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Fender Bassman 100T Chapter 3
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I've used mine as a bass monitor and got more than enough volume for playing in a large church with a really big stage.
Dan K.
Just popping my head in to say that my replacement 100-T is still going strong. Gave myself a scare the other day when I flipped it over to Silent Recording mode and got nothing, but then found out it was a dodgy lead 
I was finally able to talk to the person who's opinion I value most, and who has been to most of the gigs we've played at last week's venue, and he verified that, even though it was plenty loud, my amp in no way had the character or tone he had heard at the previous gigs. So if nothing else I know I'm not talking myself into the fact that the sound of the amp has changed radically.
Hi Freight Train, this must be very frustrating for you. Forgive me for asking the obvious as I know you are very knowledgeable about this head, but I assume you still had the Winged Cs in it??? No doubt your next step will be to swap the GTs back in? I ask this because as I have stated earlier I ended up much preferring the original tubes over the Winged Cs in my 100T, and there was quite a difference.
Yes, that is exactly what I'm doing. I've ordered a replacement GT to replace the one that blew so I can remove the variable of the different tubes. Otherwise there's no way of knowing if what I'm hearing that I don't like is the tubes or a broken amp.
Shwa - Yes. One half of 12AX7 V1 is the first stage for both channels. The 2nd half of V1 is the final output stage of the vintage channel and is part of its 'bright' circuit. Both halves of V2 are in the overdrive circuit of the overdrive channel.
so i can confirm that this is a great amp for upright. both channels too. there really isnt a bad tone in there at all. it almost has too much low end. im rolling back the lows almost all the way on the vintage side. quick question. does the amp have to be off in order to toggle between the 25 watt and 100 watt mode?
Not bad at all - I'd say my Glockenklang > Accugroove Tri115 is a bit cleaner but I do like the tube sound that the Fender has and the two rigs are SUPPOSED to sound different. I do occasionally pedal a low B at the end of a song and the Fender certainly has good tone with the low B.
Dan K.
Is any one using a 100T with a Rumble v3 115 cab? Probably silly for me to get one since I already have TWO Genz Benz Focus 115's - but the Fender cab would look much better
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Haven't played one. But I've heard nothing but good reports on em.
My local has one in store and it's sitting right next to the Bassman Neo 115 that I returned. It's a little squatter and a fair bit lighter weight.
Yet the Bassman has a neo driver and the Rumble 115 has a ceramic driver.
My local has one in store and it's sitting right next to the Bassman Neo 115 that I returned. It's a little squatter and a fair bit lighter weight.
Yet the Bassman has a neo driver and the Rumble 115 has a ceramic driver.
I started a thread on it.
I'd already bought one and it's great sound, looks and lightweight made me like it so much I thought I'd get another matching one.
My local had to order one in. If had it about a month before I used em both together and noticed that the new one was WAY heavier than my original one.
The advert card on both stated 'only 45lbs' but the new one was nearly 60lbs. I didn't want that. If it was 50 or close to it, sure, but that much difference wasn't in my comfort zone. Fender did right by me and refunded my $$.
TB member and FMIC guy ROBSATFENDER helped me out Heaps and also found me a 45lb neo 115 Bassman cab but by that time I'd found an SVT810E local to me (2nd hand) for about the same price as my refund was and I'd already grabbed that.
I will get another Fender Bassman 115 neo coz I LOVE the one I've got but hopefully I'll be able to check it's weight 1st... And this'll be further on down the road.
I'd already bought one and it's great sound, looks and lightweight made me like it so much I thought I'd get another matching one.
My local had to order one in. If had it about a month before I used em both together and noticed that the new one was WAY heavier than my original one.
The advert card on both stated 'only 45lbs' but the new one was nearly 60lbs. I didn't want that. If it was 50 or close to it, sure, but that much difference wasn't in my comfort zone. Fender did right by me and refunded my $$.
TB member and FMIC guy ROBSATFENDER helped me out Heaps and also found me a 45lb neo 115 Bassman cab but by that time I'd found an SVT810E local to me (2nd hand) for about the same price as my refund was and I'd already grabbed that.
I will get another Fender Bassman 115 neo coz I LOVE the one I've got but hopefully I'll be able to check it's weight 1st... And this'll be further on down the road.
So Boise Guitar Center doesn't have one of these, but they have an all tube 200 Watt Orange head I played through the other day. I didn't have my bass or any there like my bass and it seemed to fart out on the low b at a fairly low volume. This is a $2200 head. Does the Fender compare?
Also I was thinking of using the 100T as a preamp in studio mode for a high wattage solid state head. Seems like it would work and I wouldn't be relying on tubes for volume thus bypassing the whole issue of fartiness. I would just dial in the clean tube sound and not over drive it.
I have an orange ad200 and have owned a 100T. No way is this typical of either amp. The Orange can go very loud and stay clean if you dime the master and use the gain for volume. Similarly the 100T, although I feel it has less clean headroom than the Orange which you might expect given the power difference.
I've pushed mine to the point it farted out but it was LOUD! FWIW, I was playing at a church with a full band (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drumset, piano, B3, percussionist, upright bass, 5-7 horns, and a few strings) in an auditorium that seats about 1300'ish. I do have to say that I get more volume out of the Genz/Accugroove rig but I had no problem keeping up with the band with my Fender rig. The PA in that church runs in the vicinity of 14k watts.
I've also heard that Orange head and it was loud, too. Don't know what was going on with it.
Dan K.
