I said I would never do this.....
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- glasman
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I said I would never do this.....
I am a big fan of vintage amps. Own a few personnally and have never thought about modding one.
Well a customer requested that I mod one of his Fender Showmans (a 67'). Well I was reluctant, but went ahead with the work.
You know. it really sounds great and turned out pretty darned nice.
Channel one is normal Showman. Channel two is an OD channel with a few changes to make it a little different. The goal was to keep the amp looking as original as possible. The front panel is a piece of reversed etched plexiglass a friend of mine did on his fancy laser etching system.
I thought I would share the outcome.... sorry for the seriously out of focus pictures.
Well a customer requested that I mod one of his Fender Showmans (a 67'). Well I was reluctant, but went ahead with the work.
You know. it really sounds great and turned out pretty darned nice.
Channel one is normal Showman. Channel two is an OD channel with a few changes to make it a little different. The goal was to keep the amp looking as original as possible. The front panel is a piece of reversed etched plexiglass a friend of mine did on his fancy laser etching system.
I thought I would share the outcome.... sorry for the seriously out of focus pictures.
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Located in the St Croix River Valley- Afton, MN
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
- UltraHookedOnPhonix
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Re: I said I would never do this.....
Really nice job! As obtrusive as the mods seem, you've made them mesh with with the amp. Cohesive you know?The goal was to keep the amp looking as original as possible.
That's a really cool front panel as well.
BTW, I hate soldering to the backs of those Alpha pots in the picture. Time to bust out the Dremel and sand the back!
Re: I said I would never do this.....
Old fenders make great starting places to make a good amp:)
I have one princeton reverb that is cut down to head size, with traynor 50watt iron, thing is a monster in a small package:)
My bassman is now a ODS...
And just this last week i turned my 70 princeton reverb into a 6G15:) getting more into surf.. needed a reverb tank:) i wouldn't worry bout changing fenders.. they made millions...
I have one princeton reverb that is cut down to head size, with traynor 50watt iron, thing is a monster in a small package:)
My bassman is now a ODS...
And just this last week i turned my 70 princeton reverb into a 6G15:) getting more into surf.. needed a reverb tank:) i wouldn't worry bout changing fenders.. they made millions...
Hey man, you're leanin on my dream......
Re: I said I would never do this.....
Fender Showman, vintage? -will it be like the next tweed Deluxe? I don't think so, but great easy platforms for mods and rebuilds. I've modded dozens of these things, and w/o cutting any extra holes they make great switched two channel amps.
- glasman
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Re: I said I would never do this.....
Maybe not as vintage as a tweed deluxe, but blackface fenders were the amps I grew up with in the 60's and a Showman was the first real amp I owned in 1969. So they are sentimental to me.butwhatif wrote:Fender Showman, vintage? -will it be like the next tweed Deluxe? I don't think so, but great easy platforms for mods and rebuilds. I've modded dozens of these things, and w/o cutting any extra holes they make great switched two channel amps.
Now I just converted my sons Blues Jr into a channel switching 50 watter and I did not feel bad about that at all .
Gary
Located in the St Croix River Valley- Afton, MN
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
Re: I said I would never do this.....
Showman are every bit as good as any 60s twin. But since they are much cheaper at least when I bought them why not?? I should have had you rebuild them all
- glasman
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Re: I said I would never do this.....
Mass produced Showverbs.... something new and different .Rob wrote:Showman are every bit as good as any 60s twin. But since they are much cheaper at least when I bought them why not?? I should have had you rebuild them all
So how is it playing?
Gary
Located in the St Croix River Valley- Afton, MN
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
Re: I said I would never do this.....
You sir, should be drawn and quartered!glasman wrote:I am a big fan of vintage amps. Own a few personnally and have never thought about modding one.
Well a customer requested that I mod one of his Fender Showmans (a 67'). Well I was reluctant, but went ahead with the work.
I have a 1970 silverface Twin Reverb (which seems to be virtually identical to the Dual Showman of that vintage) sittingin my shop to be modded. Fortunately, the customer wants a Kevin O'Connor London Power Standard Preamp mod. I can do this in a way that allows the amp to be fully restored some day.
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Re: I said I would never do this.....
Looks first class. That OD channel is 'switching' right? I see relays, right?
- glasman
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Re: I said I would never do this.....
Yes, the second channel is kinda d-ish with a couple of my own ideas thrown in for good measure. It has Clean / OD select and a boost relayic-racer wrote:Looks first class. That OD channel is 'switching' right? I see relays, right?
Reverb was added to this amp after these pictures were taken. I had to use a short type 8 tank to make it fit.
Gary
Located in the St Croix River Valley- Afton, MN
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com
About 5 miles south of I-94
aka K0GWA, K0 Glas Werks Amplification
www.glaswerks.com