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I just got given a Super Twin Reverb chassis. Mostly complete and nothing I can't put back together. Anyone ever own or play one of these? The idea of 180 watts of Fender clean is slightly scary. It is pretty rough so it might end up as a blackface twin clone or a frankenmarshall, not sure yet.

 

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The first thing that ran through my mind was "marshall major clone". I actually ran into a guy last night who used to own one. He said that it was similar to a twin for clean sound, the fancy eq section was so so and the distortion was utterly crap, I beleive he used the phrase "like someone stepping on a duck". This thing is pretty beat so I won't be ruining any future "collectors value" so it might end up as a project. Apprantly this isn't one of Rivera's better designs.

The power transformer on this thing is massive. I've got a head case that was made years ago for putting a twin chassis in. This thing has all the same dimensions as a twin, but the transformer is so big it won't fit in the head case because it is so much higher than a twins.

 

[Ripper]

Yeah it could be an interesting amp, still can't decide whether do to it up to original specs or what. I don't have the cab or speakers, but that's okay, they weighed a ton and I don't need anymore large combos. I have a super champ that I love, so might try and get this thing back to original to see what she sounds like.

Looks like the only thing I don't have in my parts bin is a reverb transformer. I was sure I had one, will have to dig intothe dark abyss that is my parts again. It's missing a couple of tube sockets, caps and there are a couple of buggered up pots, but the output tranny and power tranny are good so that is the biggest thing.

A friend of mine dropped it off. He got it from another fellow who found it in the garage of the house they just bought. He figured I could use it for parts.