Only heard of one person having a problem with it, and that was just the connecting ribbon. I have both the 100T and the Super Bassman 300 and have experienced zero problems, although I must confess to being a little wary of it at first too. Significant benefit in that I put in Winged Cs and did not have to pay for rebiasing. Either way I think any problem would be an easy fix, they would just swap it out with a new component - but as I said, if it was going to be a problem I think we would have heard about it by now.
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Fender Bassman 100T - chapter 2
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Long story (pre-gig distractions), but I accidentally ran the 100T on the 25-watt setting (my at-home setting) during the first five songs of a show in a medium-sized bar last night before I could get back there and flip to 100 watts. A loud rock cover band. Had Volume and Master on 7... She was grinding, but she handled it! What an amp this is.
I've tried it in a gig situation once - power trio, loud drummer - and with my roundwound bass I thought it was one of the best sounds I've heard from the amp. But I felt like it was totally running out of gas with the flatwound bass. Need to try it in the trenches again to see if that's right. Back in the original thread that Tim1 started, that was one of my main interests at first before I purchased mine - whether you could switch back an forth between 25 and 100 watt mode quickly, without having to go to standby first, so you could switch during sets. The manual says nothing about the amp needing to be off, or in standby, before it is switched, so that implies it's O.K. I guess?
Anyway, have a gig coming up Saturday in a medium sized bar that'll be perfect to try it again.
For those that have swapped out the tubes on the 100t, anybody have trouble getting the 12at7 phase inverter tube out of the socket? I swapped out my power tubes for winged c's and the preamp tubes for tung sols, but pull as I might, I could not get the pi tube out.
So I have a nice tung sol 12at7 ready to go in that spot but the stock groove tube is like Excalibur in that socket.
Would appreciate any advice!
So I have a nice tung sol 12at7 ready to go in that spot but the stock groove tube is like Excalibur in that socket.
Would appreciate any advice!
How do you like the winged c's? Worth the $140?
Does changing the 12at7 really make any difference in tone or are you changing it just because you have one laying around?
Well there are a bunch of opinions as to whether swapping out the pi tube makes a tone difference, just like with any other tubes. The winged c's did make a difference, more headroom, sweeter breakup point running at high volume, an seemingly a more crystalline tone. Maybe it's the combo of those with the new preamp tubes as well.
I just bought the whole deal and wanted to make a clean sweep of it.,Plus, what happens if the GT 12ax7 craps out? It's stuck. Talked to Fender and they said it should just pull out like the other preamp tubes, but not so...
I just bought the whole deal and wanted to make a clean sweep of it.,Plus, what happens if the GT 12ax7 craps out? It's stuck. Talked to Fender and they said it should just pull out like the other preamp tubes, but not so...
+1 normally those tubes should pull out without too much effort. They should be tight but not really hard to remove or stuck. Better to have it looked at just to be on the safe side.
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I think this may be the perfect cab to go with this head. TBowlus just did a bit of a review of it....we'll have to see.
Cheers,
Cameron
Cheers,
Cameron
yes im droolin over this cab bad. my patience will be tested for sure. def get one then two of them
Love my 610 neo but i want a sealed cab too. dont let my wife know just yet
I'm betting that this is the perfect cab. My LDS sealed 610 .5 design. Sorry to do this to ya MrCool84.
WOW!!! looks sick!! ur one happy dude. Did u post a review on TB? How does it match up sound/aesthetics wise with ur 100t? Id love to A/B next to the 610 neo.
WOW!! gotta say it again. Just seen the other pic in the LDS thread. Super sexy. Don is the man. If u dont mind me asking, Did it cost more or less then a 610 neo?
Less and the build quality is better. I did not go with neo speakers however, that would have increased the price of course. Weight wasn't a huge issue for me. It came in at about 100lbs which is about what a NV610 weighs.
Is the weird bias light thing an issue?
I'm thinking about picking one up, but want to wait until all of the kinks are worked out.
I'm thinking about picking one up, but want to wait until all of the kinks are worked out.
3 gig s so far, lots of time at rehearsal and playing at home. Even after swapping out the tubes, no bias issues. I am running the bias at max cold though. Seems to give a bit more headroom.
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