{"product_id":"1978-fender-champ-silverface-vintage-tube-guitar-amp-1x8-class-a-serviced","title":"1978 Fender Champ Silverface Vintage Tube Guitar Amp 1x8, Class A, Serviced","description":"Up for sale, a 1978 Fender Champ in exceptional condition and in perfect working order. Clean and stock, this Champ delivers a tone with chiming and dynamic cleans that give way to sizzling overdrive as you turn up the Volume knob. It's a perfect pint-sized Class A amplifier for studio use, and with a microphone in front of it, this amp can sound like a giant. It's hard to beat the Champ for simplicity and tonal purity.The circuit is 100% original save for a single capacitor in the preamp, with stock Schumacher transformers that date to '78. The stock CTS pots have visible date codes from the 33rd week of '77. The original alnico magnet 8\" speaker is intact, with the \"Fender\" silkscreen logo on the magnet. The tube chart is present inside the cabinet too. The tubes include a Sovtek 5Y3 rectifier, JJ 6V6 power tube, and vintage Fender-branded 12AX7 preamp tube.The original smooth black tolex and silver sparkle grillcloth with orange stripe is intact and extremely well-kept. The lower back panel is original, and the upper back panel is a matching replacement. All of the original hardware is accounted for as well, including the raised Fender logo, sphinx glides (feet), chassis straps, corners, and handle caps. The brushed aluminum faceplate is quite clean with turquoise silkscreening and original witch hat knobs.","brand":"Fender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43674466779392,"sku":"A828020","price":874.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4437\/4714\/products\/medium_8178e402-34e3-4903-b2ce-8d48cd1301b4.jpg?v=1751564404","url":"https:\/\/mmguitarbar.com\/products\/1978-fender-champ-silverface-vintage-tube-guitar-amp-1x8-class-a-serviced","provider":"Mike \u0026 Mike's Guitar Bar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}