Those sound like some kick ass mods, some are more of an upgrade than a mod!dodgedartdave wrote:You've gotta watch stuff for a while. I've been watching the musicmaster bass amps for a while now.... You gotta get a feel for what the ebay worth is and then when a deal comes along, jump on it in the last second. You win some, you lose some.tribi9 wrote:Sweet price, very sweet! All the items I ever bid on get ridiculously high!!
Did you get a load of all those mods that have been done to that amp?
Just won a MusicMaster Bass amp
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I agree, but I don't wanna get into a debate over that.tribi9 wrote:Those sound like some kick ass mods, some are more of an upgrade than a mod!dodgedartdave wrote:You've gotta watch stuff for a while. I've been watching the musicmaster bass amps for a while now.... You gotta get a feel for what the ebay worth is and then when a deal comes along, jump on it in the last second. You win some, you lose some.tribi9 wrote:Sweet price, very sweet! All the items I ever bid on get ridiculously high!!
Did you get a load of all those mods that have been done to that amp?
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I don't really know what they mean by that either. I guess I'll find out.matt69vdub wrote:Nice score. I love mine. Its all stock though. That one said its setup for guitar? How do they do that?
I'm finding out that the musicmaster bass amp is kinda known as a crappy bass amp and a fantastic guitar amp. I guess I'll find out how different this one sounds.
I may end up making a seperate head and 2 seperate cabs for the speakers. Then I'd just sell the cabs on ebay.
I'm guessing they said it's been set up for guitar because the Torres kit they added is marketed as a way to make the MM into a better guitar amp. The kit might be some different bypass capacitors and whatnot to crank up the gain, and maybe a different cap for the tone knob.
I'd never looked at the schematic before now. Two cathode-biased 6V6 tubes -- an unusual approach for Fender, though it looks like they did this with some of their very first amps in the 1940's. It uses a transformer for a phase splitter. Never seen that before either.
I'd never looked at the schematic before now. Two cathode-biased 6V6 tubes -- an unusual approach for Fender, though it looks like they did this with some of their very first amps in the 1940's. It uses a transformer for a phase splitter. Never seen that before either.
Honestly, that's the same for the fender bassmans. They can do OK, but not verstatile, and probably not loud enough for a more modern rock band.Mike wrote:I've played that amp stock, and it doesn't need modding to be great for guitar. It already is great for guitar, what it suffers at ironically is being a bass amp.
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