Fender Amp Time Line
•	1883
•	Thomas Edison discovers the "Edison Effect" where current can pass from a hot filament through a gas or vacuum to a metal plate 
•	1904
•	John Flemming invents the Thermionic (Vacuum) Tube. 
•	1907
•	Lee de Forrest patents the first triode tube for use in radio receivers. 
•	1909
•	Clarence Leo Fender is born to Clarence "Monty" and Harriet Fender in Anaheim California on August 10, 1909. 
•	1911
•	Lee de Forrest patents the first audio amplifier tube. 
•	1934
•	Leo Fender marries Esther Klotzky and takes an accounting job with the California Highway Dept. 
•	1938
•	Leo Fender opens the Fender Radio Store on S. Spadra Blvd in Fullerton, CA. where he sells appliances, music, records and musical instruments in addition to repair services. 
•	1944
•	Leo Fender and Doc Kauffman patent a guitar pickup of their own design. 
•	1945
•	Leo Fender teams up with Doc Kauffman and begins producing amps and lap-steel guitars as the K&F Company. 
•	1946
•	In February of 46 Kauffman decides to quit the amp business leaving Leo as the owner of K&F. 
•	Fender Electric Instruments is established and introduces it's first amp line with the "woodie" amps. 
•	The Deluxe (Model 26) is introduced. 
•	The Princeton is introduced. 
•	The Professional is introduced. 
•	1947
•	Fender sells his electronics service shop to Dale Hyatt who later becomes a Fender employee. 
•	The Dual Professional is introduced. 
•	1948
•	Leo Fender is granted a patent for his string-thru pickup as used on his lap-steel guitars. 
•	Leo Fender and Forrest White meet for the first time. 
•	Fender changes to the tweed "TV Front" style cabinets. 
•	The Dual Professional is renamed the Super. 
•	The Champion 800 is introduced. 
•	1949
•	The 1 x 8" Champion 800 is replaced by the 1 x 6" Champion 600. 
•	1951
•	Fender Radio service closes. 
•	1952
•	The Bassman is introduced. 
•	1953
•	Leo Fender, Don Randall, F.C. Hall, and Charlie Hayes team up and form Fender Sales. 
•	Fender changes to the tweed "Wide Panel" style cabinets. 
•	The Bandmaster is introduced. 
•	The Twin is introduced. 
•	1954
•	Fender builds a new 20,000 square foot offices/factory to replace old facilities. 
•	Forrest White joins Fender on May 20th to organize and manage Fender's production operations. 
•	F.C. Hall buys Rickenbacker. 
•	The Champion 600 is renamed to Champ. 
•	1955
•	Charlie Hayes dies in an auto accident, Fender and Randall buy out F.C. Hall and Hayes' widow. 
•	Fender changes to the tweed "Narrow Panel" style cabinets. 
•	The Bassman switches from 1 x 15" speaker to 4 x 10" speakers. 
•	The Harvard is introduced. 
•	The Tremolux is introduced. 
•	1956
•	The Vibrolux is introduced. 
•	1959
•	Fender introduces the new "Brown" styling for the combo amps. 
•	Fender builds 34,000 square feet of new factory space. 
•	The Concert is introduced. 
•	The Vibrasonic is introduced. 
•	1960
•	Fender introduces the "Blonde" styling for the Twin and piggyback amps. 
•	The Showman is introduced. 
•	The 3 x 10" Bandmaster combo is redesigned as a 1 x 12" piggyback. 
•	The 4 x 10" Bassman combo is redesigned as a 2 x 12" piggyback. 
•	The Tremolux combo is redesigned as a piggyback. 
•	1961
•	The Reverb Unit is introduced. 
•	1962
•	The Harvard is discontinued. 
•	1963
•	Fender changes to the popular "Black Face" cosmetics. 
•	Sunn amplifiers founded by Norm & Con Sundholm. 
•	The 2 x 10" brown Vibroverb is introduced and later replaced by the 1 x 15" black face Vibroverb. 
•	The 2 x 10" Super is replaced by the 4 x 10" Super Reverb. 
•	The Twin is replaced by the Twin Reverb. 
•	The Vibrasonic is discontinued. 
•	1964
•	The Princeton Reverb is introduced. 
•	The Vibrolux Reverb is introduced. 
•	The Vibro Champ is introduced. 
•	The Vibrolux is replaced by the Vibrolux Reverb. 
•	The Vibroverb is discontinued. 
•	1965
•	Leo Fender and Don Randall sell Fender to CBS for $13 million. 
•	Fender Electric Instruments is renamed Fender Musical Instruments. 
•	Leo remains at Fender working in R&D while Don Randall becomes Fender's General Manager. 
•	Sunn moves it's production facilities to Taulatin, OR. 
•	The Pro is replaced by the Pro Reverb. 
•	The Concert is discontinued. 
•	1966
•	CBS opens a new 175,000 square foot office/production facility in Fullerton, CA. 
•	Forrest White resigns as Director of Manufacturing and goes on to found Music Man. 
•	Fender introduces it's new solid state amps. 
•	The Deluxe is discontinued. 
•	The Tremolux is discontinued. 
•	The Reverb Unit is discontinued. 
•	1967
•	Fender begins the transition to new "Silver Face" cosmetics. 
•	Seth Lover of Gibson is hired by Fender. 
•	1968
•	Fender changes the entire amp line to the "Silver Face" cosmetics. 
•	The Bandmaster Reverb is introduced. 
•	The Bronco is introduced. 
•	The Dual Showman Reverb is introduced. 
•	1969
•	Fender drops the aluminum trim around the grille of the silver face amps. 
•	Don Randall resignes as GM of Fender. 
•	The Seth Lover designed solid-state Super Showman is introduced. 
•	The Bantam Bass is introduced. 
•	The Super Bassman is introduced. 
•	1970
•	Fender introduces the solid-state Zodiac amps. 
•	Leo Fender and George Fullerton leave Fender Musical Instruments. 
•	The Musicmaster Bass is introduced. 
•	The 400 PS Bass is introduced. 
•	The Showman amps are discontinued. 
•	1971
•	Fender discontinues the last of it's solid state amps. 
•	Leo Fender, Forrest White and Tom Walker (Former Fender employee) form Tri-Sonics. 
•	The Bantam Bass is discontinued. 
•	1972
•	Dale Hyatt resigns from Fender. 
•	The Bassman 10 combo is introduced. 
•	The Quadreverb is introduced. 
•	The Super Six Reverb is introduced. 
•	The Vibrosonic Reverb is introduced. 
•	The Bassman is renamed to Bassman 50. 
•	The Super Bassman is renamed to Bassman 100. 
•	1973
•	The Tri-Sonics company is renamed Music Man. 
•	1974
•	The Bandmaster is discontinued. 
•	1975
•	The Super Twin is introduced. 
•	The 400 PS Bass is replaced by the 300 PS. 
•	The Bronco is discontinued. 
•	1976
•	The Reverb Unit is reissued. 
•	The Super Twin is replaced by the Super Twin Reverb. 
•	1977
•	Fender begins using ultralinear output transformers to increase power. 
•	The Studio Bass is introduced. 
•	The Bassman 50 is renamed to Bassman 70. 
•	The Bassman 100 is renamed to Bassman 135. 
•	1978
•	The Reverb Unit reissue is discontinued. 
•	1979
•	The Princeton is discontinued 
•	The Quadreverb is discontinued 
•	The Super Six Reverb is discontinued 
•	1980
•	Fender reintroduces solid state amps into the amp line 
•	Fender returns to the "Black Face" cosmetics, first as an option and are standard by late 1981 
•	George Fullerton and Leo Fender officially incorpore G&L on May 8th. 
•	The Fender 30, 75, and 140 amps are introduced 
•	The 140 is discontinued 
•	The 300 PS is discontinued 
•	The Bandmaster Reverb is discontinued 
•	The Studio Bass is discontined 
•	The Super Twin Reverb is discontinued 
•	1981
•	Bill Schultz, formerly of Yamaha becomes President of Fender. 
•	Paul Rivera hired as Director of Marketing for Amplifiers. 
•	The 30 is discontinued 
•	The Dual Showman Reverb is discontined 
•	The Super Reverb is discontinued 
•	The Vibrosonic Reverb is discontinued 
•	1982
•	Fender debuts the Paul Rivera designed "II" series amps. 
•	The Bassman 20 is introduced 
•	The Concert "II" is introduced 
•	The RGP-1 preamp is introduced 
•	The RPW-1 power amp is introduced 
•	The Super Champ is introduced 
•	The Champ is replaced by the Champ II 
•	The Princeton Reverb is replaced by the Princeton Reverb II 
•	The Deluxe Reverb is replaced by the Deluxe Reverb II 
•	The Twin Reverb is replaced by the Twin Reverb II 
•	The 75 is discontinued 
•	The Bassman 10 is discontinued 
•	The Musicmaster Bass is discontined 
•	The Pro Reverb is discontined 
•	The Vibrolux Reverb is discontinued 
•	The Vibro Champ is discontinued 
•	1983
•	The Bassman 20 is discontinued 
•	The Bassman 75 is discontinued 
•	The Bassman 135 is discontinued 
•	1984
•	The RGP-1 preamp is discontinued 
•	The RPW-1 power amp is discontinued 
•	1985
•	The Fullerton, CA production complex is closed. 
•	A group of Fender executives and distributors led by Bill Schultz purchase Fender Musical Instruments from CBS for $12.5 million dollars. 
•	The new company name Fender Musical Instruments Co. moves into offices in Brea, CA. 
•	Bill Huhgs of Ampeg hired to head amplifier R&D. 
•	Fender purchases Sunn amplifiers and relocates it's production facilities to Lake Oswego, OR. 
•	The Super Champ is discontinued 
•	1986
•	The Deluxe Reverb II is discontinued 
•	The Princeton Reverb II is discontinued 
•	1987
•	The Champ 12 is introduced 
•	The "Red Knob" Dual Showman is reintroduced 
•	The Twin Reverb II is replaced by "The Twin" 
•	The Concert "II" is discontinued 
•	1988
•	The Super 60 is introduced 
•	1990
•	Doc Kauffman dies in June 1990. 
•	Freddy Tavares dies in July 1990. 
•	The Super 112 and Super 210 are introduced 
•	The `59 Bassman Reissueis introduced 
•	1991
•	Fender moves their corporate offices to Scottsdale, AZ. 
•	Leo Fender dies March 21, 1991. 
•	The `63 Vibroverb Reissue is introduced 
•	The `65 Twin Reverb Reissue is introduced 
•	1992
•	The Champ 12 is replaced by the Champ 25 
•	The Super 60, 112, 210 are discontinued 
•	1993
•	Fender establishes the Amp Custom Shop in Scottsdale, AZ. under the direction of Bruce Zinky. 
•	The `65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue is introduced 
•	The Blues Jr. is introduced 
•	The Blues Deluxe is introduced 
•	The Blues DeVille is introduced 
•	The Pro Jr. is introduced 
•	The Pro Tube Series Concert is introduced 
•	The Pro Tube Series Super is introduced 
•	The Custom Shop Tonemaster is introduced 
•	The Custom Shop Vibro King is introduced 
•	The Dual Showman is discontinued, again 
•	1994
•	Music Man founder and former Fender production manager Forrest White dies November 22, 1994. 
•	The `63 Reverb Unit Reissue is introduced 
•	The Custom Shop Dual Professional is introduced 
•	The Custom Shop Rumble Bass is introduced 
•	The Champ 25 is discontinued 
•	1995
•	The "Custom" Prosonic is introduced 
•	The "Custom" Vibrasonic is introduced 
•	The "Custom" Vibrolux Reverb is introduced 
•	"The Twin" is replaced with the "Custom" Twin 
•	1996
•	The Hot Rod Deluxe is introduced 
•	The Hot Rod DeVille is introduced 
•	The Blues Deluxe is discontinued 
•	The Blues DeVille is discontinued 
•	1997
•	The Protube Series Super is discontinued 
•	1999
•	The Rumble Bass is discontinued