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Is The Fender Twin Reverb Too Heavy, Too Loud, Too Big, or Just Right?

The Fender Twin Reverb get’s a lot of criticism for being big, heavy, and loud, but if you want a fantastic clean tone at real gig volumes it is perfect.

I currently have two 70s Twin Reverbs. One is completely stock other than the electrolitic caps, and the other has been modified to the ab763 schematic. I love my Twin Reverb amps just as much as I love my Dumble clone.

For a while, I was on the hunt for a Deluxe Reverb, but when I would try them at gig volume they just couldn’t get the beautiful clean tone that I love. Smaller tube amps just always have some inherent crunch to the tone when you turn them up.

Someone commented on my video “Too Heavy? Too Loud? To Big? or just right…….”, and the answer is “just right”.

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How Fragile are Tubes in a Guitar Amp?

One of the arguments against tube amps is that the tubes are fragile, but in my experience they tougher than you would expect. Yes they are glass, and if you threw one at the concrete it would (probably) break, but once they are in the amp they are safe.

I’ve dragged my tube amps all over the place and even dropped them without any damage to the tubes. One time I had a Twin Reverb fall over on it’s face so hard that the speaker was damaged, but the tubes were fine.

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Building A Dumble Overdrive Special Clone

Dumble Amp Build

In this video, I documented the entire process of building a clone of Dumble Overdrive Special #102. It took me about a month of soldering in all of my spare time to go from parts to a guitar amp.

This was my second Dumble clone build and I am really proud of how it turned out. I’ve been playing it for over a year now and it’s still my favorite amp (don’t tell the Twin Reverbs). It’s such a versatile guitar amp… great cleans and a killer overdrive.