10PoundLester

A heat gun helps. I hit the edges with it then the face. The electric stapler is a must, IMO. I do a few inches in the center of each edge then work my way around. Putting the old drip-edge trim back on was brutal. My stapler wouldn't penetrate it so I had to use cut tacks to hold it on. It's pressed into the cab pretty snug but it didn't quite fit right. Can't tell though and I don't plan on taking the baffle back out again. I'm not interested in selling it so I won't have to point it out to anybody else. 🙂

I got mine 4 years ago so that's why I said that.

Ok then . . .

Because the power tubes your amp can use come in different flavors and can develop anywhere from 19 to 30 watts of power each.

Better!

Thank you sir!

The output is relative to the bias point and other factors that are not necessarily etched in stone so the usually would just give a value corresponding to the power tube output at a given point.

That would be the amount of power the amp draws from the wall. At 120 volts it will draw a maximum of around 2.5 amps which is 300 watts. Has nothing to do with the output power of the amp.

Thanks! It's a big step from where it was when I got it to this finished restoration. I have about 400 or so into the electronics - mainly the speaker (Eminence Cannabis Rex), reverb tank and NOS tubes and then another 200 or so into the materials for the restoration. So all in all not a bad deal for 600 bucks and a little labor. The transformers and choke are stock as are most of the coupling caps. I did change a few caps and resistors that absolutely needed it otherwise the electronics are all stock. This amp sounds fantastic.

Thanks! If you're referring to the "Tolex" process there are a lot of great videos on Youtube. My post above was actually referring to the use of a specific tool I made from a piece of aluminum angle stock from Ace Hardware. It's detailed in the album linked above, under the photo of the adhesive can.

Done. Just need to make the back panels.

My restoration project is in full swing today. I have the Tolex going on (new pics at the bottom of my gallery linked above) and I'll be adding more pics and descriptions as I go. I love this stuff - I learn new techniques all the time and that's part of what keeps me going. Learned an excellent technique for trimming and applying the Tolex. If there's any interest I'll write that up.

One version of the Showman was/is essentially the same power section as a Twin Reverb (less the reverb unless specified). Both are AB763 circuits and develop around 80 watts depending on voltages etc. There are several versions of each amp. In terms of "Blackface" they are almost identical from a power section circuitry standpoint. There are differences in the preamp section.

I'm sorry but I don't see 300 watts of output power there. More like 25 or so. To attain an output of 300 watts you'd need something like 6 of the 6550's.

What's the power tube arrangement?

I stand corrected. But, in 1987 - 1993 according to the Teague and Sprung "Fender Amplifiers" book, Fender did offer a Dual Showman with two cabs each with two 12" speakers.

A $500 increase in 4 years is insane! And what do you get now that you didn't 4 years ago? When I got mine, the nut was so badly cut I thought I had gotten a factory second. And, they "Plek" them but they never finish the fret job. The Plek machine leaves the frets totally unpolished - you can still see the tooling marks on them! I mean, I love my Lester but I had to finish off the build once I got it in my hands from Sweetwater!

Didn't the original "Dual" Showman have two of those monster cabs?

Yeah those old JBL's weighed a ton. I used to run them in all my amps back in the 80's. I wish I still had them.

I got all my parts and materials in the shop so I'm planning on beginning the restoration phase this weekend. For those interested I will be posting new pics in the album linked in the initial post of this thread. The grille cloth isn't exact but it's close enough. The blue stripes are wider than on the original. I don't know why I can't put the image in this post now but whatever. It's in the album.

I have a 2018 Memphis 335 and I love it. It is a great guitar.

Yup. I'm aware.

How would you even play that reverse V?

Seriously ugly! FUGLY, in fact!

Could this possibly be the ugliest guitar available in the Milky Way? https://tinyurl.com/2qjms9bv