Comes with the original, now replaced, Astron Caps. Old stock GE tubes, and 2 prong cable still attached. This decision to replace or repair the speakers is best left to its next owner. This features original power transformer, output transformer, choke, cabinet, grill cloth, vintage preamp tubes. It features the original Oxford 12L6 speakers, appropriately dating to the 47th week of 1964 - sadly, both speakers appear to need their cones repaired. The 2x12" cabinet included in this package is also in great shape cosmetically with original tilt back legs. bob I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down no gear list for me. However the speakers are from a 900 watt twin reverb or something like that. Could find a ugly enough bandmaster cabinet so I found a ugly 63 bassman cabinet local. At some point this was modded for an extra speaker output, which has remained untested. The BMR heads can be easily modded into a much cleaner, and better sounding amp with Bassman transformers, and some minor tweaks. Fender-guy said: Recently pickup up a 63 bandmaster head, faintly original condition with new caps and a couple tubes. With Original Matching 2 x 12 Cabinet loaded. Internally, the guts are well preserved less a few replaced discrete components and all new F&T filter caps - resulting in a very minimal noise floor. Vintage 1965 Made in USA Blackface Export Series with Multitap Input Transformer. A very clean faceplate, grill & tolex that show minimal wear. This example comes to us in great shape cosmetically and functionally, having recently been serviced. This examples tube chart is stamped OA, indicating a January 1965 production and pre CBS guts. A powerful piggyback, these iconic amps are recognized for their excellent wattage resulting in clean and slightly compressed tone - functional for any genre of music, and a favorite amongst pedal pushers. Fender 1970 Bandmaster Head A37070 and Cab - 2nd Hand COLLECTION ONLY Details: Case/Box: None Overall Condition: Good. Take a look at this ’62 Fender Princeton Amp, and you’ll see that exact speaker, as well as the typical Schumacher transformers (EIA 606) used in Fender amplifiers.One of the finest size amplifiers from the Fender catalog, the Bandmaster. 465 designating the Oxford EIA code, 2 designating the year 1962, and 17 designating the 17th week of ’62. To give an example, a typical Oxford speaker from the ’60s will look something like: 465-217. The EIA code will consist of 3 numbers followed by a date code of 3 or 4 numbers designating the year and the week. The cover is made from very strong polyester, with 7 mm of foam and the inside is a strong. Along the way it was also available, from 1955 to 1960, as a 28 watt 3×10 inch speaker combo. The silverface Bandmaster amps got a 5U4GB tube rectifier and the vibrato channel got reverb. A bandmaster is the leader and conductor of a band, usually a concert band, military band, brass band or a marching band. The blackface head had a diode recifier, one normal channel and a vibrato channel with no reverb. In almost every Fender amplifier there are several EIA (manufacturer) codes followed by a date code, typically found on the speaker(s), transformer(s), tubes, caps, and occasionally pots. An interesting listing on the October '88 price list showed a ' Bandmaster Head, ' which was a match to the Super 60 combo. First appearing in 1954 and built to 1974, the Fender Bandmaster amplifier transformed from a 26 watt single-15 inch tweed combo to, in 1961, a 40 watt head and 2×12 cabinet set. The Bandmaster came with many different circuits during the blackface and silverface eras. It has had a cap job, which these days on an amp of this vintage is extremely common. Mid ’70s – early ’80s – Amplifiers are dated much the same way as Fender guitars from the same era:Īll Fender amplifiers manufactured from 1990 – present include a date code printed on the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the back of the amp chassis, and are dated the by the first letter as the year and the second letter as the month.ĪLL other Fender Amplifiers can be dated by the components inside: This vintage 1968 Fender Bandmaster head is I great shape for its age. The first letter designates the year and the second letter designates the month. 1951-1967 – Tube chart on the inside of the amp is stamped with two letters (A – Q):
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