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Fender ''68 series "open box" guitar amps Heavy Discounts @ Musician's Friend

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I'm not crazy about the aesthetics of 68 vs blackface and tweed amps, so I never really took a look at these. However, MF is having a nice sale on some of these babies. Very possible same / similar deals are on Guitar Center, not sure. anyway they have the same ownership now and I'm sure will pricematch with their evil twin website, you know like sibling rivalry.

What really caught my eye was the factory mods they did, as the clean channel is based on tweed basement, I've heard and played 6 or 7 amps, none of them had the beautiful almost acoustic like room filling sound of tweed bassman EEK!

Therefore, I think these are some good buys at MF right now:


Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb 12W 1x10 Tube Guitar...
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Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb 22W 1x12 Tube Guitar Combo...
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(1) Open Box:
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Fender '68 Custom Vibro Champ Reverb 5W 1x10 Guitar Combo...
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TenseRiver647
02-07-2024 at 09:00 AM.
02-07-2024 at 09:00 AM.
Thanks for posting...someone snaged the drri already Frown
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RJ149
02-07-2024 at 10:34 AM.
02-07-2024 at 10:34 AM.
Let me know when you have any Twin Reverbs available...
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EfficientPolice6161
02-07-2024 at 11:02 AM.
02-07-2024 at 11:02 AM.
Quote from RJ149 :
Let me know when you have any Twin Reverbs available...
MF has scratch-n-dent/open box stuff every day. In fact 3 or 4 times a year they also have a 10% open box sale.

Just bookmark the openbox page restricted to fender and look at it daily.
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fucdemas
02-07-2024 at 11:34 AM.
02-07-2024 at 11:34 AM.
I have a real vintage 68 princeton (non-reverb). Would a newer one sound any different? If so how?

My only complaint about it is the speaker farts out if there's any bass going through it. And it creates these weird resonances that ruin my recordings if it's gets too cranked.
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02-07-2024 at 01:12 PM.
02-07-2024 at 01:12 PM.
Quote from EfficientPolice6161 :
MF has scratch-n-dent/open box stuff every day. In fact 3 or 4 times a year they also have a 10% open box sale.

Just bookmark the openbox page restricted to fender and look at it daily.

Exactly 👍 and btw I wouldn't buy "Scratch & Dent Level 3" anyway because of no manufacturer warranty…
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02-07-2024 at 04:55 PM.
02-07-2024 at 04:55 PM.
well hopefully, these are all 100% vacuum tube amps, you know, the kind that ALL of the greatest 50 guitarists in the world, REQUIRE.
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fewlio
02-07-2024 at 04:59 PM.
02-07-2024 at 04:59 PM.
Quote from fucdemas :
I have a real vintage 68 princeton (non-reverb). Would a newer one sound any different? If so how?

My only complaint about it is the speaker farts out if there's any bass going through it. And it creates these weird resonances that ruin my recordings if it's gets too cranked.
the overdrive channel is probably very similar or identical, but they built the clean channel around the classic tweed Fender Bassman amp
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02-07-2024 at 05:39 PM.

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I have a couple of these. I got the 68 Princeton reverb and the 68 custom deluxe reverb. These combos are bass heavy. If you don't like base you can just turn it down. Some great cleans and overdrives nicely. I do wish the Princeton reverb had a 12-in speaker instead of a 10 in. The 10 inch speaker can't handle the bass when turned up
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02-08-2024 at 08:31 AM.
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Prices are much higher than reported. $1139 for the Princeton Reverb 12w.
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fewlio
02-08-2024 at 07:28 PM.
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Quote from closer :
Prices are much higher than reported. $1139 for the Princeton Reverb 12w.
yeah open box so they only have so many, however I just brought up the amps I found interesting, other people may have other favorite brands and models, that are still in stock! think of it like an easter egg hunt
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02-27-2024 at 04:36 PM.
02-27-2024 at 04:36 PM.
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I have a couple of these. I got the 68 Princeton reverb and the 68 custom deluxe reverb. These combos are bass heavy. If you don't like base you can just turn it down. Some great cleans and overdrives nicely. I do wish the Princeton reverb had a 12-in speaker instead of a 10 in. The 10 inch speaker can't handle the bass when turned up
The speaker they chose for the custom deluxe is too dark and bass heavy, I'd swap it out for a different speaker.
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04-29-2024 at 04:18 PM.
04-29-2024 at 04:18 PM.
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The speaker they chose for the custom deluxe is too dark and bass heavy, I'd swap it out for a different speaker.

I've got the Hot Rod Deluxe IV with the Celestron Red speaker. I guess they only made a limited number of these. They usually put a Jensen in this model, which to me sounds muddy and doesn't break well at certain volumes. I think the Celestron makes all the difference honestly.
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