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. 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. Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution. I recently purchased a vintage fender bassman 100 and am using it as a guitar rig. The first cloth used was an offwhite fabric, followed by a horizontalstripe twotone pattern, and finally a.
During the different eras the bassman amp came in many different shapes and. This leads to some poor soul complaining that his bassman doesnt sound like the one used by his favorite guitar player. In america, it is called cracked wheat, though that generally denotes a wholewheat variety. Id heard good things about the fender bassman line and found the 5b6 model over at the fender amp field guide.
At 50 watts, it competed easily with the common instrumentation of the day. The confusion arises when people misread the tables at. The fender bassman 5f6a knows this, and pays homage to this template of tone like no other book on the market. I had an amp tech go through and replace all of the tone caps to match that of the fender super reverb specs. These are very old and may need to be or may have been serviced in the past. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed basically unchanged until 1967. Perfect for stage and studio alike, its dualchannel design usesmodern technology to maximize classic technology, with classicfender late60s.
The mystery of the fender bassman 5f6a schematic cracking the. In 1991 fender saw fit to reissue the bassman as the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd. Things changed very quickly, however, as the tubes used in the old bassman werent readily available in the uk, so they switched to kt66. Bmuipvhi xfwf cffo upme cz ovusjujpojtut up cf xbsz pg qspdfttfe gppet, nboz njojnbmmz qspdfttfe gppetuvggt tvggfs mjuumf ejnjovujpo jo uifjs. The black straps feature top and bottom layers of aniline leather drum dyed and tumbled to enhance the surface grain. He said hed lose money trying to sell it and hed rather give it to someone who would use it. I told him it was never designed to overdriveit was built to stay clean.
Who knew the bassman could out marshall a marshall. Fender bassman 1965 circuit ab165 amp demo youtube. Fender amplifiers became established with the tweed series, wood cases covered in varnished cotton twill in the manner of suitcases of the era. Even guitar players in the 1960s were using the blonde bassmans. Bulgur is a cereal food made from the cracked parboiled groats of several different wheat species, most often from durum wheat. Weve yet to use the amp at a gig, but hes worried about breakup at higher volumes. Fender 65 deluxe reverb 1x12 22watt tube combo amp. Every serious guitarist should have some sort of 50s bassman in their arsenal. Fender artisan crafted leather straps 2 shop fender. Modern guitar amplifiers 1985 current all times are utc 7 hours a few questions about my ri 59 bassman ltd. However, what people dont know is that the bassman, though they are well known. A loud fender twin has a typical mids scooped tone and very little compression.
Fender rumble 200 1x15 200watt bass combo amp reverb. Fender bassman ten 50watt 4x10 vintage silverface guitar. That it is a fender bassman and in pure working condition, makes this amp extremely interesting. The 568 in aa568 means it was a may 1968 circuit revision, and they generally started using circuits within a few months of when a new revision was drawn. Fender 59 bassman ltd reissue guitar combo amplifier lacquered tweed. Input channels are wired in phase so you can plug into both inputs at the same time for. Most serial number charts do not include the 1954 fender 5d6 4x10 bassman. Fender bassman 5b6 amplifier projects audio artillery. I own a pre cbs 1962 brownface bandmaster and man oh man it has tone tone tone my favorite amp overall yeah i thought it was the showman that would be a main and favorite amp for me but wrong. I wanted a nice clean amp to play rockabilly tunes on. Bookmatched tops where the wood is cut in half so the grain is symmetric also look really cool.
Tremolux 35watts bandmaster 40watts bassman 50watts showman 85watts. Tokai les paul directly through fender bassman with line6 4x12. Hi, up for sale is my fender bassman 800 hybrid head and 810 neo cab. 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 cab was cracked open on one end and i took it to my friend danny for repair. Just had the mods on my 1978 fender bassman ten completed. Ive been working on this amp for an extended period as im able to carve out some bench time. Find quality pasta, sauces, grain products to add to your shopping list or order. Have had so many good years playing and gigging with this amp. Looking to get a fender head for an avatar 2x12 with a vintage 30 and greenback.
Claiming its place at the head of the table, fender s 300watt, alltube bass amp employs modern technology to maximize classic fender tube mojo. Josh all blackface cbs heads have the same circuit ab763. It was introduced in 1951, primarily targeted for bass guitar players and promoted as a bass amp for the fender precision bass guitar, the first massproduced electric bass guitar ever. My other son plays a mexican fender telecaster through a fender bassman 59 reissue amp. So the recent fender custom deluxe 68 silver face amps advertise that the custom channel on the left has a bassman tone stack. I love this rig for its sound, looks and light weight. 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. Add to this the fact that the first marshall amplifiers were largely leveraged from the bassman s circuit design which in turn spawned a countless array of further clones as time passed, and its easy to understand why the fender bassman was the. 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. Buy fender 59 bassman ltd 50watt 4x10inch tube bass combo amp. I surmise that the original bassman amps rely on the 4 10 speakers for more than a bit of their lovely tones. With six 6550s in its engine room, this stadiumlevel head sports tasty mid60s fender blackface styling and two footswitchable channels. Ive been researching the riveraera range of amps since 2004 and it looks like they made around three thousand bassman 20s. A plant based protein that carries the 100% whole grain stamp by the whole grains council.
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. Fender amplifier cabinet restoration by armadillo amp works. One of the most powerful and versatile bass amps fender has evercreated, the super bassman is a stadiumlevel 300watt tube headdesigned for the biggest shows and the largest stages, withenormous fender bass sound and sparkling vintage fender looks. Besides being a popular and important amplifier in its own right, the bassman also became the foundation on which.
The silverface fender bassman amp from the 1970s has a great reputation as an affordable, vintage tube rig for guitarists, delivering plenty of volume, great tone, and an excellent chassis, offering easy preamp and tone stack modification. In early 1952, the fender bassman amplified a great new invention the fender precision bass guitar. The fender super bassman is a quality amplifier with loads of power and a full range of sounds. Ive never heard it but its a bit simpler than the more popular 5f6a model and i think lower power. See 18 photos and 2 tips from 43 visitors to broken spoke lounge. It can make a fender or vox amp sound creamy and warm and boost.
The pictures below are of the third oldest known 4x10 amp ever made. Well, by following this guide, you can decide which bassman head is best suited to you. There are a plethora of bassman heads out there, and just as many circuit variations. Since these amps use different number and types of tubes, it can get a little difficult to find just what tubes you need. Dont confuse bulgur with cracked wheat the denver post. Unfollow fender bassman amp to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Hes looking for a really clean 50s rockabilly sound. Fender has always made good use of the desire most guitar and bass players have for legendary instruments that are very difficult to get a hold of nowadays. Fender bassman 59 reissue settings gretschtalk forum. He has been a presenter at the international conference on signal processing, the international conference on acoustics, signals, and signal processing icassp, and the asilomar conference on signals, systems, and computers. I was recently given an early70s fender bassman 10 by a dear friend of mine who said he couldnt get it to overdrive.
It sounds fantastic, and takes pedals incredibly well. Light colored, made in california by the oldest bulgur. Fender super bassman head 300w tube bass head black. He did use fender bassman amps on that album so that might be one answer. Knowing which pedals to choose for your amp gilmourish. The bf and sf bassman is notorious for having incorrect tube charts even more so than other models. The tone stack was a bit different, so they were a bit dirtier. Original power and output transformers, choke coil replaced. How close is this tone, subjectively, to an actual fender bassman amp. Think it also has a high end gain channel for some more marshall crunch type of stuff. We specialize in vintage fender amplifier cabinet restoration from late 1940s and up. The 1959 fender bassman is consider the hall of fame amplifier that became famous for guitar players.
The fender bassman is a bass amplifier introduced by fender during 1952. Bulgur wheat is also known as bulgar or burghul wheat. Ej, 4 x 10 speakers, has been fully serviced and sounds amazing. Sold 1955 fender bassman, tweed, narrow panel, two input version, tube chart code. Fender bassman 1959 reissue 18 thoughts on fender bassman 20 andrew waugh. This 50 watt reissue features a lacquered tweed covered, fingerjointed pine cabinet, 4 jensen special design speakers, and internal bias pot to adjust bias on the two 6l6gc power tubes. The fender bassman is a legendary guitar amp known to both guitar and bass players. I currently gig with an older 1990 bassman reissue, and my aging back. The sound that emanates from any guitar amp is more than the sum of its parts, and only a detailed analysis of exactly how your signal is shaped along the way can reveal just how that. The nickname is a misnomer, as tweed is a coarse woollen fabric, often woven in a twill pattern. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue my.
In this video and at the end of this description, i document all of the differences in two original fender tweed bassman amps, 1959. 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. Richard kuehnel is a member of the circuits and systems society of the institute of electrical and electronic engineers. Thats why fender introduced the new bassman tv series whose look and sound is very close to the bassman amps of the early 50s. This included a transistorized version of the bassman a 105watt piggyback beast with.