The Fender Deluxe Reverb is a guitar amplifier

Guitar amplifier

A guitar amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed to make the signal of an electric or acoustic guitar louder so that it will produce sound through a loudspeaker...

 made originally by Fender Musical Instruments, and now by Fender. The Deluxe Reverb is a 22-watt tube amplifier

Valve audio amplifier

A valve audio amplifier or vacuum tube audio amplifier is a valve amplifier used for sound reinforcement, sound recording and reproduction....

 (at 8 ohms), powered by a pair ("duet") of 7408/6V6GT power tubes

Vacuum tube

In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube , or thermionic valve , reduced to simply "tube" or "valve" in everyday parlance, is a device that relies on the flow of electric current through a vacuum...

, one GZ34/5AR4 rectifier

Rectifier

A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current , which periodically reverses direction, to direct current , which flows in only one direction. The process is known as rectification...

 tube, four 7025/12AX7 preamp tubes, and two 6201/12AT7 tubes driving the reverb

Reverberation

Reverberation is the persistence of sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed. A reverberation, or reverb, is created when a sound is produced in an enclosed space causing a large number of echoes to build up and then slowly decay as the sound is absorbed by the walls and air...

 and phase inverter circuits. Throughout its production, the amplifier has most often featured a Jensen

Jensen Loudspeakers

Jensen Loudspeakers is a company that manufactures speakers in many different models and sizes, originally located in Chicago, IL. They built a reputation during the 50's and 60's providing speakers used mainly in guitar and bass amplifiers. Though the American company is long gone, "reissue"...

 C-12Q series 12-inch loudspeaker

Loudspeaker

A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...

, although Oxford 12K5, Marlboro SE, Utah and Eminence speakers have also been used.

The name Fender Deluxe was also used for an unrelated steel guitar, essentially a single-neck version of the Fender Stringmaster, see Fender Stringmaster#Fender Deluxe.

External links

• Rebuilding a Fender Deluxe Reverb Tube Amplifier - Includes some very useful modification ideas as well as how to convert the modern Deluxe Reverb Reissue (DRRI) into a full point-to-point Deluxe Reverb.