Date, identify and value any vintage Fender tube amp.
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- 1946→ production years covered
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Fender Super Champ X2 Guide
The Fender Super Champ X2 is the modern hybrid tube/digital practice amp that bridged Fender’s traditional tube lineage with the modeling-amp era. Fifteen watts of tube output through two 6V6 power tubes and one 12AX7 preamp, paired with a digital amp modeling front end providing 16 amp voices and 15 effects. Produced from 2012 through...
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Date, identify & value your vintage amplifier — 1946 through current production. The complete methodology behind every model guide on this site.
- Letter-prefix decoder for modern amps (1990 → present)
- Tube-chart code lookup and transformer methodology for pre-1990
- Circuit identification: AB763, AC568, AB868, transitional Showmans
- Original-speaker reference chart for 34 models — sortable
- CBS-era quality anomalies and the famous OA/OB January-1966 misprint
- Current market value ranges by era, cross-verified with completed sales
Deep dives, one amp at a time.
Each guide covers model history, dating specifics, circuit variants, original speakers, and current market value. Phase 1 ships first — more guides land over the next two quarters.
Fender Deluxe Reverb Guide
Key takeaways Power. 22 watts for vintage blackface, silverface, and ’65 Reissue. 20 watts for ’64 Custom (modified circuit) and the Rivera-era Deluxe Reverb II. The Tone Master is a 100-watt digital…
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Fender Princeton Reverb Guide
Fender Princeton Reverb in one paragraph The Princeton Reverb is a 12-watt single-channel tube combo with built-in spring reverb and bias-modulated tremolo, introduced in 1964 with the AA1164 circuit and produced continuously…
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Fender Super Champ X2 Guide
Fender Super Champ X2 in one paragraph The Super Champ X2 is a 15-watt hybrid tube/digital practice amp produced 2012-2021. Tube complement: 1× 12AX7 preamp + 2× 6V6 power tubes (3 tubes…
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Fender Twin Reverb Guide
Fender Twin Reverb in one paragraph The Twin Reverb is an 85-watt two-channel tube combo with built-in spring reverb and bias-modulated tremolo, introduced in 1963 with the AB763 circuit. Tube complement: four…
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Fender Vibro Champ Guide
Fender Vibro Champ in one paragraph The Vibro Champ is the tremolo-equipped version of the Fender Champ, a 5-watt class A single-ended tube combo introduced in 1964 with the AA764 circuit. The…
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