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    Leo’s Lion

    Apr 05, 2022 4 minutes
    BY DAVE HUNTER

    ALTHOUGH A TWIN by name when it first arrived in 1952 with two 12-inch speakers, Fender’s would-be flagship amp wasn’t a Twin by nature until 1958, when Leo Fender and company massively increased its output power to achieve the out-sized wattage-to-size ratio that the model has boasted ever since. Come the 5F8 and 5F8-A update of 1958, Fender was showing the world the future of the professional amplifier for the big stage, and stepping up to a whole new level of performance — which is saying something for a company that was already setting the standards for high-quality guitar amps.

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