Original Fender Bandmaster

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 26 Aug 2001 12:59 am

I guess I'm getting old, but I was just thinking of the first professional amplifier I ever owned. This amp had the 3 ten inch speaker configuration. What would the ohms be? I assume Fender was using 8 ohm speakers at that time. And why did Fender discontinue the amp. I know it didn't have a tremendous amount of power, but it had a great tone. Does anyone remember? Thnx

Robert · Post by **Robert** » 26 Aug 2001 9:29 am

Jim Bob:
You don't remember what happened to your Bandmaster, do you?! I can't tell you about ohms on the speakers, etc., but people have not forgotten the 3x10" Bandmaster - why was it dis-continued by Fender? Fender (the company, not Leo) created, and subsequently ruined a lot of great amps and guitars. A lot of people own and love the later piggy-back Bandmasters, but the convenience of the combo was gone. You can buy re-creations of that particular Bandmaster circuit and speaker configuration today from www.clarkamplification.com or www.victoriaamp.com/

Hope those links come up OK
Rob[This message was edited by Robert on 26 August 2001 at 10:30 AM.]

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 26 Aug 2001 7:54 pm

Robert: If I remember correctly, I sold the amplifier to a Local steel Guitar player on Oahu. I was in the Navy at the time and had been transferred off the island to the USS Princeton LPH-5 (helicopter carrier), and did not have the capability of taking the amp with me. I still think this amp had as good a sound as any Fender amp I ever heard. Maybe it's just the memory.

PS: I bought it from another sailor who was being transferred. It might still be on the island today.

Robert · Post by **Robert** » 27 Aug 2001 5:42 am

Yeah - they're great-sounding amps, your memory is correct. A lot of people are looking for those old Bandmasters these days, like most of those tweed Fenders. I hope it is still on the islands - with some beautiful steel guitar floating out of it - entertaining the tourists!

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 27 Aug 2001 7:23 am

I got ahold of one some years back &
luckily I held onto it. I fully serviced
it myself & it's all stock electronically.

<img src=http://members.localnet.com/~jsganz/Bandmaster.jpg>

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"Turn up the dang STEEL!!!"

Hamilton Barnard · Post by **Hamilton Barnard** » 27 Aug 2001 7:45 am

Very nice, Jay.

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 27 Aug 2001 9:07 am

i had one and sold it to my friend Paul Breslin who's still got it.
it only had 2 speakers,( the third one was gone )i put some EV back in 71 when i got it.
so many of them ol' Fender amps sounded great !
Steel love em'

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 27 Aug 2001 9:49 am

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