Cracked fender bassman 135

There are many versions of the blackface bassman out there. Fender blue label 10 oxford vintage speaker for bassman 10 need recone. While dating fender amps made before 1994 by serial number is all but impossible as records of. Mods for fender blonde, blackface, and silverface bassman. Dating early fender amplifiers is sometimes quite challenging. Bassman 5 19781983 silverface piggyback head same as the bassman. In early 1952, the fender bassman amplified a great new invention the fender precision bass guitar. Sorry to be asking about a fender amp, but you guys are a very knowledgeable crowd so i will ask anyway. Save 1963 fender bassman to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. The fender super bassman is a quality amplifier with loads of power and a full range of sounds.

To help out with this ive put a survey form up to collect date, serial number and transformer info. Replace it with a 10kohm potentiometer, and thats it. Fender bassman 5 1980 black tolex amp for sale andy baxter. Silverface amps are okay, loud as, can do the icepick thing. Fender bassman 5 1980 black tolex amp for sale andy. Great gift for any musician that loves classic tube amps. The silverface fender bassman amp from the 1970s has a great reputation as an. I told him it was never designed to overdriveit was built to stay clean. View and download fender bassman 5 owners manual online. Fender bassman pro 115 1x15 neo bass speaker cabinet black.

There is some minor wear and tearing on the top of the amp. Finally i found some cabinets for the fender bassman 5 amp and they are superb. Fender saw the need to compete with some big amps in the 70s, and created the super bassman. This amp head is in very good condition, fully functional and cosmetically. It had been completely been cleaned up and setup nicely in the shop and was in perfect order. My other son plays a mexican fender telecaster through a fender bassman 59 reissue amp. Add to this the fact that the first marshall amplifiers were largely leveraged from the bassmans 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. Unfollow fender bassman to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The fender bassman amplifier has gained a reputation for being the goto amp for both electric guitar and bass players. Sovtek replacement tubes kit for the fender bassman 5. These amps were known for their clean preamps and ultralinear design. I had an amp tech go through and replace all of the tone caps to match that of the fender super reverb specs. It is small and packs alot of volume for its size, and it has the ability to tilt back. The back of the box actually looks like the back of the real amp, with a picture of the holes where you can see the tubes, transformers, etc.

Keep in mind throughout this lesson that fender is in business to make money, and the bottom line is a. The bass channel uses a nontypical fender tone stack, maybe its a baxandall, i dont know. It wasnt a speakerit was more like an electronic crackle that would happen on and off while i was playing and sometimes continue for a couple of seconds after the music had stopped. I know some of you would like to hear a full stack, but the supplier only had the 6 x 10 speaker cabinet available. The wood behind the grill has cracked and thus it is slightly concave. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require more information or wish to purchase this instrument. It was breaking up really early, turns out there was some sort of limiting circuit coming off the transformer and it was only putting out 25 watts. I know some of you would like to hear a full stack, but the supplier only had the 6 x.

Fender bassman 59 reissue settings gretschtalk forum. Ungigged bassman ltd from the late noughties, i think. Ive acquired it from the original owner whose had it parked in. The bassman 70 with the master volume makes a great bass amp if you think youre in ben folds five, and the bassman 5 is a 40 pound blowhard. I played on this amp for many years and have always loved the great sound it puts out. I generally used an mxr dynacomp with it and it had a nice fat low mid range punch at low to moderate volume levels but if. A friend has given me his bassman 5 to fix because i own a soldering iron.

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. Fender bassman 59 ltd fender stratocaster guitar forum. Im thinking that maybe ill convert this channel to the 5f6 bassman preamp circuit. This included a transistorized version of the bassman a 105watt piggyback beast with. The fender bassman amp is a compact, portable musical instrument conservatively rated, with all necessary controls for handling complete high fidelity music reproduction. Original power and output transformers, choke coil replaced.

Fender offers many different solutions equipped with eminence neodymium speakers. This video shows you how to service your fender bassman 5 amplifier, the video shows you how to replace the power supply filter pack. The next example will demonstrate this quite nicely. I just bought my second bassman ri stupidly sold the first one. Mods for fender blonde, blackface, and silverface bassman heads. Looks just like a real tweed fender bassman amplifier. I have included several photos but please ask for any other details needed. At 50 watts, it competed easily with the common instrumentation of the day. If you dont like the sound of it with 6l6s why not sell it and get a jmp 50 watt with 6550s. Very powerful and clean, this big fender is powered by.

This leads to some poor soul complaining that his bassman doesnt sound like the one used by his favorite guitar player. I generally used an mxr dynacomp with it and it had a nice fat low mid range punch at low to moderate volume levels but if you turned it up too loud it sounded floppy and farty. Mods for reissue fender tweed bassmans carls custom amps. He said hed lose money trying to sell it and hed rather give it to someone who would use it. Very powerful and clean, this big fender is powered by four 6l6s tubes. Aug 30, 2007 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. One of the 470 ohm 1w resistors on the power tubes cooked, so i am putting in 4 new ones at 5w each. Silverfaces from 1968 with the metal trim around the grill cloth are more than acceptable lowcost replacements for a blackface amp.

From the super bassman and bassman 100 comes this bassman 5. Besides being a popular and important amplifier in its own right, the bassman also became the foundation on which. If youd like to help out on this project, please fill out the form for each of the fender tube amps you own. I am selling my 1979 fender bassman 5 tube amp with the original owners manual. Mod your bassman reissue for vintage tone to start i. Also you must have higher wattage speakers for this amp or it will take speakers out. Unfollow fender bassman 59 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. After downloading, the file may take a moment to open in the browser.

Tube amps on the left hand tab of the bass control looking at it from the back is a 6. There was some cosmetic repair done to the right side of the amp after an unfortunate. Well, by following this guide, you can decide which bassman head is best suited to you. Vintage fender bassman 5 bakersfield vintage music reverb. Vintage fender bassman 5 bakersfield vintage music. Weve yet to use the amp at a gig, but hes worried about breakup at higher volumes. Super bassman 19691971, bassman 100 19721976, bassman 5 19771983. Fender silverface bassman super, 100, 5 march 11, 2011 november 30, 2017 admin 21 comments modelcircuit number. Unfortunately this channel sounds really muffled for guitar. Up for sale is a nice fender bassman 5 vintage amp. Rightclick to save the file or leftclick to open from your browser. There are a plethora of bassman heads out there, and just as many circuit variations. However, the reality is that fender made many improvements to the blackface circuit, so there isnt really one single blackface circuit.

Fender bassman 500 head bass guitar amplifier, use. It is brighter and harsher sounding and the overdrive is not the same. The amp has a rectifier tube, it has the jensen speakers made in italy, the backplate says fender bassman 59 ltd. Adding a midrange control to fender amps that have no midrange control. Admittedly, they sound great for guitar, but lets back up a little and see as fender makes a bass amplifier. The fender has been reissuing the 5f8a 4x 10 tweed bassman for quite some time now and its one of fender better amps but it does not sound that much like a original bassman. The warm tube sound was introduced in 1952 when the first bassman model was designed for fender precision bass guitars. The fender bassman is a legendary guitar amp known to both guitar and bass. I have a chance to pick up a fender bassman 5 with what i believe is the matching 4x12 cab.

Fender bassman 5 amplifier how to repairbias by lee jackson. The fender ultra linear bassman 70 is not a bad amp at all 2 6l6 power tubes, 70 watts thought 6l6 was a 25 watt tube. Determining production date by serial number and transformer codes is better. Discussion in amps and cabs bg started by kugel, nov 11, 2009. Hes looking for a really clean 50s rockabilly sound. Every serious guitarist should have some sort of 50s bassman in their arsenal. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed basically unchanged until 1967. 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. I only have two tube stages, so id use an irf820 mosfet for the cathode follower. Used c1980 fender bassman 5 amp head serial number f079285. How to date a fender bassman amplifier our pastimes. I have a bassman that started out a blackline dripedge ab165.

Very pretty fender bassman 500 head bass listed as used but in excellent condition. Oct 20, 2010 my problem is with my 59 bassman reissue. 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. Theres no better way to achieve all tube bass amp tone on the biggest stages than bassman pro. One of the guys there showed me the fender bassman 25, because it was his personal favorite amp. The fender bassman is a bass amplifier introduced by fender during 1952. The only seriallike number i can find is on the top control panel below the fuse.

I owned, played and loved a 1977 bassman 5 for about 10 years, at first through a 1971 fender vt15 2x15 reloaded with evm15bs. I have a 59 reissue with nos ge 12ax7s, in v1 and v2, an nos 5751 in v3 pi, and nos ge 6l6gcs i also took out the bright cap and changed the tone stack back to original and took out one 20 uf preamp filter cap and it sounds awesome. A831027 on back of frame, rubber stamp on back of frame is 01, number on tube chart. Bassman pro professional amplifiers fender bass amplifiers. Save fender bassman 59 to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Please not i get proof of post on all items and post day after payment is received. Explore the bassman pro series of professional amplifiers.

Shortly thereafter, the bassman would become the most sought after amplifier for country and rock guitar. Just had the mods on my 1978 fender bassman ten completed. I was recently given an early70s fender bassman 10 by a dear friend of mine who said he couldnt get it to overdrive. Fender bassman for sale in uk 62 used fender bassmans. Aug 10, 2014 add to this the fact that the first marshall amplifiers were largely leveraged from the bassmans 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 first amplifier chosen as a tweed reissue in the early 90s.

I got contacted by a young man on craigs list saying he had just come into a bassman 5 head in good condition and wanted to know if i was interested. Fender 59 bassman reissue 45watt 4x10 guitar combo 1990 2003. Hear rory gallaghers bassman, brian mays ac30, a marshall super bass and more. I was using it at a gig last weekend, when it began to crackle every now and then. Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution.