Fender '68 Custom Pro Reverb 1x12-inch 40-watt Tube Combo Amp Certified Open Box

Name: Fender '68 Custom Pro Reverb 1x12-inch 40-watt Tube Combo Amp
Brand: Fender
Rating: 4 (35 reviews)

40W, 1-channel, 1 x 12" Tube Combo Amplifier, with Celestion Neo Creamback Speaker and Analog Tremolo and Spring Reverb

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Fender '68 Custom Pro Reverb 1x12-inch 40-watt Tube Combo Amp

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Vintage Silverface Tone, Optimized for Modern Musicians

The Fender '68 Custom Pro Reverb tube combo amplifier takes everything you love about late-'60s Fender amps and optimizes it for modern gigging guitarists. Loaded with a 12AX7 preamp section, 6L6 power tubes, and built-in spring reverb and tremolo, you've got every classic Fender amp tone at your fingertips. And thanks to the addition of a Mid tone control, you have even more sound-shaping capability than vintage models offer. Plus, you'll definitely appreciate the reduced size and weight of the cabinet, loaded with a single 12-inch Celestion Neo Creamback speaker. With plenty of volume for the stage, as well as high headroom that takes pedals well, the Fender '68 Custom Pro Reverb delivers everything players love about vintage Fender amps.

Hot-rodded sound and response

The '68 Custom Pro Reverb isn't just a reissue; it's a hot-rodded tribute amp. Fender designed this all-tube combo amp with a modified tone circuit that delivers greater tonal flexibility when used with your favorite effects pedals. The addition of a Mid tone control gives you a huge amount of control over how your guitar sits in the mix. Fender also tweaked the amp's negative feedback to give it increased touch sensitivity, and it also starts to overdrive faster. Finally, the '68 Custom Pro Reverb is loaded with a silky-sounding Celestion Neo Creamback speaker, delivering the same tone as the iconic Celestion G12M Creamback speaker in a lighter-weight speaker that helps keep the weight of this combo down.

Fender '68 Custom Pro Reverb Tube Combo Amplifier Features:

40-watt, 1 x 12-inch tube combo amplifier based on late-'60s Fender Silverface amps
Lightweight Celestion Neo Creamback speaker delivers fat, vibrant Fender tone
Mid tone control gives you even more sonic control that vintage models offered
The ideal size and volume for gigging guitarists
Built-in spring reverb and tremolo, with included 2-button footswitch
Input 2 operates at -6dB for accommodating high-output pickups

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Tech Specs

Type: Tube
Number of Channels: Single channel
Output Power: 40W
Speaker Size: 1 x 12" Celestion G12 NEO Creamback
Preamp Tubes: 3 x 12AX7, 2 x 12AT7
Power Tubes: 2 x 6L6
Reverb: Spring Reverb
Effects: Tremolo
EQ: 3-band EQ, Bright Switch
Inputs: 2 x 1/4"
Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (parallel speaker out)
Footswitch I/O: 1 x 1/4" (tremolo, reverb)
Footswitch Included: Yes, 2-button footswitch
Bias Type: Adjustable Fixed
Construction Material: 7-ply Meranti Plywood with Black Textured Vinyl, Silver Turquoise Grille Cloth
Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
Height: 17.15"
Width: 22.36"
Depth: 9.34"
Weight: 35 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number: 2278000000

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This is an amp I use for bedroom play, studio and live! Now it can be bedroom recording from 1-3. Then 3-6 is still clean but pretty loud! The Second Jack also knocks down -6db if needed.

Once you get to 6.5 volume, you get that nice break up, however it's very loud at this point. So two things here! If you want the best of both worlds…classic tube break up and high headroom…I recommend an attenuator to shave some db off for the tube break up volume. Otherwise do yourself a favor and invest in a good OverDrive as well with this! I have a Jekyl and Hyde V1 like The Stokes, but it's very colorful! So not the best always on Overdrive for the amp, but great when I want that sound.

I'd recommend something like a Morning Glory, a Greer Light Speed or any of the transparent overdrive Klon type pedals. This will allow you to keep the amps base tone at lower volumes, while still getting a natural sounding overdrive from the amp.

Personally I do both! That's what it was made for…to have high headroom for the modern pedal player, and to get the classic break up! A Deluxe or Princeton… sure the break up will come earlier at low volumes. But then no clean pedal platform at high volumes. What this allows you to do is have both! Providing you have the tools for the job. On its own this amp sounds great, and past 3 or so is plenty loud for a drummer around 5 volume. You'll have plenty headroom and it sounds very HiFi compared to a HRD.

This is a great amp if you want it all in a classic style Fender Amp. But quality of pedals do matter, an attenuator may be necessary if you want the amps Tibe driven overdrive and gigable bar levels and at home.

I love this amp! Bought it as a backup for my Fender Twin Reverb. Now the Twin has become the backup! Great sound and feel! I run my King of Tone into the Pro Reverb and it sings! Lots of volume and headroom. Also at 35 pounds you aren't going to break your back. So glad that I pulled the trigger on this one!

Bought my first Fender Pro Reverb amp about 4.5 decades ago. Nice silver face, but with 2 twelves and large cab, much too heavy. NOW, Fender has the right combination of power, sufficient clean headroom, frequency response and light weight! Using it mostly for pedal steel and a little bit of Tele. Loving that great Fender tube sound. Surprisinly strong down in the lowest ranges of my pedal steel. Must have something to do with the Celestion cream back speaker. I like it a lot.

Got mine from my local gc. When playing at home, I noticed what sounded like rattle when playing a low F & F#. I plugged the amp into my tweed deluxe speaker and no rattle. I plugged the tweed into the neo creamback and the rattle was back. Listening closer, it was a fizzy speaker. So back it went. They ordered me a new one and the new one had the same issue. I really liked the idea of a 35lb, 6L6 40w combo - it checked all the boxes. I returned the second one and ordered one last try. I guess third time is the charm and the speaker fizz disappeared. I probably stumbled on a bad batch of speakers from celestion. Fast forward past the return window and I wasn't really bonding with it like I had hoped. I was on the verge of trading it back in when I received a promo email from Weber speakers offering 10% off. I've never tried Webers before but I've always heard good things. I pulled the trigger on a 12F150 50w. They custom make each speaker and they offer to break it in before shipping - which I gladly opted for as I didn't want to wait to hear what it's supposed to sound like. Two weeks later and it arrived. It barely fits behind a metal surround in the speaker but indeed it did fit. WOW, what a difference! This amp now sounds beautiful! Very soulful and dynamic. It is warmer than the stock celestion, and the tone controls affect the tone way more than before. I have the bass on 6, mid on 5 and treble on 4 at the moment. I could never dial in this tone on the old speaker. I emailed Weber and asked about whether I was risking blowing the 50w speaker with the 40w amp, and what i could do to ensure I didn't blow it, they said they conservatively rate their speakers and i shouldn't have an issue as long I wasn't running it loud with a bunch of distortion for an extended period of time. It did add almost 4 pounds to the weight, but it's still lighter than a deluxe. So it's no longer a surprise each time I pick it up but it still isn't a back breaker. IMO, the only reason for the neo is the 4lb weight saving. It just doesn't sound good in this amp. I had traded in a Princeton with a 12in Jensen alnico for this. I had swapped that out for an alnico blue, and before that I had a blackface deluxe with a Jensen c12n. This combo blows those away now.

This is the second pro reverb I bought basically for my stereo rig and this setup with 2 pro reverbs sounds great with my delays and reverbs this setup gives me a very dynamic sound that sounds huge and very clean and articulate and just what I need. And I want to thank Andrew for giving me a great deal and quick delivery

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