FENDER BROWNFACE BANDMASTER
1960
Configuration: Combo
Power: 40 Watts
Effects: Tremolo
SCHEMATICS
LAYOUT
- Front Panel: "Normal" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass - "Bright" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Presence, Pilot Light
- Back Panel: Ground Switch, Fuse, Power Switch, Standby Switch, Speaker Jack Vibrato Jack
CABINET
- Tolex: Rough Brown
- Grill Cloth: Oxblood w/ Gold Stripe then changed to Oxblood in late 1960
- Logo: Grill Mounted, Flat
- Handle: Brown Dog Bone
- Feet: Chrome Glides
- Corners: Chrome Corners w/ Lip
- Knobs: Brown Barrel
- Hardware: Medium Chassis Straps 4 5/8"
SPEAKERS
- Size: 3 x 10
- Impedance: 2.67 ohms
- Model: Jensen P10R, Jensen P10Q, or Oxford 10K5R-1 (For more info, check out the Mojotone Replacement Speaker Guide)
TUBES
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.
12 comments
How could he possibly ruin the amp….he just slips it out of the head box and puts in a 3×10 combo cab….whats he going to do throw the empty head box away…he would be a fool and I doubt that would be done….if he wants to go back to a head he slips it back into the hard box, no harm done….by the way they are all 4 ohm and no prob with three 8 0hm speakers….I have a 1958 Tweed Bandmaster 3c10, it has three 8 ohm speakers and the amp is 4 ohm.
Please don’t do this. Don’t ruin the value of your amp.
Would like to remake my 1961 Bandmaster piggyback amp head into the 1960 Bandmaster 3×10 combo. Is the output tranny impedance 8 Ohms on both the same or the impedance listed here is impedance of individual speakers? In case of connecting 3 speakers to piggyback 1961 output tranny I gues I should use 16ohm speakers, or were 8Ohms used originally (if OT built for 8Ohms can handle less then 4?!)