FENDER BROWNFACE SUPER
1960-1963
Configuration: Combo
Power: 40 Watts
Effects: Vibrato
SCHEMATICS
LAYOUT
- Front Panel (6G4): "Normal" In, In, Bass, Treble, Volume - "Bright" In, In, Bass, Treble, Volume, Speed, Intensity - Presence, Pilot Light
- Front Panel (6G4-A): "Normal" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass - "Bright" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Presence, Pilot Light
- Back Panel (6G4): Ground Switch, Fuse, Power Switch, Standby Switch, Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack
CABINET
- Dimensions: 18 x 24 x 10½
- Tolex: Pinkish Brown (60-61), Rough Brown (62-63)
- Grill Cloth: Oxblood (60-62) or Beige Brown (Wheat) (62-63)
- Logo: Grill Mounted, Flat
- Handle: Brown Strap
- Feet: Chrome Glides
- Corners: Chrome Corners w/ Lip
- Knobs: Brown Barrel
- Hardware: Large Chassis Straps 5 5/8''
SPEAKERS
- Size: 2 x 10
- Impedance: 4 ohms (8 ohms each in parallel)
- Model: Jensen P10R, Jensen P10Q or Oxford 10K5 (For more info, check out the Mojotone Replacement Speaker Guide)
TUBES
- Pre amp: 7025
- Power: 2 x 6L6GC (6G4), 2 x 5881 (6G4-A)
- Bias: Fixed Bias, Nonadjustable
- Rectifier: GZ34
19 comments
The Brown Super from the early 60’s is a real sleeper. This amp has the same trem circuit as the Concert amp of the same era but with only 2 10″ speakers the amp becomes much more portable. It is tube rectified (unlike the Concert which is solid state rectified) so it can find a sweet spot with power tube saturation at reasonable (though not bedroom) volume. Ask anyone who has lugged a Concert around just to have that swirling tremolo whether they wouldn’t rather have the Super…. yeah… that’s what I thought. The original Oxford or Jensen speakers were low wattage and tended to make for a less than robust bottom end…. but put some modern 10″ speakers in there (think Tone Tubbies or Webers) and this amp is golden… plenty of stout bottom end, shimmering highs and that killer tremolo… yeah buddy.