FENDER BLONDE TWIN

FENDER BLONDE TWIN

Model/Circuit Number: 6G8, 6G8-A
Years of Production:
1961-1963
Era: Blonde
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Brown forward facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-10
Knobs: White Barrel

Schematics

Faceplate

  • Front: Normal: In, In, Vol, Treb, Bass - Vibrato: In, In, Vol, Treb, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Presense - Pilot Lamp
  • Rear: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack, Ex. Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack

Cabinet

Covering Material

Logo: Grill Mounted, Flat
Weight: 66 lbs. (29.9 Kg)
Speaker

Effects: Tremolo
~Watts: 80-100 Watts
Tubes

  • Pre amp: Normal: 7025 Bright: 7025, Phase Inverter: 7025 (long tailed)
  • Power: 5G8: 4 x 6L6GC 5G8-A: 4 x 5881

Bias: Fixed Bias, nonadjustable
Rectifier: Solid State

Comments: Tremolo: 6G8: 2½ x 7025 (harmonic vibrato) 6G8-A: 12AX7, ½ 12AX7 and a 7025 (harmonic vibrato)
* There are rumors of a brown Twin Amp, but these if they exist were probably prototypes.
* The tremolo circuit left ½ a dual triode (12AX7 or 7025) unused.

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