Official Fender Bassman club - Page 37

rodl2005 · #**721** 12-03-2012, 02:44 PM

I tried out the 100T thru Neo 610 & Super Bassman thru neo 810 at the store yesterday. Cool stuff indeed!!
U guys are right that the 100T pumps out a good bit of volume-more than most other 100w & more than other Bassmans I've come across.
I felt the Super was a little "chunkier" - either the extra power & all things associated with it-6550's, bigger trannies etc- do this, or I just thought it, as I'm playing the big Daddy.
Sounded great, both of them.
I "think" I still favoured my Fender Studio Bass 200 tho, something about it screams raw fury a tad more

One thing I DIDN'T get/think to try on the new Bassmans was getting some POWER tube breakup.
Might have to go to the store again & annoy the staff ;D
That's one thing I REALLY dig of the Studio Bass, the great way the POWER TUBES break up.
It's a really gutterall snarl.
Damn, I've got my YBA300 & the Studio Bass 200, so I shouldn't even be looking with my OGD

adambomb · #**722** 12-03-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by nouroog

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

Yeaaaaa another sound post......
Get on it

Raymeous · #**723** 12-03-2012, 03:31 PM

This is an old pic, from a few months after I bought the house and started setting up the music room. The cab is normally powered by a Carvin BX1500.

Fender Bassman 60 from the late 90's or eary 00's
It's a great sounding little kick amp that actually sounds like a "real" bass rig. It sounds amazing through that 4x10 cab BTW.

**sgiacomo** · #**724** 12-03-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by nouroog

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

Nice!

nouroog · #**725** 12-04-2012, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sgiacomo

Nice!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Krigg

Could someone record some sound samples with a 70's Fender Bassman 100? I would like to hear clean tone and cranked up tone, if that's possible.

Krigg, I know it's not a 100, but I hope it gives you a hint of what a vintage Bassman sounds like, clean and cranked up (although I could have pushed it more).

Tim1 · #**726** 12-04-2012, 10:14 AM

Hi Rod, pleased you finally had a chance to try out the 100T and SB300. Not surprised at all that you leaned towards the 300, so do I, but it does take a while to fully explore all the possibilities of the preamp. If you miss the "raw fury" of your 200 play around with the parametric eq on the mids on the overdrive channel next time, you don't have to dial in overdrive and it really can give the midrange bite of the old Ampegs if you like that.
One other thing, and it won't surprise you at all - the SB300 really does sit sweet on the Bergantino NV cabs. I use mine all the time with the NV215 and it is quite a different beast in that combo, it would be interesting to take in your NV412 and try the SB300 with that. Might be a more valid comparison with your studio bass too since I imagine that is what you use it with. The Fender cabs are great and light, but I am still a Bergantino guy at heart

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rodl2005 · #**727** 12-04-2012, 03:43 PM

I hear ya on all those points mate.
I'm going back there today & will give those semi-para mids a tweak.

Cheers

nouroog · #**728** 12-06-2012, 05:49 AM

For those interested, I added a sound clip of heavy overdrive. Channel 2 "Normal" with the Jazz bass, tone half cut. Pretty fuzzy tone.

https://soundcloud.com/nouroog/bassm...ets/bassman-50

**sgiacomo** · #**729** 12-08-2012, 05:43 PM

I love the tone. She's a keeper...

**sgiacomo** · #**730** 12-08-2012, 05:45 PM

Especially with my Dorothy, 2012 Ruby Red

fuzzy beard · #**731** 12-08-2012, 09:31 PM

Amazing rig!

**sgiacomo** · #**732** 12-08-2012, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzzy beard

Amazing rig!

Mine? Thanks!

fuzzy beard · #**733** 12-08-2012, 09:53 PM

Yeah. What speaker do you have loaded in that 2x12?

**sgiacomo** · #**734** 12-08-2012, 10:02 PM

Thanks man. It has '65 Oxfords. I've heard they were called Oxfarts back in the day but these sound great. They appear to have been reconed at some point.

adambomb · #**735** 12-13-2012, 10:46 AM

How bout a sound clip ........

**sgiacomo** · #**736** 12-13-2012, 11:59 AM

I love these sound clips out here so I tried with my iPhone and it sounds crummy. Any suggestions? My wife has an iPad 2 but I am not sure if I should go ahead and invest in a reasonably priced mic for recording?

fuzzy beard · #**737** 12-13-2012, 02:46 PM

I have tried both phone and hand held digital camcorder. Nether did any good.

adambomb · #**738** 12-13-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sgiacomo

I love these sound clips out here so I tried with my iPhone and it sounds crummy. Any suggestions?

Yeah I'm sure it did not do a good job at bass recording......there are a lot of cheap 2 channel interfaces on the net. For mics ..... Have you checked any pawn shops or antique places. Pawn shops are obvious but I say antiques because they are really like mega # boothed flea markets. That's where I found my Sennheiser 421. For 10 bucks. They obviously didn't know what they had.

BradWorld · #**739** 12-18-2012, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by nouroog

For those interested, I added a sound clip of heavy overdrive. Channel 2 "Normal" with the Jazz bass, tone half cut. Pretty fuzzy tone.

https://soundcloud.com/nouroog/bassm...ets/bassman-50

Your clips sound great. I'm gonna have to fire up my '65 Bassman on a bass cab and see what happens.

nouroog · #**740** 12-18-2012, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BradWorld

Your clips sound great. I'm gonna have to fire up my '65 Bassman on a bass cab and see what happens.

Thanks a lot. I did not get much comments for those clips.
But I had fun making them and it made me like the tone of the amp even more.
These amps are really great for bass, but it took me some time to tame mine and find my tones. Now I use it a lot for rehearsals and recordings.
Please tell us your impressions with the '65!