Mod your bassman reissue for vintage tone to start i. Fender bassman ten 50watt 4x10 vintage silverface guitar. What a lot of people do not know is that the 1964 6g6b bassman was actually the most recorded amplifier by the beatles. It is a 100 watt amp, and you would think it would simply be a larger version of the 50 watt bassman tops of the 60s and 70s.
With six 6550s in its engine room, this stadiumlevel head sports tasty mid60s fender blackface styling and two footswitchable channels. May 30, 2012 the super bassman is a seriously powerful amp, so fender crafted several brandnew cabinets to compliment its sound. Just had the mods on my 1978 fender bassman ten completed. Mods for reissue fender tweed bassmans carls custom amps. Input channels are wired in phase so you can plug into both inputs at the same time for endless possibilities of clean, crunch, and high gain tones.
I prefer the tradition classic fender sound available in the vintage channel 1, but the overdrive channel packs lots of extra punch in channel 2. Narrow panel tweed bassman guitar amplifier head cabinet. Been checking out fender bassmans but someone told me that the fender supersonic sounds much like the old 66 bassman, but with extra components to model the 65 vibrolux. Channel 1 features two modes of bassman tones, blonde and tweed.
The amplifiers used on sargent peppers lonely hearts club band. Fender bassman 59 reissue settings gretschtalk forum. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed basically unchanged until 1967. The fender bassman amp is a compact, portable musical instrument conservatively rated, with all necessary controls for handling complete high fidelity music reproduction. It is disclosed solely for use by qualified technicians for purposes of equipment maintenance and service. The 50s fender bassman was the pro bassists answer to amplifying a great new invention. View and download fender bassman 410 owners manual online. I see a type pr 143 and a sticker with 1 30 1 on it. The bassman has become so synonymous with the sixstring fraternity that when fender reissued the. I use a 50 watt fender bassman 10 after a retube and recap i realised that i love this amplifier it sounds great, and full, and has great clarity.
Theres no better way to achieve all tube bass amp tone on the biggest stages than bassman pro. The information contained herein is confidential and proprietary to fender musical instruments corp. Looking to get a fender head for an avatar 2x12 with a vintage 30 and greenback. A reproduction of the original fender blackface bassman style head cabinet. However, the reality is that fender made many improvements to the blackface circuit, so there isnt really one single blackface circuit. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed. I also have a 1965 bassman with the aa165 label, however it was made in november of that year and has the ab165 circuit. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue i need help in dating my fender amp and if anyone can attach a value to her that would be great. The fender has been reissuing the 5f8a 4x 10 tweed bassman for quite some time now and its one of fender better amps but it does not sound that much like a original bassman.
Claiming its place at the head of the table, fender s 300watt, alltube bass amp employs modern technology to maximize classic fender tube mojo. My other son plays a mexican fender telecaster through a fender bassman 59 reissue amp. The 50 watt tops had an extra tube mixing stage between the preamp and the power amp, and the 100 does not. Her condition is excellent there are no marks or tears anywhere on the amp, the control panel is also exellent and it was just checked out by voodoo amps and in perfect working order. The 1959 fender bassman is consider the hall of fame amplifier that became famous for guitar players. I literally just picked it up and havent had a chance to take out the speakers to check the ratings etc. So, the 1964 bassman is actually the real amp used by the beatles in the latter. I was recently given an early70s fender bassman 10 by a dear friend of mine who said he couldnt get it to overdrive. Have had so many good years playing and gigging with this amp.
I am playing the amp with matching fender 410 neo cabinet for over a year now yes, the cab is light weight too. It is small and packs alot of volume for its size, and it has the ability to tilt back. It sounds fantastic, and takes pedals incredibly well. Pete townshends 64 blonde fender bassman amplifier head with gold weave grille. Darin morris bart gets his sound by amplifying his fender jazz bass and his fender vi bass with the bassman. This included a transistorized version of the bassmana 105watt piggyback beast with. Okay so back around march i bought a used 59 fender bassman reissue amp from guitar center for 800 bucks. The fender bassman is a legendary guitar amp known to both guitar and bass players. Im definitely using the amp, after several tube changes. The silverface bassman amps are also awesome, but they dont sound like the tweed combos except in a vague fender sense. At 50 watts, it competed easily with the common instrumentation of the day. He said hed lose money trying to sell it and hed rather give it to someone who would use it. The fender bassman 59 ltd is the companys reissue of the amp the was originally designed in 1952 to suit their very new precision bass guitar.
The baffle board and backpanels are made out of 100% voidfree baltic birch ply. Fender supersonic 212 enclosure blackpepper possibly the last one. Matt kim cranks the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd with a prs custom 24. Replace it with a 10kohm potentiometer, and thats it. Sep 16, 20 the fender bassman pro 100t is a very nice tube amp with two input channels, 4 6550 power tubes and am auto bias circuit. The fender bassman is a bass amplifier series introduced by fender during 1952. From the blonde era fender made the bassman as a amp head and 2. The next example will demonstrate this quite nicely. However, what people dont know is that the bassman, though they are well known as guitar amps, were designed for bass guitar players.
I had an amp tech go through and replace all of the tone caps to match that of the fender super reverb specs. In early 1952, the fender bassman amplified a great new invention the fender precision bass guitar. Get the best deals on fender bassman amp when you shop the largest online selection at. The history of the fender bassman amplifier fender. During the different eras the bassman amp came in many different shapes and configurations. How fenders invention of the precision bass led to one of its greatest amps. It is true the aa165 were only made from january to march 1965 then fender switched over to the ab165, however they made many, many tube chart labels for aa165 which they used through out the year until they ran out and ended up in many, many ab165 circuit bassman. Mods for fender blonde, blackface, and silverface bassman heads. One of the guys there showed me the fender bassman 25, because it was his personal favorite amp.
Having owned a fender bassman 100t for six months i was sufficiently impressed to purchase a new super bassman 300 recently. Besides being a popular and important amplifier in its own right, the bassman also became the foundation on which. A friend just gave me an old fender bassman 50 2x15 cab free is nice. Every serious guitarist should have some sort of 50s bassman in their arsenal. The black kitty 40 kemper profile pack captures the tone of the classic boutique pairing. The shell is made out of solid pine with handmade 14 finger joints. Many translated example sentences containing cracked pepper german english dictionary and search engine for german translations. This fender bassman was the 1964 6c6b circuit and featured twin utah 12 speakers. Set up with generic sam ash dynamic mics in the front and back and a blue yeti pro for the room mic. Trying to date my 59 bassman reissue ltd cant find a serial. Adding a midrange control to fender amps that have no midrange control.
Each of the two channels normal and bright emphasized can be patched together with a short cord to combine the voices. The bassman pro cabs are loaded with fender special design eminence speakers backed with neodymium magnets, which lighten the load considerably while still providing a healthy amount of power. The fender bassman is a bass amplifier introduced by fender during 1952. This was a period that encompassed fender s 1965 sale to cbs and the summer 1966 start of fender s illfated experiment with solidstate electronics. Out of curiousity how many guys here use fender bassman amps further how many use the new fender bassman ri 59 bassman ri and how does it compare say to the older bassman. Eventually bass players found that the amp was not really suited to their application as it would distort and break up too early. Explore the bassman pro series of professional amplifiers. Even guitar players in the 1960s were using the blonde bassmans. This powerful 50watt rig could easily compete with the common instrumentation of the day. I initially expected only to use it on larger gigs, but i am finding more and more that i appreciate the headroom and the sheer power and weight that it provides at the bottom end.
Trying to date my 59 bassman reissue ltd cant find a serial number. I told him it was never designed to overdriveit was built to stay clean. Blackface bassman style guitar amplifier head cabinet. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Nov 16, 2010 i was recently given an early70s fender bassman 10 by a dear friend of mine who said he couldnt get it to overdrive. Tube amps on the left hand tab of the bass control looking at it from the back is a 6. Fender bassbreaker 15 limited edition midnight oil e. Think it also has a high end gain channel for some more marshall crunch type of stuff. Fender 59 bassman ltd demo cranked hq audio multimic. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue my. Fender super bassman head 300w tube bass head black. Countless guitar players have rediscovered the great simple pleasure of plugging into this amp, and todays 59 bassman ltd delivers wide stage coverage, touchsensitive dynamics and fullfrequency tone that make it perfect for building great sound with any guitar and effect. This included a transistorized version of the bassman a 105watt piggyback beast with.
Hes looking for a really clean 50s rockabilly sound. Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution. There are many versions of the blackface bassman out there. The video below compares a bassman ab165 to a princeton reverb and a deluxe reverb. The fender super bassman is a quality amplifier with loads of power and a full range of sounds.
Weve yet to use the amp at a gig, but hes worried about breakup at higher volumes. It is brighter and harsher sounding and the overdrive is not the same. Original power and output transformers, choke coil replaced. Bassman pro professional amplifiers fender bass amplifiers. The bassman was a combo amp in the tweed era with the 1. This was a period that encompassed fenders 1965 sale to cbs and the summer 1966 start of fenders illfated experiment with solidstate electronics. Beyond the improvements themselves, the the fender 59 bassman ltd shares the same fourinput, twochannel design with independent controls for volume on each channel in addition to presence, bass, middle, and treble controls that go to 12. Were undecided about the black pepper version, though.
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