Fender tweed Champ porn!!!

woodshed · March 13th, 2007, 12:32 PM

Thought you guys might appritiate some tweed porn. Sold this a while back, miss it dearly. Absolutely dead mint, all original '62 Fender Tweed Champ amp. Came out of a Canadian attic, along with a dead mint Champion lap steel that I couldn't talk them into selling to me. The sellers dad bought them new in '63 and never got around to learning how to play the lap so the Champ was never used. Still had all the original tubes, cord, knobs, caps, handle, everything. The first time the back panel was removed was when I took these pictures!!! Original speaker and caps were virginal, no hum, hiss, rattles at all. Oh yeah, it sounded like God too. Sold it and have been having major anxiety and regret ever since, you know the kind, look relentlessly on ebay for another to come along, wake up late at night in a cold sweat, email and call the guy you sold it to and beg for him to sell it back, that kind of madness. I'd buy it back in a heartbeat, worth twice the price I got for it. Hope I find another soon...

Scott

Michael · March 13th, 2007, 12:38 PM

... that amp made you feel that it wasn't a keeper? I have a pretty beat up `59 Princeton which will be the last amp to go. Don't feel too badly though, pretty much everyone here has a "regret that I let it go" story. I really hope you find another to replace it. Good luck!

woodshed · March 13th, 2007, 02:10 PM

Honestly it was a money thing. I have a new baby on the way and couldn't justify having a $1500 Champ right now. Similar situation led to me selling my minty clean Supro Thunderbolt last year. I wouldn't trade one of my kids for all the vintage amps in the world.

Scott

Sidney Vicious · March 13th, 2007, 06:17 PM

What were you thinking, my friend?

New kids are born every minute of the day -

tweeds like that, on the other hand, have not been seen since 1962!

petebradt · March 13th, 2007, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sidney Vicious

What were you thinking, my friend?

New kids are born every minute of the day -

tweeds like that, on the other hand, have not been seen since 1962!

Sure they have, you just have to build them yourself now.

Guitar not included.

zombywoof · March 13th, 2007, 10:14 PM

I feel your pain Bro. Think we have all been there. I have run into quite a few tweed Champs for sale - but not one of them original. All had either the speaker or transformer replaced.

angerboy · March 13th, 2007, 11:31 PM

+1 on build your own.

It'll be safer w/o built in 50 year old shock hazards.

Gareth John · March 14th, 2007, 05:16 PM

There's one like that for sale in a shop near me, it's going for 950 pounds. Looks very nice.

M_A_T_T · March 16th, 2007, 01:33 AM

NICE! What did you sell it for? There was a minty-mint one that went on ebay late last year for over $3000!

I love my '59, and am getting another 'tweed' but with black tolex and silver grill cloth.

woodshed · March 16th, 2007, 09:36 AM

I sold this champ for $1500. That's the most I have seen one go for. There have been alot of the transitional era Blackface "Tweed" Champs on evilbay lately. Good deals on the same circuit. The speakers are different though.

Scott

ramseybella · March 16th, 2007, 01:49 PM

As an Army Ranger Vet friend once told me!
Somebody once in there life makes a stupid decision!!
He was a tunnel rat in Vietnam.

Guitarslinger1 · March 16th, 2007, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woodshed

I wouldn't trade one of my kids for all the vintage amps in the world.

I would...in a heartbeat. Like Bill Cosby said, you could make another one that looked just like him (the kid that you traded).

Guitarslinger1 · March 16th, 2007, 09:48 PM

All seriousness aside...

You can build a wonderful tweed yourself, for much less money.

austintele · March 16th, 2007, 11:09 PM

I have a dec 1958 5F1 tweed champ that i bought stock in 1999 for 600.00. I took out the original speaker and put in an alnico jenson. The store that sold it to me thought it was a 53.

I sounds amazing but only on 7 or higher. Push it to 12 and you get that super compression/squeeze on the front of the note...awesome!

Sorry you had to sell your babies but what goes around comes around..have faith

M_A_T_T · March 22nd, 2007, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by austintele

I have a dec 1958 5F1 tweed champ that i bought stock in 1999 for 600.00. I took out the original speaker and put in an alnico jenson. The store that sold it to me thought it was a 53.

My '59 was sold as a '53 as well. I figured it was a cool find because anyone searching a specific year range on gbase would not have found it. Here is a pic:

Here is the black tolex '64 I mentioned getitng:

March 13th, 2007, 12:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
woodshed TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 16	Fender tweed Champ porn!!! Thought you guys might appritiate some tweed porn. Sold this a while back, miss it dearly. Absolutely dead mint, all original '62 Fender Tweed Champ amp. Came out of a Canadian attic, along with a dead mint Champion lap steel that I couldn't talk them into selling to me. The sellers dad bought them new in '63 and never got around to learning how to play the lap so the Champ was never used. Still had all the original tubes, cord, knobs, caps, handle, everything. The first time the back panel was removed was when I took these pictures!!! Original speaker and caps were virginal, no hum, hiss, rattles at all. Oh yeah, it sounded like God too. Sold it and have been having major anxiety and regret ever since, you know the kind, look relentlessly on ebay for another to come along, wake up late at night in a cold sweat, email and call the guy you sold it to and beg for him to sell it back, that kind of madness. I'd buy it back in a heartbeat, worth twice the price I got for it. Hope I find another soon... Scott

March 13th, 2007, 12:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Michael Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Sunny Side of the Street Posts: 643	Just curious, what about... ... that amp made you feel that it wasn't a keeper? I have a pretty beat up `59 Princeton which will be the last amp to go. Don't feel too badly though, pretty much everyone here has a "regret that I let it go" story. I really hope you find another to replace it. Good luck! __________________ "Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! Thine own has reached the shore".

March 13th, 2007, 10:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
zombywoof Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Back in the Heartland Posts: 3,086 17 Photos	I feel your pain Bro. Think we have all been there. I have run into quite a few tweed Champs for sale - but not one of them original. All had either the speaker or transformer replaced. __________________ "I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks." John Lee Hooker

March 13th, 2007, 02:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
woodshed TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 16	Honestly it was a money thing. I have a new baby on the way and couldn't justify having a $1500 Champ right now. Similar situation led to me selling my minty clean Supro Thunderbolt last year. I wouldn't trade one of my kids for all the vintage amps in the world. Scott

March 13th, 2007, 06:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sidney Vicious Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Posts: 1,847 23 Photos	What were you thinking, my friend? New kids are born every minute of the day - tweeds like that, on the other hand, have not been seen since 1962!

March 13th, 2007, 11:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
angerboy TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Posts: 31 1 Photos	+1 on build your own. It'll be safer w/o built in 50 year old shock hazards.

March 14th, 2007, 05:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gareth John Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England Age: 25 Posts: 899 8 Photos	There's one like that for sale in a shop near me, it's going for 950 pounds. Looks very nice.

March 16th, 2007, 01:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
M_A_T_T TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 27 11 Photos	NICE! What did you sell it for? There was a minty-mint one that went on ebay late last year for over $3000! I love my '59, and am getting another 'tweed' but with black tolex and silver grill cloth.

March 16th, 2007, 09:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
woodshed TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 16	I sold this champ for $1500. That's the most I have seen one go for. There have been alot of the transitional era Blackface "Tweed" Champs on evilbay lately. Good deals on the same circuit. The speakers are different though. Scott

March 16th, 2007, 01:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
ramseybella Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Santa Fe New Mexico Posts: 1,467 39 Photos	As an Army Ranger Vet friend once told me! Somebody once in there life makes a stupid decision!! He was a tunnel rat in Vietnam.

March 16th, 2007, 09:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
Guitarslinger1 Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 966	All seriousness aside... You can build a wonderful tweed yourself, for much less money.

March 16th, 2007, 11:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
austintele Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2004 Location: austin, texas Posts: 1,551	I have a dec 1958 5F1 tweed champ that i bought stock in 1999 for 600.00. I took out the original speaker and put in an alnico jenson. The store that sold it to me thought it was a 53. I sounds amazing but only on 7 or higher. Push it to 12 and you get that super compression/squeeze on the front of the note...awesome! Sorry you had to sell your babies but what goes around comes around..have faith

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