![]() ![]() Okay, lot's of mind blowing info here, but the part about writing all of the first three albums on the Bandmaster. That Bandmaster was more important than my Marshall head, because I wrote everything with it.” Cream City Music is one of the worlds finest guitar shops with selections including the Vintage 1965 Fender Bandmaster 40W Tube Amp Head Blackface Pre-CBS. When I wrote the intro to ‘Women in Love,’ he was sitting there with his ears perked up, like the RCA Victor dog. My dog Monty would sit down next to me, and he dug it. It was really quiet, so my mom couldn’t hear me, but it sounded amazing. I wrote all of the early Van Halen songs for the first three albums with that amp, playing quietly in my room. Many dings and parts updated but close to original AB763. “The real beauty of that amp is how many songs I wrote with it. Pre-Owned 1963/64 Fender Bandmaster Head Black Faceplate This is a true working guitarists amp. Everyone says that you can’t do that because the transformer will blow, but the amp never blew up. It has the cloth wire and every other feature of the black face amps of 1967. This is an very early 1968 production amp with the AB763 blackface circuit. I could turn everything all the way up, which is what I always did anyway, and there was this small amount of bleed that sounded exactly like when the regular output is turned all the way up, but it’s really quiet. Vintage 1968 Fender Bandmaster Head and Cabinet in very good+ condition. She’d always go, ‘Why do you have to make that high crying noise?’ “If you plug the cabinet into the external speaker output instead of the regular output, it’s really quiet. Serial number A 22857 Circuit AB 763Replaced out of spec resistors Cleaned potsReduced Hum Installed fuse/ power tubes Repaired solder joints This. In the little house in Pasadena that I grew up in, my mom always hated what she called ‘that high crying noise’-in other words, soloing. I already had the Marshall, but I had not stumbled onto the Variac thing yet, so I would use the Bandmaster through the Marshall cabinet when we gigged at smaller clubs like Gazzarri’s. do it now, before it's gone forever! Okay, on to the Bandmaster! Here's Eddie's actual Bandmaster, the one we're talking about: Here's what Eddie had to say about his 1963 Blond Bandmaster: Go ahead, take a moment to go read it right now, I won't be offended, and since Guitar Player's future is in serious question as of this writing. Sadly, that awesome magazine has went the way of the dinosaurs, but parts of the interview are still available at this site by Guitar Player Magazine. The main differences between these amps are transformer size, filter caps size and output/speaker impedance. There is SO MUCH great info there! Nuts & bolts stuff about his guitars and amps, the stuff we gear heads relish. The silverface Bandmaster Reverb is a typical ab763 amp and shares basic circuit design with the Super Reverb, Deluxe Reverb, Twin Reverb, Vibrolux Reverb, Pro Reverb and Twin Reverb. The hands-down best Eddie Van Halen interview ever conducted was done by Guitar Aficionado Magazine in their Jan/Feb 2014 issue. Okay, that's a stretch, right? This however, is not: Eddie's most important amp at the time of the first THREE Van Halen albums was NOT a Marshall at all, nope, it was a blond Fender Bandmaster! Holy crap. We all know that Jim Marshall basically copied a Fender Bassman when he had his first amp designed, so in that way Eddie's famed Marshall amps are. ![]() However, as a SERIOUS fan of Leo Fender, this last gem I uncovered may just be the coolest of them all. Cool, but while researching that I stumbled upon some seriously interesting tidbits about his first Frankenstein guitar, which of course led to another blog. It started with a simple request to do a blog on Eddie Van Halen's use of a Variac. Okay, I never imagined how far this journey would take me. Unfortunately, the tube chart inside the amp head cannot be reliably used to. 1963 Bandmaster Head & Cabinet flat logo Amplifiers Cabs - World renowned purveyor of fine vintage instruments. Rear panel warped but works.Eddie Van Halen Secret Amp: the Fender Bandmaster! The Fender Bandmaster was a musical instrument amplifier made by Fender. Tolex very rough on corners and many dings with scuffing all over. "Bandmaster" Sticker added inside to cover 2 extra tube holes from previous Mod that has been reverted as close to AB763 spec. Some caps, resistors, and screws have been replaced. No Foot Switch but works with another we had. Trem Opto newly replaced with new Mojotone Fender tremolo opto LDR. All others are #10 set screw and appear correct. ![]() ![]() Intensity knob incorrect with small font and set screw at #1. New 3 prong IEC and disconnected "death cap". Many dings and parts updated but close to original AB763 specs. No-sag solid state rectifier with new Sprauge cap. Pre-Owned 1963/64 Fender Bandmaster Head Black Faceplate ![]()
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