I just picked up a 1994 Black Knob model off of Facebook Marketplace for a really good price, IMO. The previous comments about the weight of this thing are dead on…it’s a brute to carry. Luckily for me, this one has pop-out casters to let it roll. I plan on adding a set of Fender Tilt Back Legs in the future.
Love the Fender clean sounds with this amp…it does good with a Strat in all pickup switch positions, especially with the position 2 & 4 “Quack” sounds. So far, I’ve just played it using the 25 Watt Reduced Power setting.
A previous owner apparently thought that the Reverb pot was a “pull boost” switch like most of the other pots are. The post of the Reverb Pot had been pulled out of the internal carbon trace disc, so I had to remove that pot from the circuit board, take it apart and then piece it back together. After re-assembly, the reverb sounds great and the pot seems to function properly.
Not sure how much use I’ll get from this amp…my “Go To” amplifiers are a Mojotone 5E3 Tweed Amp that I built in the Mojotone Amp Building Class in December 2024 & a 1990 Fender ’57 Tweed Bassman Reissue. I klnow the Twin is there when and if I need it though.

I’ve owned a Fender The Twin (black knob) since new. I never liked the second channel much, but use only the clean channel with pedals. I’ve since bought a Bandmaster VM, and have found them quite similar, although without The Twin’s massive authority, and ‘ ín your face’ ness.. Although, I really wish I had a pair of tilt-back Fender legs for it.

Just gigged my red knob The Twin. Two hours and a beautiful fautless sound all through the gig. I needed to use the clean channel and the vol was only on 3 – plenty loud enough to cut through against an enthusiatic drummer and bassist. In recent times I’d been gigging with a Peavey Bandit because it is easier to carry around but it doesn’t have much headroom and recently I noticed it gets distorted after being played for more than half an hour so I decided to use the The Twin. I cant believe that I’ve neglected it in the last few years. It has a much, much superiror sound when compared to the bandit and obviously the headroom for any live situation. I’m going to buy another one and convert it to seperate head and cab units to help with the carrrying situation. If anyone is in doubt about this amp, you should know that most of it is hand-wired like all of the greatest amps. The pcb wiring is to accomodate the huge versatility in tones facilitated by the push/pull knobs/pots, and if you like older amps then know that the clean channel has an identical schematic to a Fender Twin reverb.