Drip Edge '69 Deluxe Reverb Chassis pic for your consideration

[Tom Phillips]

Perhaps the Sprague rep came in with some 22nF samples of the new 225P line, and a Fender engineer had them stuck in a production amp to appraise them?

Ha! I found the 225P line of caps listed in the 1966 Allied Electronics Catalog. Therefore, they were definitely available when the subject amp was built.

[Ethan w]

Ha! I found the 225P line of caps listed in the 1966 Allied Electronics Catalog. Therefore, they were definitely available when the subject amp was built.

Nice work!! I have to say this is a cool forum. I've been a member for like 12 years but lost my login a few times. I've gone on some forums and the members were just dicks to noobs, which I don't take to kindly to.

Ethan

[Tom Phillips]

Nice work!! I have to say this is a cool forum. I've been a member for like 12 years but lost my login a few times. I've gone on some forums and the members were just dicks to noobs, which I don't take to kindly to.

Ethan

Yes. This is a unique place with a good vib. One important feature of a good forum is to be open to new ideas and therefore, to be welcoming to new members. Then have meaningful and fact supported discussions.

[g1]

I'm using Imgur to host, really fast and easy.

You don't need a remote host for this forum, you can upload direct and attachments will be stored here.

[Tom Phillips]

You don't need a remote host for this forum, you can upload direct and attachments will be stored here.

I will in toss my vote to use the forum picture posting. Your remote host is working great now but there are lots of remotely posted attachments that become inaccessible when the service stops or accounts expire and then the discussion is left with missing information. Many of our discussions are used for reference many years after they are created so it's nice to keep them intact.

I acknowledge that there were some forum hosted attachments that were lost a couple of years ago but It still seems like there has been more info lost that was originally on remote hosts.

[Drewline]

I've got a drip edge Bandmaster Reverb in now with the same Orange Drops.

[Tom Phillips]

I've got a drip edge Bandmaster Reverb in now with the same Orange Drops.

Can you post photos?

[Leo_Gnardo]

Perhaps the Sprague rep came in with some 22nF samples of the new 225P line, and a Fender engineer had them stuck in a production amp to appraise them?

That's one possible scenario, samples. I'm thinkin' if the production line was running short of a component, maybe the manufacturer simply was out of stock or unable to supply needed quantities of the "usual item". Fender had to scramble up some parts from another source to keep the production line going, there's orders gotta be filled. I have the same thought about unusual speakers sometimes seen in production amps, for instance Cerwin Vega in a Twin Reverb.

[Drewline]

Drip Edge Bandmaster Reverb

Well there was only one Orange Drop in it. Here's pictures: The last 2 show the bias circuit & the conversion that was 1/2 made previously.