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The Fender Super Bassman 300 thread

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west al said:
That would be cool! The more I use my Super Bassman, it makes glad I went for it, and not an Ampeg SVT-CL head.
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The one thing I do when using the Super Bassman, give it a minute or two on STANDBY, when powering it up, and do the same on STANDBY, when powering down. I tune the bass while on STANDBY, powering it up. It helps the tubes.
 
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Linnin said:
You would sound and play better when wearing your Fender Super Bassman t-shirt ;)
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Yeah,........ it would make an old man, look like an old man. The shirt would look good though.
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rodl2005 said:
Used my SB on a recording sesh today. Used the silent record function - sounded great. We also mic'd up the Bassman Pro Neo 115 cab for some trax. Sounded great too.
When I get the final product I'll post clips.

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It's really something how the SB is really cranking for players.
 
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99Z3 said:
If you have noticed, our TB member Kirk (SVT15) has stated that there is a movement amongst some of his cohorts and fellow players to be dropping the SVT for the SB300.. I have both.. I love the SB300 over the SVT as well.. though, I just had to put a fresh set of tubes in the SVT.. oh wow what change that made.. the tubes that were in it were 3 7025, 2 12au7 tubes that had a sticker on them Made in China, but only writing on the tube was 12au7 and that is it.. then the power tubes, I am going to presume that they were 6550 type tubes.. there wasn't any writing on them at all! I replace all of that with Sovtek 6550WE (matched), (2) GE 12au7 (matched) and (3) Ei 12ax7 pre war Yugo made Telefunken type tubes) Now let me put it this way.. before changing the tubes I was running the amp with the master dimed and controlling with the gain, the gain was at 930. Now, the master is at 10 o'clock and the gain is at 10 o'clock.. and it is almost too loud with that!
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those EI Yugo's can have a lot of sizzle in them. I've owned several over the years, used mostly in guitar amps - and they are killer for guitar. Not used them in bass amps as of yet, but one never knows ...
 
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Somehow only found out about the 100t and Super Bassman YESTERDAY--(I'll blame it on having two little girls under 4). After reading a few posts on here about them, I went over to Reverb to check on used prices and got counter offered an UNBELIEVABLY good deal. So I figured I'd read up for the evening just to make sure I wasn't making a $900 mistake, and it sold to someone else.

Needless to say, I came home and read reviews all evening, and now I'm thoroughly heartbroken.
 
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Yeah.. I love my Super Bassman!
bmax said:
Somehow only found out about the 100t and Super Bassman YESTERDAY--(I'll blame it on having two little girls under 4). After reading a few posts on here about them, I went over to Reverb to check on used prices and got counter offered an UNBELIEVABLY good deal. So I figured I'd read up for the evening just to make sure I wasn't making a $900 mistake, and it sold to someone else.

Needless to say, I came home and read reviews all evening, and now I'm thoroughly heartbroken.
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bmax said:
Somehow only found out about the 100t and Super Bassman YESTERDAY--(I'll blame it on having two little girls under 4). After reading a few posts on here about them, I went over to Reverb to check on used prices and got counter offered an UNBELIEVABLY good deal. So I figured I'd read up for the evening just to make sure I wasn't making a $900 mistake, and it sold to someone else.

Needless to say, I came home and read reviews all evening, and now I'm thoroughly heartbroken.
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Not to make you feel even worse, but that was a stellar deal. Just keep your eyes open they pop up all over and with some good pricing. Even if you have to spend a little more it's definitely worth it .
 

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