This is my 1971 Fender Deluxe Reverb. I got it sometime in the mid 1990's (I really don't remember the year but it was probably pre 1995) at Pro Music Exchange in Orange for $380. It is 22 watts with a 6v6 power tube section, reverb and vibrato channels. The speaker is a 25 watt Celestion Greenback, which makes the amp a little louder and warmer sounding that the stock speaker (which I think was a Jensen).
These amps are pretty similar in design to the 1965 Blackface version and a tech did a little tinkering with it to make it closer to that ideal. The only thing I really remember is that unorthodox (besides the speaker, of course) is that we put a bypass on the vibrato channel. If you turn the "Intensity" knob all the way to the left it clicks off and the signal now bypasses that entire part of the amplifier circuit. It really unloads that amp quite a bit giving it a little more volume and clarity. I liked it so much that I had a 1974 Super Reverb that I no longer own done the same way.
I typically run into the first input of the second channel, which has the reverb and vibrato options. I just like how it sounds even though you are probably getting a more "pure" sound from the first channel. A nice feature of these amps is that the second input can either be an input or you can run a cord from that input to the input of another amp to chain them together. If I can be loud enough I really dig chaining this with my 1966 Bassman Dude00
If you use the second input on either channel as an actual input for your guitar it is voiced a little differently...a little darker. I generally don't use that input.
As far as the wattage goes, most Deluxe reverbs at 22 watts are loud enough to play most "non-metal" gigs with. Especially great for Blues and Roots Rock. This amp, with its more efficient speaker and small modifications is quite a bit louder than most stock Deluxes, and I usually run it at about 2 on gigs and I am more than loud enough...with the 12 inch speaker, small size, low weight and the volume it is capable of I am more likely to take this to a gig than any of my bigger amps in my advancing years biggrin
Here are some clips.
Clean and funky. Same amp for both guitars, although the one on the left is my Suhr Classic and the one on the right is a frankenstrat my buddy has with lipstick tube pickups in it: http://www.markweinguitarlessons.com/soundfiles/17 Track 17.mp3
Same amp setup and recording session but with a Barber Direct Drive in front of the amp: http://www.markweinguitarlessons.com/soundfiles/06 Track 06.mp3
Here are a pair of videos, the first with some pedals and the second without:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhfz11vTYsI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoLcYYI0vyU
On a gig with my Suhr Classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey9frsFHUJM
And with my Les Paul on a fairly loud gig:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57V-sviHIAU
