Leo Fender's personal 1946 Fender Deluxe Model 26 'Woody' amp!
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2019
- Where do we begin with this one? The fact that it predates the solid-body electric guitar? Its appearance in the book "Fender: The Sound Heard Round The World" by Richard R. Smith? The fact that it lived most of its life in the possession of one of Leo Fender's first traveling salesmen? Or maybe its because of its life on Leo's shop bench...
We'll let our friend Chris Jansen tell you all about the amp, and how incredible this family heirloom's story is.
Music: The Hollers "When We Were Young" and "Zeb" (Instrumentals)
The hell I did not expect that tone!
seriously man! super surprised!
No bullshit! DID NOT expect it to sound like that.....
It didn't sound too great.
Rick Laga you probably play through a line 6 spider
@@60secondfrenzy93 Katana's good stuff
After all those years, that thing still sounds heavenly.... Un-freaking-believable
It would probably sound like plea for help with all those dried out capacitors and all if we were able to compare it to when it was new.
I heard a lot of hum.
Leo’s personal bench amp and a lefty Telecaster. Heaven.
I was hatched in 1947. We lived in a four-room, tarpaper shack ... literally. Outdoor "plumbing" and walls made of roofing felt. But my dad had a speaker cabinet that looked a lot like this one, without the handle and the colored grill cloth ... speaker was about that big or a bit larger. It was driven by a Newcomb amplifier which I still have. We played 45 RPM records through it, on an RCA Victrola record player which I also still have. We also had a mic stand and a small round microphone. The Mic and stand and speaker cabinet went away through the years, and I wish I still had those. But I heard my first music through that system, that I can remember first hearing ... "Where Could I Go But To The Lord," and "Peace In The Valley," by Red Foley, starting around 1947 when I was just a little hatchling. Not quite as great as this Fender stuff, but none-the-less, great stuff back then ...
Neat story. How did your family acquire the equipment?
@@jitsroller Thanks, Tim. I have no idea. Often wondered that, as we were seriously poor back then; never thought about it when my dad was still around. Now I wonder. Had to be hard to come by, both financially and by the fact that there were no PA system stores back in those days! All I know is that he loved music. I still have one of those original crank RCA Victrolas that came out of my grandmother's house ... it stands just five feet away, looking at me ... always looking at me!
I have a Newcomb PA amp that has been modified into a Fender Tweed Deluxe circuit. One of the sweetest sounding amps I have ever heard
This video is an example of how the internet can be a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing valuable musical and personal history.
That’s worthy of the Smithsonian.
Thats worth more than all of money
If not the Smithsonian, at least the Fender museum..
Why? Just because he is black?
Wait I think Im colorblind
@@I_stole_a_bike bruh
'9:32 what an amazing bend job and melody!!
A really historic piece! Sounds great too. Electronics from those days were built to last, I’ve seen lots of radio sets from the 1940s that are still working fine.
amazing.
All dislikes are boomers that sold their parent's 'old crappy' amps
You're mistaken. We were the first to recognise the smooth, mellow and rich tones of valve amps compared to early solid state models. I've had the belief that was largely down to a common circuit arrangement where the odd harmonics tended to cancel out leaving the richer, more musically related even harmonics in the signal path. PS. Boomers didn't play Game Boys but their kids did.
@IPA SOLÉ Ha! "Checkmate!"? Really? In some cases, you may be right but think you've got your generations mixed up. You know, I grew up copping quite a bit of grief from boomers then eventually, I realised I was born in the year that's right on the cusp so I had to grudgingly accept being one.
@IPA SOLÉ And the same to you, my friend.
later ass hat, I have #4 of 50 made sounds better in the room with a field coil speaker.
no
Old Fenders are like VW Beetles....... you can't kill em. Leo was a genius. i have a bunch of '50s Tweeds and nothing beats that tone or those stunning Jensen alnico speakers. Plug n play !
I unfortunately managed to kill my VW Beetle...
No Genius good Business man ...just first to mass produce amps made from schematics in the RCA Manual.
Rod McLean 65 twin with the jbl 120’s. Also an amazing tone.
Ozlo Houser
How bout when the old NOS parts dry up?
Old fenders are heavy war tanks, i love it.
That is SUPER COOL! What modern tube amp manufacturers don't get is the simplicity makes it sound that way. Lokk at all modern tube amp schematics vs. modern ones. You will get it.
What a beautiful format! I always enjoy the artful shots and love to detail you put into those videos.
Magical tone and a fantastic backstory to back it up. Probably the best video you guys have done in a while. Thanks for sharing this piece of history with us. Great work and keep it up 👏🎸😎
Awesome piece of music history ! Priceless ,,,due to how many are still in existence ... thanks for showing it
Fantastic story. fantastic family. fantastic amp
built for a legacy
“Fender” from our family to yours.
What a great piece of history. Your stories make the monetary value of the amp insignificant, which is exactly how things should be. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! I love the old family stories that accompany things. I'm glad you got to spend so much time with your Grandfather. We always want more time with our loved ones. It's also cool how your uncle was a steward of the amp for such a long time. He took great care to keep it & pass it along to someone that he loved & trusted as well.
Wow, that was really cool! Thanks for sharing the story, close up looks, and demo!
Awesome playing and really cool historical vintage amps you got there.
Love it! That's just such a piece of history. Thanks for sharing it with us! If I ever get back to the US i will have come by and visit your store. All the best from Germany.
Thank you for your service Leo and guitars.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful history with us.
Well I think that is just about the coolest amp I've ever seen on this channel or anywhere ! Thanks for sharing !
Thank you for sharing. What an amazing, amazing story.
Thank you for sharing. Very special.
Super cool man!! And now because of this little amp. It has given you the chance to make this video and now the world knows that your grandfather existed. Most of us will live and die without ever being remembered outside of our loved ones. I’m glad that I took the time to watch
8:38 YOU'RE WELCOME
Interesting piece of history that sounds great. Thanks
I loved the story and of course see that piece of history that still sounds like the gods! Bravo! I am from a part of the world (South America-Argentina) where only for what some people tell we got to know the story of Leo Fender and those who seconded him in the projects of construction of instruments and amps. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! Killer amp! Dig the provenance, too - could you imagine gigging that beauty in a nice sounding room?!?
Definitely a bit of history! Loved its sound.
Wonderful story, thanks for sharing.
Great history. Oh, and it happens to sound amazing too! Bonus!
Amazing video. Like finding an unknown Da Vinci. And such beautiful tone. A living testament to Leo Fender!!!
One jem of a video and find, thanks guys 🤘😎🤘
Wow well looked after for a 70 odd year old amp. Thx I absolutely love these vlogs
Guys that sounds great, and I thought it started to sound better towards the end of the playing example. I hope someone will both play it and preserve it. It’s like the soundtrack of a million moments that it made possible. Made me smile for sure!
Beautiful tone but please us a variac. Those components are 73 years old and that amp was never designed for 124 VAC.
What voltage was it designed for?
@@andybaldman probably 110v
@@robertdunn7913 Got a source/reference for that? 117V was standard after WW2. However even if it was 110V, +/-10% shouldn't matter, given the ratings of all of the parts. And the biasing won't be affected significantly by that much either. Most electrical designs can tolerate +/-10% without issue. And if a 70-year old cap is going to blow at 124V, it'll also blow at 110V.
My point was that he's pushing a very rare museum piece. Obviously it's working fine 124 VAC but there's not a chance in hell those 73 year old wax caps are still in spec. He should at least run it through a current limiter so if something does pop he would have a better chance of reducing additional damage to an irreplaceable piece of history.
I would just plug it in and play it, if you just going to look at it what's it matter if it works or not. Sooner or later something's going to go no matter what.
Great playing and tone. Unreal ✨
My absolute favorite amp of all time. Careful with those caps!
Great playing. Superb sounding amp.
Very cool video, thanks for sharing!
Wow
Thanks for sharing
I have a 57 custom champ which I love
So great to see the origins of of where the champ amps came from
I have a '49 tweed Princeton. The caps have all been replaced, but the guy that did it heated the old caps to soften the wax, removed the guts, and potted new caps in the old paper sleeves. It looks original. The Jenson speaker was reconed too, so you might say it's not a real tweed anymore, but it sounds unlike any other amp I have ever heard, a chimey, almost chorus sound, but without a chorus attached. Similar to what you hear in this video, but cleaner. I love it. Mine had been painted too, with brown latex house paint. He did manage to get most of it off fortunately.
Man THAT is a sound from the past. I expected to hear the gentle skipping sound of a needle on vinyl! Thanks for this video dudes.
It sounds amazing,I bet it sounds even better in person
Never plug this amp again without getting it checked out by a tech. Those caps in that thing are not something you want to keep in there. Leo would have told you the same thing.
And all that classic dust and greasy grime will make for a more colorful burn when it catches fire...PATINA!!
Oh shit, look who it is. Brad the Guitologist!
Yeah - completely irresponsible. Either keep it totally vintage and NEVER turn it on or do basic maintenance and use it as intended - not both.
@@leiferickson3183 nah. i fire my basman up every ten yrs or so its fine. actually i havent fired it up now since around 92. i will fire it up in a few months when i get moved. ive had it since 75 . i have a few woodies they are the same. built to last only fix them if they actually have a problem
I agree with getting it checked out first but I wouldn't replace parts due to it's historical value. If Leo didn't have his hands on it all those years I'd say replace any bad resistors and do a recap job on it like most do. Three prong cord if it has a ground cap.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Visited Seattle this summer and was able to stop in to the shop. Had a ball
Such a cool and genuine sound!
Once in a life time event, thank you!!
A very cool piece of Fender history. I agree to just leave it as it is.
very cool, Thanks for sharing!
Sounds awesome!!
I’m tellin u...that is a beautiful tweed tone...unreal...The guy Leo...got it right soooo long ago...amazing..👍👍
I think you mean the RCA manual got it right.
Wooow beautiful amp, and the sound it's so good
That tone!! Amazing.
I thought early amps were bad, but this thing sounds amazing! Really like that crunchy tone and how easily it distorts
the groove tubes dude aspen pitman wrote a whole book to convince people to change tubes when it wasnt needed. these old tubes can run almost forever.i have the same tubes in my bassman since 1975 and the amp came from an old junk shop for 35 bucks before i got it.i paid 70 on payments. the early amps with the old metal military tubes are awesome too
Why would you think that? Did you think they were charging those prices, just cuz? You must be a really young man to say something so uninformed.
@@gregwilson2721 Absolutely, what people don't get is the simple/older circuits sound way better.
WoW
Would've been great to hear a period petal steel too!!
Thanks for sharing.
Sound amazing! Should be in Cleveland at the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Lent out for special performances of course.
That amp has phenomenal sound. I am a bass player though. Thanks for sharing such a fantastic story unbelievable that your dad worked for him.
I have no idea how this still works with all the dead caps. Probably sounded nothing like it does now back in the day.
Hey, I know you from facebook groups
@@davidjameschamberlain you do!
they dont change that much. probably sounds about the same. killer
Only modern "techs" think old caps = shouldn't work right.
@@Rezonances that's because most of them explode, or short out and destroy circuits. They have finite service lives. I wouldn't be plugging that thing until all the electrolytics were in the bin, but hey that's only because I know how they work.
Sounds so good!!!!
Holy Moly! What a find!!!
It sounds so good!
I already know it’s gonna sound amazing
what a great sound, wish the demo section of the video was longer!
Thanks a lot just shows you how Leo stuff was built to last mile 63 bandmaster still plays perfect all I’ve ever done was change the filter caps and the power tubes
Nice piece of history.
pretty cool but man, put it in a museum! real history there!!😁
Great historic video....!!
As Eric Swalwell would say, "Let her rip".
a worthy player and a worthy amp... those notes cutting right through wind.
a match made in heaven! that tele pickup was probably a steel guitar pickup ( or very close) which was what that amp was voiced for in 46, why it sounds so good still. To me, that is the authentic sound of a vintage Tele
A great Amp with Great Sound
It is like Keith said : use a small amp and get a great sound
U M 5watt world
Great story. Beautiful amp. It’s only original once.
5 watt Gang in the house
Stunning.
What a piece of history, still cranks
Now that! Was frickin cool ...
I would be afraid to plug it in after seeing those wires etc. COOL video and amp.
Wow! The perfect Tele tone.
Very nice, time machine!
That intro lick is fire
Wow what a beautiful sound and an amazing piece of history. Would be great if you could lend it to Universal Audio guys to model a one of a kind plugin after it and make This sound immortal. Just a thought. Great video!
Thank you!
What a beauty!
Cool story!
He has this and a nocaster now🙌🏻🔥
That is really cool!
beautiful
It's just amazing those capacitors still work - they were made with paper wrapped foil dipped in wax and are notorious "leakers". This piece will most certainly eventually end up in a museum if some millionaire collector doesn't snap it up.
I was very skeptical about the sound at the begining when I saw that old wiring. But at the end it blows my mynd (i mean ears). Lovely tone.
Awesome!
David K. Driver? Extremely interesting last name, especially in light of it not being that common, and the fact that it is also my last name. Great story. 🇺🇸🗽🦅🇺🇸
Fabulous!!
That is literally the most mojo an amp could ever have.
No.
@@pappyodanial literally
That was, WAY COOL.
Speechless.!
Joe Bonamassa will pay anything to get that amp! Just sayn'!
Let’s trust he doesnt
He’s a brat with too many toys
He has 5 or 6 woodies already :(
red yellow or blue grille cloth. i have them all. the blue was the hard one to find. leo used a few different woods too including walnut maple and a couple others mahogany was one i think. i wonder if joe has all the wood variations? he might
Thank you.
Quite amazing that it still works those caps look like they're ready to burst. I'm sure they'll leaky and I respect but it does have a lot of character.
I was thinking the same thing, too. It’s nothing short of a miracle that an electrolytic cap from that era is still going today.
Most of those wax caps are low level voltage in our just part of the tone circuit so those will last almost forever unless they were exposed to extreme dry rot, froze or heated to an extreme... A good example is the Old Hammond organs they all have wax caps in them up until the mid-60s and I have a Model E concert from 1939 and the Caps are still working fine in the Organ but the only caps that absolutely must be replaced are in the power supply because if those start to get leaky your Transformer can be smoked as well as other circuits so hopefully the power supply caps were replaced or I would imagine years ago probably already because you can only get so many years out of power supply capacitors and those do not affect the tone whatsoever and are only there to help protect the Transformer which you definitely do not want to smoke that Transformer no matter what and almost all Transformers are smoked for that reason because the caps in the power supply go bad so I hope they had the good sense to at least replace those and that amp to last for another hundred years but the tone of that is probably the best I have ever heard a Tweed in my entire life of course the fact that in Old Tully was used by a man who really knows how to bring the best owns possible out of that setup (kudos to him) has a lot to do with it of course...