Play a Piece of Music History
Picture, if you will, plugging into a guitar amplifier literally crafted from a piece of music history. An amp with a cabinet made from wood that has reverberated for generations with the sounds of the music legends who’ve played the Hollywood Bowl. Sweetwater is proud to offer you the Fender Custom Shop Front Row '57 Custom Deluxe amplifier. Boasting a cabinet fashioned from century-old Alaskan yellow cedar reclaimed from actual Hollywood Bowl bench seats, the Front Row '57 Custom Deluxe is a 1-channel, 12-watt, all-tube combo amp with a 12" Celestion Alnico Blue speaker. Handcrafted by Fender Custom Shop Master Amp Builders Shawn Greene and Jim Dolmage, the Front Row '57 Custom Deluxe combines the renowned amphitheater’s history with timeless Fender style. Only five of these amps are being made and it's only available at Sweetwater, so get yours before they're gone!
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Legendary tonewood
The wood, with its vintage patina, cracks, bolt holes, and scratches perfectly preserved, was hand-picked for the most distinctive markings. All Hollywood Bowl bench seating locations were numbered, so every Front Row '57 Custom Deluxe also features a different seat-number marking on the cabinet top and rear chassis, making each amp unique. A thin satin finish preserves the wood’s battle-scarred appearance. Other features include original Fender 5E3 circuitry with Pure Vintage yellow capacitors, Mercury Magnetics transformers, 12AY7 and 12AX7 preamp tubes, two GT6V6 output tubes, a single 5Y3 rectifier tube, optimized volume pot tapers, and a protective fabric cover.
The fabled Hollywood Bowl
In 1919, a popular picnic spot in a shaded canyon of the Hollywood Hills was chosen as the location for the Hollywood Bowl, and a barn door with a grand piano on it served as the first "stage," used for testing the acoustics. The Bowl officially opened in July 1922, with only bench seating for the audience. A far cry from the Bowl's now-legendary status as one of the world’s most prestigious concert venues. Now a world-famous landmark, the Hollywood Bowl enjoys a history rich with performances of countless artists ranging from Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Leonard Bernstein to the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and countless others.
Fender Custom Shop Front Row '57 Custom Deluxe Features:
- 12-watt 1 x 12" tube combo amp
- 12" Celestion Alnico Blue speaker
- 4 x 1/4" inputs
- Controls: Instrument, Volume, Mic, Volume, Tone
- Impedance: 8-ohms
- Preamp tubes: 1 x 12AY7, 1 x 12AX7
- Output tubes: 2 x 6V6
- Rectifier tube 1 x 5Y3
- Cabinet material: Alaskan yellow cedar
- Aged Silver grille cloth
- Black leather handle
- Black Chicken Head knobs
- Red Jewel pilot light
- Dimensions: 18" H, 20" W, 9.5" D
- Weight: 36 pounds
