Fender Super Reverb #A 74562 |
Here's a Super Reverb from the early 70s (1971, I
think). This silverface amp was made before the introduction of the Master
Volume control or hum control pot. The speaker complement is unusual for a
Super Reverb, in that this amp came from the factory with two
12" Pyle Drivers dated
the 24th week of 1971, in place of the usual set of four 10 inch
speakers. This particular example has been modified to convert the tremolo
intensity control into a master volume control.
The Super Reverb name first appeared in 1963, on an amp
that was essentially a Fender Concert model with the reverb
circuit added.
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The Concert model, which first appeared in 1959 as one of
the first Tolex covered amps, was an updated version of the tweed covered
Bassman amps of the 50s, which paired two 6L6 output tubes
with four 10 inch Jensen speakers. The Concert added a
tremolo circuit to this already popular combination.
The controls on the amp seen here are the same as they were on those
first Super Reverb amps of 1963. The amp has two independent
channels, each with two inputs, wired in parallel. The first channel has
knobs for volume, treble and bass plus a bright switch. The second channel
is labeled Vibrato and also has a bright switch. The control knobs
for the second channel are labeled (in order) volume, treble, middle, bass,
reverb, speed, and intensity. The last two knobs control the tremolo
circuit, which is only available on the second channel.
The Concert model of 1959 was short-lived. Originally
covered in brown tolex with white control knobs, the styling changed to
black tolex with black knobs, to match the rest of the black-face line, in
1963. The model disappeared in 1966, but the name
reappeared in 1982; this time on a new
configuration, as specified by the legendary Paul Rivera.
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