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Post subject: Reason for the Bassman's versatility?
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:28 pm
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I remember some time back seeing a discussion about the reasons that the Bassman doubles so well as a guitar amp. I can't find the thread in a search anymore though. Does anyone know where I would find that? I'm wondering why exactly it does so well in both roles, and if there are any other amps that have been used similarly throughout the years. I just picked up a Peavey VB-2 head with a very similar arsenal of tubes in it (the difference being one less 12AX7 in the preamp and EL34's instead of 6550's for the power section). I've been playing around with the overdrive channel on it, and it sounds like it would be a nice distortion with a guitar also. So I started thinking maybe it's fit for guitar use as well. I don't have a working electric on hand at the moment, but I'm really anxious to plug one into it and see what comes out.

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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:26 am
There have been a couple of those around. I chirped in on one especially giving a little use of the Bassman amps used by smaller bands in 60's & early 70's. One was I think Bassman 59 topic, can a bass be played through one, something like that.


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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:36 am
pg. 5 in the lounge, (topic) Fender Bassman


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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:28 pm
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Found it, thanks. I just dropped a pair of SD Invaders into an epi LP. Gonna see how it sounds just for kicks. This amp gets nice and crunchy, who knows, I might be pleasantly surprised.

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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:05 am
Hey cool man, good luck with it.


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