Dating My Tweed Blues Junior

[TelZilla]

Last summer I got a used special edition Tweed blues Junior on ebay.

I'm trying to figure out when it was built. It's serial no B-277666, MIM, and there's a copyright on the (cream) curcuit board that says 2003. It also has a 60th anniversary medallion thing on the back.

I read on Fender.com about looking for the QA sticker which is supposed to have the 2 letter date code. It supposedly is stuck to the amp chassis. However, all I can find is the sticker with the tube layout, and it does not appear to have a letter code.

Is there any way to date this amp using the serial #? Obviously, it's 2003 at the earliest. Also, I'm not sure when the 60th anniversary year was.

Also, it has a 12" Jensen in it that I can't identify. The label is gold with burgundy writing and says "Jensen Special Design" and something about finding the model # on the speaker. But it wasn't anywhere I could see. I haven't taken it out. On the Schematic, next to the speaker icon, it says "P/N 0037617000". I assume P/N is part number, right?

And one other thing- The tubes are Groove Tubes, but they also say Sovtek on them (In some cases the paint for the GT logo is right on top of the sovtek impront. I thought these were two different brands?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by TelZilla

Last summer I got a used special edition Tweed blues Junior on ebay.

I have the same one, new from GC a couple years ago.

Originally Posted by TelZilla

I'm trying to figure out when it was built. It's serial no B-277666, MIM, and there's a copyright on the (cream) curcuit board that says 2003. It also has a 60th anniversary medallion thing on the back.

Mine is B-20xxxx, no medallion.

Originally Posted by TelZilla

I read on Fender.com about looking for the QA sticker which is supposed to have the 2 letter date code. It supposedly is stuck to the amp chassis. However, all I can find is the sticker with the tube layout, and it does not appear to have a letter code.

I read that too. I looked but couldn't find anything on mine, didn't want to take it apart to look deeper. Might have to remove the back and pull the chasis to find it.

Originally Posted by TelZilla

Is there any way to date this amp using the serial #? Obviously, it's 2003 at the earliest. Also, I'm not sure when the 60th anniversary year was.

Probably made before 60th annivrsary and tagged to be distributed later.

Originally Posted by TelZilla

Also, it has a 12" Jensen in it that I can't identify. The label is gold with burgundy writing and says "Jensen Special Design" and something about finding the model # on the speaker. But it wasn't anywhere I could see. I haven't taken it out. On the Schematic, next to the speaker icon, it says "P/N 0037617000". I assume P/N is part number, right?

Same one in mine. It should be the Jensen C12N, although I've also seen it in ads as a P12N (green label), or P12R (blue label). If you look at the mounting rim on the side where the wire connectors are, there should be a white stamp with the model number

Originally Posted by TelZilla

And one other thing- The tubes are Groove Tubes, but they also say Sovtek on them (In some cases the paint for the GT logo is right on top of the sovtek impront. I thought these were two different brands?

I understood the GT doesn't actually make tubes, they just buy and rate them 1 to 10 then label/resale them in catagories of distortion 1-3, normal 4-7, and clean 8-10.

[TelZilla]

Actually I called fender and using the serial #, they gave me a date of 6/23/06. And the speaker is a Jensen C12N