5E3 And Other Assorted Letters/Numbers...

[jumpnblues]

...What letters and numbers go with which amps? I know a 5E3 chassis is usually a tweed Deluxe. What are all the other numbers/letters and which amps do they go with? Thanks for educating me.

Tom

[sjhusting]

go here -> http://www.schematicheaven.com/fender.htm and you'll see pretty much everything

steven

[mark norwine]

The last digit = the amp type
1=champ
2=princeton
3=deluxe
4=super
5=pro
6=bassman
7=bandmaster
8=twin
9=tremolux
10=harvard
11=vibrolux
12=concert
13=vibrasonic
14=showman
15=reverb unit
16=vibroverb

The first number = decade [though exceptions exist] 5=50's, 6=60's

Middle letter = version. B is is an earlier design than C, etc.

Suffix = revision.

So a 5E3 is newer than a 5C3, but they're both deluxe's... [the 3 on the end]

5F6 is a "F" model bassman.....newer design than the 5E6

5F6-A is a revisied varient of the 5F6

Does that make sense?

[jumpnblues]

SJ and Mark,

Thank you sooooo much. That was VERY helpful.

Tom

[Taildragger]

Another way to check:

http://www.ampwares.com/ffg/

[BrassRat]

Originally Posted by mark norwine

The last digit = the amp type
1=champ
2=princeton
3=deluxe

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Does that make sense?

Wow. Just the secret decoder I've been looking for.

Now, any rhyme or reason to the AAxxx, ABxxx, ACxxx series numbers?

[Tim Armstrong]

I think with those, they assume you know it's a "Bassman" or a "Deluxe Reverb", and an amp labeled AA864 would be the first version of that circuit released in April, 1964. AB864 (if there was one) would be the first revision of that circuit.

The Blackface Bassman, for example has three versions: AA864, AA165, AB165. I'm not quite sure when AB165 came into production, but I do know that my '68 drip-edge silverface Bassman (never should have sold that amp!) still had that number...

Cheers, Tim