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Post subject: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:58 am
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The '59 Bassman Reissue is basically the amp of my dreams. Tried one out in a store maybe 5 years ago and was just FLOORED by the tone and responsiveness. People from the far reaches of the interwebs rave about how well they take pedals too, which only entices me further. But then I had a son and my money was no longer my own, lol.

Anyway I had a question about the inputs. I know that each channel has 2 inputs, 2 bright and 2 normal total.

These days I've been running stereo effects to two different amps, mainly tone-based effects like overdrive, compression, and wah to one amp, and "atmospheric" effects like delay, reverb, flange, etc. to another.

I'm curious about the capabilities of the 4 inputs on the Bassman. In the past, when I've had amps with more than one input it seems like one is ALWAYS much hotter than the other, because typically they're designed so that one input is for passive pickup guitars, and the other for higher-gain active pickup guitars. That's fine. My question is, if I run two effects paths, lets say to the "normal" input of each channel, will that work? Can you play through both channels at the same time? If I were to run the separate effects paths to the bright and normal inputs on the same channel, will one be noticeably quieter than the other?


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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:34 am
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Typically, when both inputs of the same channel are used simultaneously, they each have the same gain (or attenuation if you prefer). And of course, you would not have control over the volume equalization as when using two discreet channels simultaneously. The 5F6-A uses a single tone stack placed well "down-stream" from the gain stages at the input(s) so your tonal EQ possibilities will be limited to striking a happy medium between your two signal paths.

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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:33 pm
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Misterboston1 wrote:
The '59 Bassman Reissue is basically the amp of my dreams. Tried one out in a store maybe 5 years ago and was just FLOORED by the tone and responsiveness. People from the far reaches of the interwebs rave about how well they take pedals too, which only entices me further. But then I had a son and my money was no longer my own, lol.

Anyway I had a question about the inputs. I know that each channel has 2 inputs, 2 bright and 2 normal total.

These days I've been running stereo effects to two different amps, mainly tone-based effects like overdrive, compression, and wah to one amp, and "atmospheric" effects like delay, reverb, flange, etc. to another.

I'm curious about the capabilities of the 4 inputs on the Bassman. In the past, when I've had amps with more than one input it seems like one is ALWAYS much hotter than the other, because typically they're designed so that one input is for passive pickup guitars, and the other for higher-gain active pickup guitars. That's fine. My question is, if I run two effects paths, lets say to the "normal" input of each channel, will that work? Can you play through both channels at the same time? If I were to run the separate effects paths to the bright and normal inputs on the same channel, will one be noticeably quieter than the other?


You are misunderstanding the channel structure of the 59 Bassman.

The 59 Bassman has two separate channels, Bright and Normal, with volume control for each. Both channels are mixed after the volume controls and before the tone controls.

Each channel has a high level and low level input, the low level providing 6 dB less gain than the high level. You can plug into the high level input of both the Normal and Bright channels and have complete control over the volume of each channel. You get the same control if you plug into both low level or one high level and one low level input of each channel.

If you plug into the high and low level inputs of only the Normal channel or only the Bright channel, the overall gain is reduced and you lose independent volume control of the two signal paths.

It is common to jumper the Bright and Normal channels together by plugging a short cable from one input of the Normal channel to one input of the Bright channel. You then plug the guitar into either of the remaining inputs and use the two volume controls to mix the Bright and Normal channels together. I plug a Y-cable into the high level inputs of the Normal and Bright channels and then plug the guitar into the open end of the Y.

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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:27 pm
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Thanks All, question answered.


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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:28 pm
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Just wondering, anybody ever use a '59 Bassman for bass? Weird question right?

I'm just contemplating selling off some gear to make a purchase happen. I occasionally play bass in some bar bands and would entertain the notion of doing so again. If a '59 Bassman could reasonably replace the old Ampeg I've been using to play bass in some bars and small clubs, all the better.


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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:03 pm
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"Back in the day" that was the amp's intent.

Today?

:roll:

It's an open-back combo cab......have you ever seen a credible bass rig in the modern era with such a configuration?

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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:15 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
It's an open-back combo cab......have you ever seen a credible bass rig in the modern era with such a configuration?



I never claimed to be a credible bassist, lol.


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Post subject: Re: '59 Bassman Reissue
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:54 pm
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#104

:lol:

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