NAD - Bassman 10

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:08 pm

I thought I would do a proper NAD thread after a smattering of a few photos and q's elsewhere. I recently bought a Fender Bassman 10 thats been rehoused in to a 2x10 cab/combo. The tolex is a bit tatty and probably should be replaced but otherwise it seems fine. Only love volume use at the moment but I have a practice on Tuesday so will be looking forward to cranking it. Only had the SG through it as we are having the house redecorated and the JM has been put away but I will have some fun with that this weekend. Anyway some photos:

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:12 pm

Very cool, I must admit I nearly bought this amp myself when I saw it for sale.

Whats the clean headroom like on it?

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:16 pm

not had chance to pump the master volume yet but with either channel volume on 10 and the master low there isn't much break up even with humbucklers. well then again I'm a fuzz lover so my clean is another man's crunch

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:20 pm

lorez wrote:not had chance to pump the master volume yet but with either channel volume on 10 and the master low there isn't much break up even with humbucklers. well then again I'm a fuzz lover so my clean is another man's crunch

That's interesting (just added a bunch of bassmans to my ebay watch list haha).

Look forward to hearing how it responds in rehearsal.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:30 pm

the silverfaces apparently are different than the older ones everyone creams themselves over from what i can ascertain, I think there maybe a tube less in the preamp stage. The mastervolume on the 10's probably makes a difference but if you can get a 135 or one of the later 50's (which were 70 watts) this might help you. Also, see about a bandmaster or showman, alot of the bigger watt silverfaces are stagnating in price due to their weight.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:31 am

Do you know what year it is? I read that between 72-76 they were 50w and 77-82 they became 75w when they switched to an ultra linear output transformer.
Either way, good score, bet it sounds great. Are you still planning on re-tolexing it?

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:03 am

It's 50w so between 72-76. Retolexing is definitely on the cards, I plan getting a screw driver out soon and seeing what's what with the rehousing and simple it'll be to do. Will definitely be replacing the metal speaker grill with something prettier

Post by **Mike** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:18 am

Very cool!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:10 pm

lorez wrote:It's 50w so between 72-76. Retolexing is definitely on the cards, I plan getting a screw driver out soon and seeing what's what with the rehousing and simple it'll be to do. Will definitely be replacing the metal speaker grill with something prettier

Excellent.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:44 pm

Looks great! I have one of the 135 watt Ultralinear Twin Reverbs and it is very heavy, but it sounds awesome!

Ben79 · Post by **Ben79** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:22 pm

Nice score. The insides of an amp are mostly a mystery to me but as far as I can gather, because it's a 50 and not an ultralinear you can quite easily mod one of the channels for a nice JTM45 style breakup. What's the low end like out of those 10s?