Up for sale, a 1959 Fender Champ in excellent condition and in perfect working order. Simple, elegant and clean enough to satisfy collectors and serious players alike, this vintage Champ boasts its original lacquered tweed and hallowed 5F1 circuit. It doesn’t get much more pure than the Champ, and this studio favorite delivers freakishly dynamic and glassy pure tube tone that can go from clean to fully saturated overdrive with a twist of the single knob. This particular Champ has been well cared for over the decades and is stocked with the original Oxford 8 speaker. The circuit has been serviced and professionally recapped, and the preamp is untouched with original yellow Astron tone capacitors. Both transformers are original, and the chassis itself boasts a chrome faceplate with all of the original white lettering stock chicken head knob too! , despite some surface pitting. The original Stackpole pot dates to the 19th week of 1959, and the Oxford speaker dates to the 35th week of the same year. The tubes are all vintage valves including a Sylvania 6V6 power tube. Cosmetically, the original lacquered tweed shows some minor scuffs and a touch wear around the corners, but overally the tweed looks particularly great and uniformly ambered, with original nailed in feet and even the original leather handle! Both back panels are original as well as the baffle, which retains the original oxblood grillcloth with gold stripe. This Champ is cool as can be with a well maintained circuit, Oxford speaker, fresh tubes and stock lacquered tweed covering. Don’t miss out! Check out our shop “Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar, ” and please let us know if we can answer any questions! We use double thick boxes, 1″ foam, and industrial 1/2″ bubble wrap to assure that your amp arrives safely. International orders will be declared as merchandise, and the value of merchandise will be declared as the amount paid. We cannot declare anything as a gift or for a lesser value. The item “1959 Fender Champ Tweed Vintage Tube Amplifier Pre-CBS Class A 5F1 Circuit” is in sale since Thursday, February 22, 2018. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Guitar Amplifiers”. The seller is “mmguitarbar” and is located in Seattle, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Number of Channels: 1
- Brand: Fender
- Amplifier Type: Combo
- Amplifier Technology: Vacuum Tube
- Model: Champ 5F1
- MPN: Does Not Apply
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
