Drak Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Well, the title says nothing about 'instruments' ONLY! Here are a few old Fender amps I restored several years ago, inside and out. They were all typical 'silverface' early '70's models w/ silver faceplates and silver/blue grilles. I changed all that OK w/o further ado, here are a few recover jobbers... They all started out looking pretty much just like this, typical silverface cosmetics. BTW, most were already dogged and beat up before I got them. That's the way I buy amps, 'abused for cheap', then I re-do 'em up, so I don't get labelled as a vintage amp hacker First up, a '73 Deluxe Reverb. New snakeskin tolex, new black grillecloth, new repro blackface faceplate, casters added. I also added the old EV SRO speaker, one of my favorite speakers. This little combo kicks serious ass. Now a '76 Deluxe Reverb, modded to a 2-10 setup. Rough blonde w/ oxblood grille and repro blackface faceplate, casters added. 2 WeberVST P10NT speakers. Here's a '65 Bassman, but highly modified. I bought it modified, it's a cascading pre-amp screamer done up now in Brownface cosmetics. Faceplate by Larry Rodgers. Rough blonde tolex, oxblood grille, creme barrel knobs. And here we have another blues bastard, a '73 Super Reverb housed in a Vibrolux Reverb cabinet. Usually a 2-10, I modified the cab to take a 1-12, 1-10 setup. Another EV SRO, hehehe. I got this amp for a freakin' steal, $325 cuz it was already hacked before I got it, I just made it much better. Sherry Iguana tolex, gold-plated hardware, casters, Oxblood grillecloth, BF repro faceplate. Great amp. And my old '72 Twin Reverb. This one I was pretty proud of, it was my very first recover project I had ever done. It's Marshall White Levant tolex, BTW, w/ Fender gold sparkle grille, hardware also gold-plated. Heavy SOB. Unfortunately, me and the twin didn't get along too well, no breakup at all, too loud and clean for my blues blood. Great for surf and country mebbe...but it sure came out nice. I sold the cabinet alone on e-Bay for $475.00, and parlayed the head for a sweet '71 Super Reverb which I still have and love (not the one above, another one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 (edited) sweeeeeeeeeeet mary mother of god Edited March 21, 2004 by weezerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 I believe I may sue you for jaw damage. It's on the floor!! Absolutely incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 WOAH! That snakeskin tolex is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Damn it drak, not only are you a far superioir luthier compared to me but you kick my ass when it comes to the electronics as well lol those amps are sweeet lifes not fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 blondes have more fun.... really love that Twin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Reeeaaalll nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 WOW OMFG! HOLY!!! THOSE ARE AMAZING!!!! Fender amps are my favorite, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_v_l Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 where did you get the materials, snake skin and the others at, i'm going truck out my create and i wanna get some stuff like that, does it come cheap, is it expansive, easy to work with. oh by the, i want to hug you for make those look so kick ass. good job keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Well they are some of the prettyest things I have seen today! congrats to you man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 And here we have another blues bastard, a '73 Super Reverb housed in a Vibrolux Reverb cabinet. Usually a 2-10, I modified the cab to take a 1-12, 1-10 setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 NIIIIIIICE!!! my god, your my hero, amazing guitars, amazing amps, **to afraid to touch amps or guitars of Drak's** Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Drak - I love that snakeskin! You've got me thinkin... Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I had a 72 Twin reverb too, I could NOT get that thing to breakup the least bit. sadly it was destroyed in a flooded basement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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