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When was this made, worth?

Since it is a Silverface, it must be post 1967. To check the date, there are a couple ways to figure out when a Fender amp was built.

Look for the manufacturing date code, found on the tube chart to figure out the production date. In case you don’t have a date code, turn the amp belly up and check the speakers, transformers for their date codes.

Also if you are feeling handy, take the chassis out (it slides out from the cabinet) and check a few of the capacitors (the tubular components on the board) and the potentiometers (knobs) date codes.

Be careful when playing the amp. The years in the attic might have taken a toll on some components.

The manufacturing code (stamped on the tube chart) is made of two letters. First indicate the month, the second, the year:

Date Codes:

Letter              Year               Month
A                     -                     January
B                     -                     February
C                     1953                March
D                     1954                April
E                     1955                May
F                     1956                June
G                     1957                July
H                     1958                August
I                     1959                September
J                     1960                October
K                     1961               November
L                     1962                December
M                     1963   
N                     1964   
O                     1965   
P                     1966  
Q                     1967

So, for instance: "JG" means the amp was made in July 1960.

Hope this helps!

Topics:  guitar, fender, antique, amps

Answered by gabstero on July 29, 2008

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Some of you might have heard and/or seen Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture, The popular professor at Carnegie Mellon University who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was given a couple months to live by the doctors.
The academical tradition at Carnegie Mellon University was that if one faculty member hypothetically knows that their life is coming to an end, they were given the chance for a “Last Lecture“.

In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.

Randy Pausch passed away today (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008)

Here is the video of his last lecture at the Carnegie Mellon University on September 18, 2007:

Listen and learn:

The what???

Slowly we are getting some homogeneity in our small jazz combo band lately so we were rounded up or almost forced to come up with a band name for today’s Snappy Burro Gig in Palatine Towne Square (the Summer Series Concerts). So it is baptized as:

Snappy Burro

And they are:
Laura Kleinschmidt (vocalus singalorus)
Dean Skuldt (bassum zazamus)
Tim Heuert (masterus vibus)
Nate Robinson (drummus rocknrollus)
Steve Jaracz (drummus invitatus)
Dale Freeman (trumpetitus excellentus)
Gabi Bucataru (gitarrus amplitorus)

So, from there on the usual name brainstorming, domain name parking (www.snappyburro.com), promo shots, myspace account!

Here are the first band shots. Sorry, no brick wall background (hehe):

Soundclips and video clips will follow. Rock on! (sorry that should be jazz on!)

So, I guess this is my first “official” demo of the Gabrièl V18 amp. I just can’t believe after all these years!
I had a couple attempts, but I tossed them because I thought they were “un-professional” or ugly, or I do to many “uhms”, etc. Slowly I am realizing that I will never get a perfect video, with a perfect script (Dang! I even tried to memorize a script - so LAME!), and all that!

I decided that in the end I’ll post an un-edited video just the way it is. This way hoping that the listeners will connect with the human, prone-to-failure part of me in some mysterious way, and hopefully get something educational out of it too! Heck if Julia Child did it…

I will have to say that Ed Dale’s videos of The 30 Day Challenge were of IMMENSE inspiration for me, right at the moment when I wanted to throw in the towel!

So, ladies and gentleman here is the unedited, uncut, first video of the Gabrièl V18 Guitar amplifier: