March 31st, 2010 | 
Author: did the famed "black face" fender amps actually have a black grill cloth? I have never seen a fender amp with a black grill cloth except those cheap solid state ones. All of the vintage fender tube amps I’ve seen have all had a silver grill cloth
You would think it had to do with the grill cloth, but no.
It was the control panel that was black with white silk screened markings. The blackface amps came out in ‘64 and were discontinued in ‘67. There was a short reintroduction of the blackface control panel in 1981 that lasted about a year.
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You would think it had to do with the grill cloth, but no.
It was the control panel that was black with white silk screened markings. The blackface amps came out in ‘64 and were discontinued in ‘67. There was a short reintroduction of the blackface control panel in 1981 that lasted about a year.
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