Thursday, September 4, 2008

1964 Blackface Fender Showman Amp Head

FENDER SHOWMAN BLACKFACE TUBE AMP HEAD
1964 PRE-CBS
Serial No. A01784
















This is the top-of-the-line Fender amp at the time of its production. It puts out 85 Watts of all-tube power courtesy of a quad of 6L6GC power tubes.

This particular amp has its original Power Transformer, Choke and Output Transformer.













Power Transformer: 125P134AX/606-403 (manufactured 3rd week of 1964)

The "X" designation means that the Power Transformer has multi-voltage taps for International use. This is a plus factor in the Philippines where the local power is 220V.

Choke: 125C1A/606-420 (20th week of 1964)

Output Transformer: 125A30A/606-436 (36th week of 1964)

Filter, Bypass and Bias Supply Caps: all are newly installed Sprague Atoms.

Tubes are new JJ/Tesla: 3 x 12ax7, 1 x 12at7 and 1 matched quad of 6L6GC.

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