I have the 1996 woody professional 50th anniversary #4 out of 50 made . Big thing it makes it special is the field coil speaker and the nos trainees, many of the components and tubes are NOS, changes were for safety so it could get underwriter labs approval for the circuit. Last year just before the virus hit I sent it to Blackie Pagano to tune it up, because some of the NOS parts were 80 years old and may have been out of spec. Let me tell you I replaced a few tubes with other new old stock and it sounds glorious. I originally had the matching number for a Snake Head PROTOTYPE with a nice NOS PEDAL STEEL pick up from the first generation of Leo's solid body pine guitars with solid maple one piece necks . Everything down to the clay dots was authentic, many parts were NOS. I sold that but I'm never getting rid of this amp.
I used to own serial number 11 no caster before stolen in 1980 which Leo confirmed he worked on when I visited him and George of G&L guitars in 1977 along with a 1959 precision bass had
There is an amp in very bad need of servicing. Those paper condenser caps are long past their best days. The cracked carbon resistors have probably drifted way out of specs as well. As nice as the video is it is of amp that is not working correctly.
Wow, that was an audio treat. What a great lil amp!!!
Way to go Karl, most excellent indeed.
Thank You Emerald City, such a Historical Treat to see these two items together.
Thanks for the kind words, HK!!
Karl is my favorite guy to do the demos, this pair sounds fantastic as well.
This great old amp really inspires me to build a clone. Or maybe a woody professional clone.
I don't know if you ever did, but you won't do it without the field coil speaker. Hot tip
The last time these two were together in the same room, so was Leo himself.
Not bad for a couple of 70 year olds... they make beautiful music together.
Way Cool! Been a Fender fan for...? life.;D
Nice combo!
I have the 1996 woody professional 50th anniversary #4 out of 50 made . Big thing it makes it special is the field coil speaker and the nos trainees, many of the components and tubes are NOS, changes were for safety so it could get underwriter labs approval for the circuit.
Last year just before the virus hit I sent it to Blackie Pagano to tune it up, because some of the NOS parts were 80 years old and may have been out of spec. Let me tell you I replaced a few tubes with other new old stock and it sounds glorious.
I originally had the matching number for a Snake Head PROTOTYPE with a nice NOS PEDAL STEEL pick up from the first generation of Leo's solid body pine guitars with solid maple one piece necks .
Everything down to the clay dots was authentic, many parts were NOS. I sold that but I'm never getting rid of this amp.
Karl seems at home with a Tele-style guitar for sure!
Thanks, Ryan! Actually, I have a lot to learn about playing a Tele, but it sure is a fun journey!
I used to own serial number 11 no caster before stolen in 1980 which Leo confirmed he worked on when I visited him and George of G&L guitars in 1977 along with a 1959 precision bass had
Booful just beautiful
You mean to tell me that Joe Bonamassa hasn’t bought this artifact already? What is the world coming to?
He’s gotta leave some for somebody else!
There is no live music currently, Joe's disposable income isn't what it used to be.
I wouldn’t call this disposable income since these are like investment grade works of art and history and sound amazing also!
Thats the Jimmy Bryant combo!
Leo Fender....the Guglielmo Marconi of "Electric guitar music".
It sounds right
If I only knew Then what I know Now.....
Question for those who know: those caps and pots in the amp are around 75 years old. Do they not go bad? Have some been replaced?
@@shallyshal1 caps go bad
@@jegr3398 Not mention that tubes were designed to be replaceable and considered to have a life span
Considering that Leo used that amp for almost 20 years before he sold Fender to CBS, he probably recapped it himself at some point.
What, that amp is not for sale? I guess I'll put this crisp new 20 back in my wallet.
Hahaha that guitar and amp are almost 150 years old combined lol
The 'Floydian' mode is often correct.
A real "woodie?"
It use to be Leo Fender's bench-amp.
That's cool
I miss Aaron
Yep...so do I, believe me!
There is an amp in very bad need of servicing. Those paper condenser caps are long past their best days. The cracked carbon resistors have probably drifted way out of specs as well. As nice as the video is it is of amp that is not working correctly.
Nice provenance but sometimes old stuff is is just old stuff Guitar sounds super sweet Amp ok
Are you kidding me the amp sounded fantastic
dude cant sit still...does he have a condition ?