mkaufman wrote:Did the Showman head get larger when Fender added reverb? Other than reverb, is there any reason to purchase one model over the other?
That is my gigging (pre)amp exactly (since late 2005), minus the grillcloth tear on mine. As far as "AB763", iirc the model actually began with the AA568 circuit, and later was reverted back to BF for awhile- however, many of these amps have been BF-ized, as was mine before I bought it. The Vibrato Pedal jack with the grey cable coming off of it is where I took out the RCA jack, put in a 1/4"" jack, and tapped the post-reverb signal for my preamp out. Too bad there are no inside chassis shots...
It's exactly the same as a Dual Showman Reverb, but this earliest batch didn't have the word "Dual" on the front panel. Almost double the height of a non-reverb Showman/Dual Showman head.
The price is way high imho. I believe PeteB. just bought one for around... 650 was it?