The concert also came in black tolex.

Both my 5G12 with the standard knob set up and 5G12 with the center volume 5G12 set up were built in 1959 and have the pulse caps over the “hole to nowhere” on the back of their respective chassis. And yes, many blackface combos do have plywood baffle boards, but many don’t–I’ll personally take the shake rattle & roll of the plywood over the consistency of the particle board, but, to each his own brother.

Great story!! I started guitar life playing through my older brother’s 1960 PRO, in 1961. The second and third amps I ever played through were both Concerts, perhaps in 1962 and 1963. I remember getting a huge backache (I mean, AWFUL) carrying one of them in and out of a play job. I was too young to appreciate the tonal quality of those three amps, at the time. I certainly do, NOW! Oddly, all I have ever owned, myself, are blackface Fenders, including the new 1964 Super Reverb which I still have. And by the way, blackface Fender amps and perhaps ’68 and ’69’s, have plywood baffle boards. And there is actually something good to consider about particle board baffle boards (and stereo system cabinets), in that they have a ZERO resonant frequency; so less possibility of unwanted freqs showing up in your guitar sound. And I agree about bagging one of those early ’60s Concerts … Have wanted a brown for YEARS — just hard to scrape up the cash, what with kids and such, and now retired. But I’m WORKING ON IT!!