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Is this an Original (non-Reissue) Fender Tube reverb unit?
Joined: Jan 15, 2007 Posts: 107 Lost Angeles 
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 11:21 AM
Can anyone tell me from the pictures if this is an original Fender Reverb Unit - not the post 1993 Reissue? It ends today on eBay and I would only want it if it was original. Thanks That looks like an old style lamp cord for the AC plug to me... and I don't see the telltale CE writtten anywhere - and it has a 3/4 amp fuse - what else should I be looking for? The seller is not an expert - so any help is greatly appreciated. JC |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan 
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 11:28 AM
NB on the tube chart would indicate February '64 production. Definitely an original. Quite a price!! Ivan —Ivan Last edited: Jul 03, 2007 13:54:48 |
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Joined: Jan 15, 2007 Posts: 107 Lost Angeles
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 12:21 PM
Sadly it looks like current finances will not allow me to go make a go... so good luck to you guys - hope somebody here gets it for a good deal... JC |
Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 1544 Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 12:46 PM
Actually, the NB date code is Feb. 1964. —Jack Booth The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005) |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 01:54 PM
Ivan |
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 02:34 PM
Also looks like this is one of those "blackened" brownface ones. ~B~ |
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Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 1544 Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 02:47 PM
I agree...with it's early '64 tube chart date, this unit may have been brown or blonde when it was born. Lots of them were painted/recovered black back in the day. I bought a used '63 Reverb unit in 1965 for $45, and redid it in black to match my then-new Bandmaster. —Jack Booth The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005) |
Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 03:38 PM
I think it is original black tolex... it looks right, not painted. —THe NEpTuNeS |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 04:10 PM
The tolex does not look painted - but the panel looks brown, and the knobs are brown. I think Fender did the black-panel/white-knobs on original black tolex reverb units. So, yeah, it's probably been retolexed - possibly back in the mid-sixties. Ivan —Ivan |
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Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 04:59 PM
Looks too good for a re-tolex. Fender did a lot of "use up these parts before you use the new stuff." I've seen tweed cabs done in Tolex. Don't think we could say either way for sure on this one. But as a bettin man I would say original... just my two cents. —THe NEpTuNeS |
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Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 1544 Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Jul 03 2007 05:19 PM
I'm guessing it's an original 1964 box with an older chassis. Too bad the serial # isn't posted in the ad. —Jack Booth The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005) |
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