Official Fender Bassman club

[fuzzy beard]

Originally Posted by adambomb

Here's me on a quick take of my bassman ten mic'ed with a Sennheiser 421

http://soundcloud.com/adambombbrown/...sennhheiser421

Sounded good and thanks for posting! I almost bought a bassman 10 head once. it was taken out of the 4x10 combo and put in a head case. Just went for a little more than i wanted to pay! 70 watts right?

[fuzzy beard]

jerry D gets #70

sgiacomo gets #71

chewy teeth gets #72

[adambomb]

Originally Posted by fuzzy beard

Sounded good and thanks for posting! I almost bought a bassman 10 head once. it was taken out of the 4x10 combo and put in a head case. Just went for a little more than i wanted to pay! 70 watts right?

I think they were able to with the right trans. to squeeze out 70, maxed ........ Two 6L6's

[fuzzy beard]

LOL

[adambomb]

Mines a 72' and its rated at 35 I think it's 55 maxed though with decibel/wattage rating it's about the same db as 70 watts

If a speaker is rated like mine at 98 db at one watt then it works like this.....

Every time you double the wattage you get 3 more db..... At this spot 70 watts really isn't too much more louder than 55 watts. At 55 it probably produces around 114-115db at 70 watts its around 116.5 maybe so that's only 1.5 db more.

Watts=db
1=98
2=101
4=104
8=107
16=110
32=113
64=116
128=119. once past this point it gets stupid to output so much wattage to just get 3 more db
256=122
512=125
1024=128
2048=131

Edit: 120db is modern concert levels like insanely loud.....beyond that its ridiculous.

But 98db at one watt is pretty sweet

[fuzzy beard]

At what freq range?

[adambomb]

Originally Posted by fuzzy beard

At what freq range?

All manufacture spec sheets give the average db of the speaker in a given "usable" range the spec sheet says 98.8 db from 65hz- 3,700hz.
The frequency response graph shows at 20Hz 70db ( thats pretty dang good) and continues to rise until 150Hz at 97db!!!!!!!! then stays pretty flat till 1000Hz then goes up in db again!!!!!! to 2300hz at 105db. then starts slopping down again to 3500Hz at 91db then at 4000hz it really drops off like falling off a cliff
The clip I did had zero EQing after the recording it is a dry sample. These deltas are off the chain loud loud loud and low clean and punchy
Can you tell I love these dumb speakers

Edit: here's the PDF:
http://www.parts-express.com/pdf/290-412s.pdf

Check it against other speaker spec graphs even the legends from eminence don't start at 70 db at 20hz
The legend bp102 starts at 65 db at 20hz and an average of 92db
These are monsters
Very efficient.

[adambomb]

C'mon guys with all the great amps in this thread I can't be the only one with recording capabilities. Like the 300 pros, the 100s, the 20s, the many reissues, the 50's.....we'll I know mcsleazy took care of that one a while back.... But ......get on it guys lets hear em.

[fuzzy beard]

I will try to put together a vid tonight! Let's see how bad this turns out

[christw]

The 300 Pro is just totally clean and puts out that sort of deep low end that 6550's do. If I were to record it, you guys would be hearing as much cab & mic coloring as amp character.

[fuzzy beard]

Ok videos didn't turn out! Will have to try this weekend!

[adambomb]

Originally Posted by christw

The 300 Pro is just totally clean and puts out that sort of deep low end that 6550's do. If I were to record it, you guys would be hearing as much cab & mic coloring as amp character.

Good.... that's what cab and speakers and a certain tube type coloration does that what we want to hear.

[adambomb]

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[fuzzy beard]

Originally Posted by adambomb

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Lol

[nouroog]

I'm still willing to record some clips of my 50, but this week has been awful and I couldn't find the time to do it.
Next monday should be ok, hopefully.
As for cab, speaker and mic coloration, there will be some. I'll use a SVT 15E cab loaded with a Weber 4ohms ceramic bass speaker (see the portaflex thread for comparisons of that speaker vs a CTS and a JBL in a B15N). I'm planning on using a PR40 +/- a SM57, and if I have the time, make some clean vs. dirty tracks of both channels with a PB and a JB.
That's a little ambitious, but if it comes out OK, it'll be fun to listen and hopefully comment.
Hey fuzzy, is mini fuzz doing allright?

[christw]

Originally Posted by adambomb

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Whenever I pick up an SM57, I'll do some clips.

[adambomb]

Originally Posted by christw

Whenever I pick up an SM57, I'll do some clips.

What mics do you have?

[christw]

Originally Posted by adambomb

What mics do you have?

None at the moment. The ones I had were stolen by an old band.

[adambomb]

Originally Posted by christw

None at the moment. The ones I had were stolen by an old band.

Boo them......
Boooooooooooooooooo!

[nouroog]

Originally Posted by fuzzy beard

Sound clips are always great to have around. Mind posting?

As promised, a few sound clips of my 50, with a J-bass and a P-bass. I tried to record some clean tones with different settings from both channels, and a little overdriven tone from the channel 2. I didn't record overdriven clips from channel 1 because I think it sounds bad, but I can do it if someone wants to hear it. Details about settings is in the comments for each track.

I mixed tracks from the PR40 and the SM57, but I can provide separate tracks if someone's interested.

https://soundcloud.com/nouroog/sets/bassman-50

Any comment appreciated

jb