1967 "Fender" Double Bassmaster Custom Amp

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Yerffej
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Re: 1967 "Fender" Double Bassmaster Custom Amp

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Very cool amp.

It's pretty important to insulate the casing on those radial electrolytics from your chassis especially in series like that where they will have different voltages relative to ground.
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Re: 1967 "Fender" Double Bassmaster Custom Amp

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Looks like a great platform for whatever you want to do with it. The only concern I see is the gauge of the orange heater wire looks a little thin.
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Re: 1967 "Fender" Double Bassmaster Custom Amp

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Wow, you have the transition series amplifier that later became Fender "Japan Only distribution" from the early seventies, Cool. You have that amplifier that joins Custom Amp from Elk to Fender Japan. After the Elk factory fire in 1969, there were several chassis cases that were not damaged in that fire, that sold for scrap prices. Check out that story from Dr. Tube's website.

Look under Elk!

Ibanez will show up in that lead-in, but while stationed in Japan during the mid-1970s I witnessed that slow transformation in gear and labels. (From 1977 -1981)

One of my Elks (Damaged during a move)
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Re: 1967 "Fender" Double Bassmaster Custom Amp

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73 beat me to it. It screams Miyuki Elk to me...

Kinda like this: Echo Elk Miyuki Custom-Amp 60 Tube Head 1970s https://reverb.com/item/1475517-echo-el ... head-1970s
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Re: 1967 "Fender" Double Bassmaster Custom Amp

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dorrisant wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:20 pm 73 beat me to it. It screams Miyuki Elk to me...

Kinda like this: Echo Elk Miyuki Custom-Amp 60 Tube Head 1970s https://reverb.com/item/1475517-echo-el ... head-1970s
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