1968 Silverface Pro Reverb
I scored big time recently and got a 1968 Pro Reverb in superb condition for a very low price, less than half of what it is worth. The guy's story was that he was unemployed, his truck needed tires, his mama was sick and he was on the lam from his mortgage company for his unpaid doublewide payments. I am not making this up.

The amp is a Silverface drip edge. He brought it over and it looked good but didn't sound all that good, the power tubes looked and sounded worn. I was going to open it up and look inside but decided it was worth the risk and did the deal.

After I paid him and he left I opened it up and was stunned to see that it was essentially like it was the day it left the factory! The only apparent change is an old orange drop in the tremolo section. Dunno if the tubes are original but dig what is in it: RCA 12AX7 preamp tubes, Telefunken 12AX7 reverb and driver tubes, RCA 6L6GC's, and a Mullard GZ34 rectifier.

It has the cool wire cloth wiring, the good blue caps, and the original Utah orange back speakers.

The reverb didn't work but I took it over to my friend Kerry and we, well... he fixed it, one of the reverb spring retainers was broken and he had an old tank he cannibalized one from. The pots were scratchy but that was easily fixed with contact cleaner. The power tubes looked worn out and they definitely were. I put a pair of JJ 6L6GC's I had in my tube collection in it and biased it up, then fired it up, and OH MY GOD!!!

This amp has instantly become a favorite among all the amps I own. (Except maybe for my Kaybreaker 720) I am telling you it has classic Fender Tone Of The Gods. Everything ever described about clean Fender tone is there, and when dimed it has the sweetest overdrive ever. When I stepped on my Tubescreamer I had to stop and change my shorts.

It was seriously dusty inside the cabinet, and while I was vacuuming it out there were a few other bonus items I found. A guitar cord that didn't function, a few picks, and, well... see the pictures below to check it out to see what else I found.

I wanted to get a page up quick on this amp to show it off, so here it is but there is a lot more I want to say about it and will be posting it here soon.
As you can see other than the usual grime accumulated over the years the amp is in excellent shape!
The amp is an odd combination of pre-CBS and post-CBS technology, note the cloth wiring and blue caps from the Leo years, but also the snubber caps, bias balance, and cathode resistors on the power tubes from the CBS years.
The only change I can see that has been made is that Orange Drop cap in the trem section... Maybe it's original, did they make Orange Drops back then?
RCA power tubes which were past their prime, and a Mullard GZ34 rectifier, something the Blackface Pro's used.
All 12AX7's: RCA preamp tubes and Telefunken driver tubes!!
Hmm.... Wonder where this amp has been in the past?