Fender Concert Head - 1983, Rare Fullerton-built, hand-wired Rivera-era valve head, professionally serviced. Free shipping !

An uber rare opportunity to acquire a superb1983 Fender Concert II head, built in the final years of Fender’s Fullerton factory during the highly regarded Paul Rivera era, a short but pivotal period where classic Fender design evolved into a more powerful, performance-driven platform. The head format is significantly less common than the combo versions, offering greater flexibility and increasingly sought after by collectors and discerning players who recognise the tonal importance of these hand-wired Fender amplifiers.

Presented in excellent+ condition, this example has been professionally serviced to a high standard and is fully optimised for reliable long-term use. It has been recently re-valved with a matched pair of 6L6GC power tubes and comprehensively re-capped in both the power supply and preamp sections using high-quality components throughout, including premium Sprague Atom capacitors in the preamp. The result is an amplifier that is quiet, stable, and performing at its full potential, with enhanced low-end response, improved clarity, and the dependability expected of a serious stage or studio unit, while retaining its core vintage character.

Delivering a full 60 watts of all-tube power, the Concert II is renowned for its huge clean headroom, bold, glassy and authoritative, firmly rooted in classic Fender tradition yet tighter and more controlled, making it an exceptional pedal platform. The cascading gain channel reflects Fender’s response to the emerging high-gain market of the early 1980s, offering a wide range of usable drive tones, while foot-switchable channel and reverb functions make it a genuinely practical professional amplifier. Additional features include pull-boost tone shaping, a fully functional effects loop with level controls, and multiple speaker outputs.

Rivera-era Fender amplifiers are now widely recognised as some of the last truly hand-wired production models, bridging the gap between vintage blackface tone and modern versatility. Built to an exceptionally high standard, they are known for their large transformers, robust construction, and long-term reliability. The combination of the rarer head format, excellent cosmetic condition, and comprehensive professional servicing places this example firmly in the upper tier of available units.

This is far more than a standard vintage Fender, it is a fully serviced, stage-ready professional amplifier with genuine historical importance and rapidly increasing collector recognition. As awareness of Rivera-era builds continues to grow, clean, serviced, and complete examples, particularly in head form, are becoming increasingly difficult to source.

A rare chance to acquire a fully serviced, excellent+ example of a hand-wired Rivera-era Fender head, combining vintage pedigree, professional reliability, and genuine investment-grade appeal.