It does have a mute switch: pull the master volume knob to mute.
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Fender Bassman 500 Head
- Thread starter Thornton Davis
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It does have a mute switch: pull the master volume knob to mute.
NO WAY! In the dark when i'm all sweaty & in the zone? No thanks. I would mess the volume up & never get it back correctly & possibly mess up the knob next to it. Just make it an extra switch! I mean it's not 1995 we have the technology! Dang just make it a proprietary switch!
Chef
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The knobs are clearly numbered.
I'm pretty sure you could turn the master off, and find your previous setting.
I'm pretty sure you could turn the master off, and find your previous setting.
Honestly I'm sure I could but I'm just not a fan of that whole knob pulling thing. I could even see if the "pull knobs" had some sort of grip ring to grab onto when you pull em or something. The more I look at it & hear it the more I want it though. I just can't pull that trigger just yet. They need to drop a 1000 watt version.
Well. .....I never! ?!!?
I love pulling knobs. I've the Super Bassman and have zero problems pulling my knob and muting. Never changed the volume never made me jittery. It works.
Up to you tho. ...
I love pulling knobs. I've the Super Bassman and have zero problems pulling my knob and muting. Never changed the volume never made me jittery. It works.
Up to you tho. ...
I've had the bassman 500 for just over two weeks, can't say I've had any problems pulling knobs. In fact tonight I probably pulled my bass and treble boost knobs 4 or 5 times all a success! : ) it's a great head, playing thru a 610hlf or gk 412 it's loud...very loud. 1000 watts would be crazy loud!
Not certain I could pull my knob in public... Wink wink...
Wait, you're both pulling knobs on stage?!! Don't know if that would be my type of show. Glad to hear you're not having any problems with pulling knobs though
Yep. I usually steer clear of big names in this regard too, but I have no problems at all in pulling Fender's knobs. They just work, and well too. I can't speak for the Bassman 500 ( although I'd love to be able to) but my Super Bassman is simply sublime!
I ordered a Bassman 500 today, it should be in tomorrow about noon. I can't wait to run it through the Ampeg SVT-410HLF cab. I've been the route with the Super Bassman.
I'm seriously considering one of these so i'd appreciate your feedback on it, once you've had the opportunity to give it a good work-out. Cheers.
I've been running a bassman 500 on top of my 610hlf and it sounds killer! At rehearsal I've been running it thru a 412
I had a decent session with it. It's a really good amp. good bottom to it, etc. You really have to try one out to see if it's for you. I'm glad I got it.
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You can thank Fender's Principal Engineer, Dave Lewis for that. That's his design. His circuitry. His Genius.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Pretty high parts count for just an
Heck, the IcePower module (outsourced, not in-house design and build) has a really small fraction of the total! Dave Lewis sure knows how to add in all kinds of stuff to make it look really impressive, eh?
It doesn't need one as the power amp is solidstate.
