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The "Tweed" 5F10 model, [2] launched in 1955, but not in time for the Fender catalog of that year, [3] was a 10-watt amplifier utilising a 6AV6 (from 1956 a 6AT6) preamplifier tube, 12AX7 phase inverter tube, [note 1] a pair of 6V6GT power amplifier tubes, and one 5Y3GT rectifier tube, [4] with a Jensen P10R 10-inch speaker. The amplifier had a ...
The former Jensen Radio Manufacturing Company was founded in 1927 by Peter Laurits Jensen, the co-inventor of the first loudspeaker, in Chicago, Illinois.The company gained popularity in its early years, rising to its peak in the mid 1940s when Jensen speakers were selected to be used in the first production of a guitar amplifier by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
The smallest guitar cabinets have one 6.5" or 8" speaker; these are usually practice amplifier units designed for private practice. Some cabinets designed for rehearsals and small- to mid-size venues contain two 10" or 12" speakers. Another popular format is four 10" or four 12" speakers. Some performers use two 4x10" or 4x12" cabinets. The ...
The first original product was the D130, a 15-inch transducer for which a variant remained in production for the next 55 years. The D130 featured a 4-inch (100 mm) flat ribbon wire voice coil and Alnico V magnet. Two other products were the 12-inch (300 mm) D131 and the 8-inch (200 mm) D208 cone drivers.
Alnico was commonly used until the 1960s, despite the problem of alnico magnets being partially demagnetized. [3] In the 1960s, most driver manufacturers switched from alnico to ferrite magnets, which are made from a mix of ceramic clay and fine particles of barium or strontium ferrite. Although the energy per kilogram of these ceramic magnets ...
Fender Silverface Bassman amp AB165 amplifier, with a 2×15" speaker cabinet. The Fender Bassman is a series of bass amplifiers introduced by Fender during 1952. [citation needed] Initially intended to amplify bass guitars, musicians used the 5B6 Bassman to amplify other instruments, including electric guitars, harmonicas, and pedal steel guitars.
The permanent magnet upgrade of the 601 was released in 1944 as the 604, at which point the 601 was discontinued. [5] The 604 was the same basic design using a 15-inch LF driver, but with a larger 3" voice coil, individual Alnico V magnets for the LF and HF drivers, and a cast aluminum frame.
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