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SOLD: 1953 Fender Tweed Champ - 5C1 - 3w

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OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
edited August 2016 in Amps £
I received this amp in a trade recently and as much as I love it I'm really more of a BF/SF fan.

The tweed, speaker cover and handle are all original and in good condition for the age, the speaker however isn't original - it came with a modern Italian Jensen in which I've replaced with a Eminence 620H which has more clean headroom and is a bit louder - however I will include the Jensen as well as it does the "ratty small tweed" sound better than the Eminence.

As is to be expected with a 63 year old amp, some of the capacitors have been replaced due to age related failure.

I believe that many of the guitar sounds on Layla were from a similar Fender Champ although I don't know if this 5C1 variant is the same circuit - someone more au fait with Clapton's gear could probably elaborate.

A fitted flight case is included, shown in the picture below.

I'm not quite sure how to price this as they're not that common on the s/h market but I thought £1100 inc both 6" speakers and the flight case would be a good starting point? If this is off the mark then by all means let me know!

£850 with the Jensen + flightcase
£880 with the Eminence + flightcase

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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    Oh and it will require a step-up transformer as it is obviously designed to run on US mains voltage!
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    bump

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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 5849
    Might be an idea to post up some pics of the inside of it so that potential buyers can see the state of the circuitry?
    (pronounced: equal-sequel)   "I suffered for my art.. now it's your turn"
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    Will do on Thursday when I'm back home :)

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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    Sorry for the delay, finally got the time to get some pics - appended to original post :)
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30192
    edited May 2016
    Is it MIDI compatible?

    (and damn you- the bank of Gass is closed at the moment)

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    bump
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  • gubblegubble Frets: 1681

    Right now - I'm not interested because I can't afford this - sorry.

    However as a thought it may be worth trying to get in touch with Joe Bonamassa ? He might well be interested in this. (I'm being serious by the way)

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  • edenfield99edenfield99 Frets: 342
    gubble said:

    However as a thought it may be worth trying to get in touch with Joe Bonamassa ? He might well be interested in this. (I'm being serious by the way)

    Is that so he can measure it up and release a signature version??
    Sales feedback - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57675/
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    Bump.
    Will listen to offers and would also be interested in this plus cash for a J-45 or maybe other Gibson acoustics
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    Slight price drop bump
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    bbbump

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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    price drop and p/ex info bump
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    bank holiday bump
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    price drop bump

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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    bump - would consider p/ex this +cash for a Gibson J-45 in cherry burst
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    BUMP
    I've seen another guitar which I really want so have dropped the price again and would listen to sensible offers...
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  • LoobsLoobs Frets: 3782
    Wow, that's great. As simple as it gets! 
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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    bumps

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  • OrsomeWellsOrsomeWells Frets: 58
    Chilcot Bump
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