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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:33 pm
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I guess if the Orange isn't having any issues, use it. Someone may come along and want it.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:23 am
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It really doesn't have any issues, other than my tonal preferences, which only are concerning one bass. It's actually a really decent amp.

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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:55 am
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PaulLF wrote:
It really doesn't have any issues, other than my tonal preferences, which only are concerning one bass. It's actually a really decent amp.


Which one of your basses is the one you may have a tone issue with the Orange?

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:10 pm
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The violin bass. I was having some difficulty in getting some clarity with the EQ options the amp has, but then again, it could just be the nature of the beast, with that bass. Although, I've gotten a really good tone with it with the Fender amp. I know I'm not having the best pickups and all of that, considering it's only some $100 budget copy of a Hofner, but Hofners usually cost around $2000, at least the original German models.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:51 pm
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I will almost put my money on the EQ of the Fender Combo making the difference with the Violin bass. Your Violin Bass probably has more to it than you may give it credit for also. German Hofner's run about $2,800. - $3,000.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:44 pm
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Yeah, those aren't cheap. Although, they do have some budget models, and one that's the CT series that's around $879, with the German pickups in it. Oddly enough, it's not a full hollow body (it has a center block,) like the German Hofner, but the $349 model is. I forget the name of that one, at the moment. I think the full hollow body is what also gives them their certain tonality, or hollow body basses in general. Semi hollow body can be nice, too. The Jack Casady Epiphone seem to be a nice bass. Fender amps do have a nice EQ section to them, in general. It's kind of hard to find one that sounds like crap, especially the guitar amps.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:02 pm
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Fender Twin Reverbs were my favorite sounding guitar amps. Dual Showman's were nice too.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:53 am
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Yeah, those are great amps. They used to use the Dual Showman amps for bass a lot of times, didn't they? Or least that Showman head with the 2 x 15" cab.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:57 am
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PaulLF wrote:
Yeah, those are great amps. They used to use the Dual Showman amps for bass a lot of times, didn't they? Or least that Showman head with the 2 x 15" cab.


Something like that. They were pretty versatile amps. The Showman amps were a for real pro amp. Ted Nugent used them a lot.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:20 pm
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What was that whole tone ring thing about, around the speakers? It made 15" speakers look like they were 18" ones. I remember seeing the Showman cab having those, and I don't know what else, off hand. You remember anything about that?

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:25 pm
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I think the 15's in a Showman were more visible through the speaker cloth, and I think they had a silver cone center.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:46 pm
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I looked it up, and I found a discussion about it: http://www.tdpri.com/threads/tone-ring.21975/ It was some sort of spacer to create some kind of porting, from what I understood.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 4:48 am
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However it was designed, sure was a fine setup. They were impressive looking amps on stage also. They may have been the finest Fender amp, next to the Dual, and Super Reverbs.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:37 pm
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Yeah, sometimes you might see one of any of those for sale online. If I had the bucks, I wouldn't mine having one in the collection. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:25 pm
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That would be with out a doubt a premier one to acquire.

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