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The Fender Super Bassman 300 thread

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Angry Mob With Pitchfork said:
It sure does! You can enjoy all that SB300 can offer at every volume level. I never take mine out of the house but boy do I enjoy its tones at all times of the day 👍
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I know the answer is going to be in here somewhere, I've not had time to read all the pages yet. How do you find the fan noise at low 'bedroom' volumes? Which cabs you using? I tried the 410 at the store and it was real nice, seems the 115 is popular, but I cant try before I buy.

I need to go back to the fender flagship store in Tokyo (i live here) and play with it again. The tone im looking for is one that breaks up just on the tip of the mote only when I dig in, so the saturation happens when I hit notes harder for oomph. I found this tone once with an old SVT 2 (non pro) by finding thr sweet spot with the gain control.
 
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You can definitely hit the sweet ‘edge-of-the-breakup’ tones with the combination of gain, blend, volume & master volume. It is an incredibly versatile amp for sure. You can enjoy every gain stage at every volume level.

I used to play mine thru 410 cab which was quite aggressive (Mesa PH410). I liked that a lot but may be best suited for loud rock which is not my primary gig these days. I’ve not played Bassman Neo 410 but loving 115 which sounds great with the SB300.

The Bassman neo 115 can produce that warm low-mid organic punch and sounds fantastic with whatever I do. I don’t play with a pick but finger style, thumb picking and hard slapping all sounded great!

I followed the advice from my fellow countryman @rodl2005 (the guy deserves a commission from Fender marketing department!!) and I was glad I did. Now I just need to save up and buy another so my neighbour Martha can enjoy its juicy tones as well 😂

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BowserGriff said:
I know the answer is going to be in here somewhere, I've not had time to read all the pages yet. How do you find the fan noise at low 'bedroom' volumes? Which cabs you using? I tried the 410 at the store and it was real nice, seems the 115 is popular, but I cant try before I buy.

I need to go back to the fender flagship store in Tokyo (i live here) and play with it again. The tone im looking for is one that breaks up just on the tip of the mote only when I dig in, so the saturation happens when I hit notes harder for oomph. I found this tone once with an old SVT 2 (non pro) by finding thr sweet spot with the gain control.
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I played that amp in Tokyo back in May. Break up on the front end attack of the note is there for sure. I find i hear it more using a jazz bass ironically. I run my gain on the vintage channel up at 7-8 depending on the output of the Bass.
I haven't used the Fender 15s but I do love the 410 and 610. Very balanced cabs. Generally I have liked 12s and 15s with amps that aren't all tube to help round them off, and 10s with tube amps for the opposite. That's just me though.
 
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Rocksolid said:
I played that amp in Tokyo back in May. Break up on the front end attack of the note is there for sure. I find i hear it more using a jazz bass ironically. I run my gain on the vintage channel up at 7-8 depending on the output of the Bass.
I haven't used the Fender 15s but I do love the 410 and 610. Very balanced cabs. Generally I have liked 12s and 15s with amps that aren't all tube to help round them off, and 10s with tube amps for the opposite. That's just me though.
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Still kick myself for not visiting the store when I was there 12 months ago. I literally walked right in front of it but my daughter wanted to visit Hello Kitty shop instead 🥲
 
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Angry Mob With Pitchfork said:
You can definitely hit the sweet ‘edge-of-the-breakup’ tones with the combination of gain, blend, volume & master volume. It is an incredibly versatile amp for sure. You can enjoy every gain stage at every volume level.

I used to play mine thru 410 cab which was quite aggressive (Mesa PH410). I liked that a lot but may be best suited for loud rock which is not my primary gig these days. I’ve not played Bassman Neo 410 but loving 115 which sounds great with the SB300.

The Bassman neo 115 can produce that warm low-mid organic punch and sounds fantastic with whatever I do. I don’t play with a pick but finger style, thumb picking and hard slapping all sounded great!

I followed the advice from my fellow countryman @rodl2005 (the guy deserves a commission from Fender marketing department!!) and I was glad I did. Now I just need to save up and buy another so my neighbour Martha can enjoy its juicy tones as well 😂

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A nice custom shop jazz. .
A set of Fender flats....

Or tapes

Jeeez, some picks?

I don't ask for much.

I probably told the story here before, but when I bought my SB300, same transaction, the seller charged me $3.50 for 7 picks 😆🙄


Congrats on the SB300

Ain't nothing finer.
 
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Angry Mob With Pitchfork said:
Yes, I cried all the way back to my hotel room 😢
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The top floor is their custom shop. Rows of custom basses.

The amp room is sound proofed and luckily so because that sb300 is really loud! Like everything vibrating and the guitars on the walls playing themselves loud.

There's never a problem or bad attitude when you ask to play anything either.
 
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BowserGriff said:
The top floor is their custom shop. Rows of custom basses.

The amp room is sound proofed and luckily so because that sb300 is really loud! Like everything vibrating and the guitars on the walls playing themselves loud.

There's never a problem or bad attitude when you ask to play anything either.
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I’m planning to travel back there again next year so I will definitely incorporate it into our itinerary. As with most places I’ve visited in Japan I’m sure the customer service is top notch 👌
 
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I don't know if this will make sense or not, so bare with me.

Playing at low volume levels (in a house practicing solo with a backing track) is it better to have a smaller cab (115) rather than a bigger one (610) in order to feel the punch? I used to have a DB410 and traded it for a DB112, which was better at bedroom level to control the volume and it felt puncher because I could (in my estimation) push that 1 cone a little harder. Pushing 410s at that volume may have been too loud.

Does that make sense? Asking because getting the tightest and clearest punch is what im after. Usually people would recommend solid state and some may point to barefaced videos about cone size, but you guys are the ones with the experience with amp and cabs 😀
 
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I have similar experience related to low volume,not exactly with cone size(i play with 2x12 and SSamp).In low volume sometimes the sound is very different in a good way, especially playing on bridge pickup and i do not know why.Even small eq or sound level changes makes difference.I am not a expert so i can not explain it,it is just what i hear.I think that is the"problem" in a good way IMO with the large and loud rigs you have to play it in high volume to hear what you like or what is works best for the band.
 
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BowserGriff said:
I don't know if this will make sense or not, so bare with me.

Playing at low volume levels (in a house practicing solo with a backing track) is it better to have a smaller cab (115) rather than a bigger one (610) in order to feel the punch? I used to have a DB410 and traded it for a DB112, which was better at bedroom level to control the volume and it felt puncher because I could (in my estimation) push that 1 cone a little harder. Pushing 410s at that volume may have been too loud.

Does that make sense? Asking because getting the tightest and clearest punch is what im after. Usually people would recommend solid state and some may point to barefaced videos about cone size, but you guys are the ones with the experience with amp and cabs 😀
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This is definitely an interesting question and I don’t know what the scientific answer will indicate as opposed to the real life perceived ‘feel’.

I’ve had 410, 210, 112 and now 115 cabs but all are from different manufacturers so I’m not comparing apples to apples in terms of sensitivity rating and volume output from a specific manufacturer’s range of cabs.

What might matter more for low volume bedroom practice perhaps may be the placement of the cab. You are not doing any justice if you are playing standing up and your 110 cab is placed on a floor. Currently I am sitting on a drum stool right in front of a 115 cab that’s on a casters so I get lots of punch even at a low volume. 😁

I’ve been really curious about some of PJB cabs with array of small speakers. I wonder how they go on the punch department as everyone seems to rave on about their tone foremost.
 
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Definitely the place and level of the cabs is huge factor but i put my cab on my ears level and placed it on same spot every time so i understand what @BowserGriff did mean.Sometimes just something happened on specific master of the amp level knob and it is sounds different way in most cases good compared to even small amount of volume change.Maybe is psychology and not know but is good.
 
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I went back to the Tokyo flagship store today to try out the SB300 with the neo410 to see if it would actually go to and sound good at low bedroom volume. It did! And I let it absolutely rip in there (its sound proofed), holly cow! What a sound! I couldn't get much power tube grind, though without causing my brain to rattle inside my skull. This is fine!

With my time with it, I found that in the overdrive Chanel, no matter how much I ticketed, it was either drive or no drive. Sometimes I like to play and dig in the strings when I want the break up. Couldn't find a setting for that. Anyone got a setting for it?

Today has shown me that this is actually the amp I want. I spend all my commute time looking at pictures, reading this thread. . . I just had to check it was the right amount for me. It really really is!
 
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