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Topic: Fender Twin: Original or re-issue? |
George Kimery
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Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 24 May 2014 6:19 am |
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| I have a friend that just bought a silver face twin in great shape for a very low price at a pawn shop. I am trying to convince him to sell it to me, but so far, no luck. How can I tell if it is an early vintage twin or one of the later re-issues. Do I need the serial number? Other tell tale differences? I would like to know what I am dealing with here. |
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 May 2014 6:44 am
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Look at the sticker inside, the model number would be printed at the top. Here are some other clues, best as I know:
Earliest SF: aluminum piping around the speaker grille, black lines on the face, cloth wiring inside. Most desirable for guitar (easy to return to blackface), 1968 only. Schematic AC-568
Pre-Master Vol: no piping, blue lines on face, blue lines in cloth, plastic wiring. Schem AA-769,AA-270
100W: Three-wire accessory plug, master volume. Rev F has pull-master distortion.
135W: Bridge rectifier, ultra-linear circuit, Line Recording jack on back. Perhaps most desirable for steel.
Other versions: Super Twin, 'The Twin', Twin Reverb II
Reissues: black face, with plaque on back
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 24 May 2014 6:44 am
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Here is an incomplete answer:
--the reissues that have been around for a while now are black faced---this is the '65 reissue.
--there is now a '68 reissue that is silver face but the channels are clearly marked 'custom' and 'vintage' so you can't confuse this one with an older amp.
Take that one out of play and I believe that any SF Twin will be a true point-to-point older amp
Look at the control to the farthest right (as you face it). If it has a Master Volume then it is mid period. If the Master Volume also has a pull-boost then it is of the later period (mid to late '70s). Look at the speaker jack in back. if it says "135 watts ultralinear" then it is the latest model.
Ask here on the forum and you will get evaluations ranging from 'not so desirable twin reverb' to 'best steel amp ever'.
Somebody please correct this if there is a silver face twin reissue that I have missed. |
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Howard Montgomery
From:
Topeka, KS US
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Posted 24 May 2014 7:09 am
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| The footswitch jack will be for a 1/4" plug while the real twins had RCA type jacks. Also, the reverb cable jacks on a real ones are on the back of the chassis while on the reissues they are on the bottom. |
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Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 24 May 2014 9:45 am
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| Jon Light wrote: |
Here is an incomplete answer:
--the reissues that have been around for a while now are black faced---this is the '65 reissue.
--there is now a '68 reissue that is silver face but the channels are clearly marked 'custom' and 'vintage' so you can't confuse this one with an older amp.
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Jon is right, the new one is the only SF reissue
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Tim Marcus
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 24 May 2014 11:25 am
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if it says vintage, its not vintage 
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