A Piece of History – This rare Fender made in 1957 in the Fullerton, CA factory & is 58 years old. This is a ‘Champ’ model & is part of the Tweed-Era due to its tweed covering & is nearly bone stock. It recently came into our facility as it is needs a CapJob & the speaker needs some TLC. We wanted to quickly share this with you as we have always enjoyed vintage pieces like this - We hope you like seeing it too! 

We have blue printed this amp so that we can offer the same great tone & feel to you! You can send us a Silver Faced Champ or Vibro Champ or we can build one for you from the ground up through our Custom Shop!
 

 

Pic 1 of 7 - Close up of the 58 year old Fender Tweed Champ. This amp's in pretty good shape with a little aging on the Tweed covering. There is a rear panel for it but it's not original so we'll 'relic' the rear panel to match the rest of the amp.

 

 

 Pic 2 of 7 - Close up of the rear view of the Tweed 5F1 Champ circuit as it arrived to us. As you can see there is a 12AX7 preamp tube, 6V6 power tube and a GZ34/5AR4 rectifier tube in place of the stock 5Y3.

 

Pic 3 of 7 - Closer close up of the Tweed 5F1 Champ circuit. The stock filter caps are still presently in place. We have measured all of the caps, resistors & blue printed the amp in it's present form.

 

Pic 4 of 7 - Super close up for gear geeks like us (lol) of some circuitry. You can see the stock 'Astron' coupling caps & the 25uF bypass cap across the cathode resistor on the 1st stage, often not included on the 5F1 schematics.

 

Pic 5 of 7 - Close up of the 58 year old Fender Badge Logo from the Fullerton California Factory, such a great logo!

 

Pic 6 of 7 - Close up of the 58 year old Fender Factory Production Label, which is still intact over all the years.

 

Pic 7 of 7 - Fender Tweed Speaker close up, Note; this speaker was approved by the 'Department of Building & Safety in Los Angeles, CA'.

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Many thanks to each & every one of you who took the time out of your busy day wish me a Happy Birthday, I am humbled & honored (truly). Have an amazing week & may it be filled with tone as well as warm weather! – Trace Davis, President / Founder

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Customer Reports -  “The amp won’t pass audio & the ‘HT’ Fuse keeps blowing as soon as I turn the Standby Switch on.” Houston I believe we’ve tracked down the problem. We're just happy that this was an easy find & easy fix, if only all repairs were this easy!

 

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LIVE RIG! - Platinum Modded JMP-1 preamps have been a main stay in the rig of Chris Trayor’s rack for several years now. Chris & Trace are discussing plans to build a dedicated Clean Amp head & a dedicated Gain Amp head through our Custom Shop. This will be Chris' next Live Rig, Fun times ahead so stay tuned!

 

 

 

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Where has this week gone? – After a weekend on the road with the band ‘Bush’ we were back in the shop bright-n-early Monday morning soldering away like crazy. Yesterday afternoon we were hit with freezing rain & more snow. Once the roads were passable this morning we headed to the shop! We’re crossing our fingers for spring! (lol) More photo updates are coming with amps that have passed through the shop so please stay tuned! [more]

The spring tour season is kickin' off early this year! Can’t wait to see my good friend & fellow Tone-Guru Chris Traynor & his tech Brian Herb! Back in the shop Monday!

 

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NEW FACEBOOK PAGE! - Friends please visit the following link & click 'Like' to follow us on our business page. NEW LINK - (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Voodoo-Amps/139200736143497?ref=ts) – It is our hope to keep this page active for as long as possible as there are several years of Voodoo History & interaction with you. Thank you so much for your support & please join us on the new page! - Trace Davis, President / Founder

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This just in - It is -20 degrees Fahrenheit (-28c) this morning *not* counting the windchill factor & the state has changed it's name from New York to New Alaska. If you need us we'll be in the shop freezer warming up! smile emoticon That is all, have a great day & stay warm! [more]

FACEBOOK PAGES! - Feb 19th, 2015 - Much to our dismay Facebook has informed us that our name is not valid. We set up these pages several years before they offered a business page. We have over 17,000 friends & follows on our 'Voodoo Amps' & 'Voodoo Amps II' pages, presently these pages are not viewable. We are trying to determine how best to resolve this so please bear with us & we will keep you posted. Thank you & our apologies for the inconvenience. [more]

Good morning gang!  We are experiencing Arctic temperatures & conditions here at the shop this morning, which is very unusual for Upstate NY. The wind-chill factor it’s -30 degrees Fahrenheit / -34 Celsius here at the shop this morning – That’s mighty cold! (lol)

We’ve seen our fair share of harsh winter as we’ve been hit by snow a great deal over the past few days & the snow drifts are solid ice. IE: you can’t shovel your way through them but you can walk on them (lol). It’s supposed to remain like this from today through Sunday, hopefully giving way to a break in the weather some time Monday (please let the weather man be right this time). 

For those of you dealing with the same polar conditions, stay inside & stay warm! For those of you where it’s 70 degrees Fahrenheit - we’re coming to visit you immediately! – Be safe, do a kindness for someone & have a toneful day!

 

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