I had a 1965 black Tolex Single Showman. I thought it had 4 6L6GCs and 4 12AX7s, but then I sold the lovely thing in 1969 for a pittance to buy carpeting for our new apartment. We were newlyweds and the amp had to go. That said, I sure wish I had the ability to hold onto it. I loved that amp. I loved the “Thump” you’d hear when you turned it on from “Standby”. Nothing I heard up to that point had the lower end power that the 15″ JBL could put out. I originally got it to play surfing music, but my band at Michigan State featured Motown and Soul, so the thumpy lower end didn’t really come into play very much. Now, at 75 years old, I probably couldn’t lift the beast. It was a challenge to load and unload after each gig.

I own what I think is a 66 Dual Showman. Serial # 07000. It has the 125A29A OT and the 47 Ohm in the inverter tied to the FB loop. The tube chart is missing but stamped on the bottom of the cab reads: Property of Fender Musical Instruments, Inc. Santa Ana. Calif. the cab is stamped F022366 is this the 23wk (July) in 1966? Another thing interesting is that it looks like it was never at a gig. It has the original Blackbase RCA 6L6Gcs, original caps under the pan and all preamp tubes (7025s). It may be possible this was used by a salesman for promoting and creating new sales from the music stores on his route. Any clarifications here are welcomed.

More confused than ever. I have 2 dual showman’s and 2 1-15 65 66 67 67 output trans only difference.I’m looking for a 1-12 showman. Does anyone have one for sale. The 64 showman with 2 15 cab has 4 olm and know dual showman, just showman on front plate. Been collecting black face amps since 84. Dealers swapped up cabs in the store. Left over mismatched and sold different set up. Bandmaster cabs sold with showman heads. Fender didn’t advertise them that way but we’re sold to people that didn’t want big cabs.Same way with the 1 12 cab made for bandmaster fit showman’s. Looking for 1-12 Showman.

Hi guys, I have 4 Showmans, 1 ’68 W/single 15″ (Beatles) and 3 ’63’s W/single 15″. I got my first one in ’64, a black ‘no middle’ 5 knobbed one. I have a blond W/middle and the not as rare 5 knob 7355. 7355 tubed Showman is not as loud because it has a smaller transformer… Fender made cabs with JBL 8 – 16 ohm 15″ speakers in them, very rare. Work with anything up to the dual 4 Ohm cab.

Fixed grid bias.