![]() ![]() Nobody could have foreseen then how the Stratocaster would go on to revolutionize popular music. ![]() Guitarists bend strings, thus achieving the pedal steel-like sound so popular among country music artists of the day. Most important, however, was the addition of the new Fender vibrato (or “tremolo”) bridge, an innovation originally intended to let Its third single-coil pickup offered more tonal possibilities, its sleekly contoured body made it moreĬomfortable, and its double cutaway design made access to upper registers much easier. The Stratocaster first appeared in 1954, incorporating many design innovations based on feedback from professional musicians, Fender As opposed to the “big bands” of the era, electric Fender instruments made it possible for smaller groups of musicians These two historic instruments laid the foundation for a new kind of group and a revolution in popular music-what we know today as the That it could be played with “precision,” and it could be amplified, thus liberating bassists from unwieldy and increasingly difficult-to-hear It was played like a guitar and had frets so Hat same year, Fender introduced a revolutionary new invention-the Precision Bass guitar. The Tele®, as it was oftenĬalled then and still is today, was the first solid-body Spanish-style electric guitar to be commercially mass-produced. In 1951 he introduced a prototype solid-body instrument that would eventually be called the Telecaster® guitar. Further, he realized that he could streamline the process of In the 1940s, southern California inventor Leo Fender realized that he could improve on the amplified hollow-body instruments of the dayīy using an innovative and rather simple solid-body electric guitar design. The instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s musicians and collectors. Iconic Fender® instruments such as the Telecaster®, Stratocaster®, Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® guitars are known worldwide as These early silverface Bandmasters share the Blackface circuitry and are sparkling examples of "Fender Art" and this one is no exception.Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world's leading guitar manufacturer, and its name has become synonymous with all New EH 6l6 power tubes and vintage RCA preamp tubes. All out of spec resistors and caps have been replaced with high-quality components. Completely serviced with fresh filter caps. Output transformer 606 908 (8th week of 1969). Both the power transformer and choke date to 1964. This one sounds incredible! Chassis number A37880 (1969). Tolex and grill cloth are in very good condition with a couple of road scars. AB763 circuit identical to the coveted "Blackface" circuit. Blue sparkle grille cloth with aluminum frame. Original early 1969 Fender "Black line" Silverface Bandmaster head with tremelo. ![]() Yeah, a '69 would definitely be an AC568 circuit, some research was You may very well like the tone of that Bandmaster, anyway, but It's all stock and still sounds great, so I don't care that it's not anĪB763, although I'd previously assumed it was, and had posted as Two are grid bias(but it has no bias pot) Said it was a transitional circuit between AB763 and leaning towards anĪC568 - two of the power tubes are cathode bias and the other OK, I had the amp repaired a couple of days ago, and the tech That was unsoldered on the PI tube socket. Timeline and the tube chart said AB763, although I know they continuedĪmp signal had been cutting in and out due, I find out, to a wire Īnyway, I assumed it was AB763, because it fell within the right That's just a parts bin/FIFO(1st in,1st out.) kinda deal, there. When it was put together - trannies are date coded from '66, but I bought a SF Drip edge blackline Showman last year: April '68 was ![]()
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