It has lots of road miles left if needed, but would look mighty comfy in a studio setting. Overall, this amp looks great, sounds great, and deserves to heard. Generally speaking, both head and cab show some honest gigging wear, with some scuffs on the tolex and nicks and marks apparent from 50+ years use. The blonde tolex is a little dulled in colour and marked in places, but in generally good original condition. pending tilt back legs, corners, jack, sphinx glides and piggyback head inserts & sphinx glides. The raised "Fender" logos are also intact with very clean nickel plating. This old beauty has been recently serviced by respected amp tech Mitch Wood, and it now sounds mighty good.Īll of the stock cabinet hardware is intact including pat. The original speakers are long gone and replaced with 2 great sounding Jensen C12Ks in the early 2000's. And the original oxblood coloured grille is intact with some small rips but nothing major. The construction is all pine, and in excellent structural condition. The 2 x 12 cabinet is in great condition. COs Click image to open in new window and in Colour These images have been supplied by Major Steve Taylor. RSMs Click image to open in new window and Colour 1st Bn. But not for a while now …., so it’s time to move it on. Bandmaster This is extra information that is 1st Battalion The Light Infantry, it shows how ex SCLI officers climbed the promotion ladder. It has been a working amp and delivered night after night for decades. This wonderful early Blonde era Bandmaster was bought second hand by its current owner from Jackson's Rare Guitars in the mid 80's. With Original Matching 2 x 12 Cabinet loaded with Original Oxford.
1967 bandmaster series#
Dimensions: Head - 24" x 9.5" x 8.5" | Cabinet - 32"x 20" x 11.5" Vintage 1965 Made in USA Blackface Export Series with Multitap Input Transformer. Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass | Volume, Treble, Bass, Speed, Intensity | Presence "Blonde" aficionados feel this circuit has superior tonal characteristics when overdriven, to the later AB763 circuit. The 6G7 and revised 7-A circuit uses the long-tail pair phase inverter introduced with the 1957 Bassman, and uses a solid-state rather than a tube rectifier. The vibrato circuit is unique to this series amp, working as more of a phaser vibrato as opposed to the Tremolo in a standard Fender. The vibrato has a nice strong pulse, with a wide range of speeds from swampy and slow to machine gun fast chop. This swirly harmonic vibrato could easily hold its own with a vintage Univibe. This amp delivers the lovely cleans which are a hallmark of the Blonde Fender era, with a sparkle, clarity and definition unlike any amps before. But dial it up and after about 5 or 6 on the volume control, and the sparkling cleans give way to creamy tube overdrive, with wonderful harmonic content and a dynamic, touch sensitive response. This gorgeous pre-CBS amp features Fender’s rough blonde tolex, oxblood grill cloth and the 6G7-A circuit. This is a classic 1963 Fender Bandmaster amp & matching 2 x 12 speaker cabinet in good condition and in good working order.
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