1967 Fender Champ Vintage Black Panel Tube Amp Class A, Clean & Serviced

Up for sale, a 1967 Fender Champ in exceptional condition and in perfect working order. This little Black Panel-era Fender wonder delivers five watts of pure Class A tube tone. A surprisingly loud amp via the original alnico magnet 8" Oxford speaker, the Champ offers warm, dynamic cleans before pushing into smooth, lightly compressed tube overdrive as you turn up the Volume dial. Responsive to your picking dynamics, and absolutely huge sounding when you put a microphone in front of it, it's hard to beat the Champ for pure simplicity and great tone.  The circuit is completely original save for a couple capacitors and a single resistor in the preamp. The stock Schumacher-made transformers date between late 1966 and early '67, and visible codes on the CTS pots date to the 18th week of '66. The tube chart is fully intact with an "QE" stamp which translates to May of 1967. The tube complement includes a modern Electro Harmonix 6V6 power tube, vintage GE 5Y3 rectifier tube, and Sovtek preamp tube. The original alnico magnet Oxford 8EV speaker is in excellent shape, with the blue foil Fender label on the magnet and date stamp on the frame from the 9th week of '67.  The original smooth black tolex and silver sparkle grillcloth are extremely clean, with very little darkening of the grillcloth and sparingly little wear on the tolex. The faceplate is very well-kept too, complete with its original witch hat knobs. The stock handle caps, sphinx glides (feet), and chassis straps are all intact. This Champ is an ideal example of Black Panel tone, sure to delight both discerning collectors and serious players.