You are here: Amp Guide » Fender Amp Field Guide » Fender Bandmaster (Silverface)

Looking for amp parts?
Reproduction Cabinets	Tweed & Tolex
Speakers	Grill Cloth
Handles	Transformers
Fender Bassman 100 cab -- how do you access the speakers?  Fender Twin Reverb Master Volume

Fender Bandmaster (Silverface)

Schematic/Layout:

• bandmaster_aa763.pdf
• bandmaster_ab763.pdf
• bandmaster_ac568.pdf

Model/Circuit Number: AA763, AB763, AC568, TFC-5005
Years of Production: 1968 - 1975
Era: Silverface
Configuration: Piggyback
Controls: Silver forward facing w/ blue labels
Knobs: Black skirted 1-10
Faceplate

• Front: Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Vibrato: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Pilot Lamp
• Rear:

Cabinet

• Dimensions: Head: 9 1/2'' x 7 7/8'' x 24'' , Cabinet: 11 3/8'' x 28 7/8'' x 38 7/8''
• Hardware: Chrome Corners with lip, Large Chassis Straps 5 5/8'', Side Bar Clips
• Handle: 2 Black Strap Handles
• Feet: Glides
• Corners: Chrome Corners with Lip

Covering Material

• Tolex/Tweed: Black Tolex
• Grill Cloth: (68-69) Blue sparkle grille cloth w/ aluminum frame ; (70-74) without aluminum frame

Logo: Grill mounted, raised, chrome & black, script
Weight: Head: 30lbs
Speaker

• Size: 2 x 12
• Impedance: 4 ohms
• Model: Oxford 12T6 or Utah 12 (For more info, check out the Jensen Replacement Speakers)

Effects: Tremolo
~Watts: 50 watts
Tubes

• Pre amp: 1 x 12AX7, 2 x 7025, 1 x 12AT7
• Power: 2 x 6L6

Bias: Fixed
Rectifier: Solid State or 5AR4

Comments: In August 1967, Fender changed the cosmetics once again, this time to the silverface style. The earliest of these (Aug. '67 to July '68) had aluminum grill trim, black vertical lines on the control panel, and a highly textured version of the famous silver/blue sparkle grill cloth. In addition, the speaker cabinet was enlarged and ported. In June 1968, the Bandmaster was given the infamous AC568 silverface circuit. The amp shown here is one of the very last silverface Bandmasters produced with the blackface AB763 circuit.