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Back when "Timmy" Pedal guru, Paul Cochrane was creating amazing Heritage amps, he was criticizing modern-day reverb tanks. I've been through a few tank tank swaps, and agree with Cochrane. I had to return two brand new tanks due to poor performance. Springs jangled or had overtones at low reverb levels. Even after swapping in vintage tubes the reverb sounded washed out. That said, if I needed another reverb tank I'd look for a good used tank from an old amp. Good luck with your MOD tank, Will. I hope it works out for you.

Agreed. I had to pull the reverb tank from my Classic 30 when the basement flooded. Once everything was well rinsed, including the bag, and dried. I simply plugged it all in and it worked fine.

quick and easy fix. I actually have a spare reverb tank at home somewhere, but since I don't live there anymore, I don't really have access to it

Good on ya, Deluxe Reverb needs reverb! But not more cowbell.

I love the custom core headstock!

One of the best rock and roll tones that I ever heard in my life was a very early 70's Les Paul Custom plugged straight into a '68 Silverface Twin. Some guy had traded it into Guitar Center and a very good guitarist friend of mine who worked at the store for a while was checking the pair out. It was after closing time so he cranked it and it was awesome. Total rock and roll! If I could afford it at the time I would have bought the combo on site.

It's got a marvelous clean tone! It's on a roller stand now so moving it around the playing space is not too bad. I was intrigued to learn that the Twin has much in common with the mighty Showman amp!

Congratulation on buying a great amp. I had one for a long time with no issues. Sold it due to it's weight and a bad back. I do miss it.

I bought one and the neck is not that thin. It feels about the same as my PRS wide fat neck.

Still looking for a killer priced one here. There’s something about the twin that speaks to me. They’re mostly a “move once” behemoth with a lovely sound. Congrats & happy NADs!

I can't see any reason to have one. There is nothing it offers that I see as an improvement. Thin neck, weight relief, modern wiring, and coil splitting? Meh. And if they are the same pickups that come in the Custom Cores, I am ambivalent about them. They didn't really impress me.

Just ordered a MOD replacement reverb tank for my Fender DRRI. Apparently the springs rusted from the salty air when the house flooded during Helene.

Couldn't find one so I built one.

found locally at a killer price, picking it up this afternoon . . . the Deluxe Reverb will take a breather . . .

I bought my son one of those years ago. He likes his but rarely uses it. I've been tempted to try it at band practice, but realistically I don't need to.

I don't have massive long fingers. A thinner neck works well for me. But it's not just the size or thickness but the shape. It's one reason that I don't even look at PRS guitars. The neck shape, especially the SE versions are actually painful, especially for my thumb. My Vint 54 Strat has a beefy neck, but it's rounded which helps.

Blleechhh!!! Freakin’ skinny necks! 😤

Anyone here snatched one up yet?

I have a 2nd Generation Katana 50w 1x12. I bought it for something I could get some good low volume sounds. I don’t play out, just house friendly volume levels these days. I only use the reverb, as I’ve never really been an effects guy. It gets the job done quite well. I’m sure it would never be able to capture the vibes of a cranked tube-amp, it sure would save your back!

Just wait another 20 years!

I think at lot of the "amp modeling" craze has more to do with size and weight more than anything. I've thrown my back out several times in the past year for doing nothing more than getting dressed... I was warned when you hit 50, the check engine light turns on.... I still have four months to go and I'm getting the warning signs... I'd use the Boss Katana 100W if I could, but only because its slightly lighter than a Marshall DSL40. (41lbs compared to 50lbs). But I'm learning how to move my gear smarter though. Dollies, carts, etc. Placing my amp on top of my toolbox which rests on a dolly. Keep all my cables inside the toolbox so its easy to roll out, setup and play. Even with the Katana there are 2 versions.... The Gen III 100w and the Gen 3 Artisan 100w, there is about a 10lb difference there. So perhaps they aren't as "light" as I expected....

The Katana series has been the new Mustang series for the last 10 years or so.

True. But for that amount of money you can also get a Marshall or a Soldanoin buyinh one of the other modelers....or at least to my ear, a pretty damn close model of one.

I've been jamming with my old friends and the guitar and bass are direct into the mixer and back to headphone feeds. I grabbed a Strymon Iridium for my pedal board, and use that. I've also used it to do some quick demos to send to the bass player so he could work out his parts. I think it has been better than my old PodXT. There's no reverb, just some "room" emulation, but that's been plenty. I don't feel any lack of response. Once I fire it up and get my level set, it's off to the races. As PSP, I won't use the Strymon. I'll just use my amp. As for the ToneMasters only emulating a Fender amp, that's not really an issue to me. If I plug in my Princeton, that's the only sound I'll get. Whether it's a Fender tube amp or a ToneMaster, it's not going to be a Marshall or a Soldano.

The high end modelers (Fractal, Line 6 Helix, Quad Cortex, etc) are all used a lot with touring bands. The low end is the Boss Katana and also the Line 6 Catalyst, which has some of the Helix models and FX and sounds great. I have also seen a move toward the lower end Tone X and HEADRUSH run through powered speakers as a lot of companies are buileding powered cabs. For a while, the Fender Tonemaster Twin, Deluxe and Super were getting popular and I have to admit they were great. Their drawback was that they used all of their DSP recreating the Fender tone which was great if all you wanted to do is have Fender tones.. I still use tube amps for my more serious stuff but have lately been using the Quad Cortex along with the Line 6 powercab for smaller gigs. Nobody has complained at all about my tone in using it. The models sound great but I still can feel something lacking in their response to my fingers. I would have no trouble using the Katana or the Catalyst soundwise. Using a Fender Tonemaster is simple in that it is built exactly like a Fender, so plug in and play. The Tone X, Katana and Catalyst require a few minutes of figuing out how to set them up in order to get the most out of them