Amp: serial # 54178; date code on tube chart: L6 (June 1962)
Speakers: Date code on magnets: 12L6NXH712 AA0663
Date code on speaker frame: 12L6N-17
465-249
465 = Oxford; 2 = 1962; 49 = 49th week - i.e. DEC
The speaker magnets have small paper labels with
"Tony Bambino 6.5.90" and there are red pencil markings "54" on the inside left face of the cabinet and also on the inside back panel.
Announced by February '61 as a companion to the Showman and Bassman, the new piggyback Bandmaster (model 6G7-A) sported the white Tolex / maroon grille / white knob look. A head measuring
8"x 24"x9" and a ported 1 x 12 speaker cabinet (30"x21"x11 1/2")
replaced the old 3x10 combo style. A 2 x 12 sealed cabinet (32"x21"x11 1/2") replaced the 1x12 bottom for '62
Speaker Cabinet weight: 46 lbs
Amplifier Cabinet weight: 30 lbs