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The Fender '57 Custom Champ is a 5-watt, hand-wired tube amplifier housed in a finger-joined solid pine cabinet with lacquered tweed covering and Bassman-style grille cloth. It features a single channel and drives a 1x8" Weber Special Design speaker with an alnico magnet. The all-tube circuit utilizes a 12AY7 preamp tube, a 6V6 power tube, and a 5Y3 rectifier tube at a 4-ohm impedance. The control panel includes two 1/4" inputs (Input 2 at -6dB), a black chicken-head pointer knob for volume, a red jewel light, and a vintage-style leather handle with nickel hardware.
From Fender
One of the most popular amplifiers of all time lives again in the '57 Custom Champ. Renown for its flexibility, ease-of-use and knockout tone, this is the classic sound heard on thousands of recordings. A wide variety of playable tones inhabit this hand-wired performer - from crisp, classic cleans to naturally compressed overdrive that responds remarkably to guitar volume and picking dynamic changes.
- Series
- American Hand-Wired
- Model Name
- '57 Custom Champ
- Amplifier Type
- Tube
- Wattage
- 5 Watts
- Channels
- One
- Inputs
- Two 1/4" (Input 2 Operates at -6dB)
- Preamp Tubes
- 1 x 12AY7
- Power Tubes
- 1 x 6V6
- Rectifier Tube
- 1 x 5Y3
- Speaker Configuration
- 1 x 8" Weber Special Design with Alnico Magnet
- Total Impedance
- 4 Ohms
- Cabinet Material
- Finger-Joined Solid Pine
- Amplifier Covering
- Lacquered Tweed
- Grille Cloth
- Bassman Style
- Control Knobs
- Black Chicken-Head Style Pointer Knobs
- Handle
- Vintage-Style Leather with Nickel Mounting Hardware
- Amplifier Jewel
- Red Jewel
- Footswitch
- None (N/A)
- Voltage
- 120V
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