1959 Fender Harvard—a highly desirable late-’50s Fender tweed combo with the warm response, straightforward design, and natural breakup that have made these amplifiers enduring favorites among players and collectors. Its compact single-speaker format delivers clear, dynamic tones at lower settings before transitioning into rich, harmonically complex overdrive as the volume is pushed. The Harvard responds exceptionally well to picking dynamics and guitar-volume adjustments, allowing players to move from articulate cleans to gritty tweed drive without relying on pedals. Its focused output and touch-sensitive character make it especially useful for blues, roots, country, rockabilly, classic rock, and studio recording. As a genuine 1959 example, this Harvard represents one of Fender’s most celebrated amplifier eras and offers plenty of vintage appeal without the sheer size of the larger tweed models. A fantastic choice for anyone seeking authentic late-’50s Fender character in a compact, highly expressive package.

This example from 1959 is in outstanding condition. It came out of an incredible vintage amp collection and it sounds amazing. It appears to be mostly original from what we can tell. It is loaded with nearly $1000 in NOS tubes. We were told that it has a rewound output transformer but the elderly owner couldn't remember for sure and it has a replacement handle but we have an original handle we will include with it. It also includes an original cover which is super rare!

Features:

• 1959 Fender Harvard amplifier

• Classic tweed-covered combo design

• Vintage tube amplifier circuit

• Single-speaker configuration

• Straightforward vintage control layout

• Touch-sensitive clean-to-overdrive response

Available now at Ryan Fowler’s Guitar Experience. Ryan Fowler's Guitar Experience is Baltimore's premier boutique guitar shop specializing in anything and everything guitar. We are an authorized dealer for dozens of exciting brands like PRS Guitars, Taylor Guitars, Collings Guitars, Strymon, Boss, Yamaha, Earthquaker, JAM Pedals, Warm Audio, Ampeg and dozens more!