Fender Super Reverb

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The Fender Super Reverb was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1963 and was discontinued in 1982. This was essentially a Fender Super amplifier with built-in reverb and vibrato. The original Super Reverb amplifiers were all tube design and featured spring reverb. There were two different designs, distinguishable by the color of the "face" or front control panel. Super Reverbs from 1963 through 1968 had "black face" panels. From 1969 until its discontinuation in 1982, the Super Reverb had "silverface" cosmetics and circuitry. Fender introduced a reissue '65 Super Reverb in 2001.

[edit] Specifications

45 watts into 4x 10" 8 Ohm Jensen Speakers (wired in parallel for 2 Ohms)

Silverface models: 40 watts (power increased to 70 watts during the late 70's)

Tube (Valve) Complement: 4 X 12AX7, 2 X 12AT7, 2 X 6L6, 1 X 5AR4 RectifierTube

2 Channels: Normal and Vibrato, with Bright Switch

Height: 24 7/8" (63.2 cm)
Width: 25 1/8" (63.8 cm)
Depth: 10 1/2" (26.7 cm)

Weight: approx. 65 lbs.

A "Boost" control and a master volume were added in the mid '70s.

A Mid control for the Normal channel and a Line Out jack socket were added in 1978.

Super Reverbs produced between late 1980 and 1981 have blackface cosmetics and a silver sparkle grille cloth.

Master volume has a pull-out pot for distortion.

[edit] Super Six Reverb

The Super Six Reverb is essentially a master volume Twin Reverb equipped with six Oxford 10L6 (or CTS 10" AlNiCo) speakers featuring 10"/5.2 ohms (8 ohms each in series-parallel) and 100 watts RMS (changed to 135W in 1977). Introduced in 1972, this silverface combo amplifier was discontinued in 1979.