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FENDER BLACKFACE SHOWMAN
1963-1967
Configuration: Piggyback
Power: 85 Watts
Effects: Tremolo
SCHEMATIC
LAYOUT
- Front Panel: "Normal" In, In, Bright Switch, Volume, Treble, Bass - "Vibrato" In, In, Bright Switch, Volume, Middle, Treble, Bass, Speed, Intensity, Pilot Light
- Back Panel: AC Outlet, Ground Switch, Fuse, Power Switch, Standby Switch, Speaker Jack, External Speaker Jack, Tremolo Jack
CABINET
- Head Dimensions: 8 x 24 x 9½
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Cabinet Dimensions:
- Showman 12 (early): 21 x 32 x 11½
- Showman 12 & 15: 24½ x 36 x 11½
- Dual Showman (63-67): 24½ x 36 x 11½
- Dual Showman (67): 45½ x 30 x 11½
- Tolex: Smooth White (63) or Black
- Grill Cloth: Beige Brown w/ Gold Stripe (63) or Black / White / Silver
- Logo: Grill Mounted, Flat (63) or Raised, Chrome & Black, Script
- Handle: Black Strap
- Feet: Chrome Glides
- Corners: Chrome Corners w/ Lip
- Knobs: Black Skirted w/ Chrome Center, Numbered 1-10
- Hardware: 16" Tilt-Back Legs, Thumb Screws, Thumb Screw Receptacles
SPEAKERS
- Size: 1x12, 1x15, 2x15
- Impedance: 8 ohms
- Model: JBL-D-120F, 130F or 140F (For more info, check out the Mojotone Replacement Speaker Guide)
TUBES
Comments: In 64 Fender added the word "DUAL" in block letters above the script "Showman Amp" to the control panel of the Dual Showman. The Showman 12 was discontinued in 1966.
30 comments
Sitting in front of my ’65 Fender (Single) Showman, I count 2x 7025′ 1x 12AX7, 1x 12AT7 plus 4x 6L6. That’s fact.
My ’66 Showman (chassis dated 1964) has exactly four (4) preamp tubes and four (4) power tubes. The effect circuit uses only one (1) tube. The first blonde heads originally had six (6) preamp tubes to support the 3-tube effect circuit and four (4) power tubes.
Dual Showman is different than the Showman. The Showman has an 8 ohm output transformer, while the Dual Showman has a 4 ohm output transformer (two 8 ohm speakers in parallel). Except for the output transformers, the amps were identical.
Actually, the word “Dual” was added to the nameplate in 1967. My 1966 Showman (Dual) has the original dual showman output transformer. In addition, I still have a 1966 publication that shows all of the Fender Amps … and “Dual” does not appear on any of the amps.
You have wrong information concerning the year Fender add the word “Dual” to the face plate, it was not in 1964, but 1966!!!!