Fender Model 140 1980 - Black

a rare, vintage 1980 Fender 140 tube guitar amplifier head stacked on top of a matching speaker cabinet. This hand-wired, point-to-point tube amp was designed by Ed Jahns during the late CBS era and was only produced for a very short period (primarily 1980)

Used and has some spots of snags on tolex. Head and cabinet work as intended.

Core Specifications

• Output Power: 140 Watts RMS (High) / 70 Watts RMS (Low) via a front-panel switch. [, 2]
• Tube Complement:
• • Power Tubes: 4 x 6L6.
  • Preamp/Other Tubes: Includes 3 x 12AT7 and 2 x 12AX7. Some variants may use 4 x 7025 and 2 x 12AT7. [1, 2, 3]
• Rectifier: Solid-state. [1, 2]
• Dimensions: Approximately 26" x 12.5" x 10.5". []
• Weight: Approximately 53 lbs, largely due to massive Schumacher transformers. [, 2]

Features & Controls

• Channels: Two channels (Clean and Lead/Overdrive). [1, 2]
• Front Panel Controls:
• • Equalization: 5-band graphic equalizer with sliders at 90Hz, 240Hz, 750Hz, 2300Hz, and 6200Hz.
  • Knobs: Volume (with Bright switch), Treble, Middle, Bass, Lead, Reverb, Lead Master, and Master.
  • Push/Pull Boosts: Many of the tone knobs feature push/pull functions for additional frequency boosts. [, 3, 4, 5]
• Rear Panel: Features include a Speaker jack (8 ohms), Line Out, Effects Loop, and dedicated jacks for a three-button footswitch (EQ, Lead, and Reverb). [1]
• Construction: One of the final hand-wired, point-to-point Fender designs from the CBS era. [, 2]