A 22-watt Fender combo with a single 12-inch speaker, revered for its sweet breakup at manageable volumes. The Deluxe Reverb is the Goldilocks Fender -- louder and fuller than a Princeton but still breaks up beautifully unlike the ultra-clean Twin. A studio and club standard for decades.
The ToneMaster Deluxe Reverb costs $200 less than the tube original. We put both on the same amp stand, dialed in identical settings, and listened. Here's where they agree — and where they don't.
Fender Deluxe Reverb settings for clean, edge-of-breakup, crunch and pedal platform — why there's no Middle knob, and how it all translates to a modeler.
The Vibrato channel isn't the plain one with reverb added — it has an extra gain stage and, on a Deluxe Reverb, a treble cap you can't switch off. Verified panel layouts per model.