I have a 1978. I installed 4) Jensen MOD speakers, replaced a few resistors and all of the capacitors and installed new tubes. I got it in working condition from a church for $200. It sounds great with bass at lower volumes and amazing for guitar at any volume. My only complaint is that it's top-heavy and on a soft carpet they want to fall over, so set of casters helps.
I’ve had one for a few years, it’s incredible as a pedal platform for shoegaze/indie/post-rock stuff. With the master volume it’s also very useable for playing at home, sounds great quiet Feel like I’d have to go well above $2000 to get something definitively “better”
Absolutely. Which is a bonkers number to put down on an Amp. In the future, people will pull their hair at the idea of getting one of these for just hundreds of dollars.
Even if you can find one for cheap, buyer beware: Unless this vintage amp has been serviced in the last 5 or 10 years, expect to pay a competent tech $200-500 to replace any worn out pots, capacitors, resistors, tubes, and speakers, power cord, and ensure all connections are tight and clean. Otherwise, your amp likely won’t be reliable or gig-worthy.
Very true for any vintage amp but I believe these Tens are built pretty stout and the circuit is extremely simple. The one I own was definitely gigged hard and put away wet, it's got several bruises, partially dented faceplate and the power transformed was slightly loose... The thing sounds glorious and gets played every single day for numerous hours. What's even crazier is it still has the original caps which I haven't gotten around to replacing simply because the amp functions perfectly and sounds glorious. More I play it the more I fall in love with it. It's simple circuit allows the true voice of the guitar come thru but still maintains a definite Fender/Bassman vibe to the character. My only possible complaint could be that it doesn't really break up but I tend to expect that from most vintage Fenders... It will get a little hairy at LOUD volumes but nothing a drive or boost can't overcome. It hits WAAAY above it's price range.
I bought a '71 model for $35 back in the late 80s, still running the stock 32 ohm Oxfords. I modded it from its solid state rectifier to a GZ34. I discovered an unused winding in the power transformer, and discovered the tranny was a holdover from earlier tube rectified amps, so I punched a hole in the chassis where a rectifier tube would've gone. I know, it's sacrilege but it looks factory. And nobody sneers at a tube rectifier over solid state. I see all Fender tube amps are going way up, even the Tens, so grab one if you find one. Probably one of the most pedal-friendly amps out there.
Agree! I really tire of the over used term "pedal platform" for many amps these days but this amp is the epitome of "pedal platform". It's has the Fender tone but colors guitars, pickups and pedals VERY little, my pedals haven't sounded better than thru this amp. I never realized what a difference a guitar cable could make until using this amp, I can hear differences between several of my cables which I used to scoff at the idea of cables of the same or similar length sounding different... I love this amp, I love the stock CTS 32ohm 10" speakers (mine are insanely broken in/worn but sound absolutely beautiful and lively at all volumes) and the ported cab has a unique sound all it's own that I haven't heard in another amp... Great amp and just a matter of time before these get discovered by the masses.
It's nice to see the Bassman Ten getting some recognition a bit more now days. I have a 1973 Bassman Ten Silverface in a custom made 1x12 enclosure with a older Jensen C12K. Still has the original caps but a year ago had 2 new output tube bases fitted and a resistor. Rest of the amp is 1973 internally. It sounds great everytime I use it. Weather it's a gig or recording with at home with a mic in front. It always gives killer tone. For me personally its all about the 2nd channel Bass input. Pre volume at 10 always, Treble 3, Middle Between 6 and 7 Bass 6 always and Bright Switch On. I've found a full new valve kit I'm going to buy for her. When the JJ kit arrives I'll put them in and hopefully it should have a new lease of life with all brand new fresh valves throughout. Don't get me wrong though even now as it is it sounds seriously good and brings the tone everytime. 🔥 Band volume is Master on 6. seems to be the magic number. I have a handwired King of Tone clone V4 which I run left side of pedal on the whole time (gain at 10 oclock) as it gives it a really nice lift and pronunciation in the tone then kick in the right side of KOT clone for killer blues solo tone or instead a Way Huge Conspiracy Theory OD for that Klon vibe. Reverb wise I use a Jrocket Boing Spring Reverb all the way. Sounds glorious. All my board goes through the front outstandingly with no issues or excess noise. I got my Bassman Ten how it came already in a 1x12 enclosure and I paid £500 for it. Wicked amps these are. 👌
And that price.... it's a steal. I feel it's only a matter of time till these start getting snapped up and kept. How is the Jrocket? I'm using the Keeley Caverns V2 a d it really can't tolerate drive.
@@breilly66 Absolutely mate deffo way to go with one of these amps. Oh the Jrocket is hands down best spring reverb going I've found. I have it 1st in chain from amp straight into Boing then Bossdd500 then Fulltone custom shop Deja vibe mk2 then Fender Pinwheel then handwired King of Tone clone V4, Way Huge Conspiracy Theory OD, then a Custom Overdrive with a cool gated fuzz type effect option then into Boss tu3 then guitar. 👍🏻 Jrocket loves Overdrive. Sounds crystal clear and all my board goes as I'm sure you know with these all through the front. I have absolutely no excess or unwanted noise with any of it. Just a case of having the pedals set up in right order etc 😎
@@sixstringguitarist1937 The funny thing is, I've moved it all over the board too. Maybe I got a bad one. Clean it's great. But no dice for crunch town.
@@breilly66 Yea I've heard a few people say the Caberns isn't great with drive now. Some just work well I think and others not so much. I've tried loads of different reverb pedals over the last few years but Jrocket is the only one that sounds good for everything. Drive, modulation you name it it does it. Just 1 mix knob to blend how much verb you want coming through the amp and it does the 1 thing outstandingly. Sounds how a proper reverb should sound. Me personally I only wanted one good reverb as being a blues player and groove, the Jrocket is where it's at. Bossdd500 does everything else if wanted delays or anything.
There was a mint all original one in a local shop near me, I liked it but for 800.00 I would have gone for a super reverb (1975 has master vol. reverb and 40w version). They finally slashed the price to $400.00 and I grabbed it.Still has all USA made orig.tubes in it! I love to crank it up clean thru a big sky and get lost in it.
My Bassman 10 has been my main amp for almost 20 years! I think I picked mine up in 2006 or 2007. And since then ive played in punk blues bands, psychedelic indie rock, even sludge metal... Bassman 10 never let me down! All I've done is put new speakers in it.
There it is, that tone. Normally I hear p90s and they’re just a bit too dark (or realistically, not bright enough) for me, but now i realise that Fender amps with those 10” speakers is what I was looking for. Loads of demos with Marshall type amps and 12” speakers never really flattered me, even though i’d heard p90 based tones that were plenty bright. I found my cure.
Actually that Les Paul Special looks a LOT like an early nineties one. These usually had P100 pick-ups (Stacked humbucker "P90"), which are significantly brighter than a real P90. So if you need bright P90 sounds, get some P100 instead, and enjoy the much lower hum.
I remember buying one of these as a teen from a pawn shop back in '04 for about $300, of course, back then, people were still turning their noses up at Silverfaces because they weren't blackfaces. In reality, the only difference was the added mater volume in the silverface. In any case, I had mine modified to have an extra gain stage. It was essentially a Plexi with 4x10s. Man I miss it.
I remember seeiing them in the late 80's for about $450 and for some wacky reason they are still the same. We all thought they'd go up with the Fender Twins which were about the same price.
people don’t know they exist so they aren’t in demand. I got one from a guy who was begging me to take it. I think I was buying something else. I’m glad he talking me into it.
Bought one in great shape with casters on it at my local GC a few years ago for $500. It’s an insane amount of amp for the money and I love it for my baritone guitar (gets the deep lows that my ac15 can’t do).
Another value buy?? Not as cheap as this one but a 62 FENDER CONCERT uses the same magical transformer as the 59 Bassman - I have both amps and I think the early Concert sounds about 85% as good as the 59 Bassman. You can get a nice Concert for 3500 or so - far less than tha nthe 9-12K a 59 Bassman will cost. Plus they have that killer harmonic tremelo/vibrato. Add an outboard reverb or delay and you have a sweeter sounding Super Reverb. Also MUSICMASTER BASS AMP is nice for guitar for recording/practice , not loud enough to gig in a big room - all tube.
Magical amp. You would have to go through it to make it reliable, and while you're there add a switchable or variable negative feedback loop, and there is probably one side of a preamp tube unused, so install a reverb tank in the bottom of that bad boy. It's not hard to clean the jacks, tube bases and pots yourself. 4x10s really move some air.
I just bought a fender bassman 100t and a 4x10 cab for 800$...it's brand new. The old man used it 6 times...it's not a vintage amp,but it is awesome. I'm a bass player too, I don't know how well it sounds on guitar. But it sounds amazing on bass
Man, I got offered one of these in a trade and I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it. These things actually sound so damn awesome with guitar and oddly has an almost Marshallesque crunch when being boosted, I'm sure the closed back helps with that. I look forward to checking it out! I absolutely LOVE the sound of it in this video.
@@breilly66hey man thanks so much for this killer video! I scored that Bassman Ten and absolutely LOVE IT. It's a little different from the "desired" Bassman models but it still has that Bassman DNA in its sound and sound great cranked with a guitar. I would have slept on this amp if it wasn't for your beautiful demonstration and great playing in this video! Thanks again and take care!
I pay $200 here in México but it was for a fender bassman 100 just the head , actually without the wood. Strange that it was inmaculate even without the shield .
Yeh, those early transistor amps were horrid. However, the VOX Viscount was pretty doggone good sounding for Beatles stuff. Love that yeller telephone, dude ... And yeh, I hauled around a Super Reverb, a Twin Reverb and a Farfisa Combo Compact organ for years ... Five bad discs and two rotten hips later (all fixed, thank the Lord Jesus), I'm glad I'm retired from playing out ...
Jesus..... I played a Farfisa for about 3 months with a group. Just the Farf had me begging for deaths embrace. Especially flipping it forward to load the legs in! I hear you TT! Sometimes I still gotta pop my knee back into place before I get up there!
Dude whatttt! A review of a vintage fender amp I never heard of sick… And ppl still buy a deluxe reissue that now costs $1200 or even worse tone masters for a G…. Mind blowing to me
Good to see you on your feet again! And cool trade, too. I saw that you had posted that AC30 a few weeks ago, glad you got something worthwhile out of the trade. Do you think you’ll keep the bassman?
Thanks Ramiro! You know I thought is putting it right up again bur after playing it a bit, I'm kinda feeling like it needs some new grill cloth and a forever home. It is nice getting an old fave back again!
I sold .those new back in the day. If I recall weird impedence like 32 ohms?? Pretty darn good for guitar. - Not as good as a REAL 59 Bassman -but a value purchase.
Nothing is a legit 59 Bassman! Got to play one owned by a good friend a few years ago. No pedals, straight in just shy of pegged.... and the sound was remarkable. Just perfection.
@@breilly66 well if you feel like it look inside the cabinet at the tube lineup sheet and see if the top line has an AB165 stamp.I hunting one down for my own.It’s where hope lives. In retired vintage antique tube amps before all of life’s bullshit tried to shut’r down.
It's not bad at all! Obviously doesn't have the push of an SVT but the middle tone is very happy when paired with flatwounds as it counters the high mids and rounds off the presence. Hope this helps!
I don’t think it’s class A. The wattage is too high. Usually 40 watts is the cut off for class A and even that can be a bit high and not practice. Usually 30 wattts is the best for a high powered class A! This is a stupid rad amp!
I carry it. Because there are stairs, stages and trunks. And rolling a hot tube amp over uneven concrete isn't good for wallets or amps. But thank you for tuning in!
I’ve never seen these cheap. I’ve always seen them for around $7-800 and higher. For what it is, in that ballpark, totally not worth it. I’d personally put that amount towards something I actually want and love. That’s coming from a guy who has and stills owns a few Matchless, vintage Vox and other high end boutique amplifiers. These are cool if you can get them for a couple hundred like others here and have a local guitar amp tech to make it more guitar friendly. Ps. Love the LP special!
Exactly. Love that these are still out there for reasonable costs. Especially with everything being so over market right now. Thanks for watching, Tele! Greatly appreciated 🙏
Yes! I did indeed! The noise suppression built into the g10 does wonders for studio hum! I'm sure you have your own solution. Thanks for watching! And def for commenting. The algorithm counts every word/interaction! Cheers Morbid! 🙏
Got a 72 from an old man. He was way in the woods. $300.00. I love it. Two years ago.You play well and Found your video informative. Thanks
Thank you Sir!
I have a 1978. I installed 4) Jensen MOD speakers, replaced a few resistors and all of the capacitors and installed new tubes. I got it in working condition from a church for $200. It sounds great with bass at lower volumes and amazing for guitar at any volume. My only complaint is that it's top-heavy and on a soft carpet they want to fall over, so set of casters helps.
I’ve had one for a few years, it’s incredible as a pedal platform for shoegaze/indie/post-rock stuff. With the master volume it’s also very useable for playing at home, sounds great quiet
Feel like I’d have to go well above $2000 to get something definitively “better”
Absolutely. Which is a bonkers number to put down on an Amp. In the future, people will pull their hair at the idea of getting one of these for just hundreds of dollars.
Even if you can find one for cheap, buyer beware: Unless this vintage amp has been serviced in the last 5 or 10 years, expect to pay a competent tech $200-500 to replace any worn out pots, capacitors, resistors, tubes, and speakers, power cord, and ensure all connections are tight and clean. Otherwise, your amp likely won’t be reliable or gig-worthy.
Yup. This is sound advice.
Very true for any vintage amp but I believe these Tens are built pretty stout and the circuit is extremely simple. The one I own was definitely gigged hard and put away wet, it's got several bruises, partially dented faceplate and the power transformed was slightly loose... The thing sounds glorious and gets played every single day for numerous hours. What's even crazier is it still has the original caps which I haven't gotten around to replacing simply because the amp functions perfectly and sounds glorious.
More I play it the more I fall in love with it. It's simple circuit allows the true voice of the guitar come thru but still maintains a definite Fender/Bassman vibe to the character. My only possible complaint could be that it doesn't really break up but I tend to expect that from most vintage Fenders... It will get a little hairy at LOUD volumes but nothing a drive or boost can't overcome.
It hits WAAAY above it's price range.
Even if you have 1k in the amp it’s still worth it and will outlast anything in that price range
@MrMcflanigengaming Absolutely. These are industrial tanks compared to the modern stuff. Over engineered. People will use these for decades.
Did a country bass gig once with one of these. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
I bought a '71 model for $35 back in the late 80s, still running the stock 32 ohm Oxfords. I modded it from its solid state rectifier to a GZ34. I discovered an unused winding in the power transformer, and discovered the tranny was a holdover from earlier tube rectified amps, so I punched a hole in the chassis where a rectifier tube would've gone. I know, it's sacrilege but it looks factory. And nobody sneers at a tube rectifier over solid state. I see all Fender tube amps are going way up, even the Tens, so grab one if you find one. Probably one of the most pedal-friendly amps out there.
Def a pedal happy amp. No weird reactions with the hectic fuzz pedals and reverb. A great value and only getting better. Agreed!
So how does it sound now with the gz34 tube rectifier added
Agree! I really tire of the over used term "pedal platform" for many amps these days but this amp is the epitome of "pedal platform". It's has the Fender tone but colors guitars, pickups and pedals VERY little, my pedals haven't sounded better than thru this amp. I never realized what a difference a guitar cable could make until using this amp, I can hear differences between several of my cables which I used to scoff at the idea of cables of the same or similar length sounding different...
I love this amp, I love the stock CTS 32ohm 10" speakers (mine are insanely broken in/worn but sound absolutely beautiful and lively at all volumes) and the ported cab has a unique sound all it's own that I haven't heard in another amp... Great amp and just a matter of time before these get discovered by the masses.
It's nice to see the Bassman Ten getting some recognition a bit more now days.
I have a 1973 Bassman Ten Silverface in a custom made 1x12 enclosure with a older Jensen C12K. Still has the original caps but a year ago had 2 new output tube bases fitted and a resistor. Rest of the amp is 1973 internally.
It sounds great everytime I use it. Weather it's a gig or recording with at home with a mic in front. It always gives killer tone.
For me personally its all about the 2nd channel Bass input. Pre volume at 10 always, Treble 3, Middle Between 6 and 7 Bass 6 always and Bright Switch On.
I've found a full new valve kit I'm going to buy for her. When the JJ kit arrives I'll put them in and hopefully it should have a new lease of life with all brand new fresh valves throughout.
Don't get me wrong though even now as it is it sounds seriously good and brings the tone everytime. 🔥 Band volume is Master on 6. seems to be the magic number.
I have a handwired King of Tone clone V4 which I run left side of pedal on the whole time (gain at 10 oclock) as it gives it a really nice lift and pronunciation in the tone then kick in the right side of KOT clone for killer blues solo tone or instead a Way Huge Conspiracy Theory OD for that Klon vibe.
Reverb wise I use a Jrocket Boing Spring Reverb all the way. Sounds glorious.
All my board goes through the front outstandingly with no issues or excess noise.
I got my Bassman Ten how it came already in a 1x12 enclosure and I paid £500 for it.
Wicked amps these are. 👌
And that price.... it's a steal. I feel it's only a matter of time till these start getting snapped up and kept.
How is the Jrocket? I'm using the Keeley Caverns V2 a d it really can't tolerate drive.
@@breilly66 Absolutely mate deffo way to go with one of these amps. Oh the Jrocket is hands down best spring reverb going I've found. I have it 1st in chain from amp straight into Boing then Bossdd500 then Fulltone custom shop Deja vibe mk2 then Fender Pinwheel then handwired King of Tone clone V4, Way Huge Conspiracy Theory OD, then a Custom Overdrive with a cool gated fuzz type effect option then into Boss tu3 then guitar. 👍🏻
Jrocket loves Overdrive. Sounds crystal clear and all my board goes as I'm sure you know with these all through the front. I have absolutely no excess or unwanted noise with any of it. Just a case of having the pedals set up in right order etc 😎
@@sixstringguitarist1937 I might need to look into one of those. The Keeley just has too many weak points.
@@sixstringguitarist1937 The funny thing is, I've moved it all over the board too. Maybe I got a bad one. Clean it's great. But no dice for crunch town.
@@breilly66 Yea I've heard a few people say the Caberns isn't great with drive now. Some just work well I think and others not so much. I've tried loads of different reverb pedals over the last few years but Jrocket is the only one that sounds good for everything. Drive, modulation you name it it does it.
Just 1 mix knob to blend how much verb you want coming through the amp and it does the 1 thing outstandingly. Sounds how a proper reverb should sound. Me personally I only wanted one good reverb as being a blues player and groove, the Jrocket is where it's at. Bossdd500 does everything else if wanted delays or anything.
There was a mint all original one in a local shop near me, I liked it but for 800.00 I would have gone for a super reverb (1975 has master vol. reverb and 40w version). They finally slashed the price to $400.00 and I grabbed it.Still has all USA made orig.tubes in it! I love to crank it up clean thru a big sky and get lost in it.
Yes! Major score and an excellent fit for the Blue Sky!
My Bassman 10 has been my main amp for almost 20 years! I think I picked mine up in 2006 or 2007. And since then ive played in punk blues bands, psychedelic indie rock, even sludge metal... Bassman 10 never let me down! All I've done is put new speakers in it.
Great rigs at a steal price!
What speakers did you go with?
There it is, that tone. Normally I hear p90s and they’re just a bit too dark (or realistically, not bright enough) for me, but now i realise that Fender amps with those 10” speakers is what I was looking for. Loads of demos with Marshall type amps and 12” speakers never really flattered me, even though i’d heard p90 based tones that were plenty bright. I found my cure.
Exactly 💯
Actually that Les Paul Special looks a LOT like an early nineties one. These usually had P100 pick-ups (Stacked humbucker "P90"), which are significantly brighter than a real P90. So if you need bright P90 sounds, get some P100 instead, and enjoy the much lower hum.
@@larspeterandreassen237 Oh interesting, thank you!
Time to do my research and find some.
I remember buying one of these as a teen from a pawn shop back in '04 for about $300, of course, back then, people were still turning their noses up at Silverfaces because they weren't blackfaces. In reality, the only difference was the added mater volume in the silverface. In any case, I had mine modified to have an extra gain stage. It was essentially a Plexi with 4x10s. Man I miss it.
I feel you on this. I sold far too many good rigs.
I remember seeiing them in the late 80's for about $450 and for some wacky reason they are still the same. We all thought they'd go up with the Fender Twins which were about the same price.
people don’t know they exist so they aren’t in demand.
I got one from a guy who was begging me to take it. I think I was buying something else. I’m glad he talking me into it.
Bought one in great shape with casters on it at my local GC a few years ago for $500. It’s an insane amount of amp for the money and I love it for my baritone guitar (gets the deep lows that my ac15 can’t do).
Oh man, a baritone through one of these has got to sound monstrous
I love mine. It needs a tech to look at it. I’ll do it soon. She a keeper
Just made an offer on one of these. very excited to pick it up tonight
Excellent! Let us know how it works with the rig!
That Jaguar is SWEET!
Another value buy?? Not as cheap as this one but a 62 FENDER CONCERT uses the same magical transformer as the 59 Bassman - I have both amps and I think the early Concert sounds about 85% as good as the 59 Bassman. You can get a nice Concert for 3500 or so - far less than tha nthe 9-12K a 59 Bassman will cost. Plus they have that killer harmonic tremelo/vibrato. Add an outboard reverb or delay and you have a sweeter sounding Super Reverb. Also MUSICMASTER BASS AMP is nice for guitar for recording/practice , not loud enough to gig in a big room - all tube.
Magical amp. You would have to go through it to make it reliable, and while you're there add a switchable or variable negative feedback loop, and there is probably one side of a preamp tube unused, so install a reverb tank in the bottom of that bad boy. It's not hard to clean the jacks, tube bases and pots yourself. 4x10s really move some air.
Agree fully. And yea when it's really pushing, what a great noise.
I just bought a fender bassman 100t and a 4x10 cab for 800$...it's brand new. The old man used it 6 times...it's not a vintage amp,but it is awesome. I'm a bass player too, I don't know how well it sounds on guitar. But it sounds amazing on bass
Dude! Score! It may not be vintage yet bit it will be sooner or later! When it shakes out, it works and that's what it's all about. :)
Man, I got offered one of these in a trade and I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it. These things actually sound so damn awesome with guitar and oddly has an almost Marshallesque crunch when being boosted, I'm sure the closed back helps with that.
I look forward to checking it out! I absolutely LOVE the sound of it in this video.
Absolutely, such a great unit! Cheers for tuning in and have a beautiful Sunday!
@@breilly66hey man thanks so much for this killer video! I scored that Bassman Ten and absolutely LOVE IT. It's a little different from the "desired" Bassman models but it still has that Bassman DNA in its sound and sound great cranked with a guitar. I would have slept on this amp if it wasn't for your beautiful demonstration and great playing in this video!
Thanks again and take care!
@Voodoo66Chile So glad to have helped! And thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it very much. :)
Enjoy that beautiful tower of power!
you can get some more bass and gain on the normal channel by replacing the cap between the volume and treble with a jumper wire
Heck yea. Good looking out. Appreciated.
I pay $200 here in México but it was for a fender bassman 100 just the head , actually without the wood. Strange that it was inmaculate even without the shield .
That's a great deal still!
I played a silver face bassman for years with a strat plugged in… I never knew there was a 4 10 version of the silver face…
Yeh, those early transistor amps were horrid. However, the VOX Viscount was pretty doggone good sounding for Beatles stuff. Love that yeller telephone, dude ... And yeh, I hauled around a Super Reverb, a Twin Reverb and a Farfisa Combo Compact organ for years ... Five bad discs and two rotten hips later (all fixed, thank the Lord Jesus), I'm glad I'm retired from playing out ...
Jesus..... I played a Farfisa for about 3 months with a group. Just the Farf had me begging for deaths embrace. Especially flipping it forward to load the legs in!
I hear you TT! Sometimes I still gotta pop my knee back into place before I get up there!
Dude whatttt! A review of a vintage fender amp I never heard of sick… And ppl still buy a deluxe reissue that now costs $1200 or even worse tone masters for a G…. Mind blowing to me
Seriously! These things are so much better than people yet realize!
Good to see you on your feet again! And cool trade, too. I saw that you had posted that AC30 a few weeks ago, glad you got something worthwhile out of the trade. Do you think you’ll keep the bassman?
Thanks Ramiro! You know I thought is putting it right up again bur after playing it a bit, I'm kinda feeling like it needs some new grill cloth and a forever home.
It is nice getting an old fave back again!
It sounds good.
I sold .those new back in the day. If I recall weird impedence like 32 ohms?? Pretty darn good for guitar. - Not as good as a REAL 59 Bassman -but a value purchase.
Nothing is a legit 59 Bassman! Got to play one owned by a good friend a few years ago. No pedals, straight in just shy of pegged.... and the sound was remarkable. Just perfection.
Id like to know how loud the 10 is to sound like in the video. BANTHAM would be a contender i bet
Oh, stage volume easy. Properly loud. Ac30 loud.
Thanks for doing this vid. did it get mentioned anywhere which circuit this particular amp is? is it the AB165?
I've read it was an updated 5f6a but admittedly I'm not sure! Sounds like I should he asking you!
@@breilly66 well if you feel like it look inside the cabinet at the tube lineup sheet and see if the top line has an AB165 stamp.I hunting one down for my own.It’s where hope lives. In retired vintage antique tube amps before all of life’s bullshit tried to shut’r down.
Totally. Regrettably that one left after a few small fixes to the casters and hardware.. :(
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I bought a 1970 bassman ten in 2022 for $300
How is it as a bass amp?
It's not bad at all! Obviously doesn't have the push of an SVT but the middle tone is very happy when paired with flatwounds as it counters the high mids and rounds off the presence. Hope this helps!
Class A? Surely it’s class AB?
You are probably right! It may be an AB. Welp.... fixed bias or not... it is a monster and costs less than a modern class d! So that ain't bad.
It’s definitely class AB fixed bias. After the tweed era, only Champs and VibroChamps were class A (single ended 6V6 tube).
@@jimsalman7257 😁👍
I don’t think it’s class A. The wattage is too high. Usually 40 watts is the cut off for class A and even that can be a bit high and not practice. Usually 30 wattts is the best for a high powered class A! This is a stupid rad amp!
Who Carry's amps.use a dolly.how far u gonna move it?
I carry it. Because there are stairs, stages and trunks. And rolling a hot tube amp over uneven concrete isn't good for wallets or amps. But thank you for tuning in!
I’ve never seen these cheap. I’ve always seen them for around $7-800 and higher. For what it is, in that ballpark, totally not worth it. I’d personally put that amount towards something I actually want and love. That’s coming from a guy who has and stills owns a few Matchless, vintage Vox and other high end boutique amplifiers. These are cool if you can get them for a couple hundred like others here and have a local guitar amp tech to make it more guitar friendly. Ps. Love the LP special!
Exactly. Love that these are still out there for reasonable costs. Especially with everything being so over market right now. Thanks for watching, Tele! Greatly appreciated 🙏
Welp. Cheap no more.
Lol, yeaaa. They're gaining
Did you really demo vintage gear using a wireless input? Lol
Yes! I did indeed! The noise suppression built into the g10 does wonders for studio hum! I'm sure you have your own solution.
Thanks for watching! And def for commenting. The algorithm counts every word/interaction!
Cheers Morbid! 🙏
@@breilly66 that might be a cool video, actually: A sound comparison of the G10 vs an instrument cable.
I found two inside a week at different pawn shops. Paid 2 hundred for each one.
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