I've been reading a few aricles recently on Fender Amps, and two words keep coming up regularly and that is "Blackface" and "Silverface". I can see why the amps are called one or the other by looking at the colour of the "Face", but is there any other link? I.E. did the "Blackface" range come before the "Silverface" or is it a power rating - Under 40W it's a "Silverface" and over 40W is "Blackface", or perhaps its the number of speakers? I have looked for these differences but can not spot the links. Can anybody enlighten me? Thanks.
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As that link says, the current "68" Silverface "Custom" amps are *not* reissues of Silverface amps, they're slightly tweaked *Blackface* reissues - not in the same way that the original Silverfaces were from the original Blackfaces - and marketed with a misleading name and a different control panel to differentiate them from the "65" reissues.
Confused? You have every right to be... they have nothing to do with 1968 whatever, so why they're called that I don't know. They should just have called them Silverface Customs. Blame the guitar industry's year-obsession, probably.
(*There is a slight further confusion, in that the very last amps made in 1981 and 82 returned to Blackface control panels, but retained the late-Silverface circuitry.)
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Thanks that was very interesting
Fact.
Moved on to a late 70s Vox AC30 6 input, and then Marshall's after that. Before the Fenders I also had a twin channel Selmer Zodiac Mk2 2x12 combo with a tilt stand that I bought for £40 from my Maths teacher that had 2 greenbacks, and 5 push button tone selectors. Always wished I'd kept that one...quite a collectable now.
Sorry for the meandering ...this thread got me reminiscing!