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    I just purchased a 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb. It's covered in Alligator skin. Would this have been done custom at the factory or after market? Also has a black box with a variable resistor added between the speaker output and the speaker. Anyone know what it's for?

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    Can you supply any pics ??
    If you don't know where your going any road'll take you there : George Harrison

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    • #3
      Early on Fender sometimes made custom items, like cramming a pair of 12's into a 2x10 box or a piggyback 4x10 tweed Bassman. I kind of doubt a 'gator skin Deluxe was made but who knows. Leo sometimes would have a special item made for his friends in the country & western music field. Sounds like a kool amp anyway.

      That black box is a speaker attenuator. So you can crank up the amp to distortion levels then leak just a bit of it into the speaker. Several companies make these since the 70's up 'til now. And there are lots of custom attenuators too. Plenty of discussions about these on MEF's pages, read up to your heart's content. And welcome aboard.
      This isn't the future I signed up for.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by shortcircuit View Post
        Can you supply any pics ??
        I have pics but the forum doesn't give me permission to attach them.

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          • #6
            Wow! Red alligators... don't see them very often

            I like it, very sharp
            If it still won't get loud enough, it's probably broken. - Steve Conner
            If the thing works, stop fixing it. - Enzo
            We need more chaos in music, in art... I'm here to make it. - Justin Thomas
            MANY things in human experience can be easily differentiated, yet *impossible* to express as a measurement. - Juan Fahey

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            • #7
              What a beauty!
              - Own Opinions Only -

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              • #8
                I can see my wife is already jealous. She just sees me spending time on amps. If it were an alligator jacket or boots for her she'd be in heaven!

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                • #9
                  Very cool!
                  "I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by tigerzilly View Post
                    I can see my wife is already jealous. She just sees me spending time on amps. If it were an alligator jacket or boots for her she'd be in heaven!
                    Better keep an eye out that she doesn't try to 'skin' it then. "Honey, look at the purse I made from that old thing you drug home".
                    Originally posted by Enzo
                    I have a sign in my shop that says, "Never think up reasons not to check something."


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                    • #11
                      Yessir, looks a treat! Reminds me of time I lived in Florida a couple months, near the Miccosukee reservation. Lots of gator skin products at reasonable prices.

                      And gator on the menu in many places: eat them before they eat you! Tastes like chicken. Sort of.
                      This isn't the future I signed up for.

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                        Proof that there are indeed red alligators.

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                        "I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22

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                        • #13
                          My amp doesn't look nearly as good as that!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by The Dude View Post
                            Proof that there are indeed red alligators.
                            My alligator wants to do a wolf whistle on that one! Hevvins sakes, the things you see in South Dakota...
                            This isn't the future I signed up for.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Leo_Gnardo View Post
                              the things you see in South Dakota...
                              Out in the snow like that with no jacket!
                              Originally posted by Enzo
                              I have a sign in my shop that says, "Never think up reasons not to check something."


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