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I think some of the big Silverface Dual Showman Reverbs had black
grille cloth. I've seen several with the black cloth. Dalibor has one.
I don't know if it is original or not but the only Fenders I've ever
seen with black have been those Dual Showman Reverbs.
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone noticed that some blackface Showman heads (so roughly '64'-
> '67) have black grille cloth on the front rather than the customary
> silver sparkle? For example, there's a Showman head on eBay (the
> auction ended on Saturday) like that:
>
>
> Amp_W0QQitemZ7370080869QQcategoryZ38074QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> I know that John Blair also has a head like that, and both of these
> appear completely stock. I've seen a few more 'black-fronts' on eBay
> through the years. My hunch is that these heads date from around '67,
> but I can't find any info about them either in the Fender Amps book or
> on the net. Anybody know anything about them?
>
> Just curious.
> Ivan
>
