New Fender '65 Twin Custom 15

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 7 May 2004 5:13 am

From fender.com "Attention all you Tennessee-style fingerpickers and steel men... The wait is over!"

http://www.fender.com/misc/winternamm2004/fender_amps/65_twin_custom_15.html

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 7 May 2004 6:13 am

Great amp.

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 7 May 2004 7:00 am

Drew - There's been some discussion about this new amp, including some problems from Forumites who purchased them. Here are some links:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/005015.html http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/004728.html http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/005008.html

There's also a new Fender Amp coming soon, called the "Steel King". You might want to do a search for that item also. Looks like Fender is finally noticing there's a market for steel guitar amps.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 7 May 2004 10:16 am

How much is U.S. MSRP?

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 7 May 2004 11:21 am

Mike - Musician's Friend shows the MSRP at $1569.99. Their price is $1099.99 or about the same as the regular 65 Twin Reverb Re-Issue. Previous threads show there may be quality control issues on some of the initial shipments. - Tim

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 7 May 2004 12:08 pm

Ok, thanks.

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 11 May 2004 4:50 pm

Mike,

I don't think Tim is talking about the Steel King... I think he's talking about the '65 Twin Custom 15. Those prices sound like the Custom Twin prices. Surely a solid state amp wouldn't cost that much!

If the MSRP on the Steel King has been announced, I'm not aware of it. If I'm wrong, educate me!

Rick

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 12 May 2004 4:37 am

Right, Rick. The price I gave is for the Custom 15. So far, info on the Steel King is rumour and no price or specs are available.