Fender Bandmaster (Brown)

Schematic/Layout:

bandmaster_6g7.pdf

Model/Circuit Number: 6G7
Years of Production: 1960
Era: Brown
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Brown forward facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-10
Knobs: Brown Barrel
Faceplate

Front: Normal: In, In, Vol, Treb, Bass - Bright: In, In, Vol, Treb, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Presense - Pilot Lamp
Rear: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack

Cabinet

Dimensions:
Hardware: Medium Chassis Straps 4 5/8'', Chrome corner with lip
Handle: Brown Dogbone
Feet: Glides
Corners:

Covering Material

Tolex/Tweed: Rough Brown Tolex
Grill Cloth: Oxblood with Stripe then changed to Oxblood (no stripe) in late 1960

Logo: Fender Brown Flat Logo
Weight:
Speaker

Size: 3 x 10
Impedance: 8 ohms
Model: Jensen P10R, Jensen P10Q, or Oxford 12K5R-1 (For more info, check out the Jensen Replacement Speakers)

Effects: Tremolo
~Watts:
Tubes

Pre amp: 7025
Power: 2 x 6L6GC or 5881

Bias: Fixed, Unadjustable
Rectifier: Solid State

Comments: Part of quintet of amps that Fender called "the Professional Amplifiers." The series included the Bandmaster, Concert, Super, and Vibrosonic. Within a year the Bandmaster evolved into the Blonde piggyback head and 2x12 cabinet. The controls on the early Brown Bandmaster changed from the "Center Volume" faceplate to "Volume, Treble, Bass" faceplate in the spring of 1960.