From the photos I see on Reverb of 1968 or 1969 Drip Edge twins, the speakers appear to be exactly side by side.Originally Posted by Outlaw17
In fact there is one for sale in Austin with JBL speakers. The cabinet is in pretty rough shape though.
From the photos I see on Reverb of 1968 or 1969 Drip Edge twins, the speakers appear to be exactly side by side.
In fact there is one for sale in Austin with JBL speakers. The cabinet is in pretty rough shape though.
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Thanks I wasn't quite sure, The tolex on my cabinet is in way worse shape than that one! LOL The amp looks like its been to mexican hell and back! But is worthy of restoring. Especially since it's on of my bucket list amps to owe!
Do you plan to put new tolex on the cabinet at some point? If you remove the old tolex, be sure to check the wood joints and inject some wood glue if needed. Uncle Doug has a video or two about applying tolex.
Here is a photo of my 1969 Super Reverb halfway thru removing smoke stains and other grime from the grill cloth.
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Do you plan to put new tolex on the cabinet at some point? If you remove the old tolex, be sure to check the wood joints and inject some wood glue if needed. Uncle Doug has a video or two about applying tolex.
Here is a photo of my 1969 Super Reverb halfway thru removing smoke stains and other grime from the grill cloth.
Nice! I do plan to eventually replace the tolex cause its in pretty bad shape. Although! It does have the relic look. HAHA
They cut the tolex from the inner parts of the chassis to install the seat vinyl...
You've got a good project amp there. If you plan to buy and install the tilt back legs and the "stops" after you put new tolex on, make a template of where the existing holes are, because the screws for the stops don't penetrate through the sides of the cabinet. A friend had to take precise measurements off of my Super Reverb, because he had covered the old holes with tolex and wanted to find them without poking a bunch of holes in the tolex.
For my mid 70's Super Twin Reverb, I built a separate cabinet for the chassis, because the thing weighed about 100 pounds. Note the monster magnets on the Utah speakers. It could always be put back in the original cabinet by removing a strip of wood I inserted, but my amp isn't very valuable (or desirable).
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An easy method for marking the location for the tilt-back stops is to insert a ¼" round-head screw into the hole for the stop prior to affixing the Tolex. Once the adhesive has cured, use an X-acto knife to score all the way around the head of the protruding screw then peel off the small disc of Tolex. Remove the screw and the original hole is marked to permit reinstalling the stop.
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Great tip Phantomman!. My buddy could have used that advice a few months ago, lol.
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I've been at this for a while. I know a few tricks.
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[QUOTE=Michael Smith;655419]You've got a good project amp there. If you plan to buy and install the tilt back legs and the "stops" after you put new tolex on, make a template of where the existing holes are, because the screws for the stops don't penetrate through the sides of the cabinet. A friend had to take precise measurements off of my Super Reverb, because he had covered the old holes with tolex and wanted to find them without poking a bunch of holes in the tolex.
For my mid 70's Super Twin Reverb, I built a separate cabinet for the chassis, because the thing weighed about 100 pounds. Note the monster magnets on the Utah speakers. It could always be put back in the original cabinet by removing a strip of wood I inserted, but my amp isn't very valuable (or desirable).
Bet that thing would scream threw a 4x12 cab!
Before it was modified, it had six 6L6 power tubes and power output was 180Watts RMS, 395 Watts peak. Ted Nugent used six of them with the big Showman extension cabinets. It sounds really nice at low to mid volume; the so-called distortion circuit is terrible. I'm toying with the idea of gutting the chassis and making it into an AB763 circuit. I would need an eyelet board and a couple of different preamp tube sockets, as it uses 2 very odd tubes in it's current configuration.
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I do love the AB763 circuit, Its the better Blackface circuit if you ask me! I was in shock when dude offered to trade me this amp for a Jackson RR JS32! the cheapest guitar they make! lol
Maybe he doesn't check sites like Reverb or E-bay to see what they are selling for. Even if you don't work on the cosmetic things, if you get the chassis in order you will have a great amp. You may be able to get some aluminum flashing at Home Depot to replace the missing drip edge. You only need to worry about the edge that shows being cut straight. You may have to buff it up with some sandpaper or steel wool or perhaps a chemical to get it aged like the pieces you already have. I checked on Ebay and couldn't find the vendor that Phantomman said was selling drip edge extrusions, but I didn't search all that long.
The circuit revision after AB763 was AC568. That used a hybrid fixed/cathode bias scheme. Fender didn't stick with that for long. Then by the mid to late 70's they added master volume controls and came out with things like the Quad Reverb (4 x 12) Super Six Reverb (6 x 10), and monstrosities like my Super Twin Reverb.
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Beautiful work there on that cabinet, if OP don't mind me saying.The original baffle board was ½" MDF with a ¼" pine surround and logo shelf, similar in construction to this......
The correct speaker for an authentic 1968 restoration is an Oxford 12T6 or JBL's D120F. Twin Reverb's with factory-installed Lansing's featured a JBL logo at the lower right corner of the baffle board which required a small rectangular logo shelf similar to this......
Most definitely! Honestly it sounds great as is but I want it to sound like 1968. Kinda like the relic look though.. I'll rebuild the baffle and get aged grill cloth for sure. Mostly concerned with restoring the circuit to as original as possible.
Compare it to John & George's amps in the Get Back film, as that is the amp they were using.
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Outlaw 17. I was trying to send you a private message with a mp3 file attached showing my super twin reverb in action, but couldn't figure out how to do it. If you know, send me a PM.
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Not sure how to do that either. 🤔
I can't seem to find any other writing on the power tubes other than Sovtek. Could they be old stock tubes? They appear to be the Sovtek WXT+ backplate tubes.
Click on Michael's log-in on any of his posts. A dialog box will appear with several options. Choose "privage message" and a new pre-addressed window will open. Then merely type your message and hit "send".
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I just had a fresh thought on this after watching Psionic Audio repairing a '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb reissue amp. They come with the drip edge like the actual 1968's. Perhaps you can contact Fender to see if they have the drip edge extrusions and corners for sale. Or maybe they could tell you where they get the modern ones made.
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So I finally got the caps to replace the odd ones, You wouldn't happen to know a way to safely discharge the caps so I can change them out?? I don't have a resistor with a high enough value to discharge them... ALSO retube the amp with NOS GE 12ax7 and 12AT7s JJ 6L6GC's and OMG!! Sweet!!!
I sent you a private message about discharging the caps. For some reason I am not getting notified when a new private message comes in. I just happened to go to my inbox and saw your message from earlier today.
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TADA!! It wouldn't let me send pics in private messages...[IMG][/IMG][IMG]
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I saw this answered already, but wanted to add that a lot of times the speaker placement has to do with the size of the cabinet and if there's room for clearance from the transformers.
For example, in my 2x10 Hot Rod Tweed Pro, you have to stagger the two speakers because they won't fit in the existing cab next to one another:
However, in my BFPR repro, I have a 12" speaker in there and it needs to be off to the side to clear the transformers:
Just some extra info for ya'! (oh, and I got that speaker from Phantomman a long time ago. It works well in this amp although not the traditional choice)
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