Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier Reviews

I've been using this as the amp for recording a lot of electric guitar and violin for several different people's music, and it's great. I only plug in my (actual) Princeton Reverb on occasion! I use it with pedals into it, trying to keep the amp settings with less distortion—to be honest, most of these amp sims are distortion boxes—but the reverb, trem and speaker controls are excellent. for tuning things in.

That said, there are a couple things that kept this from a 5-star review. One is, I'd just like more volume headroom. My 1972 Deluxe Reverb and the Princeton are pretty clean till you get up to 4 or 5. The Dream '65 gets dirty pretty fast. Some of the distortion tones are good, some are sort of too fizzy when it gets hot.

I'd love a way to control the wave shape of the trem more, but maybe that's less authentic? I'm used to a different sounding trem shape from my (newer?) amps.

And, man would it have been helpful to be able to use this device as a audio input to the computer rather than cabling it into the Apollo! That wouls kick ass, especially for on-the-go stuff.

It's almost annoying that a small unit is better than my real amps. I'm fascinated by it, but at the same time I have a hard time to admit it. It was the same way with the Fender Tweed '55 plugin. It's too real. So my real amps get unemployed, and end up recording most likely an EP or two with the Dream '65. It is my favorite pedal and perhaps my all-time favorite among my old Yamaha THR10 practise amp, which will still serve me many years. With a patch cable, Dream '65 and THR10 will become good recording friends.

I've finally found a modeller that feels and sounds like a real amp!! This is is the best Fender Amp model I've played to date. Finally a model as good as a real amp (but better because it's light, maintenance free, and has a wider range of sounds... THANK YOU!!

BUT!!! PLEASE!! PLEASE!! PLEASE!!!

I want to use this in parallel with the Ruby. To do so it needs a phase switch in the app controls. It would;dn't be hard to add to an update. This amp is authentically out of phase with the AC30.

And while adding features. PLEASE Allow for a delay of up to 15 ms on the output for stereo step ups. Adding a post mic EQ would make this a finished product. Any user could build mono and stereo amp rigs just UA amps at the end of the chain.

If you're ever making a MKII, add midi compatibility for preset switching and this WILL replace 10X more amp sim pedals than it currently does.

I’ve been using the Strymon Iridium for several years and was never very impressed with the Fender modeler. It did the job but when I plugged in to the Dream 65 I knew the Iridium was getting shelved. Absolutely amazing pedal.

It’d be nice to see expression pedal capabilities and maybe a headphone jack for v2 but I’ll be rocking v1 for a long time! Great job UA.

The fender tones are really good on this amp, besides the obvious Bluetooth app issues the only thing I would say I didn't like about it was there is was no noise gate like the lion, so when you crank it up it hisses ans since I use the stereo out I had to buy 2 noise gates to get the hiss to go away, when you play you don't hear it but when you record and have a few tracks it adds up, if you turn it down you can get rid of it but in doing so will alter the sound, since on mine it's mainly the treble and boost that adds the hiss.