![]() ![]() Please contact us with your country and postal code prior to purchase if you need a shipping quote, and we will send an offer with exact correct shipping charges. In many cases, international shipping may be less than price shown. *International customers will need to pay actual shipping cost if amount is greater than estimated shipping charge shown. *All orders may require a signature at time of delivery unless discussed prior to shipment. Great head shell for your old Bandmaster if you have an amp you need to rehouse. The opening for the face plate measures about 22-1/4" wide and just shy of 1-3/4" in height. The Fender logo and baffle are intact and sturdy, and the grill cloth is in nice condition. The back panel is missing and the feet, speaker cab mounting hardware, and amp corners are all there. Here we have a sweet Bandmaster head just like the one Joe Perry used with Aerosmith back in the day Has a vintage Super Reverb transformer in it. ![]() Missing the chassis straps, the original handle is there and missing one mount. They're also cost-effective, at about 500 for a decent. Later it was switched to a piggyback head-combo set with black and then white tolex. Bandmaster started out as a 1 by 15-inch combo before expanding to a 3 by 10-inch combo in 1955. Stick your OD on one channel and turn it up, keep the other for clean rhythm (and trem). As was the case with most vintage Fender amps, the Bandmaster underwent a series of both cosmetic and electronic design changes through its production. If you get a blackface, you can run the channels separately with an A/B/Y switch and they'll be in phase. Overall the tolex is in great condition with some dings, some lifting in a few places. It's kinda stiff in feel, till you get it to break up, at which point it's pretty dang loud. Gilmours Fender silverface Twin Reverb (left) - like the one used in the Dark Side of the Moon recording sessions, and a tweed Fender combo (Bandmaster or Bassman) Gilmours tweed Bandmaster (upper right combo amp) from the 2020 Peter Green Celebration. It still has the paper tag inside with the AB763 stamp. You can check the SN online too, there are a few sites with that info available.Įdit- previous poster beat me to it, but confirms what I thought.For your kind consideration is this vintage Fender Bandmaster head shell from the 1960s. That would lower the value a little (non matched head and cab) but I see heads by themselves going for $600-$700, so still a pretty good price. It is interesting this one has no handle recess though. Like I said, I know this is the case with the Bassman, but I’m not 100% positive about the Bandmaster. It was introduced in 1953 and discontinued in 1974. If the date code is still on the tube chart (black two letter stamp), a 67 would be “Q” (the second letter would signify the month). The Fender Bandmaster was a musical instrument amplifier made by Fender. These heads are recognizable by the lack of the handle recess on the bottom of the cab (with the vertical cabs the handles were on the side.) I have read the Bandmaster went thru the same changes (though I don’t know that for sure), and considering that this head does not have the handle recess, I think it may be a 67. The Bassman cab went to a taller vertical cab in mid 67. This guitar has been pro-setup in our store and plays great. The label says Starfire III but it has a G-tailpiece which is correct for a Starfire II. This is a rare transitional version that still has the short 'open-book' headstock but also has the more modern Guild humbucking pickups. I think this may be a 67 head and an earlier cab. This is a fantastic Guild Starfire made in the USA in 1963. I did a little searching and have found some without the indentation so it may have been a CBS cost cutting measure to eliminate it. This picture is a 65 Bandmaster amp head. ![]() It should be a snowman 8 style like the rest. The intensity knob looks like the wrong one for this amp but it could just be the picture because its blurry when I enlarge it. Your right about the control knobs set screws. If you post it or pm me I can confirm what year the head was manufactured. I cant make out your serial number its blurry. It makes me wonder if you might have a 67 head with an earlier cab. Your head has scuff marks on the bottom exactly were the handle hardware hits when it is mounted to the cab. This ruggedly built amp has the tones you need and the durability to perform gig after gig. I know the pre CBS had it but it may have been eliminated after 65. With 150 watts of power, the Mustang V head is ready for any size venue. ![]() I believe the amp head that goes with that style speaker cab is suppose to have a indentation on the bottom so that the head stradles the handle on the cab. In 67 the cab was larger and stood upright like the 68 and later. Do you know what year its suppose to be? The cab is obviously the early style with the head mounted to the cab in the horizontal position. Well $600 or even $700 is a great deal for this amp. ![]()
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