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GMF wrote:

>Description: Fender Pro Reverb
> 2 x 12″ speakers
> Year is unknown to me but there is a serial number
> on the back: A 19836 (maybe it’s an ’83 model?)
>
>What years were these made? I haven’t the slightest idea.
>
>Any advice about a fair price or opinions about its tone will be
>appreciated. Please reply by e-mail to the address below. Thanks.

Pro Reverbs were first sold in mid-1965. Since CBS bought out Fender
in January of 1965, all of them are post-CBS Fenders. Even so, some
have “Fender Electric Instruments Co.” on the front panel under the Pro
Reverb Amp logo instead of the CBS era “Fender Musical Instruments.”

All the original Pro Reverbs are “blackface” — they have black control
panels with white lettering, script logo, silver/black/white grille
cloths, raised Fender logo on the grille cloth and black Tolex covering.
They use two 5881/6L6GC power tubes and are rated at roughly 40 Watts.
They have two channels, one of which has both reverb and tremolo; a dual
footswitch controls the effects. In excellent condition, with original
speakers these amps selling for between $650 and $850. Mint examples
sell for more.

In 1967 Fender changed styles. The front panel was polished aluminum
(“silverface”) and blue block lettering. The grille cloth now blue
threads added. The cabinet grew an inch in depth, about the same in
height, and became more angular around the front panel. An aluminum
trim strip surrounded the speaker panel for roughly one year. The
circuitry stayed the same as the blackface amps until roughly 1968 when
CBS added their ill-received modifications; the worst of these were
removed by 1969. These amps are currently selling for roughly $400 to
$550.

In the mid 70’s a master volume control was added. These are perhaps
the least desirable of the Pro Reverbs, along with the later 1980-era
blackface versions, and sell for $300 to $400.

They were discontinued in 1982.

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Len Moskowitz
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