Champion 600 Reissue
In 2006, Fender "reissued" the Champion 600. Cosmetically similar to the original Champion 600, internally it features a modified blackface Champ circuit (with the settings of the tone-stack being hard-wired rather than adjustable via Treble and Bass controls, and a couple of additional resistors reducing input-stage gain) and a switch to solid-state rectification from the original 5Y3 tube. The current look is the TV-front with two-tone tolex and speaker grille cloth of imitation suede. For a time after Fender's takeover of Gretsch, the same electronics were available with a different look and feel - based on "tweed" Fender amps, despite the branding - as the Gretsch G5222 Electromatic. Production of the G5222 ceased in 2010.
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