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Post subject: Super Reverb of unknown vintage
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:21 pm
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I'm looking to sell this amp but trying to figure out it's age has turned up a number of contradictions.

My brother got this amp in the early 80's second (or third or fourth etc) hand.

I've always been told that it's pre-CBS (pre '65). The numbers on the output transformer, power transformer, reverb transformer and choke suggest that they were all built in 1963.

BUT it's a silverface and silverfaces weren't introduced until 1967. Apparently pre-CBS amps have 'Fender Electric Instruments' written on the back but the writing on the back of mine says 'Fender Musical Instruments'. Not 'Fender Musical Instruments, CBS Musical Instruments, Fullerton, California' as is written on the back of my 1976/77 Fender Twin Reverb.

The Fender logo on the grille doesn't have the tail. Apparently Fender ditched the tail around 1976.

It doesn't have a master volume which were installed in 72.

There's no 'Date Code' hand-stamped on the valve chart.

The only explanations that I can think of are - A: that it's a very early CBS silverface model - early enough that it was made with the remaining Pre-CBS components. Either that or - B: it's a slightly later silverface which has been restored/modded with pre-CBS components.

The logo on the grille could have been replaced at any point so that's easily explained.

The speakers appear to be original as far as I can tell. But I'm not an expert.

Anyone got any thoughts?


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