FENDER BROWNFACE BANDMASTER

Model/Circuit Number: 6G7
Years of Production: 1960
Era: Brown
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Brown forward facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-10
Knobs: Brown Barrel

Schematics

• Brownface Bandmaster 6G7
• Brownface Bandmaster 6G7-A

Faceplate:

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

Cabinet:

• Dimensions:
• Hardware: Medium Chassis Straps 4 5/8"
• Handle: Brown Dogbone Handle
• Feet: Chrome Glides
• Corners: Chrome Corners with Lip

Tolex/Tweed:

• Rough Brown

Grill Cloth:

• Oxblood w/ Gold Stripe then changed to Oxblood (no stripe) in late 1960

Logo: Grille Mounted, Flat
Weight:
Speaker:

• Size: 3 x 10
• Impedance: 8 ohms
• Model: Jensen P10R, Jensen P10Q, or Oxford 10K5R-1 (For more info, check out the Jensen Replacement Speakers page)

Effects: Tremolo
Watts:
Tubes:

• Pre amp: 7025
• Power: 2 x 6L6GC or 5881
• Bias: Fixed, Unadjustable
• Rectifier: Solid State

Comments:
Part of quintet of amps that Fender called "the Professional Amplifiers." The series included the Bandmaster, Concert, Super, and Vibrosonic. Within a year the Bandmaster evolved into the Blonde piggyback head and 2x12 cabinet. The controls on the early Brown Bandmaster changed from the "Center Volume" faceplate to "Volume, Treble, Bass" faceplate in the spring of 1960.