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Post subject: 1980 Fender 140.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:55 am
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Hey guys.. Just picked up a Fender 140 Head for the insane price of 75 dollars.. I'm looking for information on the amp.. Here's what I got so far:

The Fender 140's were only produced one year: 1980.. Under Paul Rivera's design. It was one of the first amps he had designed with Fender. It was Fender's answer to the new Mesa's and Marshall's at that point in time. It's 140 watts and goes about 53lbs.. Point to point wiring. Uses (1) 12 AT7, (3) 12AX7, and (1) 7025 for pre-amp tubes and uses (4) 6L6 power tubes. It's a fixed bias with solid state rectifiers. All push pull knobs. Has low and hi power select switch with 2 inputs.

From the bit of browsing around, I came to find that due to It's short time of production (one year), it is considered to be a rare amplifier. Most I have found without the factory 4x12 cab are selling in the $1,000.00 range. The stock 4x12 cab came loaded with EV speakers. The cab is worth around $500.00.

-- Ended up buying mine from some guy who didn't know what it was. Bought it for 75 dollars. When I purchased it, the plug was cut off.. So I fixed it and it worked! I cleaned the amp up, plugged it in.. And wow. The power and tone out of this amp is great! I personally own a 1982 Marshall JCM800, a Mesa Triple Rectifier, and a bunch of other tube amps.. And this one is deff. the underdog of the group.

--Any further information on this amp would really be appreciated! Oh, and before I forget, here's a picture of it before I went and cleaned it up.

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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:42 pm
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Congratulations......you finally located the missing "Little Orphan Annie"!

Judging from the cosmetics, it was one of the final amps made as most of the production run left the factory with black grill cloth and a white plastic surround to the baffle board (a la the Super Twin Reverb).

If she's functional, good for you.

But if you happen to fry one of those five inductors in the five-band active EQ circuit, the amp will be permanently "Tango Uniform". You'll never find a replacement coil.

Keep the fingers crossed!

Arjay

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Retroverbial wrote:
Congratulations......you finally located the missing "Little Orphan Annie"!

Judging from the cosmetics, it was one of the final amps made as most of the production run left the factory with black grill cloth and a white plastic surround to the baffle board (a la the Super Twin Reverb).

If she's functional, good for you.

But if you happen to fry one of those five inductors in the five-band active EQ circuit, the amp will be permanently "Tango Uniform". You'll never find a replacement coil.

Keep the fingers crossed!

Arjay


100% Functional. She sounds absolutely wonderful. I'd put her right up there with how nice my Mesa Triple Rectifier and Marshall JCM800 sound.


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Post subject: Re: 1980 Fender 140.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:49 pm
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ryantombasco wrote:
Hey guys.. Just picked up a Fender 140 Head for the insane price of 75 dollars.. I'm looking for information on the amp.. Here's what I got so far:

The Fender 140's were only produced one year: 1980.. Under Paul Rivera's design. It was one of the first amps he had designed with Fender. It was Fender's answer to the new Mesa's and Marshall's at that point in time. It's 140 watts and goes about 53lbs.. Point to point wiring. Uses (1) 12 AT7, (3) 12AX7, and (1) 7025 for pre-amp tubes and uses (4) 6L6 power tubes. It's a fixed bias with solid state rectifiers. All push pull knobs. Has low and hi power select switch with 2 inputs.

From the bit of browsing around, I came to find that due to It's short time of production (one year), it is considered to be a rare amplifier. Most I have found without the factory 4x12 cab are selling in the $1,000.00 range. The stock 4x12 cab came loaded with EV speakers. The cab is worth around $500.00.

-- Ended up buying mine from some guy who didn't know what it was. Bought it for 75 dollars. When I purchased it, the plug was cut off.. So I fixed it and it worked! I cleaned the amp up, plugged it in.. And wow. The power and tone out of this amp is great! I personally own a 1982 Marshall JCM800, a Mesa Triple Rectifier, and a bunch of other tube amps.. And this one is deff. the underdog of the group.

--Any further information on this amp would really be appreciated! Oh, and before I forget, here's a picture of it before I went and cleaned it up.

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I know this is an old thread mate, but my friend had the combo version of this amp, it was designed by Amp legend Ed Jahns.my friend had to recover his as it was tatty, I can get pictures if U like, he sold the amp, but still has pictures, his was 140 watts switchable to 75, I have to say it sounded freaking amazing, it sounded like a twin reverb clean, then U could get them mesa type tones as well, I would go as far to say, it was better sounding as a twin, their is not a lot of info on them, so they do not sell for as much as a vintage twin, but I think they should, if only because of how rare they are, and it is documented on the wikpedia fender amp section under second series blackface, it gets a bit of bad rap their I think, but I think that was just due to that time period when hard line enthusiasts stuck their noises up at the push pull circuit added to amps like the princeton reverb ect, not sure it relates truly to this amp, as I have heard with my ears, and it rocks $@! big time, I am in the uk, and the one my friend had was UK power supply, so they must have made a few over the late 70s early 80s if they reached the uk, i think they were production lined, hope this helps cheers.


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