should I trade National amp for superbassman

[solodb]

To scratch my itch for a different amp, I am offering to trade my band-leader and friend my 1963 National Val-Verb guitar amp for a 1969 Fender Superbassman head. I used to own the Superbassman; it was thoroughly re-capped and biased, and I have a big old 412 cabinet to run with it. Do you guys think this is a good deal in terms of the amps being relatively the same in value?

[mruckus]

totally do it, SB's are super cool! careful tho, bandleaders can be absolute schmucks, don't trust them as far as I can throw them. And real bass amps don't have reverb...make sure you get the 2x10 too...

[solodb]

Just a follow-up. I did swap my 1963 National Val-verb combo amp for a 1969 Fender Superbassman head. My intrepid band-leader and friend included a Tube-Works 210 bass cab as well! For those who may be wondering about this old beast, it is a very simple head running 4 6L6 power tubes and 3 12AX/U pre-amp tubes to produce 100 watts RMS. I've been happy with it's 2 or 3 basic tones as they are round, warm and vintage loud ; that's what's in my head as desirable- for me. It doesn't have that emphasis on the 41.2 -55.0 hz with the scooped mids like my Ampeg amps, but it gives a nice midrangey Jacoesque tone when I play back over the soloed bridge pup. I like that. Sounds best with a 4 ohm 15" old Jensen P15L. One of the previous owners put it in a Bassman 135 box , so it's regular size rather than the 12" high Dual Showman size. It was recapped and had a variable bias trim pot installed a while back so it's ready to play.