Fender

Explore Fender vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Amplifiers

• '59 Bassman (1959) — Fender '59 Bassman (1959) — the four-knob tone stack that confounds and captivates, analyzed, modeled, and still worth arguing about.

Microphones

• M-12 — Fender M-12 (c. 1979): a little-documented 12-channel live mixer with optional Expander for 24 channels. Features noted in High Fidelity.

Receivers

• SRA-400 — Fender SRA-400 power amp (c. 1980–81): 100W/ch stereo, 200W/ch at 4Ω, 400W bridged mono. A little-documented Fender PA amp.

Other Models

• 2×15 cabinet — Fender's 2×15 piggyback cabinets — Dual Showman, Bassman and Showman variants loaded with JBL D130F or Eminence drivers in pine boxes.
• Bassman — Fender Bassman — the bass amp that became a guitar legend. Tweed 5F6-A specs, 4x10 Jensens, 5881 tubes, and buying advice.
• Deluxe — Fender Deluxe — nameplate shared by several amps. Documented: Deluxe 90 solid-state combo, 90W into 4Ω, Celestion G12T-100.
• Dual Showman (1963–1967) — Fender Dual Showman (1963–1967) — 100W twin-channel tube head, 4-ohm output, four 6L6GCs, piggyback design favored by Beck, Hendrix, and Gilmour.
• Showman — The Fender Showman tube amp — a little-documented model known mainly from AB763/AA763 schematics. Honest, thin-record archive page.
• Twin — Fender Twin tube guitar amp — four 6L6GCs, reverb and vibrato, documented in the AA270 schematic. A clean-tone workhorse.
• Twin Reverb — Fender Twin Reverb tube amp — quad 6L6GC, dual 12-inch speakers, CBS-era schematics AA270/AA769/AB763. The reference point for guitar amps.