RE: twin reverb and SF amps in general

[John Kally <jkally3@xxxxxxx>]

I have to go along with Andrew and some of the others on this.  A 
relevant (I hope) story: a friend of mine was looking for an amp 
recently , and wanted to see my 64 Super reverb.  He wound up buying  
both a 72 twin reverb AND a 69 super reverb from me, and the total was 
about half of what the 64 would have been.  Now some would say that the 
64 was the better investment, but he now has two versatile amps in two 
different power ranges and money to spare for other things.
My personal gripe with my old  74 master volume Twin was related to two 
main things: 1) I was living in an upstairs apartment with my parking 
space about 1/4 mile from where I lived, and every night I'd lug that 
sucker up the stairs I  regretted having such a heavy amp, and 2) more 
relevant to harp playing, I didn't have a good handle on how to use the 
amp controls and mic combination very well, I was using a 50s 
controlled magnetic shure and fighting feedback constantly.  
Subsequently I've learned a lot about mic and amplified technique, and 
in retrospect I think that the problem was as much me as the amp.   
Since my first experience (bought the master volume amp in '82), I've 
had much better luck managing the twin amps, and even though they are 
not my personal favorites they are definitely worth considering from 
any Fender era, tweed through silverface (I can't comment on the red 
knob twins, etc as I have no real experience with those).  I have found 
that the 545 or SM57 seems like a better match for those amps than some 
  other mics, but your experience may differ.