Fender Concert Amp

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:58 pm

I just bought one this afternoon, from 1962, it sounds incredible, with guitar and bass!

Mine is the rare version with the 6G12-A tremolo circuit that produces some true vibrato along with the tremolo, too cool!!!

analogpackrat · Post by **analogpackrat** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:50 am

Nice score! A friend of mine has a brown Pro (6G5) from that era. Those tremolos are something special.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:35 pm

A couple of quick photos I did this evening; look past the dust, I have not cleaned the amp up yet after it having sat in a store for a few years. I am having too much fun playing through it!

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:56 pm

Nice grab Jeff! Congrats! Going to add some 6 string work to the show?

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:09 pm

I'd like to but probably not. I do plan on using this for bass, though; I want to get a matching headcase made to put the chassis in to use with my bass cabs.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:16 pm

Looks practically new. Nice snag, Jeff.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:40 pm

I am trying to find out the history of this amp; I found a service tag from a guy in Buffalo. I have a message in to him so I can see if he remembers (hopefully, he keeps a service record of his work) the amp and what he did with it.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:54 pm

THE best amp vibrato ever bar none! Nice score Jeff!

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:55 pm

Yep, this vibramolo is really wild in how it handle harmonics, I only with it could go slower, probably a very simple circuit change to enable that to happen, to adjust the range of the oscillator behavior.

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:23 pm

Cool amp Jeff all you need now is talent.

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:32 pm

Nice score on the amp, Jeff !!

Are those Mojo brand speakers replacements or originals ? Are they 10s or 12s ?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:09 pm

Oh, yes. Brings to mind my 1-15" '62 Pro. Fabulous amps!

I've been a Concert 4X10" enthusiast since I heard my first one back in '64...Yours is the best configuration ever, JS. Congrats!

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:04 pm

scotty wrote:Cool amp Jeff all you need now is talent.

There was a bag in the bottom of the cabinet with talent in it.

Not that I need any, really.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:07 pm

8mileshigher wrote:Nice score on the amp, Jeff !!
Are those Mojo brand speakers replacements or originals ? Are they 10s or 12s ?

The 10" MojoTone MP10-Rs are replacements, that apparently have been long discontinued; I think they were only made in the '90s, so they are close to being vintage, themselves.

They are probably more reliable than having and using the original Jensen P10-Rs in the amp and, they sound great, too.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:11 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Oh, yes. Brings to mind my 1-15" '62 Pro. Fabulous amps!

I've been a Concert 4X10" enthusiast since I heard my first one back in '64...Yours is the best configuration ever, JS. Congrats!

From what I gather many of these amps were pretty similar with just minor changes in the power amp section and the speaker complement. I bet a Pro would sound even better than this for bass, although this amp is no slouch.

I absolutely love the "Vibremolo®"

. It is such an interesting variation on the tremolo in my Princeton Reverb Amp, given it's F.M. along with the A.M., so to speak.

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