FENDER SILVERFACE SUPER REVERB

Model/Circuit Number: AB763, AB568, AB569, AA1069, AA270, AA1070
Years of Production:
1968 - 1981
Era: Silverface
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Silver, forward facing w/ blue labels
Knobs: Black Skirted with Chrome Center, Numbered 1 - 10

Schematics

Faceplate

  • Front: Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Vibrato: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Mid, Bass, Rev, Speed, Intensity - Pilot Lamp
  • Rear: AC Outlet, Ground Sw, Fuse (2A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack, Ex. Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack, Reverb Jack, Reverb Out, Reverb In

Cabinet

Covering Material

Logo: Grill Mounted, Raised, Chrome & Black Script
Weight: 86 lbs.
Speaker

  • Size: 4 x 10
  • Impedance: 2 ohms
  • Model: Oxford 10L6, CTS 10'' (AlNiCo or ceramic) or Rola 10'' ceramic (For more info, check out the Jensen Replacement Speakers page)

Effects: Reverb, Tremolo
~Watts: 40 or 70 watts
Tubes

  • Pre amp: 7025
  • Power: 2 x 6L6GC

Bias: Fixed, adjustment pot (AB763) or balance pot (all others)
Rectifier: 5U4GB , Some later production models seem to have come without the 5U4 rectifier and had solid state rectification instead.

Comments: Fender added int he Master Volume control with pull-knob Boost in 1975. At this same time, the logo lost it's tail and power was boosted to 70 watts.

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