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Fender amps were started by Leo Fender in
the late 40's and are some of the most sought after and
widely used to date. There simple tube designs and road
testing by 50's country acts contributed to these amps
amazing durability. There have been several era's in the
past 50 years. The early 50's brought the tweeds named after
their fabric covers. There were two basic tweed era's; the
early 50's brought the TV fronts, named after there look,
and the late 50's brought the narrow panel, like the amp on
the bottom center, which is a
57'
Pro with 1-15" speaker. The 60's
brought the vinyl amps, starting with brown vinyl amps, in
61' Fender started the pro line with more power in the
"piggyback" style. These amps were blonde with oxblood
grill, like the 4th from left bottom amp, a
62' Bandmaster
with 2-12" speakers. Transitional
period amps were blonde with wheat grill like the 2nd from
left amp, a 64'
Bassman . These are
considered some of the finest Fender ever produced with
people like Brian Setzer and Tom Petty using them today. In
late 64' the black face era began, the name coming from the
black vinyl and black thread in the grill. These are
probably the most popular Fender amps ever made even though
they were only made from 64 to 67. Fender sold to CBS in 65.
The silverface were made from 68 to the early 80's and in
many cases performed as well but never obtained the respect
the earlier amps achieved.
The rest of the
collection is from top left : a
67'
Bassman, a
72' Bandmaster
Reverb , a
67' Dual
Showman on a
68' Dual
Showman cabinet, a
69' Princeton
on top of a
75' Quad
Reverb, a
71' Deluxe
Reverb on top of a
75' Bassman
10. The rest in the
front row are a 67'
Pro Reverb and a
65'
Tremolux.
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