I recently worked a deal that netted me a tweed Fender Bandmaster. The model designation for this amp is 5E7, which is the classic narrow panel 3×10 bandmaster produced form 1955 to 1960. These are cool amps. The three ten-inch speakers is interesting, and sounds punchy. Of course it is all tube with 5881 power tubes and three pre-amp tubes. And it is all point-to-point wired by hand – no printed circuit board or el-cheapo components. The ideas is to get as close to how Leo Fender was doing it back in the 50s as possible.
Archive for December 30th, 2008
Project Guitar Amp: Tweed Fender Bandmaster
Posted in Rock Gear, tagged 5E7, Band-Master, Bandmaster, fender, Fender Amp, Fender Amplifier, Fender Band-Master, Fender Bandmaster, Fender Tweed, Lacquered Tweed, Tweed Amp, Vintage Amp, Weber, Weber VST on December 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
