As my first ever amp build, I decided to go with the Fender Deluxe Reverb. The Deluxe Reverb is one of the most famous amps of all time. It offers a wide spectrum of sounds from heavenly cleans to beautiful tube breakup. It also has a two tube reverb circuit and a roach powered tremolo.

What does this mean

This means that at low volumes (2-4) This amp offers a clean, high headroom sound at not too loud volumes, as this amp is only 22 watts. At medium volumes (4-7), this amp offers a slightly compressed and overdriven sound, perfect for lead lines. This is the sound that all of your favorite overdrive pedals are trying to simulate. At high volumes (7-10), this amp offers an extremely overdriven, extremely compressed sound perfect for lead tones. This is one of the most recorded amps of all time, which mean it must be good :). This amp has a two tube spring reverb. In this case, this means that there is a 12AT7 tube with the triodes in parallel pushing a Spring reverb tank. This reverberated signal is then pushed by a set of two 12AX7 triodes, and is then injected into the signal. This amp is also equipped with roach powered tremolo. What this means is that instead of just the 3 tremolo oscillation caps inducing the tremolo into the signal, a roach (consisting of a photo resistor and an LED) powers the signal. For information on how these two effects work, check out Rob Robinette's website.

Why this amp over the dozens of other Fender amps on the amp market?

I chose this amp for a few reasons:

• Clean, high headroom amp that is playable at basement levels
• tube reverb circuit
• Amps like this have been played by some of my favorite players, including John Mayer

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