1968 fender dual showman amplifier

Jimi acquired new Fender Dual Showman amps in He would typically use three of these watt amps with cabinets containing two i In the background of this photo taken at Abbey Road studios John can clearly be seen plugged into one of the two Dual Showman amplifiers I owned a hacked by a moron and then restored by me and my buddy '63 Fender Electrical Instruments first-run Dual Showman.

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• The Amp Garage
• Fender Dual Showman Guitar Amplifiers for sale in the USA
• 1968 Fender Dual Showman & 2x15 Cab AB763 Circuit 6L6 Tube x 4 100 Watts Vintage Bass Guitar Amp
• 1968 Fender Dual Showman Reverb
• Fender Dual Showman Owner's Manual
• I don't know what I have exactly. I believe it's a 1968 fender dual showman reverb amp, tfl5000d, s
• Tubes for the Fender Dual Showman
• Dual Showman Reverb

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The Amp Garage

Hello Ask Amp Man fans! Hi-fi vibe. So why change for this amp? That question may never be answered, but my baseless possible theory is Fender may have wanted a more hi-fi sound from the amp—something with more fidelity—so they opted to use the output tube. Around the same time, Ampeg was producing amps utilizing the output tube, which is also a hi-fi-style tube. The Ampegs were great-sounding amps, so maybe Fender took a cue from the guys on the East Coast.

Who knows? Photo 2. Photo 3. That said, maybe they were hoping to design an watt amp with a better frequency response. Again, who knows? This four-output-tube amp is using undersized tubes and a redesigned output transformer that is half the size A18A Photo 4. Photo 4. The plot thickens. And there are even more questions. According to the tube chart, this is a Showman amp, model AA Photo 5 , but not according to schematics.

In fact, no schematic that I could find reflects the use of output tubes or the A18A output transformer. This normally would be easy to discern, as the blackface Showman and Dual Showman amps this model quickly morphed into utilized specific output transformers depending on the speaker load.

There is, however, a bit of information gleaned from researching more transformer history that may fill in the blank here. There was a blonde Fender Twin-Amp manufactured for a very short time as well. Since the specs of the and output tubes are relatively close and the Twin-Amp combo is, of course, a 2x12 with a total load of 4 ohms, one may assume the output impedance of the A18A transformer to be 4 ohms and that the 2x15 cabinet could indeed be its mate.

Boy, that was a long way home! Photo 5. Not only would the sockets need to be rewired, but primary impedance of the output transformer is not a great match and the filaments of the 6L6 draw more current and would put additional load on an old mains transformer that, theoretically, is already running on more wall voltage than it was originally designed for. The better solution would be the s, as they are currently manufactured and available. The s, in my opinion, are also a better sounding tube, so they make a great replacement for the s.

Photo 6. There will, unfortunately, be a couple modifications necessary. And, as always, unplug the amp and drain the power supply caps before servicing any amp. First, the ohm screen grid resistor and associated wiring needs to be disconnected from pin 4 of every socket Photo 6. Then stand the resistor, still connected to pin 8, up in the air and reconnect the wires to the top of the resistor that were disconnected from that socket. Do this for all four sockets and resistors.

You may need to bend them down to be sure of this. Next, there may be a change in the bias supply voltage necessary, as the s require less negative voltage. Unfortunately, you cannot measure the bias current using a standard octal socket bias-measuring device, but to measure the current, connect a 1-ohm resistor between pin 5 and the ground on the output tube socket, and measure across it. Well, there you have the story of a rare beast, although we may never know why it exists.

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Fender Dual Showman Guitar Amplifiers for sale in the USA

Fender blues jr. Not much to it but it is case candy great condition. This fender dual showman cab is in fair condition. Up for sale is a: fender dual showman Near Mint condition.

1968 Fender Dual Showman & 2x15 Cab AB763 Circuit 6L6 Tube x 4 100 Watts Vintage Bass Guitar Amp

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1968 Fender Dual Showman Reverb

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Fender Dual Showman Owner's Manual

The Fender Showman was a guitar amplifier produced by the Fender company. It was introduced in and was discontinued in Blackface and Silverface models such as the Showman , Dual Showman , and Showman Reverb employed the same "piggyback head" design as the Bandmaster and the Bassman. Dual Showman Reverb used the Fender Twin Reverb chassis and came in non-master and master volume versions with "pull boost" circuitry, mids "tailless" amplifier decal and a slightly larger head. Jimi Hendrix owned one early model, and later a Dual.

I don't know what I have exactly. I believe it's a 1968 fender dual showman reverb amp, tfl5000d, s

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Tubes for the Fender Dual Showman

In trying to figure out what would make the best amp head the obvious choices aside from destroying a perfectly good Twin are a blackface Showman, where I have to give up my Fender reverb, or a silverface Dual Showman Reverb. I know the Showman and the Twin are the same circuit but I've heard the Showman lacks some of the character of a Twin. I was hoping somebody who has been down this same path or who could offer a comparison might care to comment.

Dual Showman Reverb

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