There have been many notable innovations since, but Johan shows us here why the early 50's--late 60's was truly the "golden age" of electric guitar and amplifier design & production. It's hard to improve on something that's so _right_ from the beginning! Keep on rockin' Göteborg! ;)
Bought one in 1959 when I was17 playing rock. After I started I earning jazz at age 20 I kept on using it till 1980. It was the best sounding for any genre of music I ever had had.
@@JohanSegeborn This Fender Bassman & the Marshall JTM45 are my all time fav amps! Thanks Johan! Oh hey, which speaker do you thinks would sound best in a Lead 12 combo, a 12"/Celestion G12H-100, 12"/G12H-30, or a 12"/Mojotone BV25w OR do you have a better 12" suggestion for the Lead 12 ? I gots ta know I'm building the ultimate custom Marshall Lead 12 combo amp!
@@DMSProduktions After the Vox and rangemaster from the Taste days, he switched to a Bassman and Brown Concert when Lou Martin joined on Keyboards. That's what you hear on the 1974 Irish Tour album.
You are my favorite demonstrator. You have such respect and get such joy from all these amazing classics. These things are classics for a reason. And it's not some BS games our heads are playing on our ears.
Something about that vintage gear draws inspiration out of a tonechaser...life is short and there are much worse addictions, so have fun collecting I say
Wow this is the back to the roots amp! So acoustics and transparent and like You said: "Sounds like an acoustic and electric guitar played at once" The pure tone of an electric guitar prior of all flavours (mods) mixed in. The pure recipe of tone so to say. Purely amazing. Love Your content man. Chapeau Mr. Johan Thanks a lot and keep (rock'n) rolling 🎸
@@ErikThomasMusic Go look at the History of Fender, I never said Don Randall invented the Bassman, he approved the circuit, he made changes to it where he saw fit. Don Randall was the parts guy Leo bought radio parts from. I guess people forget or don’t know that Leo Fender’s was a radio repair man. Don Randall worked at the parts company where Leo bought parts from.
These tones are simply incredible. It’s obviously inspiring you. Love this. And thank you for just playing the amp. Too many times people are on TH-cam doing demonstration and we’re hearing amplifier along with 42 pedals which I really don’t want to hear.
It’s got it all… the perfect tone. It’s got the jangly chime, the thumping bottom, the valvey frazzle. It’s just fizzing with energy and vibe. Beautiful.
Some of the best clean sounds ever created. The tweed bassman stands on it's own as one of the best All time amplifiers. Thanks Johan! Cheers from Hawaii!
Pure magic! It's just a simple circuit but everything works so well together. It looks like you took some time to wander out into the islands of Göteborg's archipelago too. Good choice. Cheers!
That amp reminds me of when I saw The Rides play. Stephen Stills had an old tweed Bassman with the tweed so dirty and worn, it looked like it was covered in hair! It sounded great!! Loved the tones you were drawing out of that Bassman!
Wow, anything one could wish for in amp sound: clarity, string definition, bite, attack, tons of dynamics, beautiful breakup, transparency, it’s just perfect! Wonder if there is a reissue/clone or anything that comes near. Guess the speakers also contribute to the amazing tone. I love it!!!
I'm lucky enough to own a 1960 since the early 80s. It is the magical sum of the parts. It is very "acoustic"... the whole thing is alive. The original baffle board is a wee bit thicker than 1/4 inch and resonates like crazy. The tubes rattle too. but ill get over it lol. Thanks Johan for another great demo.
Another great video!!! I love your introduction speeches with the landscapes...this amp sound so clear and full of jangle..it can get a bit crunchy but with that tele you really capture its dynamics.i think the fender-fender pairing works very well here..a gibson might make the sound get flubby/farty at higher volumes(might need a treble booster )..i had an old gibson ga-200 rhythm king amp with a very similar sound..i think the wood used in these old cabinets also makes them project better and give thema bit more air to the sound..and maybe a slight bit of reverb sound..great vid
First off Congratulations on the new Guitar! No better day than NDG! New Guitar Day is what we live for :P That Teles sounds epic. It is very good one. Fender Custom shop prices went crazy in last 5 years. Quality in some ways is really good but pickups are more often miss than a hit. Yours sounds sublime already. If you ever think of changing them I say try Sunbear pickups. I am not affiliated with Sunbear pickups but I am fanboy. Stu is making serious magic. For me, and most probably so many other serious tone chasers, your channel is the reference World number 1 place for rock sound and Les Paul (and alike) into Marshall (and alike) type sound. This video is now reference of the most beautiful Fender sound as well. Not a first great Fender amp you have shown but this one is the best video for me. I love the fact that you so understand the complexity of creation of the real tone. Many people think it is one thing but it is immensely complex formula. I love your experiments and understanding of the things. Now to this amp. I love that Fender is the Original Dual Rectifier Brand. With this amplifier one can see that it was their thing so many years ago. This amp is sounding so good. Main filter caps are Sprague Atoms and that is one of the best solution when replacing the yellow/mustard cardboard isolation Malloriy filter caps. I love then as the cathode bypass caps as well, the black version with green letters. I do 50V instead of 25 version in the amps I recap. In this amp it looks like 25uF 100V bias cap is still Mallory but the naked version. That is old and I would change that. Seems though who ever worked on the amp made nice clean job though. I would have done few thing bit differently but never the less it is a good clean job. Now Why does it sound so good? Well it is earliest Fender amp with very very simplistic schematics done good but still having all needed things for good functioning amp. Some older amps do not have grid blockers and some other necessary things and can be very finicky and can oscillate and kill them self. This one is just what is needed and introduces new epic stuff to. It has negative feedback and it is fixed biased but it has one triode first stage(per channel) into the cathode follower into the cathodyne phase inverter and into the 6L6's. Plus Dual rectifier to make for great power delivery. Powerful power deliver (pun not intended) but still with little sag (good one). What does that mean and why is it important? It has like only 3 triodes and not so many parts and signal is already into the output power tubes. If done good it is sublime true simplicity. More simple it goes more importance parts choice and layout makes. Practically one triode does first amplification. Then signal hits cathode follower that uses first triode as gain stage and second one sort like buffer making it sure that signal will not get weak when it hits the tone stack. Fenders tone stacks lose way more signal than Marshall tone stacks and scoop more midds most often. Cathode follower makes sure tone is not sucked away by the tone stack. It costs one more triode in the design but I find it super worthy investment of a triode. After the tone stack, signal hits cathodyne phase inverter that is very similar to early Fender amps. Very similar like Tweed DeLuxe 5E3 phase inverter. It is less advanced than long tail pair phase inverter and less balanced and less powerful as the long tail pair phase inverter but it has it's charm and character one can't stay indifferent to. It is capable of that asymmetric gain and harmonics like in 5E3. It has raw character I like. It has relatively modern, for the time, output stage. It uses NFL with presence control and fixed biases 6L6's. It has nice filtering done good and not overdone. So it has some sag needed but it is not to saggy nor to stiff. Negative feedback loop with presence control is what Fender started doing with fixed bias amps right about that time. Sure it was to make it overdrive less but it makes for awesome clean sound. In later Fender amps with silicon rectifiers and stiff filtering with long tail pair phase inverter, as wells as with different tone stacks such negative feedback loop can be gain and overdrive harmonics killer. But in this amp it is at sweet spot. This schematic is awesome. Keeps raw nature of the Tweed amps alive but gives it more power, more headroom and awesome tone. Not to forget 4x10 alnico Jensens and nice iron to. Plus cabinets were made of the solid red wood. Those cabinets are acoustic instruments on their own. Especially once with floating sound board. Combined with Alnico magnet speakers it is true transducer. It is a acoustic instrument on it's own. I like to modify on this amps only few things. First is proper earthed 3 pin power cable and removing of the Death cap. As number two anti plop filter on the standby switch bypassing it with some 100 to 220 K metal film resistor and 472 cap. Sometimes it is needed to change resistors values in the part of the negative bias voltage generation to make it capable to make higher negative voltage to compensate for higher Mains voltages we got today. That part can be avoided if Variac is used and voltage is set to 110V maximum. In the case of old 220V model amps set the Variac to 220V maximum. Todays mains voltage is 230V minimum in the Europe and 120 plus in USA. That makes way higher than designed DC voltages in the tube amps and can offset power tube biasing sending them into red plating and self destruction. For the rest everything is just maintenance changing electrolytic caps and resistors that are out of the spec and finding good tubes for it. All in all real beauty of a amp. For me one of the best Fender Amps ever. Sure Black faces are epic, Brown faces with their Harmonic tremolos are dope but this amp is simply pure perfection. Live enough and still has headroom and power. So many people with awesome guitars do not even know how they sound because they have never heard them true the really epic amplifier or at the proper volume level. Such experience is life changing. Thanks for another awesome video! BTW if you ever go to Amsterdam and would like to play some nice gear send me the line. I would be honored to see you and organise something.
Och BTW it was so nice to see how this new guitar and this Epic amplifier has inspired you to play something new and different. At one moment I have heard some little lick that made me think of the late Michael Hedges to. That few times hammering of all chord. It did sounded as him on the acoustic guitar back in the days. One person enjoys making video that makes for the best videos, period.
New HOLY GRAIL??!! I always subscribed to the 59 bassman but this vintage sounds more like the ones I would hear in Nashville on a regular basis in the honkey tonks while living there. Would like to hear more break up on next video.
@@JohanSegeborn Yes, I find the 10s are faster than 12s (which I guess is no surprise). The transient response is better. I'm using Australian made Lorantz drivers. The cone paper is made from eucalyptus and hemp fibres. No idea if that makes any particular difference but they do sound amazing.
That is a really great sounding amp! There´s a Bassman from 1960 for sale in our backyard Gothenburg for ~15000 euros, I think you should have first go at it!
Hey-oh Johan... Some great grooves/playing here and the tone(s), amazing I always love you amp reviews and with the harbor scenes, very classy (!) Is that a trick bass drum or just a floor tom on it's side? Cheers, mate
Thanks man, really good to hear that! There are two bass drums a 1950s WFL 20x14 and a 1970s Ludwig Super Classic 26x14. I’m playing the 20x14 for a quick attack and decay and then I let it make the big kick resonate and I blend in the lows.
It’s usually Simon and his colleagues at Musikbörsen Gothenburg that finds the amps that I’m demoing. Maybe we could make a video where I interview him about the Swedish vintage collector and band scene
My first was that amp with a 59 s.burst strat..in 1962. I dont know what happened to either... my dad owned a nite club and had stage gear for all if needed when they played there.
I agree, that is is easily one of the most beautiful sounding Amps I've ever heard, and the Speakers are absolutely stellar! Do you have any plans to make Captures/Profiles of your best Amps/Speakers using products like NAM (Neural Amp Modeler - free software), or ToneX, etc.? I suspect most of us will never get a chance to play through such a great Amp. But, if some of it's tones were Captured, we all might be able to play those Wonder sounds. Thanks for sharing the sounds of your Amps, Cabs, and Speakers through your informative videos. 👍
@@JohanSegeborn Here is a very good video demonstrating some Capture/Profiling options and a comparison of their results: th-cam.com/video/fVB_WWsgnHo/w-d-xo.html
OH MY GOD JUST THREWW THE monitors what a great tone .....wow , but the telecaster is the best for a demonstration. wonderful wonderful sounding goodness amazing!!!
Thanks, glad you like the photography! The Tele is a 2021 CS 60 Relic with the stock 58 CS pickups. It’s got the staggered poles with really high poles on the D and G strings, which makes it sound fatter than many other Teles
@@JohanSegeborn the circuit is the most important thing! If all the values are as designed you can't go too wrong. Loving your channel still after all these years Johan!
Damn, that's a nice sounding amplifier and speaker combo! Makes you wonder why, with all the capabilities to analyze these old devices, companies like Fender, Gibson, Marshall Celestion ect. just don't seem to be able recreate them! Such a shame! Imagine one of them would build a combo sounding like this now... They would sell like bread! 🤔 And they don't really have an excuse like with old guitars like "the old wood just isn't there anymore..."
You're so right about being an acoustic and electric amp. Fantastic piece of rock history. By the way, liked very much the play and sound at about 7:30.
Was just thinking of you today Johan.
Was just thinking of you, Keith!
There have been many notable innovations since, but Johan shows us here why the early 50's--late 60's was truly the "golden age" of electric guitar and amplifier design & production. It's hard to improve on something that's so _right_ from the beginning! Keep on rockin' Göteborg! ;)
Bought one in 1959 when I was17 playing rock. After I started I earning jazz at age 20 I kept on using it till 1980. It was the best sounding for any genre of music I ever had had.
The amp sounds incredible but so does your playing Johan! Sounds like you practiced a bunch and incorporated lots of new sounds into your playing!
Thanks, I’m really glad to hear that!
@@JohanSegeborn This Fender Bassman & the Marshall JTM45 are my all time fav amps! Thanks Johan!
Oh hey, which speaker do you thinks would sound best in a Lead 12 combo, a 12"/Celestion G12H-100, 12"/G12H-30, or a 12"/Mojotone BV25w OR do you have a better 12" suggestion for the Lead 12 ? I gots ta know I'm building the ultimate custom Marshall Lead 12 combo amp!
What an amazing sounding amp. The same Bassman model that Rory Gallagher used throughout his careers. What a guitarist, what an amp.
Thanks!
Huh? Rory used a VOXAC30!
@@DMSProduktions Some times. He also used a Bassman, a Marshall, and occasionally a Stramp
@@sgmarshall3 Oh ok.
@@DMSProduktions After the Vox and rangemaster from the Taste days, he switched to a Bassman and Brown Concert when Lou Martin joined on Keyboards. That's what you hear on the 1974 Irish Tour album.
Wow that sounds beautiful! A tele and a bassman, it's amazing what Leo Fender got perfect pretty much from the birth of the electric guitar.
Thanks! Yeah these are the originals pretty much
It amazes me that you are able to get your hands on so many vintage instruments. No one has displayed as many as you
That’s absolutely the best amp I have ever heard. The sounds are incredible!
Makes my day to hear that!
my vote goes to the early Blues Breaker
You are my favorite demonstrator. You have such respect and get such joy from all these amazing classics. These things are classics for a reason. And it's not some BS games our heads are playing on our ears.
Thanks, it’s really good to hear that!
Something about that vintage gear draws inspiration out of a tonechaser...life is short and there are much worse addictions, so have fun collecting I say
Wow this is the back to the roots amp! So acoustics and transparent and like You said: "Sounds like an acoustic and electric guitar played at once"
The pure tone of an electric guitar prior of all flavours (mods) mixed in. The pure recipe of tone so to say. Purely amazing. Love Your content man. Chapeau Mr. Johan Thanks a lot and keep (rock'n) rolling 🎸
Thanks Markus! I’m really glad you like it!
It has something special, I t sounds massive.
Leo was such a genius and that amp is simply stunning. I see what you mean about it’s acoustic qualities too. A rare gem
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Leo had nothing to do with the Bassman, the amps were Don Randall’s dept.
@@donsmith5385 Uh Huh! Sure. How about providing a reference or two to back up you comment! - peter age 73
@@PeterDad60 name an amp that Leo Fender patented. Fenders name is not on the blueprint on any amp.
@@ErikThomasMusic Go look at the History of Fender, I never said Don Randall invented the Bassman, he approved the circuit, he made changes to it where he saw fit. Don Randall was the parts guy Leo bought radio parts from. I guess people forget or don’t know that Leo Fender’s was a radio repair man. Don Randall worked at the parts company where Leo bought parts from.
These tones are simply incredible. It’s obviously inspiring you. Love this. And thank you for just playing the amp. Too many times people are on TH-cam doing demonstration and we’re hearing amplifier along with 42 pedals which I really don’t want to hear.
Thanks! Yeah any addition to the sound chain will only obscure the amp
Mind Blowingly good!! What a different sound that was... I'm out of words.
Glad to hear it!
Sounds great. Those old Jensens are a big part of the sound.
Thanks! Yeah, the speakers and cab definitely play a big role
great way to feature what has quickly become the "best" amp of all time in my mind, just incredible, thank you for a perfect showcase
It’s got it all… the perfect tone. It’s got the jangly chime, the thumping bottom, the valvey frazzle. It’s just fizzing with energy and vibe. Beautiful.
"The Greatest Amp of All Time" was the first video I ever saw from you. Great Topic. Love the show.
What a joy that must be to play through! Thanks for sharing the joy Johan.
One of my very favorite amplifiers as well! This one is a bucket list item to own. Absolutely wonderful sounding! Cool video!
Best amp i've ever heard. Great demo as usual. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Some of the best clean sounds ever created. The tweed bassman stands on it's own as one of the best All time amplifiers.
Thanks Johan! Cheers from Hawaii!
Cheers Darrell!
The clarity & definition is astounding. U should buy it !! ;)
Thanks Byron! Yeah I probably should
U definitely should..
Hi Johan, this sounds truly special. Thank you for sharing this beautiful Amp. Must sound fantastic with a Tone Bender. Paul
Thanks Paul! We’re definitely gonna try that in the next video
Pure magic! It's just a simple circuit but everything works so well together. It looks like you took some time to wander out into the islands of Göteborg's archipelago too. Good choice. Cheers!
Thanks! Yeah that’s right. The beautiful island of Hisingen!
Wow, it just doesn't get better than that! A tone you could conquer the world with! Thanks for sharing as always, Johan
Thanks! Glad to hear it
Ahh hate ta burst ya bubble, but it's been DONE!
That amp reminds me of when I saw The Rides play. Stephen Stills had an old tweed Bassman with the tweed so dirty and worn, it looked like it was covered in hair! It sounded great!! Loved the tones you were drawing out of that Bassman!
Thanks, glad to hear it! And most Bassmans I’ve played look like they’ve been kept outdoors 😂 I love Stephen Stills!
Wow, anything one could wish for in amp sound: clarity, string definition, bite, attack, tons of dynamics, beautiful breakup, transparency, it’s just perfect!
Wonder if there is a reissue/clone or anything that comes near.
Guess the speakers also contribute to the amazing tone.
I love it!!!
I get so scared when he plays these old amps hard
I listened to you play here like 10 times... great playing Johan... Thor is happy..
Thanks man, so good to hear that!
I'm lucky enough to own a 1960 since the early 80s. It is the magical sum of the parts. It is very "acoustic"... the whole thing is alive. The original baffle board is a wee bit thicker than 1/4 inch and resonates like crazy. The tubes rattle too. but ill get over it lol.
Thanks Johan for another great demo.
Thanks! Glad to hear it! 😉
What a killer amp! I love the 5D/5E Bassmans! They’re like a 4X10 Bandmaster.
This is the sound I think of when someone says “Tweed”.
The original sounds of rock! Great playing ... lots of different styles really showcases how versatile the setup is.
Thanks, really glad to hear that!
With you playing it I agree that it's one of the best sounding amps I've heard.
Sounding great as usual. You can hear a lot of early rock and roll in that amp. Great video as always Johan. God bless and rock on 🎸👍😎
Thanks man, glad to hear it! Yeah it’s the blueprint indeed
What a charming crystal clear shiny chime sound!!!😊
Incredible open sound and touch dynamics 👍
Thanks!
Really nice video & the sound was beautiful. I could listen to that all day. Thanks for sharing that. 🙂
That boat paddle sounds amazing
Who is paddling makes it work as intended, you and I would just paddle backwards 🤣😉
Another great video!!! I love your introduction speeches with the landscapes...this amp sound so clear and full of jangle..it can get a bit crunchy but with that tele you really capture its dynamics.i think the fender-fender pairing works very well here..a gibson might make the sound get flubby/farty at higher volumes(might need a treble booster )..i had an old gibson ga-200 rhythm king amp with a very similar sound..i think the wood used in these old cabinets also makes them project better and give thema bit more air to the sound..and maybe a slight bit of reverb sound..great vid
Thanks, I’m glad to hear that! Yeah the cab itself is probably quite influential here. Cheers!
Wonderful sounding amp, and guitar too. I can tell they really inspire you and make you play at the top of your game.
Thanks Scotty! Glad to hear it!
This guy had a total recap job, JJ power tubes and new OT. Most of the magic happens in the aged speakers/cabinet.
Wow.... just wow. Great work, as always, Johan.
Wonderful assortment of tones you extracted out of that dual rectifier bassmant!
Your playing is so sensitive and with such feeling.. ace mate
Thanks! Really to hear that!
What a great amp.played by a great king.🌷🙏👍👍🎸
Thanks, that’s kind of you! :-)
Bloody Hell! I think we've just heard what could possibly be the best sounding amp & guitar EVER!
That amp is delicately beautiful sounding!
Thanks!
Sounds really good and very classic. Congrats on the new Telecaster! I just got a Custom Shop Tele as well!!
Thanks! Congrats to you too!
First off Congratulations on the new Guitar! No better day than NDG! New Guitar Day is what we live for :P
That Teles sounds epic. It is very good one. Fender Custom shop prices went crazy in last 5 years. Quality in some ways is really good but pickups are more often miss than a hit. Yours sounds sublime already. If you ever think of changing them I say try Sunbear pickups. I am not affiliated with Sunbear pickups but I am fanboy. Stu is making serious magic.
For me, and most probably so many other serious tone chasers, your channel is the reference World number 1 place for rock sound and Les Paul (and alike) into Marshall (and alike) type sound. This video is now reference of the most beautiful Fender sound as well. Not a first great Fender amp you have shown but this one is the best video for me.
I love the fact that you so understand the complexity of creation of the real tone. Many people think it is one thing but it is immensely complex formula. I love your experiments and understanding of the things.
Now to this amp. I love that Fender is the Original Dual Rectifier Brand. With this amplifier one can see that it was their thing so many years ago.
This amp is sounding so good. Main filter caps are Sprague Atoms and that is one of the best solution when replacing the yellow/mustard cardboard isolation Malloriy filter caps. I love then as the cathode bypass caps as well, the black version with green letters. I do 50V instead of 25 version in the amps I recap. In this amp it looks like 25uF 100V bias cap is still Mallory but the naked version. That is old and I would change that. Seems though who ever worked on the amp made nice clean job though. I would have done few thing bit differently but never the less it is a good clean job.
Now Why does it sound so good? Well it is earliest Fender amp with very very simplistic schematics done good but still having all needed things for good functioning amp.
Some older amps do not have grid blockers and some other necessary things and can be very finicky and can oscillate and kill them self. This one is just what is needed and introduces new epic stuff to.
It has negative feedback and it is fixed biased but it has one triode first stage(per channel) into the cathode follower into the cathodyne phase inverter and into the 6L6's. Plus Dual rectifier to make for great power delivery. Powerful power deliver (pun not intended) but still with little sag (good one).
What does that mean and why is it important? It has like only 3 triodes and not so many parts and signal is already into the output power tubes. If done good it is sublime true simplicity.
More simple it goes more importance parts choice and layout makes.
Practically one triode does first amplification. Then signal hits cathode follower that uses first triode as gain stage and second one sort like buffer making it sure that signal will not get weak when it hits the tone stack. Fenders tone stacks lose way more signal than Marshall tone stacks and scoop more midds most often. Cathode follower makes sure tone is not sucked away by the tone stack. It costs one more triode in the design but I find it super worthy investment of a triode.
After the tone stack, signal hits cathodyne phase inverter that is very similar to early Fender amps. Very similar like Tweed DeLuxe 5E3 phase inverter.
It is less advanced than long tail pair phase inverter and less balanced and less powerful as the long tail pair phase inverter but it has it's charm and character one can't stay indifferent to.
It is capable of that asymmetric gain and harmonics like in 5E3. It has raw character I like.
It has relatively modern, for the time, output stage. It uses NFL with presence control and fixed biases 6L6's.
It has nice filtering done good and not overdone. So it has some sag needed but it is not to saggy nor to stiff.
Negative feedback loop with presence control is what Fender started doing with fixed bias amps right about that time. Sure it was to make it overdrive less but it makes for awesome clean sound.
In later Fender amps with silicon rectifiers and stiff filtering with long tail pair phase inverter, as wells as with different tone stacks such negative feedback loop can be gain and overdrive harmonics killer. But in this amp it is at sweet spot.
This schematic is awesome. Keeps raw nature of the Tweed amps alive but gives it more power, more headroom and awesome tone.
Not to forget 4x10 alnico Jensens and nice iron to.
Plus cabinets were made of the solid red wood. Those cabinets are acoustic instruments on their own. Especially once with floating sound board. Combined with Alnico magnet speakers it is true transducer. It is a acoustic instrument on it's own.
I like to modify on this amps only few things. First is proper earthed 3 pin power cable and removing of the Death cap. As number two anti plop filter on the standby switch bypassing it with some 100 to 220 K metal film resistor and 472 cap.
Sometimes it is needed to change resistors values in the part of the negative bias voltage generation to make it capable to make higher negative voltage to compensate for higher Mains voltages we got today. That part can be avoided if Variac is used and voltage is set to 110V maximum. In the case of old 220V model amps set the Variac to 220V maximum.
Todays mains voltage is 230V minimum in the Europe and 120 plus in USA. That makes way higher than designed DC voltages in the tube amps and can offset power tube biasing sending them into red plating and self destruction.
For the rest everything is just maintenance changing electrolytic caps and resistors that are out of the spec and finding good tubes for it.
All in all real beauty of a amp. For me one of the best Fender Amps ever.
Sure Black faces are epic, Brown faces with their Harmonic tremolos are dope but this amp is simply pure perfection.
Live enough and still has headroom and power.
So many people with awesome guitars do not even know how they sound because they have never heard them true the really epic amplifier or at the proper volume level. Such experience is life changing.
Thanks for another awesome video!
BTW if you ever go to Amsterdam and would like to play some nice gear send me the line. I would be honored to see you and organise something.
Thanks! I really appreciate this great feedback and the invitation! Cheers!
@@JohanSegeborn you do great public service and deserve the best.
What wonderful tones and playing. Bravo 👏
Och BTW it was so nice to see how this new guitar and this Epic amplifier has inspired you to play something new and different. At one moment I have heard some little lick that made me think of the late Michael Hedges to. That few times hammering of all chord. It did sounded as him on the acoustic guitar back in the days. One person enjoys making video that makes for the best videos, period.
Thanks, yeah the amp made completely different riffs possible! Cheers!
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Thanks Goobie!
No "Let's go!"? But what an amazing thing anyway. Thank you for featuring it.
Thanks! ;-)
Instant classy tone
Bassmans have really some magic
Thanks!
Beautiful.
I guess perfect does exist,...
Fantastic!
Thankyou Johan
Thanks Daniel! 😉 Glad to hear it!
That sounds off the chart. Nice one. The Fender Tremolux Tweed from the 1950's is also worth a listen.
Hi, Johan!
Vintage is allways on the top of things! Really great! Have a great weekend! C.U.
Siegfried
Have a great weekend you too man!
Phenomenal amp and truly great playing. I appreciate it. :)
Thanks Dennis! Really good to hear that
Sounds amazing-Love tweed amps
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Thing sounds amazing I love how it gets creamy as it starts to break up. Wow!
love the playing and tones.
Thanks! Really good to hear
New HOLY GRAIL??!!
I always subscribed to the 59 bassman but this vintage sounds more like the ones I would hear in Nashville on a regular basis in the honkey tonks while living there.
Would like to hear more break up on next video.
Thanks, yeah this may actually be new number one to me at least. We’re gonna give a thorough test in the next video!
The kind of tone that a kemper cannot replicate...
Yeah unfortunately that’s true. Cheers
@@JohanSegebornyou mean fortunately!
So true...
Good thing a Tonex can, though...
Nonsense.
Amazing sounding amp!
Thanks, glad to hear it! And Thanks for last time, I really enjoyed being on the show! Cheers
Johan sits atop his vast horde of awesome vintage amps like Smaug.
When guitar players talk about using a dual rectifier I'm just going to imagine this.
Yeah slightly different thank the Mesa 😆
Sounds exceptional!
Thanks Roderick!
wonderful, thanks for sharing, lovely playing
Thanks, glad you like it!
Just incredible tone ! ❤
Glad to hear it! Cheers
that telly does it always
Wow, so responsive to your touch. Thanks Johan.
Thanks Eddie!
What a ripper, Johan. I've just gone back to using a 4x10 open back speaker cab. I does a thing.
Thanks, yeah it’s big sounding but punchy configuration
@@JohanSegeborn Yes, I find the 10s are faster than 12s (which I guess is no surprise). The transient response is better. I'm using Australian made Lorantz drivers. The cone paper is made from eucalyptus and hemp fibres. No idea if that makes any particular difference but they do sound amazing.
picking at 4:20 sounded amazing!
Leo Fender- the man who broke the present, directed the future and thus created history.
Wow , it sounds incredibile !
Thanks!
I've owned 5 orginal 4x10 Bassman amps of varying vintage. By FAR the best is my dual rectifier 56. Maybe the best amp I've ever played.
I bet a booster would hit that input stage very hard. I don't think I've ever heard such a clean amp sound quite like that.
Sounds great ☺️
outstanding!!! Wow, what a sound. 💪🙏
Thanks, great to hear that!
Heavenly, so heavenly. ♥♥♥
Thanks! :-)
Never knew the bassman could be so crisp sounding.
Yeah, kind of surprising for a bass amp 😄
That is a really great sounding amp!
There´s a Bassman from 1960 for sale in our backyard Gothenburg for ~15000 euros, I think you should have first go at it!
nice sounding amp .. I currently building one for myself, 50's replica ..
Hey-oh Johan...
Some great grooves/playing here and the tone(s), amazing
I always love you amp reviews and with the harbor scenes, very classy (!)
Is that a trick bass drum or just a floor tom on it's side? Cheers, mate
Thanks man, really good to hear that! There are two bass drums a 1950s WFL 20x14 and a 1970s Ludwig Super Classic 26x14. I’m playing the 20x14 for a quick attack and decay and then I let it make the big kick resonate and I blend in the lows.
Outstanding
Thanks Richard!
Two rectifier tubes? Those alnico's has some extreme crisp and detail! No mud.
Yeah indeed! 2x 5Y3 stock but it seems it’s got 5Z3 right now
Where do you find amps like this?
It’s usually Simon and his colleagues at Musikbörsen Gothenburg that finds the amps that I’m demoing. Maybe we could make a video where I interview him about the Swedish vintage collector and band scene
@@JohanSegeborn that would be great!
Nice tone !
What a great sounding amp.... wow...!!
Btw, your tune on 4:01 reminds me of Great Gig in the Sky from Pink Floyd.
Thanks, what a wonderful compliment!
Bassman and a vox ac 30 for best plug and play amps and this Bassman sounds like sweet butter 🧈
I pay internet just for your reviews!! 😅 what a great amp!
Thanks Gonzalo! Makes my day to hear that!
My first was that amp with a 59 s.burst strat..in 1962. I dont know what happened to either... my dad owned a nite club and had stage gear for all if needed when they played there.
Johan, I love your videos. Heartful playing! And what a gem of an amp, I hear what you mean. Do you have a band to play with?
Thanks Andy! Glad to hear it! Yeah I play in a couple of bands
I agree, that is is easily one of the most beautiful sounding Amps I've ever heard, and the Speakers are absolutely stellar!
Do you have any plans to make Captures/Profiles of your best Amps/Speakers using products like NAM (Neural Amp Modeler - free software), or ToneX, etc.?
I suspect most of us will never get a chance to play through such a great Amp. But, if some of it's tones were Captured, we all might be able to play those Wonder sounds.
Thanks for sharing the sounds of your Amps, Cabs, and Speakers through your informative videos. 👍
Thanks! No immediate plans but it would be interesting
@@JohanSegeborn Here is a very good video demonstrating some Capture/Profiling options and a comparison of their results: th-cam.com/video/fVB_WWsgnHo/w-d-xo.html
Since you mentioned Simon's shop Musik Börsen, it seems its website is only accessible either from Sweden or from Denmark.
Thanks, I’m gonna let him know.
OH MY GOD JUST THREWW THE monitors what a great tone .....wow , but the telecaster is the best for a demonstration. wonderful wonderful sounding goodness amazing!!!
Wonderful demos, as per usual! Always appreciate the photography as well.
What pickups are in the custom shop Tele? Do you know?
Thanks, Johan!
Thanks, glad you like the photography! The Tele is a 2021 CS 60 Relic with the stock 58 CS pickups. It’s got the staggered poles with really high poles on the D and G strings, which makes it sound fatter than many other Teles
Oooh man that sounds so good though.
Thanks Charles!
Thanks for sharing
Seriously though sounds amazing
Thanks Bill!
Not much original left in there, but that seems to be the thing with the tweed amps. Definitely looks and sounds great
Thanks, it’s interesting that you can replace this many components (to correct equivalents) and still retain the tone
@@JohanSegeborn the circuit is the most important thing! If all the values are as designed you can't go too wrong. Loving your channel still after all these years Johan!
Damn, that's a nice sounding amplifier and speaker combo! Makes you wonder why, with all the capabilities to analyze these old devices,
companies like Fender, Gibson, Marshall Celestion ect. just don't seem to be able recreate them!
Such a shame! Imagine one of them would build a combo sounding like this now... They would sell like bread! 🤔
And they don't really have an excuse like with old guitars like "the old wood just isn't there anymore..."
You're so right about being an acoustic and electric amp. Fantastic piece of rock history. By the way, liked very much the play and sound at about 7:30.
Thanks Jorge, glad to hear it!