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Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb vs ’64 Custom Hand-Wired Deluxe Reverb - We Didn't Expect This!
Published 27 February 2026
Duration:
00:44:45
One costs a lot, the other costs… a lot more! Are they really that different?
This might just be our all-round favourite amp in the world, ever. But…
There’s a lot of different ones, and boy do they differ. So let’s do what the people have asked and compare the standard current Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with its hand-wired ’64 counterpart. Is it worth the difference?
Enjoy the show!
Why no Tone Master? Watch this… • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKs-X7I6zs
When we switch to the Zilla 1x12 the amps are being switched by a Radial Headbone VT (allowing two tube amps to be safely connected to one cab).
Pedals & stuff in today’s show
• TheGigRig Three2One
• Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
• Vemuram Shanks ODS-1
• Thorpy Heavy Water
• Jam Pedals Delay Llama
• TheGigRig AB Baby
• Radial Headbone VT
Guitars in today’s show
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - video here: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQ4OIJFTgY
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged - no specific video but it’s on the show a lot
• 1965 Gibson ES-345 TDS - video here: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioDEn8a5IFA
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - no specific video but it’s on the show a lot
Amps in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with Jensen C12K speaker
• Fender ’64 Custom Hand-Wired Deluxe Reverb with Jensen C12Q speaker
Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Well this is a different start
0:38 What are we doing today?
1:35 Bill Frisell’s settings
2:10 Today’s pedals?
2:25 Main differences in the amps?
4:35 A nice clean sound?
6:55 And humbuckers, clean… ish
9:40 And into overdrive!
12:40 Vemuram Shanks ODS-1?
15:30 We don’t like this speaker…
16:06 …or do we? Quiet and cleaner
19:20 We do like this speaker!
20:41 Both amps through the same speaker
25:29 Normal channel in the ’64 Custom?
27:35 Push a bit with a Les Paul
32:40 Reverb compared
38:00 Tremolo compared
40:55 Tremolo circuits?
41:50 Final thoughts and conclusions?
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