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Amplifier
Date: 1949-1952 ca.
Place Made:Fullerton, California, United States, North America
Model: Champion 600
Serial No: 1974
SignedMetal name tag nailed to front: FENDER / FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
Control panel on back: Fender (script) / Champion "600" / FENDER ELECTRIC / INSTRUMENT CO. / FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
Stamped under tubes at rear: FENDER / ELECTRIC / INSTRUMENT MFG. CO. / Fullerton, California
On back of speaker: Cletron (script with electric bolt crossing the T) / V. C. 3.2 Ohms FIELD 3:16 02 / MODEL PM-6F / CLEVELAND ELECTRONICS INC. / CLEVELAND, OHIO
Control panel on back: Fender (script) / Champion "600" / FENDER ELECTRIC / INSTRUMENT CO. / FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
Stamped under tubes at rear: FENDER / ELECTRIC / INSTRUMENT MFG. CO. / Fullerton, California
On back of speaker: Cletron (script with electric bolt crossing the T) / V. C. 3.2 Ohms FIELD 3:16 02 / MODEL PM-6F / CLEVELAND ELECTRONICS INC. / CLEVELAND, OHIO
MarkingsPenciled inside bottom: 74 (circled)
Label inside amp: (black ink, white label) "Champion 600" Amplifier Serial No. 1974
Label inside: "Licensed under U. S. patents of American / Telephone and Telegraph Company and / Western Electric Company, Incorporated, / for use only in public address systems, / phonograph distribution systems, system / for distribution from radio broadcast re-/ ceiving sets or musical instruments, and in / speech input systems and monitoring sys-/ tems for radiotelephone broadcasting sta-/ tions."
Label inside amp: (black ink, white label) "Champion 600" Amplifier Serial No. 1974
Label inside: "Licensed under U. S. patents of American / Telephone and Telegraph Company and / Western Electric Company, Incorporated, / for use only in public address systems, / phonograph distribution systems, system / for distribution from radio broadcast re-/ ceiving sets or musical instruments, and in / speech input systems and monitoring sys-/ tems for radiotelephone broadcasting sta-/ tions."
DescriptionChampion 600 student amp., "TV front" model.
Power supply 110 volts, 50/60 cycles AC. Power consumption 40 watts. Tube locations left to right at rear:
1. (Vertical): 6 S J 7
2. (Vertical) 6 V 6 GT
3. (Vertical) 5 Y 3 GT
Covered in a two-tone, brown and white textured vinyl. 6 in. speaker, volume control.
Power supply 110 volts, 50/60 cycles AC. Power consumption 40 watts. Tube locations left to right at rear:
1. (Vertical): 6 S J 7
2. (Vertical) 6 V 6 GT
3. (Vertical) 5 Y 3 GT
Covered in a two-tone, brown and white textured vinyl. 6 in. speaker, volume control.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989
Not on view
Object number: 06088