Fender Wide Panel Tweed Bassman
Model/Circuit Number: 5B6
Years of Production: 1953 – 1954
Era: Wide Panel Tweed
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Brown top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12
Knobs: Black Chicken Head
Faceplate:
- Front: Vol, Tone, In, In
- Rear: Fuse (2A), Power Sw, Pilot Lamp
Schematics
Cabinet:
- Dimensions:
- Hardware:
- Handle: Flat Leather Handle
- Feet: Nail in Feet
- Corners: None
Tolex/Tweed:
Grill Cloth:
Logo: Cabinet Mounted, block letter
Weight:
Speaker
- Size: 1 x 15
- Impedance: 8 ohms
- Model: Jensen P15N (For more info, check out the Jensen Replacement Speakers)
Effects:
Watts: 26 watts
Tubes:
- Pre amp: 6SC7, 6SL7GT (paraphase)
- Power: 2 x 5881
- Bias: Cathode Biased
- Rectifier: 5U4G
Comments:
Closed back cabinet with 2 3″ round ports side by side in the middle. Fender called this a ”unique speaker housing for bass emphasis