Hear rory gallaghers bassman, brian mays ac30, a marshall super bass and more. Mar 12, 2016 1967 fender bassman 60 hz hum troubleshooting and fix. I need a fitted cover for my fender 59 bassman reissue. Nov, 20 a modded bassman pretty much equals a marshall and then some my 1965 bf bassman has an extra gain stage from the other side of the 12ax7 on the bass input, and then the deep switch has been tweaked to provide a bit of a mid boost. Keep in mind throughout this lesson that fender is in business to make money, and the bottom line is a. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue my. Mod your bassman reissue for vintage tone to start i. Reissue tweed bassman amplifiers have paid the mortgage for more than one tube amp guru. While tone is subjective, to my ears, the original reissue, with its stiffer plywood cab, has a tighter less flabby sound, and the eminence blue frame speakers sound less harsh than the. Fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd 4x10 guitar combo.
Dont confuse bulgur with cracked wheat the denver post. Mar 30, 2014 the real deal is really loud, and loves to have the channels jumped. What makes this amp especially famous is the that entire marhshall tube line is decended from it. Admittedly, they sound great for guitar, but lets back up a little and see as fender makes a bass amplifier. Trying to date my 59 bassman reissue ltd cant find a serial. Also like the originals, this is a paper layer wound output transformer for that. The bass channel works great, but the normal channel breaks up intermittently.
Also if you fit a 5u4g do you need to rebias the amp or can it just be swapped straight out. And with a few simple tube changes it can be made into a very nice sounding amp that has. The last bdr had circuitry and coaxial cable problems that were fixed under warranty. Bulgur is another good example of a minimally processed grain with very close the equal in nutrition to raw, unprocessed whole wheat, bulgurs. The bassman ltd has a pine finger jointed cabinet and is far closer in specification to an original 59 bassman, although it still has a printed. Showman 412 s, 59 bassman, 112xp, 115xp, 110xp, 0711500100, 0711100100, 0711200100. A few whole leaves of mint for garnish soak the cracked wheat in very hot water for 20 minutes prior to starting the salad. The reissue bassman is actually closer to what bass players needed back in 1954. Its not quite time to retube yet, but this will be my first retubing with my bassman. The bassman ri is a very, very bright amp, and stays clean for a while, especially with single coils. This included a transistorized version of the bassmana 105watt piggyback beast with. Using the pedals with the bassman i enjoyed them again so much even though the pedals are just boss a bd2 and other cheap stuff every pedal, in particular the ds1, blue box and even bd2, had so much more shades slight changes made a huge difference in tone and ive used settings i never used with a twin.
Full text of history of yuba and sutter counties, california. This was a period that encompassed fenders 1965 sale to cbs and the summer 1966 start of fenders illfated experiment with solidstate electronics. I started with a princeton then 2 blues deluxe reissue. Jeff bober jeff bober, one of the godfathers of the lowwattage amp revolution, cofounded and was the principal designer for budda amplification. While tone is subjective, to my ears, the original reissue, with its stiffer plywood cab, has a tighter less flabby sound, and the eminence blue frame speakers sound less harsh than the jensens. In the 1950s, the bassman was perfect for amplifying that new invention, the fender precision bass. They are ges i might be wrong about those being the original ones, and now i am thinking of changing the tubes.
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 tweed 59 bassman influenced many amp builders to replicate or to improve the circuit in there own way. The entire circuit has been debugged, recapped, brought back to original specs, using quality modern components. Its a tossup both are good amps, but i like the reissue more. These piggyback amps had a separate head and cabinet. Eventually bass players found that the amp was not really suited to their application as it would distort and break up too early. Legendary fender bassman the tweed covered fender bassman is considered by many to be the epitome of tone, and every current tube amplifier myth revolves around this amplifier. Permalink does anyone know when they started making them in mexico. When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The real deal is really loud, and loves to have the channels jumped. A modded bassman pretty much equals a marshall and then some my 1965 bf bassman has an extra gain stage from the other side of the 12ax7 on the bass input, and then the deep switch has been tweaked to provide a bit of a mid boost. Who knew the bassman could out marshall a marshall. I know its a simple process, but im very clumsy and fear electrocution. Mod your bassman reissue for vintage tone singlecoil.
This output transformer has zinc plated hardware just like the originals. Bassman 19681971, bassman 50 19721976, bassman 70 19771983. Are all these things fixed biased, or just certain ones. These expressions are useful implementation and veri. But every photo i have seen of the insides of an old 59 bassman shows a. What started the whole reissue series of amplifiers from fender also prompted many eccentric tv repairmen to put out their own tweedstyle clone. Rani cracked wheat fine kansar, bulgur, similar to.
Shop for the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd 4x10 guitar combo. After soaking, drain off any excess water and put in a large bowl. The date code from the qa sticker indicates it was made in july of 2001. I first thought the 59 was only for high volume, i was wrong. I had the opportunity to play the 59 bassman reissue and the 59 bassman ltd again. We have set up a separate members only forum area to discuss everything related to the coronavirus covid19. This amp is capable of being very loud, especially if your interests are in clear clean tones.
Generally, when people are refering to a bassman for a guitar amp, its the 50s, most notably the 1959 bassman. The jtm45 is essentially the clone of the 59 bassman using british parts. Find quality pasta, sauces, grain products to add to your shopping list or order. With a tele and that amp things can get really bright and piercing, so really, really watch the treble control, and keep it set low.
My old 59 ri was pretty darn bright too it sounded best nice and loud and lightly driven by a darker overdrive i used to use a zvex box of rock and a blackstone. Bassmans produced between late 1980 and 1983 have a black control panel and silver sparkle grill cloth. Smith center for computer research in music and acoustics ccrma. Prep the vegetables and herbs while the cracked wheat is soaking. Are their any major advantagesdisadvantages to using either. Starting in 1972, fender produced a number of variations on the bassman with varying wattage and speaker size. Launched in 1951, the bassman was one of fenders original iconic amps. They are not very powerful compared to modern bass amps, they cost a fortune to buy, are costly to maintain when you have to retube them and they weigh a ton. Conference on digital audio effects dafx06, montreal, canada, september 1820, 2006 discretization of the 59 fender bassman tone stack david t. Fender switched back to the blackface era cosmetics some time in 1980.
This 50w rig allowed the bass to hold its own onstage with drums, electric guitars, and miked piano, the common instrumentation of the day. Trying to date my 59 bassman reissue ltd cant find a. By the time they called it the bassman 50, it wasnt a great nor, in my opinion a very good bass amp, nor a decent guitar amp. E v e r y eff o r t has been made to replicate the original sound. The straightforward fender 59 bassman outperforms most of the fancy amps on the market today. I purchased at a pawnshop a fender bassman 50 head and cab for a really good price. In general when using a 59 bassman ltd for harmonica and a jt30 with cm element, is it better to use a 5ar4gz34 or 5u4g rectifier tube. The 2 letter date code on the tube chart, or the 2 letter date code on the qa sticker, andor the transformer number that starts with 606xxxx, with the xs being 3 or 4 additional numbers that ill need to know. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed basically unchanged until 1967.
Aug 10, 2014 the 59 bassman ltd is rated at 50 watts and certainly puts out the power. Marshall would be the first to do so back when they released the jtm45 in 62. Again, many thanks to everyone who gave an opinion in this thread, it helped me a great deal. Crank that thing up to 10 and play it through a 4x12 cab loaded with green backs and its as rock n roll as it gets.
This symbol advises the user to read all accompanying. The bassman has become so synonymous with the sixstring fraternity that when fender reissued the. View and download fender 59 bassman service manual online. E v e r y eff o r t has been made to replicate the original sound and circuit design of fenders 59 bassman. The bassman ri circa 1990s was made with a printed circuit board and had a solid state rectifier which was changeable for a tubevalve rectifier. The 59 bassman ltd is rated at 50 watts and certainly puts out the power. In the 90s, fender released an affordable 59 bassman reissue amplifier to great acclaim. Basically the amp sounds like it is shorting out and the volume is jumping updown rapidly, with some distortion, etc.
In order to date your 59 bassman reissued ltd i will need to know one of the below. Fender bassman 50 1971 silverface price guide reverb. But on the side of the reissue, it costs about a sixth of what a real one would cost. The 59 bassman ri is a great guitar amp and a great harp amp. Bulgur is a cereal food made from the cracked parboiled groats of several different wheat species, most often from durum wheat.
The bassman design itself is straight up and simple with no preamp gain controls for lowlevel distortion creation. Instagrambassman1439 snapchatbassman1439 show less read more uploads play all. Vintage gibson skylark 1484 twin twelve showman blackface sears silvertone 1484 silvertone 1484 twin twelve 1484 tube sears silvertone twin twelve fender deluxe reverb blackface twin twelve guitar silverface tube guitar amp ab763 fender champ silverface vintage 1x12 tube fender vibro champ tube twin twelve tube guitar harmonica amp amplifier precbs skylark tube vox berkeley vibro champ tube. Fender tweed 59 bassman output transformer, 2 ohm, 45249. The revered bassmans for guitarists are generally the old 4x10 tweed covered combo bassmans from the 50s, and for to a lesser extent the blackfaced piggyback 45 watt heads from the 60s. Bassman is an orthopedic surgeon in saint louis, missouri and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. Vintage gibson skylark 1484 twin twelve showman blackface sears silvertone 1484 silvertone 1484 twin twelve 1484 tube sears silvertone twin twelve fender deluxe reverb blackface twin twelve guitar silverface tube guitar amp ab763 fender champ silverface vintage 1x12 tube fender vibro champ tube twin twelve tube guitar harmonica amp amplifier precbs skylark tube vox berkeley. The bassman is a clean amp at low volumes and when cranked boasts a creamy overdrive, its no wonder why its everyones favorite iconic amp. In 1991 fender saw fit to reissue the bassman as the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd.
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. Tweed bassman, original 59 bassman, bassman 5f6, bassman 5f6a description. Fender bassman 59 reissue settings gretschtalk forum. Also maybe roll back the tone control on the bridge pickup just a tiny bit. The tweed bassman is a whole different beast than the later head bassman amps, which usually ran with a 2x12 cab.