I think it might be worth a bit because of it's rarity and great condition. A collector might like this one.

I owned one of those back in the early 70's

Hi Stuart. In the Gitec-forum you can find a three-part article with a detailed extplanation of the schematic of the Fender Twin Solid State Amp. That's really interesting. Unfortunately it's impossible to send you a link in the comments. Greetings from Germany, Wolfgang

A true electronic engineer ‘curiosity got the better of you’ moment.....well done.😊

Hey Mr. Stuart, I must confess I was laughing my butt off at your consternation and grumbling over this amp. That's a Twilight Zone amp for sure. Stay out of that thing. Cool looking combo though. Thanks for the video.

how has that not blown up? That's why you don't see them . Blimey that should be in a museum... How clean is that?

Belongs in a museum, that condition is unreal.

Great job STUART , hope you have a wonderful Holiday ❗️

Strange... But very cool knobs, I like it.

Unbelievable! Amazing piece of history. Thank you for showing this. This was quite entertaining as you provide a unique opinion on things like the "thing you screw off." It is obvious why people didn't buy these amps. Sound bad!

Never seen one of these old girls .. awesome thanks for your efforts 🙏

In his book "Amps! The Other Half of Rock'n'Roll", Ritchie Fliegler wrote: "I can only assume low sales at the time and their legendary unreliability rid the earth of this terrible sonic blight".

The Beatles used some of these SS pieces in ‘69 briefly. I currently own and enjoy a SS Reverb unit, though it’s been fully rebuilt.

I absolutely love older guys scoffing at solid state stuff. hahahaha

When old equipments in mint condition, it usually means it sounded terrible, it broke down too often, or both.

Young Stuart! The man!

Holy Moly, never seen one.

For some reason I couldn't edit my previous post, but wanted to add the following. In the Oct 1968 price list, the tube Twin Reverb listed for $499, with $9 additional for the cover. Go figure, a premium of $80 for the solid state amp.

I had a gentleman bring me a Gibson solid state about the same vintage had separate pre and power amp chassis's. Crappy small speakers. He bragged how he got a good deal on this great "lead" amp. Over $200 in early 2000s. I left a note it was not worth fixing.

Would have loved hearing you swear while you were fixing it in the lost footage!

The late 1960's were not a good period for Fender. Some guitar production was good, but there was a lot of 'cost cutting' and corner cutting going on . Opening up the amp , it looked like a prototype which is never a good sign for a second year production example. Well done for fixing it Stuart. It looked a nightmare and some components would have been almost impossible to source had it come to that.

I give you full marks for finding, and effecting repair on this abortion of an amp. If it is only worth a few hundred quid in working condition, this example is as mint as it can be. It was smart for the owner to keep it under its dust cover. The assembly looks rushed, and amateurish. It is of course important to point out that Leo Fender was no longer with Fender at the time this tip destined junk was designed and marketed. It was nevertheless revived to its former operating condition. Well done, Stuart. Cheers.

I’d rip the guts out and build a valve amp inside it. Depending on the current and voltage output of the original power transformer, you could build a quadrupler or even hextupler to create a decent power supply, add a small filament transformer and output transformer and the rest is caps and resistors

CBS engineers, shortly after the CBS takeover of Fender, though they could make better solid state amps and get rid of that "nasty distortion" and made a series of shiny metal turds, this being one of them. They were so badly designed that strumming your guitar hard while plugged into one of these amps was all you had to do to overload and blow it up. When CBS debuted the lineup in 1967 at a trade show (which may or may not have been NAMM), people plugged guitars into the new amps and so many of them were quickly blown up that they stopped allowing people to try to play them. The line was a failure with a very poor reputation and they weren't sold for very long. While I collect old Fender amps I won't bother with those.

I thought if anyone could repair it it would be you Stuart. Maybe it wold sound better with a chorus or phaser pedal?

Hello Stuart.You didn't happen to get the measurements of that amplifier did you ?

What a monstrosity, I’ve never seen one before is it a prototype I wonder ? Whatever it is, it never caught on thankfully.

Hey Stuart, kinda' weird amp to be honest..Pity you lost footage, still ian nteresting unit...Very thin sound..Ed UK..😊

Well, I don't think the construction quality is that bad, early PC boards and all. And, serviceability wasn't as important in a solid-state device that didn't need to be serviced as much as a tube rig. I kind of like the styling and think that the tone is ok, maybe with better speakers...? It's not a Baldwin, that's for sure.

Horrible! I feel for you, Stuart. Is it possible to get 100W RMS from a pair of 2N3055s? Sincerely doubt it? Thanks for the vid. Peter

What does the Power Resistor do?

I get you but, how many tube amp guys use Solid State pedals with their beloved tube amps?

Is it horrible?

Hi Stuart truly horrible! BTW currently in UK

If an amp of that stupid design and construction ended up to production line, I wonder what kind of prototypes and designs were rejected. 🤔

Stewart, please write "SLOWLY" on the back of your camera hand with a Sharpie marker, as a reminder; your shakey-cam video just about gave me vertigo!

That thing is so ugly haha