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In Reply to: RE: 1955 tweed Fender Champ posted by FenderLover on March 09, 2016 at 17:12:31
I recently sold a '54 tweed Champ. During the internet boom, it was worth as much as $5000 according to what I read.
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That 1954 Champ must have been in museum quality condition. Mine is a daily driver.
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Actually, I sold it 2 years ago for $1800. mine was not "Museum quality" but was in better shape than yours.
When I said $5,000, I was talking about going-for prices according to several on-line sources during the internet bubble. After, the prices dropped a lot.
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Oh OK. Some more photos of circuit, speaker, tube chart.
It's beautiful how original it is in there! Are those capacitors still operational? And who would think fender would use an off the shelf power transforner! Do the early ones use a way high voltage on the 6V6 like the later champs do? I fixed my brother's vibro champ years ago and was surprised by the enormous B+ voltage.
All OEM, as far a I can tell. Date stamps match serial number birthday. Old Astron filter caps have pimples. Will need replacing. I haven't gotten around to measuring the B+ and anode voltages.I believe many woody and tweed era Fender amps used off the shelf trannies. My 1949 Champion has Triad irons. The Model 26 I once owned had Merit Coil & Transformer.
Fender didn't go to Schumacher, exclusively, until the early 1960s. And you will see mixed Triad and Schumacher in early brown & blackface amps.
Edits: 03/10/16
I would also worry about that red "Astron" which connects the chassis to the line! If that one is shorted it won't benefit the longevity of the guitar player!
On the other hand it's so nice to look at as-is, do guitar guys re-stuff old capacitors? I've done it before with old radios, putting new electrolytics into the old cans for appearance sake.
Thinking about re-stuffing the old caps. Thing needs to be safe for use. Prolly get rid of that "death cap." Or at least take it out of the circuit. Gotta find a thin, old school style 3-prong outlet wire.
Yeah, could always just recap it and put the old ones into s zip lock bag for future reference. I like how simple it is.. did you do a frequency sweep on the speaker and see if it's still in good shape? May want to stow that away for safe keeping and use a "jensen" day to day
Was thinking the same thing, about the speaker. I have a Weber 6-inch alnico laying about.
These little amps can be such great tone makers. Hard to beat.
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That appears to be a Permaflux speaker and is date code correct. Very nice amp!
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