whats the deal with these things and why is his boner so hard?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:30 pm
by euan
Pretty much what James has then?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:34 pm
by James
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:35 pm
by Will
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:43 pm
by euan
I thought the last ever PTP Fender was the Riveria designed Deluxe Reverb II
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:44 am
by Sloan
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:26 am
by Mike
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?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:42 am
by BobArsecake
There's a fucking beautiful old tweed Bassman combo in a shop near Cowbell's for $999 :l So ridiculous.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:05 pm
by Doog
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.
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dude whatfuck. i srsly did that shit in guitar center for like 2hrs and pissed everyone off, it was AWESOME.
What is Hum Balance ?
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:23 pm
by Captain Lockheed
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.
