Sometimes the sticker is not present in the amp chassis, sometimes it is inside the cab just up to tube label This black-and-silver sticker contains several lines for “sign-offs” on completion of sound and electrical testing. On the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the back of the amp chassis. I think, the error of many people is that they read the serial number CR-XXXXXX
#Fender amp serial number stickers code#
In the table below, for example, a “CE” date code indicates a production date of May 1992. The final line contains a date code of two printed or handwritten letters denoting the amplifier’s production date by year (the first letter) and month (the second letter). ReplyĪll Fender amplifiers manufactured from 1990 to the present include a date code, printed on the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the back of the amp chassis.
The 1994 ProTube TwinAmp is simply put a properly voiced Mesa Mark IV with a blackface clean channel, which is a serious rig for blues, rhythm guitar in a rock band, and most metal (notwithstanding the ludicrous gain stages used in Death Metal etc….these can be achieved through power attenuation, an equalizer in the tube driven effects loop or through the use of a treble booster, tube screamer or any combination of effects pedals in front of the input channel. It is too powerful, too loud, hard to tweak and barky. Correctly, a person later in the thread identifies this amplifier correctly as the Red Knob Twin and its only Evil because its a bandaid and never functions properly. If you think its an “Evil Twin” also, you are wrong. They are $1000 used CDN, the new one is something like $1700 CDN and I’ve played one (and I own a 1994) and they are lame… The actual 1994 models, which are rare, have a push/pull bright switch, a cabinet that is thinner by about 1 3/4 of an inch (the measurement from the front of the amplifier to the rear)…it also has a much better gain channel and speakers.