1966 Fender "Blackface" Super Reverb: In Storage for Almost 40 Years !!

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  @CraigHollabaugh · 6 years ago · pinned

  No other channel, text book or online course covers tube amp design, construction, repair and renovation more completely than you do. For 5 years, I've gained invaluable knowledge and experience from your videos. I'm a professional electrical engineer who's probably paid $100K for my education, trade shows, conferences and seminars over the years. Quality content comes at a cost. For me, your content is well-worth paying for. I always pick up 1 or 2 tips from each video that easily justifies my monthly Patreon contribution. Thank you Doug.

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  @peterespada6226 · 6 years ago

  “Prom night at the bondage and discipline center”—the most original description of a fully functioning reverb circuit I’ve ever heard in my life...

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  @Harmonic_Balance_Amplification · 6 years ago

  "Sounds like prom night at the bondage & discipline center." This is an instant Uncle Doug classic.

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  @thelokifiles · 6 years ago

  That amp is a priceless treasure - mostly because Uncle Doug now had his skills involved.

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• IC

  @icedog75 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I think I'll just delay my morning bike ride, refill the coffee cup and enjoy.

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  @keithcarter9396 · 4 months ago

  Hello again Uncle Doug, I have returned to listen to my favorite amp rebuild. Iut have drooled over this Super Reverb amp for years

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  @jenniferwhitewolf3784 · 6 years ago

  I am such a junky for the Fender reverb amps of this time period. It is always a treat to see and hear them in their glory. Excellent work as usual, exactly what is needed, properly diagnosed and perfectly executed. My blackface Vibrolux Reverb is still bone stock, still running after almost 53 years of my ownership.. 2nd owner.  One of these days I need to go through it in exactly the same manner as illustrated here, to freshen up the 'lytic caps, and check the rest for spec.  Bravo Doug, great job well done.

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  @Tonetwisters · 2 years ago

  I just got my '64 Super Reverb back from my techie guy. The amp was working but did not have any sparkle to it, and the reverb really vacuumed.  A tech or two from years past had installed some junk tone and coupling capacitors. I asked him to install blue SoZos in place of the brown and orange uglies, which he did. He also rebuilt the vibrato circuit (WOW!) and changed out a capacitor and a few other parts in the reverb circuit. I also asked him to install and bias two Tung-Sol 5881 power tubes, replacing a couple of WInged C 6L6GC's. I asked him to install SoZo silver micas for the treble caps. I also installed a big rectifier tube (sorry, cannot remember what that was, but it's a big coke bottle), to limit output a bit and headroom. I have some new vintage style reverb cables on the way! All I can say is, WOW! What an amp! After many decades I can once again say that I love my Super Reverb!

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  @kendavis8046 · 6 years ago

  I'll add a comment that your client for this one has impeccable cursive handwriting, an art becoming increasingly rare.  Though I went through all the "training" back in elementary school in the 1960's, my handwriting has devolved into a level of chicken scratch that I often can't read myself.  But I learned typing as a defense, and usually use non-cursive, printed letters when I need to jot a note to my wife (otherwise, she would probably not be able to decipher it.)

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  @shanedingz · 6 years ago

  Hands down, Uncle Doug is THEE best amp repairman on YouTube. He KNOWS what he’s doing. No guessing. No pontificating about “what if” or “maybe one time”. <br>He just &nbsp;builds up a surgical diagnostic path, and follows it. <br>No ‘shotgunning’ parts at it, until it works, like another popular YouTube channel...<br>Thank you, Uncle Doug, for all the helpful info, from an aspiring vintage amp tech.

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  @ima640 · 6 years ago

  Sounds fantastic after its 40 year slumber, and your magic touch of re-awaking its wonderful rich tones. Great video, thanks for posting.

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  @msknrbnd · 6 years ago

  Joe Walsh of &nbsp;The James Gang used to play a bar in Revenna, OH; played through two blackface Super Reverbs dimed- the tone was glorious!

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