Fender Tube Amps Timeline.

[nahuel_hendrix]

Encontré esto que me parece una buena guía de los amplificadores fender.

 

1909 - Leo is born, a perfect pitch b bending to a c is heard when his umbilical cord is plucked and stretched to approx. 25 inches!

1938 - Leo opens Fender Repair Service.

1945 - Joins with Doc Kauffman to sell amps for lap steel and lap steels themselves (under K&F).

1946 - Fender Electric Instruments Co. is born. The woody deluxe first immerges. So do the Professional, the Princeton and the Super in’47.

1948 - The first tweed covered amps are born. Along comes the Champ.

1951 - The first P-bass is introduced, it'll need a new amp.

1952 - The Bassman is released for the P-bass.

1952 - The Twin in it's not so burly early stage is released.

1953 - The Bandmaster.

1955 - The Tremolux, the Harvard. (The Tremolux was the first Fender amp with built in effect: Tremelo)

1956 - The Vibrolux.

1958 - The Twin gets its power boost to the traditional 80+ watt range.

1959 - The Vibrasonic.

1960 - The Concert. (also the final year of the most sought after guitar amp The Fender Narrow-panel Bassman)

1961- Showman, Showman 12, showman 15, Harvard disc.

1962 - Double Showman.

1963 - Black face is the new look. The twin becomes the classic we know today. The Super Reverb, Deluxe Reverb and Vibroverb all immerge. (The Vibro Verb is the first Fender Amp with built in reverb)

1964 - Princeton Reverb, Super and Vibrasonic disc.

1965 - It's official as CBS takes over and Fender Musical Instruments Co. is born. Bassman 50, Bassman 70. Concert disc.

1966 - Deluxe, Tremolux and Showman 12, all disc.

1968 - Bronco, Bandmaster Reverb, Dual Showman reverb. Dual Showman and Showman 15 disc.

1969 - Super Bassman, Bassman 100, Bassman 135, Bantam Bass.

1970 - Musicmaster bass and 400 PS Bass.

1972 - Bassman 10, Vibrosonic Reverb, Super 6 reverb, Quad reverb, Bantam Bass disc.

1974 - Bandmaster, Bronco, 400 PS Bass, all disc.

1975 - Super Twin, Super Twin Reverb.

1976 - 300 PS

1977 - Studio Bass

1978- Super 6 reverb and Quad reverb disc.

1979 - Princeton and 300 PS disc.

1980 - Known only by their numbers, the 30, the 75 and the 140 (140 only lasts one year). Bandmaster Reverb, Dual Showman Reverb, Super Twin, Super Twin reverb, Studio Bass, all disc.

1981 - Vibrosonic Reverb and the 30 disc.

1982 - Champ II, Super Champ, Concert, Bassman 20, RGP-1, RPW-1. Pro Reverb, Super Reverb, Champ, Vibro Champ, Bassman 10, Vibrolux Reverb, musicmaster Bass and the 75, all disc.

1983 - Champ II, Bassman, Bassman 20, Bassman 50, Bassman 70, Super Bassman, Bassman 100, RGP-1 and RPW-1, all disc.

1986 - Deluxe Reverb, Deluxe reverb II, Princeton Reverb, Princeton Reverb II, Super Champ, Twin Reverb and Twin Reverb II, all disc.

1987 - The Twin, Twin-Amp, Champ 12, Dual showman, dual showman reverb (thankfully short “Red Knob era begins). Concert disc.

1988 - Super 60, Super.

1990 - Super 112, ’59 bassman reissue, ’63 Vibroverb reissue.

1991 - Super 210, ’63 Twin Reverb reissue.

1992 - Champ 12 Super 112 and Super 210, all disc.

1993 - Vibro King, Tonemaster (custom shop for amps is established). Dual Showman and Dual Showman Reverb bring Red knob era to a close, as they are disc.

1994 - ’65 Deluxe Reverb reissue, ’63 Reverb Unit reissue, the Concert returns, The new tweed series. Bronco, Pro Junior, Blues Deluxe, Blues Deville.

1995 - Blues Junior, New “custom tube series established.. Vibrolux Reverb, Vibrasonic, Tweed Reverb, Prosonic (this was first custom shop but quickly moved to the “custom†series), Rumble Bass (well built, but short-lived challenge to the SVT), Custom Shop Dual Professional. Around

1996-97 - Fender virtually stopped using Tweed on regular production model tube amps. The Concert, Super and Super 60 had been disc. The Blues Deluxe and Blues Deville got up-graded to Hot Rod status with an extra foot switch-able lead boost added for a quasi-3rd channel.

 

These two guys along with the Blues Junior are the mainstays of Fender’s current tube army. Fender hasn’t recently made any significant changes in the tube line with their attention focusing on solid state and digital technology. Rest assured though, they will not be neglecting anytime soon the frail glowing bottles which has made then an industry standard for 50 + years.

 

As always check in with http://www.fender.com for the latest updates.

 

Bibliography

 

The following book was invaluable in gathering the history and time-line information. I also highly recommend this book if you want elaborate breakdowns of all the models starting from 1945 including any cosmetic and design changes they went through. Fender Amps: The First Fifty Years by John Teagle and John Sprung (published by Hal Leonard #HL00697278).

 

saludos!