Posted by Slim on 5/19/2008, 8:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Back to the 66 Deluxe..."

I have never owned one...... one of my friends has a '65 (not a reissue) in mint condistion. It sounds like heaven...... I've always wanted one....... I did however at one time own a Peavy Bandit --Previous Message-- : Hey Hal, I also had a DR for my first : "real" amp. It was around 1968 and : I blew the blue sticker Jensen out with a : Maestro Fuzz Tone. I put a JBL twelve in : mine too and kept it until I got the first : Marshall. I wish I still had that amp now. : : --Previous Message-- : I just had my 66 Deluxe serviced about a : month : ago. Nothing major, but stuff that needed to : be done. New caps(never replaced--I : understand they dry out), a couple of new : tubes, etc. : : Let me tell ya'll a little about this amp. : It is my first amp. I got in used in about : 72 or so for 100.00. It had a Radio Shack : speaker in it and incorrect grille cloth. I : got an e series JBL put in it( a popular : upgrade back then) and some period correct : grill cloth. Other than that it's pretty : much original. I have had the odd work done : on it over the years, but nothing like this : recent service. : : So guess what--it sounds great. My tech says : it's the best sounding Deluxe he has ever : worked on. I have started using it at all my : gigs. I sold my Maz 18 and I took back the : Goodsell I was trying out. I play in a cover : band and at two churches. This amp covers : all my needs. When I change guitars I can : really hear the differences. And it loves : all my pedals. : : After 35 years of playing, I am back to my : first amp. I have a 68 AC30(too much amp for : most of my gigs) and my 68 Princeton. I : can't imagine needing anything else. : : :