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Hi Ivan,
I bought only a '66 Single Showman (AB763) Chassis that was complete but
lacked the cab. The price was low because of this.
So I made a cab for it + speaker cab with a single 15" (RI Jensen C15K)
and gave it a rough blonde tolex job + a Wheat grillcloth.
A friend of mine refurbished the electronics and put in a Euro PT.
I got now a very nice looking Showman which sounds very, very nice as
well and is like brand new, thus very reliable. And to Euro standards it
cost only a fraction of what I would have to pay for one here. Well, you
can argue about it being not entirely vintage correct, but hey...so
what...Anyway the amp turns quiet a few heads when we gig....
-Jerry S.
I'm gonna bid on that Showman - as long
as it doesn't go above $500 (which all of them have been doing
recently, dammit!).
And yes, SG101 and eBay is where I spend pretty much all of my
internet time! We're very, very sad people.... :)
Ivan
> I just noticed there's an important error about Showman and Dual
> > Showman amps in the Fender Amps book - it really surprised me.
I
> > thought that book was pretty reliable.
> >
> > On top of page 113 the authors discuss the difference between
the
> > blackface Showman and Dual Showman, which of course is basically
a
> > different output transformer (and thus impedence). They say
that the
> > single Showman output transformer is 125A29A and the Dual
Showman
> > output transformer is 125A30A. Well, that's backwards.
> >
> > In fact, the Dual Showman uses the 4-ohm 125A29A OT (as does the
Twin
> > Reverb), while the single Showman uses the 8-ohm 125A30A OT.
> >
> > Just thought some of you might want to know about this.
> >
> > Ivan
> >
>
