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Post subject: silverface deluxe reverb dating ?
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:44 pm
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I have a silverface deluxe reverb I'm trying to find out what year it is. it has a stamped in chassie A972286 and under that is a printed # 9715
it's a killer amp and VERY LOUD it been tweeked by jay montrose he was danny gattons guitar tech
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:50 pm
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Examining the EIA manufacturers codes stamped on the amp's trannies is a more definitive method of determining the vintage (assuming the trannies are original to the amp).

Those numbers will reveal the precise week within a given year that the component was made.

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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:00 pm
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I only seen #'s on the 2 smaller tranny's the biggest tranny is black
022640
EIA606-917

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Both trannys are Shumachers (EIA code "606").

One was made during the 17th week of 1979, the other in the 22nd week.

A safe assumption would be, the amp's a '79.

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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:09 pm
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thanks i did'nt think the amp was that old can anyone else confirm that for me thanks


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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:21 pm
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You can confirm that yourself with the dating information found here......

http://www.superiormusic.com/page195.htm

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Arjay's an expert on all Fender amps. He knows the history and circuitry of these thing inside and out. I'd trust his opinion and bet my Egnater he's right. Tranny and pot codes are the most reliable way to date a Fender amp.

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cool thanks for the info this amp will bite your head off :D


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606-917, could be a '69 ?


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stratele52 wrote:
606-917, could be a '69 ?


Not with a velcroed grill cloth frame and a "MADE IN U.S.A." tail-less logo.

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Thank's Retroverbial, you must be right


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++++1 Retroverbial !
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Also, the cabinetry yields some clues.

Note the "hard" break angle on the bevel at the top of the cabinet. There is hardly any radius visible at all. This was a hallmark of Fender amps produced late in the silverface era. My '78 SFTR does not have this hard angle but my '80 Princeton did.

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