Gear / Amp
Fender Twin Reverb
On 9 sourced rigs at ToneLineage.
Who uses it
- B.B. KingSignature gear (career overview) career
Named in the article's equipment section: “…king's x. the l5 has an onboard compressor, parametric equalization, and four inputs. king also used a fender twin reverb. he used his signature model strings "gibson seg-bbs b.b. king signature electric guitar strings" with gauge…” Wikipedia: B. B. King ↗
- Jerry GarciaEarly Dead: Guild, Les Paul, SG + Twins 1965–1972Tiger era: Twin preamp + MC2300 1977–1989
Fender Twin Reverb (x1 to x3): His amp from the Warlocks on. Waldotronics fan archive: Jerry Garcia rig history (quotes Garcia, Parish, Owsley) ↗
Fender Twin Reverb (preamp): Blackface, then silverface as primary from 1982. Waldotronics fan archive: Jerry Garcia rig history (quotes Garcia, Parish, Owsley) ↗
- Kurt CobainSignature gear (career overview) career
Named in the article's equipment section: “…ed over and strung for left-handed playing. for the recording of bleach , cobain needed to borrow a fender twin reverb due to his main amplifier, a solid-state randall, being repaired at the time, but as the twin reverb's speak…” Wikipedia: Kurt Cobain ↗
- Mark KnopflerDire Straits / Communiqué 1977–1979
Fender Twin Reverb (stage, from mid-1978): Fan archive: 'In about May 1978 Knopfler started to play Fender Twin Reverbs on stage.' MK-Guitar.com (Ingo Raven fan archive): Knopfler's Sultans of Swing amp, the brown Vibrolux ↗
- Brent MasonLive rig 2021
Fender Twin Reverb, 1964: PG 2021. Premier Guitar Rig Rundown: Brent Mason (2021) ↗
- Tom HamiltonJRAD 2018 2018
2018 amp. Behind the Gear (fan interview): Tom Hamilton (Jun 2018) ↗
- Kenyon ReedArtist video (rig rundown) (2022-09-01) 2022
Fender Twin Reverb (reissue): Named by the speaker in the video (auto-captions: “classic fender twi”). Artist video (rig rundown): Kenyon Reed from Bethel Music shows his set up and Daily Driver (shnobel, 2022-09-01) ↗
- Conor CurleyRomance tour 2025
- Jonny BucklandParachutes 1999–2001
Community-reported; unconfirmed. Producer Ken Nelson (via Equipboard, citing Sound On Sound): 'Johnny has a Fender Twin Reverb'. Equipboard (crowd-sourced): Jonny Buckland's gear ↗
Affordable clones & alternatives
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- Fender Champion II 25 Guitar Combo Amplifier (1x8", 25 Watts)~$150 new approx.
- Fender Champion II 50 Guitar Combo Amplifier (1x12", 50 Watts)~$200 new approx.
- Budget clone
- Fender '65 Twin Reverb reissue
- Boutique clone
- Fender Custom Shop / Victoria Twin-style
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