Sell silverface twin to buy DRRI?

[adjason]

Just looking for opinions on this. I am thinking of selling my 1976 twin reverb to get something more portable. I have the big amp thing covered with a super reverb and bandmaster reverb-both later 60's. So I have decided that a portable amp would be nice-vintage deluxe reverbs seem kind of high priced but I don't want to instantly start thinking about mods etc so anybody who actually has some vintage fender amps-will the deluxe reverb reissue cut in in comparison to those guys? I saw guitar center has 20% fathers day special on $999 or higher this weekend and those DDRI are 999 I think. I could hold out for a vintage deluxe but at lots more money and I think "can a silverface deluxe really sound better than a silverface twin?" I never use the bright switch on any amp and this has me a bit scared of the deluxe.

[TinyGomery]

Try out a Deluxe in a guitar shop and see what you think. Almost every guitar shop will have a Deluxe reissue. I play through an early '70s Twin Reverb, and I was impressed with the Deluxe reissue when I played it in store. Sounded great.

Your Twin is probably redundant if you have a nice Super and Bandmaster.

If you wait a while, some folks buying the vintage deluxes will be selling to buy Princeton Reverbs. The trend seems to be toward smaller and smaller amps. Maybe vintage Deluxe Reverb prices will come down?

[uriah1]

The DRRI would be nice, portable and totally gigable., however, a SFdelux is diff than SFTwin..
Too bad you can't have both...sounds like you do have everything covered though!

[jh45gun]

I would keep the twin and look for a deal on a used Deluxe reissue. I think if you get rid of the twin later you will be sorry. I have kicked my self in the posterior ever since the early 90's for getting rid of my Super Reverb Drip Edge just because I had to have a new amp a Peavey Chorus 212. Now the Peavey is long gone and I am back to Silver Face Fender Amps.

[Radspin]

My two cents, based on nothing but my thoughts and observations? I don't think vintage DRs will ever come down. They seem to be too desirable as many players' holy grail amps. Wish I would have bought one back in the day but I have a '65 PR so I can't really complain!

[Chiogtr4x]

Originally Posted by Radspin

My two cents, based on nothing but my thoughts and observations? I don't think vintage DRs will ever come down. They seem to be too desirable as many players' holy grail amps. Wish I would have bought one back in the day but I have a '65 PR so I can't really complain!

I think you are right about SF/BF DR's value- they are just going to go up !

Us (aging) baby boomers really identify with a Fender amp sound, that touches all kinds of music (not everything, but a hell of a lot, and with OD/'amp modelling' pedals just about anything is possible) and we don't need and can't carry Twins/Supers/Showman's etc., and Tweeds as cool as they are, may not have effects, or enough clean headroom... So a DR or a PR just give us just about everything you could want out of a Fender amp (IMO) in a small package and we modify/augment with pedals...Glad I got one back in the '90s!

[Leep Dog]

I think you have your bases covered already, I'd say go try a DRRI and if you like it, go for it, I really like the DRRI I got a few weeks ago.

[ludashoeless]

nooooooo

[bluebirdrad]

I think the DRRI is a fine sounding amp and a great amp for gigging. But in the long run the RI will not keep its value and will probably not outlast your SF Twin. How much is a SF Deluxe?

[bigmuff113]

Maybe for a BF DR

[BobbyZ]

I had a push-pull master volume twin for years untell exwife No.1 sold it.
The truth is I don't miss it much. (or her)
I would like a BFTR or maybe an early SF but the later ones not so much.

[Mike Simpson]

You can buy a silverface DR for what the re-issue will cost. I just bought a 71 SFDR for $450, yeah it's a fixer upper but It will always be worth what I paid for it.

Hello Music had the DRRI for $799 not long ago, I had one and sold it and had a hard time getting $500 for it.

[Green Lantern]

If it were me, I would keep the Twin Reverb and just get the Deluxe Reverb when I could comfortably afford it.

[refin]

Bought a DRRI recently for $500,very happy with it.

[adjason]

Thanks for all the replys folks...........still on the fence

[Paul G.]

Once upon a time a Silverface DR was a good deal. Now, 30+ years since they stopped making them, I think not so much.

I used to use, buy and sell vintage amps all the time. I still have BF Bassman (second owner). Over the last 10 years I found the ones on the market, especially the ones that are reasonably priced are just money traps. A well-maintained, dead stock unit is now a rarity, at least on the market.

What you get is usually some bodged together frankenamp that the current owner is sick of. It may be unreliable, noisy or just not sound like it should. Once your honeymoon period (where you hear what you want to hear) is over, you're stuck with something other than what you meant.

10 years ago I spent over a year and many, many hundreds of dollars trying to make a '74 Vibrolux Reverb right. Eventually I gave up and sold it. To someone like you. Good luck, guy.

For workingman stuff, the Reissue Fenders sound fine and are reliable. If you're picky, Tube Tone, Allen and others make nice BF based designs for double the money. They're worth it if you've got it.

I recommend a DRRI for gigging, or a nice hand-wired copy. Leave the really old stuff to collectors now. The good ones, well you can't afford 'em. The bad ones aren't worth the trouble.

In my opinion, of course.

P.

[jh45gun]

I disagree a vintage amp is a good amp to have and not that hard to maintain.

[T Prior]

Originally Posted by TinyGomery

Your Twin is probably redundant if you have a nice Super and Bandmaster.

That's a very interesting comparison......

A Twin is now in the same camp as a Band Master ? The BM is probably closer in comparison to the DR ! Why not get a single 12 cab and use the BM head ?

[dada]

No way. Twins are starting to get more attention lately. Yes they are heavy, loud and clean, but in the right setting they are the best amp Fender ever made IMO. DRRI's are really good amps and the one I had held it's own very well against my '72 SFDR. Save up some dough and wait for a steal. I found mine mint for $400....

[tele_pathic]

Originally Posted by refin

Bought a DRRI recently for $500,very happy with it.

THIS!!! I think you'd be able to get a DRRI for $600 or less.