Any help would be appreciated. I’m considering buying this cab but don’t know model or era. Speaker has been replaced but other than that I’m stumped.
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Joined: Feb 08, 2020 Posts: 16 |
Any help would be appreciated. I’m considering buying this cab but don’t know model or era. Speaker has been replaced but other than that I’m stumped. |
Joined: Feb 08, 2020 Posts: 16 |
Forgot to mention it has the piggyback screws on top for a head. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11009 Berkeley, CA |
Looks like a tone-ring cabinet. I don't think they made them past the mid 60's , though it could be a repro. Fender hardware and logos are easy to get. Google Fender Tone-Ring to find out more about it. —Danny Snyder Latest project - Now That's What I Call SURF I'm back playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta |
Joined: Jan 09, 2008 Posts: 369 Orange County, CA |
It looks like a complex baffling but the grille cloth looks wrong to me. It looks saggy and the wrong color. My guess would be a repro. Is it cheap? —Craig Skelly Little Kahuna |
Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1555 Israel |
As far as I know, the specs of the original cab made by Fender require 4 braces on the back panel (for a 15"), not 3. Last edited: Jan 20, 2022 01:40:45 |
Joined: Dec 20, 2011 Posts: 150 |
Do you know what the dimensions are? Kind of looks like a recovered 1x12 tone ring where somebody took out the metal ring and put in a 15. Wouldn't be the first one! |
Joined: Aug 08, 2009 Posts: 32 Saarbruecken Germany |
The Echolette ET1 , ET100, ET4 Cap had 3 braces on the back panel |
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Fender made a seldom ordered Showman 1x12 tonering cabinet up until sometime in '64. I've seen black tolex,and smooth blonde ones. The earlier '60/63 Showman 1x12's have wider head thumbscrews. Of course, Fender also made lots of 1x12" tone rings in '61 for Bassman and Bandmaster heads. The later black panel amp cabinet spacing was: There was a short period where they used smooth blonde tolex, and gold grill cloth on some of the earliest black panel amps. Most of those date late '63, early '64. After that they went to the black tolex we usually associate with Black panel amps. But, Fender didn't make 1x12 tonering cabinets for any amp but the Showman when the first Black panel amps were introduced. It was discontinued shortly after they went to black tolex. My guess, this is a '64 black tolex 1x12 with newer grill cloth and a replaced logo. But, it could also be an earlier smooth blonde cabinet that has been recovered completely. It could even be a rough blonde cabinet for 60/61 that has been recovered(that would explain the logo) The 12" speaker would blow, and a lot of guys would take the tonering out, and bolt a 15" speaker in its place. I've seen it a bunch online, and owned 2 of them. I'd buy it for sure if the price was right. —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
Joined: Feb 08, 2020 Posts: 16 |
THank you to every body that has chimed in. It’s currently priced at $400, I haven’t purchased it yet, but will measure the piggyback screws and might remove the speaker if time allows. |