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Post subject: vintage cab or clone ?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:13 am
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Hello to all from Italy

I have a 1964 Bassman Blackface head and now I'm looking for an original cab.
Yesterday I saw one 2x12, but I'm not sure that is original

dimensions are "strange":
width 72 cm 28.34 ", height 51cm 20.09 " , deep 29 cm 11 "1 / 2

F110867 is printed on on the baffle board , there are handwritten in red 793 and 3.
the speaker codes are 022939 (328609 328615).
its' original? what model is it?
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Post subject: Re: vintage cab or clone ?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:57 am
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Are there threaded lock-down bushing on the cab's top to anchor the head to it?

Tilt-back legs?

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Post subject: Re: vintage cab or clone ?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:17 pm
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yes, there are

no Tilt-back legs, but I found two holes, and I think they are for.
There is also a threaded plate, as you can see in the picture
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Post subject: Re: vintage cab or clone ?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:43 pm
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Here's what I suspect, take it for whatever value you place on it.

The cabinet was originally a big-box Bandmaster or Bassman -- vertically oriented, with dimensions of 29.5" x 40.0" x 11.5" (WxHxD). The inkstamp (if authentic) dates the enclosure to August of '67 so it most likely left Fullerton with drip-edge silverface cosmetics and silver-black-blue grill cloth.

At some point this cab was retro-fitted with Fender's accessory amp stand, which was fastened to the exterior sides using those circular 3-screw plates as seen in your photo. Later, this stand was removed and the cabinet bastardized by horizontally bisecting it in half thus creating a shorter, more manageable box. A new 2 x 12 baffle was fabricated and the interior partition was re-created using some of the original lumber. Apparently, tilt-back legs were also installed.

Fender discontinued their small-box enclosures for the Bandmaster and Bassman with the end of the 1966 model year. Those cabs shared dimensions of 32" x 21" x 11.5" (WxHxD). I've seen many of the big-box models over the years, cut down for portability in this exact manner.

Your speakers are Utah's......one made in the ninth week of 1969, the other in the fifteenth week of 1966.

Best I can figure out, HTH

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Post subject: Re: vintage cab or clone ?
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:02 am
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I'm really grateful to you , thanks for the explanation
today I checked and opened the cab, i saw that the handle is moved and the front panel is cut into two parts.
I have a question yet. exists, the user manual of the bassman blackface? I searched on the internet but found nothing


again thank you very much for your answers


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Post subject: Re: vintage cab or clone ?
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:25 am
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You might find a Bassman owner's manual on Ebay but esoteric accessories such as that usually command much more than they're actually worth. Operation of the Bassman is pretty straightforward and you can find the schematic for it on a number of different websites (at no cost).

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