Fender Harvard Model 5F10 Tube Amplifier (1957)
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Fender Harvard Model 5F10 Model Tube Amplifier (1957), made in Fullerton, California, serial # H-00708, tweed fabric covering finish.
This tweed beauty is a stunningly well-preserved Fender Harvard 5F10 (the Princeton's big brother) looking like it has seen very little use since 1957. It has an immaculate original tube chart with a stamped code of GD, indicating assembly in April of 1957. It remains entirely original including both transformers, all caps, speaker, speaker cone, power and preamp tubes, grill cloth; every single part. Even the fragile leather handle remains original and in very good shape.
This amp was wired up by Lily (she seems to have been queen of the Harvards -- her masking tape name tag is present inside many of these) and must have seen very little use since, unlike its brethren that worked for decades in recording studios and club and roadhouse stages. The original owned made a cover for this amp when it was new out of a cardboard box that itself is dated June 1957. It looks like that cover has hardly ever been off, preserving the tweed almost perfectly for over 60 years.
This is simply a museum-quality example of the big-sounding 10-watt "Steve Cropper Classic". It uses two 6V6 tubes in push/pull, with a 12AX7 phase inverter and a 6AT6 input tube. With its fixed bias circuit, only shared at the time by its nearly identical sibling, the Tweed Vibrolux, it has more clean headroom than most Tweed Deluxes and a roaring and distinctive breakup.
The original Jensen P10R is dated 5th week of 1957 with the original cone fully intact. The amp still carries the original rectifier, power and preamp tubes. The Harvard remains one of Fender's less well-known gems and a shop favorite. It's easily the most undisturbed Harvard we have had, and the cleanest example of this fairly rare amp we have ever seen.
Height is 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.), 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm.) width, and 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) deep.
This Harvard is simply stunningly clean, both externally and under the hood. The old-style tweed covering is superbly crisp and very clean, not "smoked" like most and shows only some VERY light wear. The faceplate is also super clean with unsullied plating and very crisp graphics. Even the somewhat fragile original leather handle is still completely intact. Internally the amp is unaltered with all original components.
While we normally service all amplifiers for use, this nearly 63 year old amp is COMPLETELY original and untouched so we have elected to leave it that way as this is becoming extremely rare now well into the 21st century. As such it is offered in AS-IS condition, not because of any damage or perceived flaw but due to its age and untouched state. The amplifier powers up and actually sounds great but if is to be used more than casually we would recommend it be professionally serviced to the level desired; we would be happy to do so upon sale. Many of the capacitors are aged to the point we cannot guarantee continued functionality many decades past their expiration dates, but this is a museum-quality unaltered example so some would prefer to keep it that way. This is a truly superb untouched example of this relatively unsung classic Fender amp, a very rare find in the 21st century. Excellent + Condition.
This tweed beauty is a stunningly well-preserved Fender Harvard 5F10 (the Princeton's big brother) looking like it has seen very little use since 1957. It has an immaculate original tube chart with a stamped code of GD, indicating assembly in April of 1957. It remains entirely original including both transformers, all caps, speaker, speaker cone, power and preamp tubes, grill cloth; every single part. Even the fragile leather handle remains original and in very good shape.
This amp was wired up by Lily (she seems to have been queen of the Harvards -- her masking tape name tag is present inside many of these) and must have seen very little use since, unlike its brethren that worked for decades in recording studios and club and roadhouse stages. The original owned made a cover for this amp when it was new out of a cardboard box that itself is dated June 1957. It looks like that cover has hardly ever been off, preserving the tweed almost perfectly for over 60 years.
This is simply a museum-quality example of the big-sounding 10-watt "Steve Cropper Classic". It uses two 6V6 tubes in push/pull, with a 12AX7 phase inverter and a 6AT6 input tube. With its fixed bias circuit, only shared at the time by its nearly identical sibling, the Tweed Vibrolux, it has more clean headroom than most Tweed Deluxes and a roaring and distinctive breakup.
The original Jensen P10R is dated 5th week of 1957 with the original cone fully intact. The amp still carries the original rectifier, power and preamp tubes. The Harvard remains one of Fender's less well-known gems and a shop favorite. It's easily the most undisturbed Harvard we have had, and the cleanest example of this fairly rare amp we have ever seen.
Height is 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.), 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm.) width, and 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) deep.
This Harvard is simply stunningly clean, both externally and under the hood. The old-style tweed covering is superbly crisp and very clean, not "smoked" like most and shows only some VERY light wear. The faceplate is also super clean with unsullied plating and very crisp graphics. Even the somewhat fragile original leather handle is still completely intact. Internally the amp is unaltered with all original components.
While we normally service all amplifiers for use, this nearly 63 year old amp is COMPLETELY original and untouched so we have elected to leave it that way as this is becoming extremely rare now well into the 21st century. As such it is offered in AS-IS condition, not because of any damage or perceived flaw but due to its age and untouched state. The amplifier powers up and actually sounds great but if is to be used more than casually we would recommend it be professionally serviced to the level desired; we would be happy to do so upon sale. Many of the capacitors are aged to the point we cannot guarantee continued functionality many decades past their expiration dates, but this is a museum-quality unaltered example so some would prefer to keep it that way. This is a truly superb untouched example of this relatively unsung classic Fender amp, a very rare find in the 21st century. Excellent + Condition.