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59 bassman speakers

EDDIEDES

EDDIEDES

Apr 12, 2012
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Aiea, Hawaii
#1
I just got a 59 bassman reissue. I know that the stock jensen speakers aren't the best for actually playing a bass through ( go figure ). Any recommendations on replacements? I would like a bigger bass sound. This will be used primarily as a practice amp at home, not too much volume needed. thanks for your input
 
#3
I had one of these albeit before I played bass. It should be fine for practicing. The speakers are not the best for bass. But that amp is one of the cleanest most crushingly loud amps I've ever heard. Wish I still had it. If you hear the speakers breaking up back off. It should still be able to piss the neighbors off before that happens.
 
#4
superbee66 said:
I had one of these albeit before I played bass. It should be fine for practicing. The speakers are not the best for bass. But that amp is one of the cleanest most crushingly loud amps I've ever heard. Wish I still had it. If you hear the speakers breaking up back off. It should still be able to piss the neighbors off before that happens.
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+1, it's a great guitar amp, no question :cool:

Problem is that it's open backed and 2 ohms, otherwise I'd say just get a small bass cab and plug it in place of the 4-10s, but I don't know of any 2 ohm bass cabs :hmm: Unless of course you want to parallel two 4 ohm cabs, kinda overkill for practicing, however, that would work......

That said, Joe Osborn and Carol Kaye used Fender Concert amps (the 60s version of the 59 Bassman) for recording all the time back in the day.
 
#5
I had a chance to buy a brown face concert about the time I got the 59 Ri. Shoulda done it, but it seemed like a lot of money, back then. I think they wanted a grand 10 to twelve years ago. Probably worth double now. Any way, the 59 bassman circuit is classic. It is what Jim Marshall based the plexi circuits off of.
 
#7
Now that I think about it. The covers on the speaker magnets are removed for clearance of the tubes or transformers. I don't remember which. You might not be able to get different speakers in there without modifications.
 

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