Bandmaster 5 C7, 5 D7 (tweed) 0001 to to Bandmaster 5 E7 (tweed) S00001 to S S00350 to S S01100 to S S01700 to S S02500 to S Bandmaster 5 G7, 6 G7 (brown) 00001 to Bandmaster 6 G7, 6 G7- A (blonde) 00001 to to to to Bandmaster AA763, AB763 (blackface) A00001 to A A01400 to A A07700 to A A16000 to A A20000 to A Bandmaster AB763, AC568 (silverface) A26000 to A A28000 to A A33000 to A A34000 to A Bandmaster Reverb AA768, AA1069, AA270, TFL5005 (silverface) A31000 to A A35000 to A A45000 to A A48000 to A A54000 to A A59000 to A A66000 to A A75000 to A A78000 to A Bassman 5 B6 (tweed) 0001 to to to Bassman 5 D6, 5 D6- A (tweed) 0600 to Bassman 5 E6, 5 E6- A (tweed) 0100 to BM00001 to BM BM00550 to BM BM01200 to BM Bassman 5 F6, 5 F6- A (tweed) BM00001 to BM BM00400 to BM BM01500 to BM BM03100 to BM Bassman 6 G6, 6 G6- A, 6 G6- B (blonde) BP00100 to BP BP01100 to BP BP05000 to BP BP08400 to BP Bassman AA864, AA165, AB165 (blackface) A00100 to A A03800 to A A15000 to A A24000 to A Bassman AB165, AC568, AA270, AA371 (silverface) A32000 to A A39000 to A A48000 to A A58000 to A Bronco AB764 (silverface) A19000 to A A20000 to A A25000 to A A28000 to A A29000 to A.
QA= Jan 1967 CG= Jul 1992 Reissue FENDER AMP Chassis Serial Number DATE CODES Bandmaster 5 C7, 5 D7 (tweed) 0001 to to Bandmaster 5 E7 (tweed) S00001 to S S00350 to S S01100 to S S01700 to S S02500 to S Bandmaster 5 G7, 6 G7 (brown) 00001 to Bandmaster 6 G7, 6 G7- A (blonde) 00001 to to to to Bandmaster AA763, AB763 (blackface) A00001 to A A01400 to A A07700 to A A16000 to A A20000 to A Bandmaster AB763, AC568 (silverface) A26000 to A A28000 to A A33000 to A A34000 to A Bandmaster Reverb AA768, AA1069, AA270, TFL5005 (silverface) A31000 to A A35000 to A A45000 to A A48000 to A A54000 to A A59000 to A A66000 to A A75000 to A A78000 to A Bassman 5 B6 (tweed) 0001 to to to Bassman 5 D6, 5 D6- A (tweed) 0600 to Bassman 5 E6, 5 E6- A (tweed) 0100 to BM00001 to BM BM00550 to BM BM01200 to BM Bassman 5 F6, 5 F6- A (tweed) BM00001 to BM BM00400 to BM BM01500 to BM BM03100 to BM Bassman 6 G6, 6 G6- A, 6 G6- B (blonde) BP00100 to BP BP01100 to BP BP05000 to BP BP08400 to BP Bassman AA864, AA165, AB165 (blackface) A00100 to A A03800 to A A15000 to A A24000 to A Bassman AB165, AC568, AA270, AA371 (silverface) A32000 to A A39000 to A A48000 to A A58000 to A Bronco AB764 (silverface).
DATING FENDER AMPS BY SERIAL NUMBER, PART V by Greg Gagliano Copyright 2002, 20th Century Guitar Magazine They said it couldn’t be done Over 6 years in the making Finally, what everyone has been waiting for How to date Fender amps by serial number! Okay, I know you’re all just dying to skip ahead to the serial number tables but try to contain your excitement and read through the article first. I promise the tables will still be there after you finish reading. Besides, no article in the Dating Fender Amps by Serial Number series would be complete without some interesting information, n’est ce pas? FUN FACTS Oddlings – Yet another printing error has surfaced, this time from the FEI (pre- CBS) days. A 1957 tweed Vibrolux was reported with a tube chart printed with circuit “5 E3” (tweed Deluxe) instead of the correct 5 F11 (see photo). Clearly Fender wasn’t afraid to use incorrect parts when they were in a bind. We also received a report of a tweed 5 G12 Concert. The 5 G12 Concert is the earliest version from very late 1959 and early 1960 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. It’s unknown if the tweed covering was a mistake (“ Oops, I thought this was a 4x10 Bassman cabinet that I was covering”) or intentional, perhaps as a special order. Non- Schumacher transformers – It’s been universally accepted that Fender only used Schumacher transformers on amps made in the 1960s and 1970s. These are marked with EIA code “606” which is the company number for Schumacher. Well, this universal “truth” was debunked when we found a bunch of amps with transformers made by the Better Coil and Transformers company. These are marked with EIA code.
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