Mine will blink for about 20-30 seconds in standby and then go steady green- that is when it take it out if standby. So it doesn't sound correct to me.
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Fender Bassman 100T Chapter 3
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Mine will blink for about 20-30 seconds in standby and then go steady green- that is when it take it out if standby. So it doesn't sound correct to me.
Page 8, right side, 3rd box down. My lights were not flashing left to right, they were just flashing. Then there's the issue of the orange lights, oh, and I had a tube short light come on when I went to 25 watt or silent mode. I hope yours is doing what it should, mine never worked right from the beginning so I don't know.
My 100T has been working great since being fixed ( I have posted extensively about this in this thread). Over a month, run hard for weekly practices ( I mean HARD… Awesome power tube gnarly spittin' and growling tone that sits beautifully in the band mix, also cleans up beautifully when I mellow on the dynamics..Aren't tubes wonderful). That said, I would be most pleased if this continues. The tone is to die for, I optimistically hope that the ' lights all stay green' ands this love affair continues
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p.s. When I turn on for a minute or two, the bias lights shift left to right and then, with standby disengage, stay all green within 20 or so seconds. That's great I think..
Marc
.p.s. When I turn on for a minute or two, the bias lights shift left to right and then, with standby disengage, stay all green within 20 or so seconds. That's great I think..
Marc
After maybe a total of 8 hour play since I picked it up it broke down - again. 1a red and 1b orange. Same as before.
I am lost for words.
(It seems to work as normal on 25 watts instead of 100 watt, for now.)
I am lost for words.
(It seems to work as normal on 25 watts instead of 100 watt, for now.)
Sorry to hear they Electrophonic. I just picked my repaired unit Friday night and have played it for about 5 hours so far. Fender provided a new set of JJ's and they also found a defective tube fuse for the V2 output tubes. Working so far.
Thanks. One trick was to go from 100 watts when 1a was red and 1b orange to 25 watts. Then all four got solid green again. I was then able to switch back to 100 watts and all four stayed solid green here too. Weird. This worked four times in a row now with a power switch off and cooling in between. I will keep an eye on that!
Congratulations on your new rig!
I definitely agree that the sounds from this amp can almost bring tears to my eyes. It is fantastic! I've tried mine with two Neo 410s too and it's a wonderful wall of sound!
I am sure they will sort the issues in your amp. Then you'll have a tone to die for.
I've had an email from Fender to clear this up:
1) Warm up in standby for at least a minute
2) WAIT in power mode (out of standby) for yet another minute to let the automatic bias adjust the bias properly. Important! Then play.
3) EVERY time you go out of standby (from start-up or pause) wait roughly one minute before playing. This is because it needs to adjust the bias properly first.
The manual is not so spesific as this one, but I follow Fender's advice. It would be very interesting to know if others with these issues notice any difference when following these steps correctly.
Electrophonic,
What is the status of your 100T? Are you returning it once again for repair or is the red/orange issue ( 1a and 1b) resolved? Going from 25 watt mode to 100 watt mode can't, in my mind, be a realistic long term plan for stable tube operation.. Feel for you for sure. Keep us posted please.
Marc
What is the status of your 100T? Are you returning it once again for repair or is the red/orange issue ( 1a and 1b) resolved? Going from 25 watt mode to 100 watt mode can't, in my mind, be a realistic long term plan for stable tube operation.. Feel for you for sure. Keep us posted please.
Marc
Thanks!
We'll wait and see. I had one session today for about an hour when it worked as it is supposed to. Then I had another session this evening for about 50 mins. During the last song the issue came back. It makes no sense to me why this happens. I had a two and a half hour long session on Friday where it was flawless, then on Sunday the issue happened afte maybe 10 minutes. I've been wondering if there is a heating issue that causes the problems, but that makes no sense either. Other than I have never seen the fan kicked in.
I love the amp, though!
I would be expecting a new amp to be honest. Re the flashing lights, I am pretty sure that my 100T lights stopped flashing after the first turn on phase, whether or not I was in standby. The advice about waiting a minute when turning out of standby and into play mode (while the lights stop flashing) certainly applies to my Super Bassman 300, but I do not think it applied to my 100T at all. The Super Bassman and 100T bias circuits work slightly differently - Tom Bowlus has posted about this.
Hi Tim
This appears to be new direction that Fender is giving for startup on the 100T. I received an email telling me the same thing that Electrophonic was told after my recent service(2nd time). Working ok so far.
I'm about to buy a 100t very soon. What do you guys think about running it on top of a Mesa 610 Powerhouse cab?
This is what I have been doing on my own since I bought it. If left in standby mine will just blink left to right indefinitely (I've waited like 30 minutes). I let it warm up in standby for at least one minute. Then I take it out of standby and observe the lights. They kind of alternately blink as the bias adjusts, then they go all green. That is when I start playing.
I finally played through the 100T at Guitar Center, and I'm a convert. The thing is, I probably can't get both the head and cab at the moment (I played through the 4x10, which sounded amazing). My current cab setup is two Bergantino CN112s. Do you think this would be a decent match until I can get the matching cab?
A little update: I talked to a guy at Guitar Center today who said that they aren't going to be carrying the 100T anymore. Anybody know anything about that?
