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10-17-2007, 01:19 AM
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| Member  | Fender 70's Deluxe Reverb Dating
hello. is there anyone, who can help with exactly dating a 70's silverface deluxe reverb amp? since when did fender use plastic-wire, the white electrolytic caps (25/25V), and dark blue plastic-caps (looking kind of like orange drops, but blue)? the serial number is A43555, and its really dusty...  i bought this one today, really cheap, i guess...  anyway, i'll have to spend some money, to get this baby rockin' (everything is original, the tubes too...) it starts to break at 2 and 1/2 !!! the speaker is gone to heaven, or hell, who knows. and the tubes... greetings from vienna |
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10-17-2007, 03:23 AM
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Look on the controls. There should be date codes on them. A number like 1377639 would mean the following. 137 means CTS - the maker of the control - and the 7639 would mean the 39th week of 1976. The dates may vary, but they will give you a window of time for when the amp was made. Also look on larger parts for date codes in similar format - YYWW. Year/week. Transformers, large caps, even power resistors often have date codes. If you have an original speaker, that most likely has a date code on it.
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10-17-2007, 08:43 AM
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Hi, according to the Gagliano site this would be a '76. http://www.superchamp.dk/dating_fenders.htm Cheers, Albert www.albertkreuzer.com |
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10-17-2007, 10:16 PM
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many thanks, that did help. now i know it's a '76. greetings from vienna. |
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10-22-2007, 08:58 AM
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10-23-2007, 03:23 AM
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The made up example was just a lucky guess. Wait until I do something real.
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