first play 16 FENDER ’68 CUSTOM PRO REVERB GUITARIST JUNE 2021 GIT472.rev_fender_reverb.
f i r st p l ay FENDER ’68 CUSTOM PRO REVERB £1,349 WHAT IS IT? A new addition to Fender’s ’68 Custom range, blending late-60s visuals with stunning tone derived from early Pro Reverbs Go Pro Classic Fender style and tone from one of the all-time great guitar amp circuits are revisited and refined in a more contemporary, portable package Words Nick Guppy Photography Olly Curtis W ith arguably the world’s richest guitar amplification legacy, Fender can hardly be blamed for occasionally looking to its own
first play FENDER ’68 CUSTOM PRO REVERB VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 1 1. The ’68 Custom Pro Reverb uses a pair of silicon-rectified Groove Tubes 6L6-S output valves to produce around 40 watts. Original Pro models used a GZ34 rectifier valve, changed firstly to a 5U4 and then to silicon diodes. Later Pros were capable of nearly 70 watts, but lacked the earlier amp’s pleasing dynamics.
3 the originals. There’s a level control for the traditional valve-powered spring reverb, together with Speed and Intensity controls for the valve-powered tremolo effect, which sits after the reverb in the output stage, modulating volume via the grid bias. The other big change is the transition from two speakers to one – a single 12-inch Celestion Neo Creamback.
first play FENDER ’68 CUSTOM PRO REVERB VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra FENDER ’68 CUSTOM PRO REVERB 1X12” COMBO This model recreates CBS’s makeover, with a ‘tailed’ Fender badge and vertical blue threads in the grille cloth.
