1990s Fender Custom Shop Tone-Master CSR-3 Blonde Piggyback Tube Amp w/ Celestions
Up for sale, a 1990s Fender Custom Shop Tone-Master CSR-3 amplifier and 2x12” cabinet in excellent condition and in perfect working order. Designed by amp guru Bruce Zinky and only produced from 1993-2002, this premium Fender Custom Shop amplifier has been a rig mainstay for artists including Jimmy Page, Dave Grohl, and Joe Perry. Prized for their muscular sound and absolutely crushing high volume gain, this 100 watt amplifier is lean and mean with a touch-sensitive feel, plenty of headroom for cleans, and a fantastically multi-dimensional tone with dense harmonics.
Part vintage-inspired, part modern power and aggression, the Tone-Master CSR-3 is a two-channel (Vintage and Drive), single-input design, with a two-way Fat switch on each channel for extra midrange thickness. The clean (Vintage) channel offers great headroom before moving into creamy vintage tube breakup territory around 7 on the dial, and both channels feature a three-band EQ. The circuit is largely untouched, and the tube complement comprises a quartet of 5881 power tubes (three original Fender, one properly biased and matched Sovtek replacement) and three 12AX7 preamp valves.
The 2x12” cabinet is crafted from birch plywood with a closed-back design, loaded with a pair of Celestion G12-80 Classic Lead 12” speakers: these ceramic speakers are tight and controlled with impressive low-mid punch and aggression, and a powerful treble response that’s tempered in its highest frequencies.
Both the amp and cabinet feature rough blonde tolex, oxblood grillcloth, and flat Pre-CBS-style Fender badges. Wear is limited to a few faint stains and scuffs on both enclosures, and the graphics on the amp faceplate are pristine, with all of the original cream barrel knobs present.
Part vintage-inspired, part modern power and aggression, the Tone-Master CSR-3 is a two-channel (Vintage and Drive), single-input design, with a two-way Fat switch on each channel for extra midrange thickness. The clean (Vintage) channel offers great headroom before moving into creamy vintage tube breakup territory around 7 on the dial, and both channels feature a three-band EQ. The circuit is largely untouched, and the tube complement comprises a quartet of 5881 power tubes (three original Fender, one properly biased and matched Sovtek replacement) and three 12AX7 preamp valves.
The 2x12” cabinet is crafted from birch plywood with a closed-back design, loaded with a pair of Celestion G12-80 Classic Lead 12” speakers: these ceramic speakers are tight and controlled with impressive low-mid punch and aggression, and a powerful treble response that’s tempered in its highest frequencies.
Both the amp and cabinet feature rough blonde tolex, oxblood grillcloth, and flat Pre-CBS-style Fender badges. Wear is limited to a few faint stains and scuffs on both enclosures, and the graphics on the amp faceplate are pristine, with all of the original cream barrel knobs present.
$2,999.99
1990s Fender Custom Shop Tone-Master CSR-3 Blonde Piggyback Tube Amp w/ Celestions—
$2,999.99
Description
Up for sale, a 1990s Fender Custom Shop Tone-Master CSR-3 amplifier and 2x12” cabinet in excellent condition and in perfect working order. Designed by amp guru Bruce Zinky and only produced from 1993-2002, this premium Fender Custom Shop amplifier has been a rig mainstay for artists including Jimmy Page, Dave Grohl, and Joe Perry. Prized for their muscular sound and absolutely crushing high volume gain, this 100 watt amplifier is lean and mean with a touch-sensitive feel, plenty of headroom for cleans, and a fantastically multi-dimensional tone with dense harmonics.
Part vintage-inspired, part modern power and aggression, the Tone-Master CSR-3 is a two-channel (Vintage and Drive), single-input design, with a two-way Fat switch on each channel for extra midrange thickness. The clean (Vintage) channel offers great headroom before moving into creamy vintage tube breakup territory around 7 on the dial, and both channels feature a three-band EQ. The circuit is largely untouched, and the tube complement comprises a quartet of 5881 power tubes (three original Fender, one properly biased and matched Sovtek replacement) and three 12AX7 preamp valves.
The 2x12” cabinet is crafted from birch plywood with a closed-back design, loaded with a pair of Celestion G12-80 Classic Lead 12” speakers: these ceramic speakers are tight and controlled with impressive low-mid punch and aggression, and a powerful treble response that’s tempered in its highest frequencies.
Both the amp and cabinet feature rough blonde tolex, oxblood grillcloth, and flat Pre-CBS-style Fender badges. Wear is limited to a few faint stains and scuffs on both enclosures, and the graphics on the amp faceplate are pristine, with all of the original cream barrel knobs present.
Part vintage-inspired, part modern power and aggression, the Tone-Master CSR-3 is a two-channel (Vintage and Drive), single-input design, with a two-way Fat switch on each channel for extra midrange thickness. The clean (Vintage) channel offers great headroom before moving into creamy vintage tube breakup territory around 7 on the dial, and both channels feature a three-band EQ. The circuit is largely untouched, and the tube complement comprises a quartet of 5881 power tubes (three original Fender, one properly biased and matched Sovtek replacement) and three 12AX7 preamp valves.
The 2x12” cabinet is crafted from birch plywood with a closed-back design, loaded with a pair of Celestion G12-80 Classic Lead 12” speakers: these ceramic speakers are tight and controlled with impressive low-mid punch and aggression, and a powerful treble response that’s tempered in its highest frequencies.
Both the amp and cabinet feature rough blonde tolex, oxblood grillcloth, and flat Pre-CBS-style Fender badges. Wear is limited to a few faint stains and scuffs on both enclosures, and the graphics on the amp faceplate are pristine, with all of the original cream barrel knobs present.
