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(Sorry bout the last post hit the wrong button)
My suggestion wasn't to buy the Bassman 100 as a Bassman (which
indeed is one of the most wonderful amps ever built- I envy you dp)-
but since it is a 4 x 6L6 amp take out the overbuilt feed back
circuits and get it closer to an earlier Showman.
As far as the transformer is concerned, Vibroworld shows the
transformer replacement part for a Bassman 100 as Fender part
#125P34A - same as for Fender Twin Reverb, Showman, Dual Showman,
Quad Reverb, and Bassman 100.
Anyway it was just a thought because down here in San Diego no one
seems to want to let go of a Bassman or bandmaster head for less
than $500 or $600 in decent shape, don't see much variation on ebay
either. But maybe i'm wrong.
BTW has anybody ever used the Quad Reverb? There's a shop down here
that's got one.
--- In , DP <noetical1@y...> wrote:
> I play a 1966 Bassman 50 (2x6L6 power valves)...through
> 2x12 Celestion speakers...a great warm, fat, surf guitar
> amp...nice shimmering treble end...a real Fender Jewel!
>
> dos centavos,
> -dp
>
>
> --- mono_tones_1 <rockverb@h...> wrote:
>
> > Not really, the bassman has different transformers, which
> > play a big
> > role in the sound, abnd thus it sounds rather different.
> >
> > I have used bassman 100's (71 and 75) on occasion, and
> > have a
> > blackfaced 1970 bassman (2x 6L6), and the last one sounds
> > a lot better
> > for guitar and, esp for surf, IMHO. also, very available.
> > the 100's
> > work, but for $350, you could do better.
> >
> > on a side note, check about tubes and cap job - sometimes
> > you're
> > better off with paying more for an amp with decent new
> > tubes and a
> > capjob done, then buying something cheap and having to
> > invest a lot in
> > a short time.
> >
> > my 2 cent
> > WR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , "stratrhythm"
> > <lawyerschroeder@s...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Oh Yeah BTW ON EBAY some guy wants only $350 (Buy it
> > now) for a
> > > Silverface Bassman 100 early 70's. I looked at the
> > schematic, and it
> > > looked to me like you could pretty much turn it into a
> > Blackface
> > > Showman without a lot of trouble by removing the
> > feedback circuits.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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