Sold Fender Concert 60w 1x12 all valve combo 1983/4 Sold £500

[Fettsman]

[font=Georgia][size=4]It is with a heavy heart (and light kidneys) that I tentatively offer this for sale.[/size][/font]


[color=#000000][font=-webkit-standard][font=Georgia][size=4]My beloved Fender Concert combo. Part of the II line-up of amplifiers offered by Fender between 1982 and 1986. The last mass produced point to point wired amplifier offered by Fender before they went with PCB construction. All valve circuitry with solid state rectification. A nice long spring reverb tank (valve driven and recovered) a valve buffered variable level effects loop and two switchable channels. The clean channel (with pull bright switch on the volume) is pure Fender clean. The overdrive channel has a two stage gain circuit with two gain controls and a master volume. The three band interactive eq has a pull mid boost on the mid control which really beefs up a single coil. A reverb control ) active on both channels and a presence control completes the line up.[/size][/font][/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=-webkit-standard][font=Georgia][size=4]A very versatile amp indeed, most of the time I played through the clean channel which would start to break up nicely as you turned the volume up towards 7 or 8, but would clean up nicely by backing off the volume on your instrument. The overdrive channel would manage a very nice crunchy rhythm sound up to a pretty fierce overdrive although not into metal territory. It takes a pedal nicely too.[/size][/font][/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=-webkit-standard][font=Georgia][size=4]The amp has tilt back legs fitted (not an original fitting for the amp as far as I'm aware but useful for hearing yourself play above a noisy drummer) and comes with a fitted Roqsolid cover.[/size][/font][/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=-webkit-standard][font=Georgia][size=4]I gigged this amp regularly in the mid 1990's up in Stockport but since the band petered out (apart from a couple of one-off gigs) it has sat in my wardrobe. It breaks my heart to let it go but I play bass these days and can't really justify this beast sitting around doing nowt. I fired it up today and gave all the pots and switches a good clean and it sounds like a new 'un. The only obvious damage is to the treble knob on the overdrive channel.[/size][/font][/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=-webkit-standard][font=Georgia][size=4]Obviously this thing is very heavy so collection in person or a meet up for a few quids worth of diesel is the only realistic option. I wouldn't trust this to any courier. I'm based in Leicestershire and travel around a fair bit.[/size][/font][/font][/color]
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Edited March 12, 2017 by Fettsman