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Originally Posted by WickedGTR
Looks like tolex on the baffle?
Anyone know when tolex was first on the market?
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Spot On !!! I sent the listing to Gerald Weber, what Gerald doesn't
know about Fender amps isn't worth knowing. He replied stating the
following :-
" The amp looks bogus to me. For one thing all Woodies had the knobs on the
Back, not the Top. The Amp chassis is a Real Fender Amp, but it is a 1950
Pro Chassis and not a Woodie. The Cabinet is entirely Bogus. Woodies used
angle iron for the corners, this cabinet has wooden blocks.
Black Tolex
was not even available in 1950.so the baffle board is also bogus. And
the Tolex is cut with
pinking shears (the zig zag cut), something
never done on a Fender amp. The baffleboard was screwed in the front on Battenboards
something else never done on a Fender amp. And I have seen other Maple
Woodies, and never one in Birds Eye Maple. And where the roundover
is on the top cutout is bogus. Fender NEVER did it that way. Where the
cut out meets the backpanel should be a 90 degree angle instead of
rounded. Maybe the wife didn't know about her husband making a new
cabinet for it in the 60's, because
that Cabinet could NOT have
come from Fender unless it was made by the Shipping Clerk "
Funny how the Seller didn't post my question, questioning the
Authenticity of the Amp / Cab ??.....yet did so for all those who
wrote saying how fabulous it was !!! 
As Gerald said, Tolex wasn't even around at that time !!! The seller
states he has seen tons of vintage fenders in his 40 yrs, well you would
think he would know & Question that fact re the Tolex ?? Hmmmm
Buyer Beware
