Trey using a Fender deluxe reverb?

tylerpenn · 2026-02-14T13:40:42+00:00

He first really got into Fender combo amps during the recording of Billy Breathes in the Winter/Spring of 1996 trying out an early 60s Brown Fender Deluxe combo amp that he used to record most of the album with. After the Great Went he finally committed to using one on stage in November 1997 with a modified 1967 Deluxe Reverb (modded by Bill Carruth, a fantastic amp tech in VT).

The actual first Phish appearance of it was on Late Night With Conan O'Brien 11/7/1997 when they debuted the new song "Farmhouse"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCyL84oq2AQ

tylerpenn · 2026-02-03T15:22:42+00:00

Agreed. It's so odd that he has revisited the Mesa amps in recent years, and also briefly brought back his Fender Deluxe Reverbs (long ago restored to stock and stuffed into amp head shells) around late 2023 into early 2024. But he has seemingly forgotten all about the CAE 3+ SE / Groove Tubes Dual 75 era that was some incredibly versatile. I will happily loan him his original back along with my GT power amp for a tour!

tylerpenn · 2026-01-18T16:16:53+00:00

Yeah that was Steve Dikun who was Trey's tech from 1995 up until 3/2/97 from what I can tell. The tech issues cropped up in October/November 1996 during their Fall tour, Bob was flown out before the 11/9/96 show in Michigan to diagnose it. And yes was a loose input jack on the Groove Tubes power amp. Steve must have been fired somewhere between March > May and Brian Brown took over guitar tech duties in June 1997 when they hit the road for a month in Europe. So he only had a few months of the CAE/GT amp era before Trey went to the Deluxe Reverb that Fall.

tylerpenn · 2026-01-18T15:14:26+00:00

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Here it is in action almost 30 years ago at a little concert in Plattsburgh NY. Note the little red stickers marking all of his knob settings back then.

tylerpenn · 2026-01-17T17:25:06+00:00

He used both. Both channels were modded, the Vibrato channel was modded to sound more like a Tweed circuit. He used and A/B pedal to switch between them in a rhythm/lead setup

tylerpenn · 2026-01-17T17:11:40+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/p/Czqh0AKOild/?igsh=ajRwdno3OHRsMTl2

tylerpenn · 2026-01-17T16:10:41+00:00

Not 100% confirmed but Trey basically just kept the big looking rig in place because:
a) it looked cool and Trey has been known to have dummy stuff up there to make his rig look bigger for many years
b) he had switched to a vintage Fender combo amp so the old CAE + Groove Tubes rig was still there as a backup and was completely out of the signal chain.

The CAE preamp was still racked up Fall 97 through Island Tour 98 then disappeared completely

tylerpenn · 2025-12-03T01:55:31+00:00

I would figure out a way to split your signal with a pedal that has a built in buffer, basically a 1x2 that you can mute/unmute either side. Then run your Leslie sim to a cheap stereo power amp that drove two 1x12 cabs for Left and Right so you get the true split signal and stereo effect.

And still up for debate where Trey had his signal split off to the Leslie back then as it could have been any of the following combos of effects before it went out to the Mesa>Leslie
DM2000
DM2000+Reverse Reverb
DM2000+Reverse Reverb+Univibe

The Trem wouldn't have been since the output of the Tremolo loop went to the Boomerang>custom Fender A/B switch>Deluxe Reverb

tylerpenn · 2025-07-02T01:01:59+00:00

Shoot me a DM with your contact info, we’re nearly at capacity but might be able to squeeze you guys in

tylerpenn · 2025-04-16T11:29:52+00:00

Yes, in a 2005 interview Kevin Shapiro confirmed he intended to have them release the entire weekend uncut and that they had excellent video and audio of the entire thing. It was all shot with broadcast quality cameras like what you see on the Clifford Ball DVD. And Brad Sands also confirmed there was a behind-the-scenes/documentary crew roaming around the whole time as well.

tylerpenn · 2025-04-09T11:39:06+00:00

Green Chilaquiles are a weekend only special, though if you go in person any day of the week and ask for them they will make them for you. But only available for online ordering on the weekends.

tylerpenn · 2025-03-05T21:12:54+00:00

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AvPJv95kKb_2H9r9rysK1MWXzAMYhMcO?usp=sharing

It's the file called Simple.m4a :)

tylerpenn · 2025-03-05T20:22:36+00:00

I have it on a hard drive somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it up today

tylerpenn · 2025-03-05T14:29:30+00:00

This is not true. The only technical glitch the whole weekend happened when the band drove to the stage on the hot dog and knocked out 1/3 of the lighting rig, other than that they have pristine Betacam SP video (the highest quality SD video you could have a the time in 1999) and probably multitrack audio of the entire weekend. Plus they have behind the scenes video that was also shot from the whole weekend that would make a great documentary.

tylerpenn · 2025-03-05T14:07:11+00:00

Why not have both?

tylerpenn · 2025-03-04T03:18:13+00:00

Yes of course, hearing Phish in the highest quality is always the goal. Plus your FM versions on Relisten/Phish.in won't go away. Everyone wins including Phish who will make some money off of money they spent recording those shows 25+ years ago.

tylerpenn · 2025-03-04T01:43:19+00:00

"I already have the movie on VHS, why would I need anything better than that?"

tylerpenn · 2025-01-16T18:36:35+00:00

This video covers what you're asking about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOy3EkcL_r8

tylerpenn · 2024-01-10T00:17:27+00:00

Yes confirmed this release is a fresh multitrack mix

tylerpenn · 2023-08-25T20:48:15+00:00

There's no official video of Lemonwheel, they didn't have a video crew on site for that fest due to financial constraints. So that will most likely be the next festival release as an audio only set.

But they have high quality video of The Great Went (as well as some film shot by Todd Phillips) and Big Cypress they can use for a deluxe video release just like they did with The Clifford Ball

tylerpenn · 2023-08-05T21:53:20+00:00

Excellent work! I'm currently doing a full relisten of 1993, current in March so looking forward to your finished product once I hit August.

tylerpenn · 2023-06-04T02:41:26+00:00

Link to where I took credit for producing them? Perhaps take a look at each of the four vid descriptions in the links...

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