VINTAGE FENDER Champ Amp 1967 - AA764 1 Owner

1969 FENDER Champ Amp Silverface 1969 - AA764 Single owner, great condition and all genuine as lisying images illustrate. Spare 5Y3GT Tube comes with. Year: 1964-1967 Model: Champ Circuit: AA764 Config: Combo Conrol Layout: In, In, Vol, Treb, Bass - Power Sw, Pilot Lamp Knobs: Black skirted w/ chrome center, numbered 1 - 10 Cab Covering: Black Tolex Cab Hardware: Black Strap handle, 3½" chassis straps, glides Grille: Silver sparkle grille cloth Logo: Grille mounted, raised, chrome & black, script "Fender"(66-67) Speakers/Load: 1 x 8"/? ohms Speaker Model: Oxford 8EV Effects: None Output: 6 Watts Preamp: 12AX7 Power: 6V6GT Bias: Cathode Bias Rectifier: 5Y3GT HISTORY AND DATE IDENTIFICATION INFO: Champ AA764 (silverface) A12200 to A13900 - 1968 A13900 to A18000 - 1969 A18000 to A30500 - 1970 Princeton Reverb Tube chart, dated January 1966 with the large ink-stamped "OA" on the right hand side. Yes, this is the confusing "OA" date stamp, which was used in BOTH 1965 and 1966! So, is it 1965 or 1966? Well the give away is the "Fender Musical Instrument" trademark, meaning this is a 1966 amp. If it said "Fender Electrical Instruments", it would have been 1965! Also note the model number AA764. This means the circuit used was designed in July 1964, and is the first revision. The chart is attached in the back inside of the cabinet, on the side wall. The rubber stamped "OA" designates the year ("O"=1965) and the month ("A"=January). But remember, for the months of January and Febrary 1966, Fender forgot to advance the year stamp from 1965! Actually this amp is January 1966, because of the "Fender Musical Instruments" instead of the 1965's usage of "Fender Electric Instruments" on the tube charts. But all Fender amps from 1951 till the end of 1967 used this rubber stamp as a dating system. This stamp can also often be seen on the amplifier chasis too. Also the "AA764" specifies the date of design for this version of the circuit: July 1964. The "Power Consumption 80 watts" is how much power the amps consumes (a little more than a 75 watt light bulb), and not the output rating! This particular amplifier only outputs about 12 watts RMS Fender amps produced between 1963-1967, known as "blackface" amps, retained the cabinet style of the brown/white amps, but were covered in black Tolex. A new reinforced black strap handle was added, and silver sparkle speaker grill cloth. The control panel was changed to black with white labels and fitted with numbered, black skirted knobs. Early blackface amps (1963) do not have white silk screening around the bright switch(es). By early 1964, the white silk screen is added around the bright switches. This was also the era when most Fender amps were fitted with built-in reverb. Because of this, the blackface amps became the "working man's" amp. Many people today still love black faced amps because they had everything; good sound and reverb! In April 1967 to October 1967, Fender amps were changed again. These amps are known as "silverface" amps. The black Tolex stayed, but the control panel was changed to a silver/chrome color with blue lettering. Also until May 1968, several black vertical lines were on the control panel, next the brightness switch(es), and on either side of the amp's model name. The silver speaker grill cloth also had a blue sparkle added. In addition, until late 1969 an aluminum frame was added around the speaker grill (often called a "drip edge"). These amps pervailed through the 1970s and early 1980s. But from 1980 to 1982 Fender changed back to the "black face" look. These amps share the same circuits as the silver face amps, though they look like black face models. An easy way to tell these "fake" black faces from a real black face is the model name on the control panel. The word "Amp" was dropped (for example, "Deluxe Reverb Amp" became "Deluxe Reverb"). It should be noted that in January of 1965, Leo Fender sold Fender Electric Instruments Co. and Fender Sales to CBS. They renamed the company to Fender Musical Instruments. Within a couple years, CBS changed the design of their amps, and not for the better. The change started in the early silver face years. Most CBS changes were put into production with the silver face models, yet some models were left almost untouched. The quality of CBS era amps (and guitars!) has always been a concern of players and collectors. Little stuff was obvious, like the misspelling "Division of Colombia Records Division" instead of "Division of Columbia Records Division" on the rear chassis panel on some amps from late 1965 and early 1966. April 1967 to October 1967 Amp specs: · Knob panel silver with blue block lettering. · Thin vertical blue line woven into the silver grill cloth. · Many models have a 1/4" wide silver trim added around the grill. · Date code no longer stamped on tube chart by 1968.