There are a plethora of bassman heads out there, and just as many circuit variations. The fender bassman 100 bass guitar head is a tube based amplifier that has 100 watts of power. Bassman 400400h pn 0224505000 120v service manual contents. This article contains all of the fender bass amplifier and fender bass speaker. I had an amp tech go through and replace all of the tone caps to match that of the fender super reverb specs. 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. This leads to some poor soul complaining that his bassman doesnt sound like the one used by his favorite guitar player. Fender amp, amplifier serial numbers superior music. I play the bassman 400 head the old black one, not the pro silverface and i love it.
This 400 features 350 watts of power with enough tonal versatility to keep you busy for years. The fender bassman 5f6a knows this, and pays homage to this template of tone like no other book on the market. Besides being a popular and important amplifier in its own right, the bassman also became the. There is also the 6g6b model which has a blackface but is really brown or white in the nature of the circuit had a presence control, and had white barrel knobs so it is really not a part of the blackface family. The cab was cracked open on one end and i took it to my friend danny for repair. Try plugging in a guitar cable, turn up all the amps volume, gain and master volume controls up a little and touch the tip of the. Replace it with a 10kohm potentiometer, and thats it. Fender bassman compact bass amp for sale online ebay. But with the new 300watt super bassman, the company has taken an oldschool turn back to the heady days of stadium rock, when bass amps with gutchurning volume ruled the day. Adding a midrange control to fender amps that have no midrange control. At 50 watts, it competed easily with the common instrumentation of the day. Bassman 400 musical instrument amplifier pdf manual download. Bassman 300300 pro 200220 bassman 400c 400h bassman 1200. I really like the warm tube tone that you can only get from a vintage bassman 100, 5 or super bassman from the late 70s and earley 80s.
Shop for the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd 4x10 guitar combo. 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. Andy, youre dead right, the bassman series almost couldnt miss being better than previous fender attempts at bass amplification, the bxr series stuff was horrid. If you have a cherished octal power tube or rectifier with a broken keyway, here is. The straightforward fender 59 bassman outperforms most of the fancy amps on the market today.
In 1991 fender saw fit to reissue the bassman as the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd. The fender bassman is a bass amplifier introduced by fender during 1952. Think it also has a high end gain channel for some more marshall crunch type of stuff. I told him it was never designed to overdriveit was built to stay clean. Fender bassman 400h 400 head amp amplifier black 20002003. 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. Based on the venerable bassman 400c, the fender 400 pro bass combo amp is a 350w combo that drives a pair of castframe eminence 10 speakers. 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 fender bassman pro 100t is a very nice tube amp with two input channels, 4 6550 power tubes and am auto bias circuit. After helping pioneer bass amplification with the original bassman combo fender ceded the big bass amp market to other manufacturers in the late 60s and 70s. Tweaking is achieved via the 5band eq which includes a 3band semiparametric with gain control and onoff switch. Looking to get a fender head for an avatar 2x12 with a vintage 30 and greenback.
Prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. The first marshall jtm45 copies the fender bassman 5f6a voltage amp in its. Blackface fender bassman mods discussion in amps and cabs started by kenny blue, jan 12, 2014. Fender bass amplifiers and speaker enclosure owners manuals. Lets solve some noise issues in a vintage fender bassman head and replace the nasty grill. Itll deliver all the growl and punch you could desire. Enjoy the rich thickness as you cut a deep groove via the fender tube pre amp and renown modern active tone stack. Fender bassman 59 reissue settings gretschtalk forum. I recently picked up a 1978 2x15 cabinet in great shape and want the head to go with it.
This was a period that encompassed fenders 1965 sale to cbs and the summer 1966 start of fenders illfated experiment with solidstate electronics. Replacement filter choke for fender bassman, bandmaster, concert. This 50 watt reissue features a lacquered tweed covered, fingerjointed pine cabinet, 4 jensen special design speakers, and internal bias. Even though its called a bassman its really just like another guitar amp circuit. Pro bassman sound and style, the bassman 500 combines fenders worldstandard blackface tube preamp with a lightweight 500 watt class d power amp. Fender super bassman tube bass amp head one of the most powerful and versatile bass amps fender has ever created, the super bassman is a stadiumlevel 300watt tube head designed for the biggest shows and the largest stages, with enormous fender bass sound and sparkling vintage fender looks. Fender bassman 400 bass amplifier 350 w used combo tested to confirm its good working condition. The fender bassman 800 bass amp head gives you the mix of modern and. 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 bassman 400h 400 head amp amplifier black for sale. Unfollow fender bassman to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Its dualchannel design uses modern technology to maximize classic technology, with classic fender 60s blackface styling and a wealth of innovative features on the front and rear. Just had the mods on my 1978 fender bassman ten completed. It has two 14 inch inputs for each channel and has two channels in total one for normal and one for bass instrument. Bassman 10 1976 bassman 10 1978 bassman 20 1982 bassman 25 20002005 bassman 30. Fender had two versions of the blackface bassman head, the short lived aa864 and the ab165. The bassman 250210 is an elegant bass amp designed to deliver 250 watts of full power through a compression driver horn and two greatsounding 10. Some cosmetic wear, and all the functions work great. Tube amps on the left hand tab of the bass control looking at it from the back is a 6. The main section consists of gain, room balance, bass, treble with enhance. Fender bassman 400 operating instructions manual pdf download. Up for auction i have this great fender bassman 400 bass guitar amplifier.
Fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd 4x10 guitar combo. Hes looking for a really clean 50s rockabilly sound. The three separate components are broken out in the next graph also. This amplifier is in perfect functioning condition. Review fender bassman 800 bass amp head and fender. Weve yet to use the amp at a gig, but hes worried about breakup at higher volumes. The amp is completely dead if the amp is completely silent no speaker hum or hiss at all then the problem can be just about anywhere in the amp but you should suspect a bad tube, blown fuse or the power supply in that order try a new rectifier tube. Mods for fender blonde, blackface, and silverface bassman. My other son plays a mexican fender telecaster through a fender bassman 59 reissue amp.
The silverface was the same head in a different color and pro substituted for bassman. Unfollow fender bassman 400 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I am playing the amp with matching fender 410 neo cabinet for over a year now yes, the cab is light weight too. Bassman 100 pr420, bassman 200 pr419, bassman 400 pr412, and others.
Fender super bassman tube bass amplifier head 300 watts. 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. Bassman 100t automatic bias how it should work properly. This included a transistorized version of the bassmana 105watt piggyback beast with. The blackface bassman with black tolex covering and black knobs existed basically unchanged until 1967. A simple circuit, but supposedly a fantastic sounding one if you can open it. Fender bassman 400 2x10 bass guitar combo 350w reverb. View and download fender bassman 400 operating instructions manual online. Its dualchannel design uses modern technology to maximize classic technology, with classic fender 60s blackface styling and a wealth of innovative features on the front and rear panels. Tokai les paul directly through fender bassman with line6 4x12. Pr 412 made in mexico 20002003 bassman 400h head and cabinet. No rips or tears in the tolex, just a little dusty. Fender bassman 400h 400 head fender bassman 400h 400 bass head type. Save fender bassman 100 to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed.
During the different eras the bassman amp came in many different shapes and. At the time the bassman was designed there wasnt much difference between a guitar and bass amp. In early 1952, the fender bassman amplified a great new invention the fender precision bass guitar. If you are unable to create one of these document formats and would be willing to send in your hard copy to the address above, wed be happy to scan it and return it to you promptly. Id say the bassman 400 combo is easily in a class with the swr red head and eden metro combos, for considerably less money. All that being said though, the fender bassman heads are pretty close to. Pcb assy preamp pcb assy pwr amp chassis assembly cabinet assembly end item schematicsdrawings fender musical instruments corp. Fender bass amplifiers and speaker enclosure owners. I did have luck at fairly low volumes with a blackstone overdrive it worked well with my bassman volume low around 2, and the level on the pedal up a little more.
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