I have a Fender 75 I bought a few years ago. It’s a beast, heavy to move around, but loud enough for any venue. I really like the sound I get from it. I don’t have a footswitch and didn’t really care for Fenders overdrive section anyway. I blend both channels and get a smooth bite like sound from it. Mine has the 15″ speaker and black grill cloth. Was going go silver but it’s original. Recently had a problem with the volume dropping up and down. Had the problem diagnosed and found a spring switch that is suppose to let the amp warm up slowly and then open the connection for full power. The switch was defaulty and it was removed completely. The schematics do not show this part. The amp plays perfect now without any issues. Yes, definitely a under rated amp. Lots of different settings to dial in whatever you like. And don’t forget the push/pull controls on the eq’s. That makes this thing a total tone monster. Excellent reverb as others have stated.

I bought a Fender 75 115 a couple years ago in a thrift store for $200. It was very dirty, scratchy pots, but worked allright. The EV 15L speaker was in great shape. I changed several microphonic pre-amp tubes. I’ve gigged this amp a few times. I don’t use the lead channel, but I really like the normal channel alot as it reminds me of a cross between a 60’s Twin and a Deluxe Reverb with my Telecasters. I play straight into the amp. Depending on the venue, I use either power mode. Either way, it always sounds great. And that six spring reverb is absolutely the best sounding reverb I have ever played thru. Overall, an exceptional Fender tube amp.

It is my understanding that Paul Rivera had nothing to do with the design of the fender 75 amplifier and by the way the overdrive channel sounds on this amp I would say this is correct because I actually have one of these amps and it totally sucks, that is the overdrive channel now the clean channel sounds okay.

I have the 15″ version of the 75 amp with black cloth and a metallic drip edge. These also came with silver cloth. Though, the grill cloth frame is separate from the speaker baffle. It is attached to the speaker baffle via velcro, like a vintage Polytone amp.

I have a cosmetic question re. the Fender 75’s grille cloth set up. The picture above shows a baffle mounted cloth but I have a picture of a Fender 75 with an early silverface era ‘drip edge’ style grille cloth. Did the amp ever come with a drip edge grille cloth arrangement?