![]() ![]() ![]() This is not the production date of the amplifier, because the transformer has already been made before and may have been for a while in storage. With help of the EIA (Electronics Industry Association) number on the transformer, the production date can be determined. (Assuming the components is original and has not been replaced.) If there are no sticker or chassis number at all, the the components can also offer a solution for dating the year of construction of the amplifier. However, these logos are made of plastic and slightly smaller than the metals. There are a number of amplifiers from ’68 and ’69 announced, including the Vibro Champ and Bassman, which also had a tailless logo. As long as there was a stock with tail logos, they were used randomly in 1973.Īmplifiers from that year and perhaps also in 1974 can therefore have the new or old logo: tailless (after 1973), with tail (before 1973). The logo on the grill cloth of the amplifier also gives an indication of when it was produced.Ī logo with tail is from before 1973. Some indications that you can also recognize the production year.īefore the CBS era (before 1965) Blackface amplifiers were feature labeled Fender Electric Instrument.īlackface amplifiers from 1964 and some from early 1965 did not have the Fender logo on the grill cloth.Īfter the acquisition of Fender by CBS in January 1965, amplifiers were labeled as Fender Musical Instruments.įrom 1974 a potentiometer with pressure-pull switch was added to some amplifiers. You can decipher the year of construction using the date decoder.ĭate code from 1951 to 1969 and and from 1990 Letter Code If no QA or tube location sticker is found or it is bad read, look at the rear of the chassis on the right side where a chassis number is punched. The first letter is the year and the second letter is month. Handwritten is sometimes difficult to read (see image). The last line also has a stamped or handwritten two-letter date code. This black-silver sticker shows signatures or initials of employees after the finished noise and electrical tests. Also on this sticker stamped two letters (sometimes handwritten) indicating a date code.Īll Fender amplifiers manufactured from 1990 until now, have a date code printed on the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the rear of the chassis. This indicates the type of the tubes used and their location on the chassis. On the inside of the cabinets of Fender amplifiers that were built after 1950 and before 1970, a sticker is generally attached. ![]()
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