Jake Andrews

In this YouTube video, Jake Andrews discusses his 1951 Fender Esquire that his father purchased from H&H Music in Houston Texas.

The previous owner was Gatemouth Brown.

In this video from Vintage Guitar, Jake Andrews is playing his all-original '62 Gibson ES-335 through a '58 Fender Princeton.

Jake Andrews at 0:22 in this video says:

This is a mid ‘60s Fender blackface Deluxe Reverb, one of the most classic amps they ever made. I’ve had these many times in the past when I was younger, but the crazy thing is, when I was a kid I remember going into music stores and people would have these on consignment for $150 to $200. Nobody really wanted these other than as a practice amp or a backstage amp. These amps were far too small and quiet, back then, to be considered to be used for live shows and performances. Super Reverbs for a blues gig in a club, a club show. And so, these were a dime a dozen. Fast forward to these days, if you started to bring a Super Reverb in to a club show, the sound guy is liable to kick you out the front door, so everyone has gone to smaller and quieter amps. But these things still sound amazing.

Of course, you can still get a massive sound by micing it the right way, and they are still plenty loud. It’s just a single 12” speaker, they’re around 20 watts, and they just sound great. And this particular amp, man, it’s fantastic. It just epitomizes that clean, atmospheric, blackface sound, and when you pair it with an old Strat, it really just sounds beautiful.

Jake goes on to mention he got this amplifier from his friend Eric Johnson. He then demonstrates the amp by playing ”Lenny” by SRV.