FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

In 1963 Fender redesigned nearly its entire amp line.  The revised Bandmaster, still a piggy-back design and designated circuit AA763, was introduced in November 1963 and was shortly thereafter refined into the ubiquitous AB763 circuit.  The early AA763 and AB763 blackface Bandmasters were caught in the transition from smooth blonde tolex with gold sparkle grill cloth (Nov. '63 to July '64) to black tolex with silver metallic grill cloth (Aug. '64 to Aug. '67).  In August 1967, Fender changed the cosmetics once again, this time to the silverface style.  The earliest of these (Aug. '67 to July '68) had aluminum grill trim, black vertical lines on the control panel, and a highly textured version of the famous silver/blue sparkle grill cloth.  In addition, the speaker cabinet was enlarged and ported.  In June 1968, the Bandmaster was given the infamous AC568 silverface circuit.  The amp shown here is one of the very last silverface Bandmasters produced with the blackface AB763 circuit.

 Preamp:  Tube; 1 x 12AX7, 2 x 7025, 1 x 12AT7

 Rectifier:  Tube; 1 x 5AR4

 Speakers:  2 x 12" Utah ceramic

 Channels:  2 (Normal, Bright), 2 inputs per channel

 Effects:  Tremolo

 Controls:  Normal - bright switch, volume, bass, treble; Bright - bright switch, volume, bass, treble, tremolo intensity, tremolo depth; footswitch  for tremolo

 Head Dimensions:  9 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 24 inches

 Speaker Cabinet Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 28 7/8 x 38 7/8 inches

 Weight:  n/a