My other son plays a mexican fender telecaster through a fender bassman 59 reissue amp. Ive never heard it but its a bit simpler than the more popular 5f6a model and i think lower power. Unfollow fender bassman amp to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. 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. Since these amps use different number and types of tubes, it can get a little difficult to find just what tubes you need. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed basically unchanged until 1967. Most serial number charts do not include the 1954 fender 5d6 4x10 bassman. Dont confuse bulgur with cracked wheat the denver post. 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.
I had an amp tech go through and replace all of the tone caps to match that of the fender super reverb specs. Besides being a popular and important amplifier in its own right, the bassman also became the foundation on which. With six 6550s in its engine room, this stadiumlevel head sports tasty mid60s fender blackface styling and two footswitchable channels. Richard kuehnel is a member of the circuits and systems society of the institute of electrical and electronic engineers. He did use fender bassman amps on that album so that might be one answer. He said hed lose money trying to sell it and hed rather give it to someone who would use it. Tokai les paul directly through fender bassman with line6 4x12. The cab was cracked open on one end and i took it to my friend danny for repair. The bf and sf bassman is notorious for having incorrect tube charts even more so than other models. In america, it is called cracked wheat, though that generally denotes a wholewheat variety. Bookmatched tops where the wood is cut in half so the grain is symmetric also look really cool. The tone stack was a bit different, so they were a bit dirtier.
Bmuipvhi xfwf cffo upme cz ovusjujpojtut up cf xbsz pg qspdfttfe gppet, nboz njojnbmmz qspdfttfe gppetuvggt tvggfs mjuumf ejnjovujpo jo uifjs. Weve yet to use the amp at a gig, but hes worried about breakup at higher volumes. The fender bassman is a bass amplifier introduced by fender during 1952. The fender bassman is a legendary guitar amp known to both guitar and bass players. I love this rig for its sound, looks and light weight. 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. Fender 65 deluxe reverb 1x12 22watt tube combo amp.
Ej, 4 x 10 speakers, has been fully serviced and sounds amazing. Input channels are wired in phase so you can plug into both inputs at the same time for. Modern guitar amplifiers 1985 current all times are utc 7 hours a few questions about my ri 59 bassman ltd. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue my. At 50 watts, it competed easily with the common instrumentation of the day. During the different eras the bassman amp came in many different shapes and. Hi, up for sale is my fender bassman 800 hybrid head and 810 neo cab. Bulgur is a cereal food made from the cracked parboiled groats of several different wheat species, most often from durum wheat. Buy fender 59 bassman ltd 50watt 4x10inch tube bass combo amp. Fender amplifiers became established with the tweed series, wood cases covered in varnished cotton twill in the manner of suitcases of the era. We specialize in vintage fender amplifier cabinet restoration from late 1940s and up. Light colored, made in california by the oldest bulgur. In 1991 fender saw fit to reissue the bassman as the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd.
Even guitar players in the 1960s were using the blonde bassmans. Sold 1955 fender bassman, tweed, narrow panel, two input version, tube chart code. Fender bassman 5b6 amplifier projects audio artillery. Bulgur wheat is also known as bulgar or burghul wheat. The mystery of the fender bassman 5f6a schematic cracking the.
Id heard good things about the fender bassman line and found the 5b6 model over at the fender amp field guide. Just had the mods on my 1978 fender bassman ten completed. Find quality pasta, sauces, grain products to add to your shopping list or order. I was recently given an early70s fender bassman 10 by a dear friend of mine who said he couldnt get it to overdrive. In this video and at the end of this description, i document all of the differences in two original fender tweed bassman amps, 1959. It can make a fender or vox amp sound creamy and warm and boost. Ive been working on this amp for an extended period as im able to carve out some bench time. The first cloth used was an offwhite fabric, followed by a horizontalstripe twotone pattern, and finally a. 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. The fender bassman 5f6a knows this, and pays homage to this template of tone like no other book on the market. This included a transistorized version of the bassman a 105watt piggyback beast with. Hes looking for a really clean 50s rockabilly sound. The confusion arises when people misread the tables at. 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.
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. Tremolux 35watts bandmaster 40watts bassman 50watts showman 85watts. The 1959 fender bassman is consider the hall of fame amplifier that became famous for guitar players. However, what people dont know is that the bassman, though they are well known. Claiming its place at the head of the table, fender s 300watt, alltube bass amp employs modern technology to maximize classic fender tube mojo. Fender rumble 200 1x15 200watt bass combo amp reverb. I told him it was never designed to overdriveit was built to stay clean. The black straps feature top and bottom layers of aniline leather drum dyed and tumbled to enhance the surface grain.
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. 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. Think it also has a high end gain channel for some more marshall crunch type of stuff. Fender super bassman head 300w tube bass head black. A loud fender twin has a typical mids scooped tone and very little compression. The pictures below are of the third oldest known 4x10 amp ever made. That it is a fender bassman and in pure working condition, makes this amp extremely interesting. Fender 59 bassman ltd reissue guitar combo amplifier lacquered tweed.
I recently purchased a vintage fender bassman 100 and am using it as a guitar rig. It sounds fantastic, and takes pedals incredibly well. The nickname is a misnomer, as tweed is a coarse woollen fabric, often woven in a twill pattern. There are a plethora of bassman heads out there, and just as many circuit variations. Every serious guitarist should have some sort of 50s bassman in their arsenal. Who knew the bassman could out marshall a marshall. Josh all blackface cbs heads have the same circuit ab763. So the recent fender custom deluxe 68 silver face amps advertise that the custom channel on the left has a bassman tone stack. Original power and output transformers, choke coil replaced. Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution. Ive been researching the riveraera range of amps since 2004 and it looks like they made around three thousand bassman 20s. In early 1952, the fender bassman amplified a great new invention the fender precision bass guitar. Fender bassman 1965 circuit ab165 amp demo youtube. 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.
Looking to get a fender head for an avatar 2x12 with a vintage 30 and greenback. 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. 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. I surmise that the original bassman amps rely on the 4 10 speakers for more than a bit of their lovely tones. A plant based protein that carries the 100% whole grain stamp by the whole grains council. I wanted a nice clean amp to play rockabilly tunes on.
Well, by following this guide, you can decide which bassman head is best suited to you. 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. Fender artisan crafted leather straps 2 shop fender. These are very old and may need to be or may have been serviced in the past. 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 amplifier cabinet restoration by armadillo amp works. Fender bassman ten 50watt 4x10 vintage silverface guitar. Knowing which pedals to choose for your amp gilmourish. Have had so many good years playing and gigging with this amp.
This leads to some poor soul complaining that his bassman doesnt sound like the one used by his favorite guitar player. 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 was a period that encompassed fender s 1965 sale to cbs and the summer 1966 start of fender s illfated experiment with solidstate electronics. The fender super bassman is a quality amplifier with loads of power and a full range of sounds. I currently gig with an older 1990 bassman reissue, and my aging back. 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. 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. Fender bassman 1959 reissue 18 thoughts on fender bassman 20 andrew waugh.