reverb is in Excellent condition for a vintage tube amplifier. The tolex, grill cloth, and faceplate have been preserved in pristine condition. It has its original set of Fender branded speakers, and the original set of transformers. This is the 135 watt version from the late 1970s. Fender upped the wattage of Twin Reverbs by using Ultra Linear Transformers, creating even bolder, smoother, and fatter clean tones. The master volume on this one makes this a great versatile amp on stage or in the studio!

History:

Introduced in late summer 1963, the 85-watt black Twin Reverb had classic silver-sparkle grille cloth, a raised Fender logo and redesigned dual-channel circuitry (normal and vibrato) with bright switches for both channels instead of a presence control. The “middle” tone control returned on the amp, which had numbered and skirted black knobs and a black control panel (hence the term “blackface”). It too is frequently shortened to “Fender Twin” or simply “Twin", although it shouldn’t be confused with the tweed and blonde-era Twins, which had vastly different circuits and no reverb.

The original mid-’60s era of the blackface Twin reverb encompasses Fender’s acquisition by CBS, which took effect in January 1965. Generally speaking, Twins that have “Fender Electric Instruments” on their black faceplates were made before the CBS takeover; those that have “Fender Musical Instruments” on their black faceplates date to after the takeover (but not without exceptions; pre-CBS panels were used up through fall 1965).

The blackface Twin Reverb of 1963 to summer 1967 was followed in fall 1967 by the silverface Twin reverb—a member of the first group of post-Leo Fender amps. It had a brushed aluminum control panel, aluminum trim, blue-sparkle grille cloth and a slightly shallower cabinet. Its circuitry remained the same as its blackface predecessor for a short period until a bias balance control was introduced in mid-1968 (a questionable feature abandoned by late 1969). Further, the silverface Twin was boosted to 100 watts.

The mid-’60s also saw Fender’s first ill-fated foray into solid-state amps. The first three appeared in summer 1966 and included a 100-watt transistorized Twin Reverb with dual 12-inch speakers mounted one above the other. It also included the oddball “Style” control, a three-position knob that controlled “Pop", “Normal" and “CW/RR” settings. No need here to rehash the well-documented failure of the experiment; suffice it to say that the solid-state Twin was retired in 1969 and the entire series was abandoned in 1971.

A master volume control first appeared on the Twin Reverb in 1972. The Fender logo lost its tail by 1976, around which time pull-boost and hum balance controls were added. Power was upped to 135 watts in 1977 with the use of ultra-linear output transformers.

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