FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1964

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A GUITAR AMPLIFIER, CONCERT AMP
FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1964
The logo Fender applied to the grille cover, Concert / -Amp, FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT. CO and DESIGN & CIRCUITS / PATENTED 52 applied to the front control panel, labelled FENDER ELECTRIC / INSTRUMENT CO. / FULLERTON, CALIF. / MADE IN U.S.A. marked to the rear chassis panel, the chassis panel stamped A 06607, the cabinet labelled internally Model "CONCERT-AMP. AB763" / PRODUCTION 11.
25 ¼ in. (64.1 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) deep

Literature

B. Cleveland, ‘Healer’s Touch: Johnny Marr’s Magic Fingers’, Guitar Player, February 2003, pp. 68-78.
H. Yates, ‘This Charming Man’, Guitarist, September 2009, illus. pp. 40-41.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, p. 84.
J. Marr, 'Johnny Marr: Marr's Guitars', posted 15 January 2024 by Thames & Hudson, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVD1eg8RIk.

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Lot Essay

Johnny Marr used this 1960s Fender Concert amplifier in the studio with The Smiths. When Marr stepped into the role of frontman for the first time with The Healers, the Fender Concert was one of the main amps employed to record the band’s 2003 album Boomslang. When asked by Guitar Player which guitar and amp combination he had used to get the gorgeous clean tone on the album track ‘Something to Shout About’, Marr revealed: I used a ’63 Gibson ES-335, a Matchless DC-30, and a ‘60s Fender Concert with a tiny hint of vibrato on… I was really happy with the way it turned out. Marr was photographed perching next to this Fender Concert in his studio for a feature in the February 2009 issue of Guitarist magazine.

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