bassman 50

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:26 pm

when sloan was up here he was going on and on about how he wanted to buy a bassman 50. i had no idea what he was fucking talking about.

i still kinda dont. and ive read thru a 300 page hardcover fender amp book too.

ohh well i found him on in pittsburg

http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgear/d ... =104627930

whats the deal with these things and why is his boner so hard?

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:30 pm

Pretty much what James has then?

James · Post by **James** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:34 pm

The blackface Bassmen are all 50w, the first few silverface ones still say "bassman amp" and are 50w, and then they started oing the "Bassman 50" model a little later. I think they renamed it when they released the 100w version (Bassman 100). Later still they did a Bassman 70 and a Bassman 135

I think saying "bassman 50' on it makes it later than '72, but that one has the earlier style logo so it's probably 72-74 (I'm guessing the years from memory a little).

It'll be fairly similar to the bassman I took to doogfest but the bass and instrument channels will sound pretty much the same as each other on the silverface.

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:35 pm

It's pretty much the last of the PTP Fender amps. They sound like a classic Bassman and can be had for $400-ish, probably one of the better deals out there for tube amps.

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:43 pm

I thought the last ever PTP Fender was the Riveria designed Deluxe Reverb II

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:46 pm

yeah, the blackface amps from the '80s are ptp.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:14 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Fender-Bass ... dZViewItem

Whoa...

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:16 am

ROB, I WAS SAYING BASSMAN TEN.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:39 am

BASSMAN TEN FUCK YEAH YEAH FUCK YEAH

the silverface bassman amps all rule, so long as you get a pree '76 model. the ones from '76 and on have ultralinear transformers and are super sterile and clean. no bassman grind. just clean sterile hospital stuff.

i had a bassman 50 from 76 for a little bit and i hated it. it was loud as hell, but didnt sound like a bassman. all the voltages were way high.

i used to have a 72 bassman ten and it was rock and roll everywhere holy shit yeah. the bassman ten amps break up into that sweet sweet saturation and they just sounds balls to the wall.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:44 am

mewithoutus wrote:the bassman ten amps break up into that sweet sweet saturation and they just sounds balls to the wall.

yes!!!
that's why i've been bonering over one since i played it. it was the best overdrive/distortion sound i think i've ever heard. EVER.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:26 am

mewithoutus wrote:the silverface bassman amps all rule, so long as you get a pree '76 model.

Well that's not really all of them then, is it?

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:42 am

There's a fucking beautiful old tweed Bassman combo in a shop near Cowbell's for $999 :l So ridiculous.

Post by **Doog** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:05 pm

Silverface Bassman 135 at the studio me and Spud were doing bass at today:

(Wank pics I know, sorry..)

3 band EQ and volume for each channel, plus master volume.. maybe some preamp crunchez to be had?

Some interesting stuff of the back.. recording out? Output tubes matching? Currrrious.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:03 am

what the fuck is hum balance

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:25 am

lmao...

What the hell is hum balance....

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:29 am

It's for PANTERA tunes. duhhhhhhh......

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:47 am

Ahh I see..a footswitch jack for DIMEBAG TONEZ

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:52 am

SKKKKWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLKW!

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:54 am

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dude whatfuck. i srsly did that shit in guitar center for like 2hrs and pissed everyone off, it was AWESOME.

Captain Lockheed · Post by **Captain Lockheed** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:23 pm

Is this a form of Hum Dinger ?

Going back a long time to an amp me and another chap put together for a friend of our's based on a AC10 twin he had (circiut wise anyway), it is a variable resistor on the output of the 6.3v coil (there may have been a Cap in parallel) to "tune out" the hum induced by the ac to the heaters.

I stand to corrected here, it's all a bit vague now.

bassman 50

bassman 50

What is Hum Balance ?