Don Felder's Amplifiers

In this Q & A, Don Folder says this about his 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue:

"The Fender Deluxe Reverb 65 Reissue is a very workable amp. You should play it yourself and determine if it fits your style and tone."

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Don Felder plays, talks and demonstrates the Roland Blues Cube amp in this video. He praises this amp.

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"Felder has primarily used Blackface Deluxe Reverbs and Tweed Deluxes for his amplifiers, specifically his narrow-panel Tweed Deluxe, although a Mesa/Boogie Mark 1 appears behind him on the Hotel California tour."

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Don Felder uses a stock Fender Deluxe Tweed, according to his website Q&A:

"'Mark wants to know whether or not you modified your Tweed Deluxe with different tubes or speakers.' 'No, it’s just a stock Fender tweed deluxe.'"

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Don Felder modified his Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue with a Celestion G12H, according to this video at (5:15).

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"Felder has primarily used Blackface Deluxe Reverbs and Tweed Deluxes for his amplifiers, specifically his narrow-panel Tweed Deluxe, although a Mesa/Boogie Mark 1 appears behind him on the Hotel California tour."

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"Like on “Hearts on Fire,” I used this one little tweed Champ that I also used on the Eagles’ “Victim of Love.” It’s a big-sounding song, but the setup is just a Tele through that little Champ."

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"I was working in my [home] studio trying to write a guitar solo for this song called “You Don’t Have Me.” I was playing with the track, and I came up with what I thought was a really good solo idea. I had a MICRO CUBE sitting on the floor, and I just grabbed the vocal mic that I’d been singing into, shoved it in front of this little MICRO CUBE, and recorded that solo. I put a harmony on it, and just kind of pieced it together as a scratch demo, thinking that when I got into the studio, I would re-record it.

When I got into the studio and played it for everybody, they said, “Why do you want to re-record that? That’s got a great tone. It sounds really good.” I said, “No, no, no. Let’s set up some amps and we’ll try to do it again.” And we tried re-recording the solo, and it just didn’t have that unique sound, which was a small, little amp sounding like a really big amp. So it wound up staying on the record as the final solo on “You Don’t Have Me.”"

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"During the Hell Freezes Over Reunion tour, you could see a Marshall Bluesbreaker and a ’59 Bassman 4x10 behind Felder, though some speculate that the Bassman was his primary amp."

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In this image, Don Felder is seen with a modded Marshall JMP 2203 100w Master Lead MKII. I personally reached out to Marshall Amplifiers about the amp in this image and they concurred it was a 1979 JMP 2203.

Felder used this amp on the Eagles' 1980 tour, as well as a Fender Dual Showman. This amplifier setup is audible on the Eagles Live record from 1980.

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In this image, Don Felder can be seen with a Fender Dual Showman behind him, just to the right of his Marshall JMP 2203. He used this amplifier live with the Eagles from 1976 until 1980. It was used in conjunction with the Marshall JMP on the Eagles' 1980 tour.

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This photo from the Eagles' 1995 Hell Freezes Over tour shows Don Felder with his Marshall Bluesbreaker Combo Reissue behind him.

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In an Instagram post by Don Felder, he is seen using an Orange Oriverb combo amplifier in his home studio. Felder confirmed the amp model in the comments, mentioning that it was sent to him by Orianthi.

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This is a community-built gear list for Don Felder.

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