Fender Champ 5F1 Tube Amplifier (1960)
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Fender Champ 5F1 Model Tube Amplifier (1960), made in Fullerton, California, serial # C-13248, tweed fabric covering finish.
This is a generally well preserved example of a later tweed Fender Champ 5F1, showing some overall external wear but looking not too heavily used over the past 62 or so years. It has a tube-chart ink-stamp "JB" indicating it was assembled in February of 1960. The serial number is 13248, indicating Fender had so far built over thirteen thousand examples of this classic model in just six years! This 5F1 features the second-generation larger cabinet and 8" speaker, an upgrade from earlier 6' speaker models. As with any tweed Champ, it features just a lone "chicken head" volume knob and a single-ended 6V6-driven power section, yielding about 5 glorious watts of output power. Once Fender settled on this most basic but perfected design, they built them for years with hardly any changes until nearly the mid-60s.
Height is 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.), 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) width, and 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) deep.
Externally, this Champ has an attractive if slightly funky light relic patina but is not heavily worn. The tweed fabric covering sports a nice darker amber patina, looking a bit "smoked". It shows some typical wear overall, including some edge fraying and minor scuffing. The faceplate is mostly clean; there's a few minor spots of corrosion and some of the stenciled lettering has worn off, but overall its nice and shiny. The grille cloth is in great shape, taut and shows no signs of fraying or tearing. The original handle is miraculously still intact and has plenty of life left in it!
Electrically, the amp is all original. The 8EV-29 Oxford speaker is stamped 465-935, dating it to the 35th week of 1959. Both the power and output transformer are the original Schumachers, reading 606-006 and 606-948, dating them to the 6th week of 1960 and 48th week of 1959, respectively. The piece of masking tape inside the chassis appears signed by Elsa, a name we haven't seen before here at the shop! Maybe she was a new hire in 1959, but if so her work is every bit as solid as the old reliable Julia, Lupe or Esper. The amp has received our routine maintenance, including standard replacement of electrolytic caps, as well as a grounded 3-prong power cord and cleaning of all sockets, pots and jacks as well as biased to spec.
Not crazy clean, not too beat up, this is simply another great-sounding late '50s tweed Champ, a perennial favorite amp -- small in size but a monster in tone! Overall Very Good + Condition.
This is a generally well preserved example of a later tweed Fender Champ 5F1, showing some overall external wear but looking not too heavily used over the past 62 or so years. It has a tube-chart ink-stamp "JB" indicating it was assembled in February of 1960. The serial number is 13248, indicating Fender had so far built over thirteen thousand examples of this classic model in just six years! This 5F1 features the second-generation larger cabinet and 8" speaker, an upgrade from earlier 6' speaker models. As with any tweed Champ, it features just a lone "chicken head" volume knob and a single-ended 6V6-driven power section, yielding about 5 glorious watts of output power. Once Fender settled on this most basic but perfected design, they built them for years with hardly any changes until nearly the mid-60s.
Height is 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.), 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) width, and 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) deep.
Externally, this Champ has an attractive if slightly funky light relic patina but is not heavily worn. The tweed fabric covering sports a nice darker amber patina, looking a bit "smoked". It shows some typical wear overall, including some edge fraying and minor scuffing. The faceplate is mostly clean; there's a few minor spots of corrosion and some of the stenciled lettering has worn off, but overall its nice and shiny. The grille cloth is in great shape, taut and shows no signs of fraying or tearing. The original handle is miraculously still intact and has plenty of life left in it!
Electrically, the amp is all original. The 8EV-29 Oxford speaker is stamped 465-935, dating it to the 35th week of 1959. Both the power and output transformer are the original Schumachers, reading 606-006 and 606-948, dating them to the 6th week of 1960 and 48th week of 1959, respectively. The piece of masking tape inside the chassis appears signed by Elsa, a name we haven't seen before here at the shop! Maybe she was a new hire in 1959, but if so her work is every bit as solid as the old reliable Julia, Lupe or Esper. The amp has received our routine maintenance, including standard replacement of electrolytic caps, as well as a grounded 3-prong power cord and cleaning of all sockets, pots and jacks as well as biased to spec.
Not crazy clean, not too beat up, this is simply another great-sounding late '50s tweed Champ, a perennial favorite amp -- small in size but a monster in tone! Overall Very Good + Condition.