This article updates information from research started in and most recently published in The progress of this type of work is slow, hence the long hiatus, however, a lot of new data have been collected regarding Fender amplifiers, including production numbers. Advances have been made with regards to the production of tolex amps and it appears that much of this information can be applied to late s tweed amps as well. In addition, the dating-by-serial number tables have been revised and are more accurate.

Drip Edge Fender Amp Years of Production



Drip Edge Fender Amp Years of Production | Warehouse Guitar Speakers
Much of this is due to an unefficient phase inverter circuit design. In build quality and component selection brands of caps, resistors, pots the silverfaces are not as robust as the blackface models. The glued and stapled baffles on the silverface amps is to us one of the bigger differences between the blackface and silverface amps, or should we say, the cabinets. Still, many people consider the tone of the silverface Princeton Reverb just as good as the blackface. So, why would you want to enhance or mod a PR? Not necessarily.


How to Date Fender Twin Reverb Amps
Comments: Fender switched back to the blackface era cosmetics some time in Princeton Reverbs produced between late and have a black control panel and silver sparkle grille cloth. Anyone know how this affects the value?



I promise the tables will still be there after you finish reading. We also received a report of a tweed 5G12 Concert. The 5G12 Concert is the earliest version from very late and early so the existence of a tweed example, while extremely rare, is certainly plausible since Fender was making lots of tweed amps during the same time period. Working at FMI — I was able to interview a fellow who wishes to remain anonymous who worked at Fender in in the amp department.