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swiveltung · Mar 28, 2022

1953? Fender Super-Amp Model 5C4 Model Tube Amplifier value

A friend of mines Father recently passed away and he asked me to take a look at an old amp and guitar that has been packed away for some time. Let's just say I was sort of blown away... I can't seem to find much in terms of sold auctions or pricing online. It's in very good condition. I didn't...

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walrus · Mar 28, 2022

That was worth the scrolling!

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GAD · Mar 28, 2022

Yum!

GGJaguar · Mar 28, 2022

They are so cool. To look at anyway.

GAD · Mar 28, 2022

Those pickups look mismatched to me. The neck looks wider than the middle. Is that normal?

Uke · Mar 28, 2022

The old "Department of Building and Safety" of L.A. stickers always make my heart race faster -- the real McCoy!

BradHK · Mar 28, 2022

GAD said:
Those pickups look mismatched to me. The neck looks wider than the middle. Is that normal?

Good eyes! The mounting ear on the neck pickup cover is definitely larger than the bridge and middle. My guess is a replacement cover on that pickup but the only way to tell would be to pull the cover and see if there is another set of holes that match the spacing of the other two covers.

Jeff Haddad · Mar 28, 2022

That's a very early Guild (#1110) so it could be they were still sussing out the pickup cover specs or there was a degree of "hand-made" to them. Beautiful guitar, and the amp is probably the cleanest Fender tweed amp I have seen!

mad dog · Mar 29, 2022

Damn. I sure would like to try that amp.

Rich Cohen · Mar 29, 2022

If memory serves (I owned an X-350 in the past), the distance from the strings to the top of the guitar changes as you move from the bridge to the neck boundary. To solve this spacing problem, the covers of pickups, like the ones on this guitar, were made with different thicknesses. Hence the difference in appearance of the neck pickup.

geoguy · Mar 29, 2022

In this case it appears that the width of the black lip around the neck-pickup cover is actually wider compared to the middle & bridge pickups.

Note how the brass screw fills most of the "ear" on the bridge & middle covers, yet has much more space around it on the treble cover.

SFIV1967 · Mar 29, 2022

Two different examples from that time: Pickups looked matched.

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