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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:05 pm
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I thought it did run at 8 ohms? Maybe I'm thinking of another brand, then.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:03 am
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PaulLF wrote:
I thought it did run at 8 ohms? Maybe I'm thinking of another brand, then.


I got this from the Bassman 500 Fender specs. (500 Watts at 4ohms - 350 Watts at 8–ohms)
I'm assuming the Bassman 800 is a 4 ohms as well. 800 Watts @ 4 ohms, ? Watts @ 8 ohms.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:00 pm
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Maybe 400 watts. That's what the 8 ohm rating is for the 800 watt Ampeg Portaflex amp, at least.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:26 pm
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Maybe 400 watts. That's what the 8 ohm rating is for the 800 watt Ampeg Portaflex amp, at least.


I was thinking 400-450 maybe.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:18 pm
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Yeah, that seems likely.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 2:19 am
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PaulLF wrote:
Maybe 400 watts. That's what the 8 ohm rating is for the 800 watt Ampeg Portaflex amp, at least.

ampeg are notorious liars when it comes to wattage. You can take that 800 and divide by 2 to get closer to the truth. A fellow Rumble Club member bought a Rumble 500 head and was shocked by how much more powerful it felt over his pf800, and stated that the Rumble was louder and sounded much better. He later sold his pf800, and bought more Fender Rumble gear!

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:17 am
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I'd love to see a Rumble 800, speaking of that. It would be less expensive than the Bassman and give the other ones a run for the money. Not to say the 500 is a wimpy amp at all. I know my Rumble 350 can get loud, and it's just a 2x10" combo.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:26 pm
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That's so true about Ampeg heads wattage ratings. They can run about 30% off of the rated wattage. True wattage for them is so iffy at best. I'd go with any Fender head over an Ampeg any time. Oh yeah,...... I did.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:44 pm
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Ampeg also rates theirs at anywhere from 3 to 10% THD, unlike some others that are rated at a lot less total harmonic distortion levels, often .5% or so. Maybe that's a contributing factor in that, I don't know.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:36 pm
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What's been going on with the Bassman 800 heads. I haven't heard, or seen much, if anything about them. I see they're available on-line for $999.99.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:53 pm
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They have one listed on the AMS site. Anyone mention it over at TB? I haven't been over there in ages.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:05 pm
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PaulLF wrote:
They have one listed on the AMS site. Anyone mention it over at TB? I haven't been over there in ages.


Not that I've heard. And yep, they're around.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 3:31 pm
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I just found this today on my news feed: http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2016/10 ... enclosure/ It's from a site in the UK. Well, at least there's something out there about it. :P

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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:48 pm
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I just found this today on my news feed: http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2016/10 ... enclosure/ It's from a site in the UK. Well, at least there's something out there about it. :P


Not as much as I thought there would be out there on it. Just me I guess.

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Post subject: Re: Cool, A Bassman 800 Is Coming!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:22 pm
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Yeah, maybe it's a sleeper amp, or it came out too late, or there are several options out there a lot cheaper for the same power, including Ampeg and Genzler Amplification, which was the Genz Benz guy that Fender bought out and shut down. I know those were pretty popular back in the day. I think if Fender put out a Rumble 800 or even a 1000 and competitively priced it with say Ampeg Portaflex Series, that might move more, since the Rumble line seems to have a good following. I guess the thing is that the bass amp market is pretty saturated right now, which I suppose isn't a bad thing, considering there wasn't much at all 20 years ago or so. You had what, 5 or 6 choices at the most?

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