Note: the Riveria redesigned Bassman 20 was a solid state amp with yet a 15″ speaker. It appeared in 1993. Probably was produced in numbers exceeding thousands. But this should not be confused with the short lived previous version which was a 18 watt tube driven hybrid 1981-’82. Which Fender produced in numbers of roughly 500. The cabinets look quite similar. However the Riveria solid state models faceplate is stenciled with the word ‘compact’ underneath the Bassman 20 lettering.

The typo: 1983 not 1993

Thanks Andrew.. Great site!

I’ve been researching the Rivera-era range of amps since 2004 and it looks like they made around three thousand Bassman 20s. The confusion arises when people misread the tables at the back of the excellent Teagle and Sprung book – it’s easy to mistake the ‘original price in dollars’ column for ‘how many made’. My website (info only, non-commercial) http://www.stratopastor.org.uk/strato/amps/twoseriesfenders/twoseriesfenders.html