Dual Showman 2x15 JBL D-130 F's

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 25 May 2004 12:01 am

Can ANYONE tell me the years that this cab was available ...AND help with this
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Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 25 May 2004 12:42 am

I am gonna guess at the late black face years. 62/63ish to about 65 or 66..One of my Fender books shows that Fender went Piggy Back around '61..and those were Tweed.
I had 2 friends that owned them and used them during the early to mid 60's..Both had dual JBL D130's..and man were they big and HEAVY !
I also have a photo in one of my books of a Silver Face Dual Showman on a catalog cover for 1966... with the Byrds...

Now all that being said..For Guitar they were just too muddy for my taste..plug me into a TWIN ( which I had back then) and the world came alive, and it was about 1/4 the size. I'm thinking they left the planet at the end of the 60's due to the Marshall presence which the Dual Showman couldn't hold a candle to..except for size..Fender introduced there mega watt solid state series at the end of the 60's too..if they actually turned on and didn't crash and burn they were loud as sin !

The Dual Showmans definetly belong in the Fender amp museum..on the first floor though..

probably not much help..

t

[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 25 May 2004 at 01:54 AM.]

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » 25 May 2004 3:35 am

This particular cab looks like its '72 to '76.
My Dual Showman is a '67 its the large
cab with the JBL's and my baffle floats
and is screwed in place and does not remove
from the front. I think from '64 to '66
the Dual Showman had the smaller cab
like the single 15 only with 2/15's. The amp only said "Showman" but it had 4 ohm output tranny. The "Dual Showman" faceplate started in '66 or '67.
Great amps!

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Gary Goodman · Post by **Gary Goodman** » 25 May 2004 9:23 pm

My Dual Showman was the white face one with 2 jbl d130 15" speakers. I bought it in 1962 or 1963 I loved that amp even though it was heavy. that was when I was youn and full of energy

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 May 2004 4:09 am

Thanks a million for the replies .. What I've done is to sell the cab (BTW It was PRISTINE.) and put the JBL D-130F's into two small open back cabs.. Purely in the interset of weight conservation !!
Baz

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Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 26 May 2004 5:31 am

Some history shows the Dual Showman came along around '62..then around '68 it became the Dual Showman Reverb..which I do recall seeing around now and then..It looks like these may have been available until the late 70's. This would make sense to me as I mentioned I had 2 friends who were playing LARGE cab 2x15 JBL Blackface Dual Showmans clearly in the mid 60's..I remember this well 'cause at times I had to help carry the beasts , along with a B3..remember those things ! Up Stairs too !! Sometimes several flights..geesh..what were we thinking..we should have waited until the 90's and got a Casio .

t

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » 28 May 2004 9:37 am

Tony
You are correct in '68 Dual Showman was
offered with reverb in a head cab like
the Bandmaster Reverb. My '67 Dual Showman
is blackface with only tremelo, no reverb.
Like you, I carried the B3's and Leslies
and two Showman cabs for years, it was
a great sound then as well as now.

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