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The Fender Super Bassman 300 thread

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Just out of curiosity, what kinds of basses are you guys using? That svt setting was created using a warwick streamer SS2, which is a bit darker than your average jazz bass. I tried a pbass with those settings and it was glorious, talk about 3D sound!
 
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Eidolon0274 said:
Just out of curiosity, what kinds of basses are you guys using? That svt setting was created using a warwick streamer SS2, which is a bit darker than your average jazz bass. I tried a pbass with those settings and it was glorious, talk about 3D sound!
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The other part of that question is of course "What cabinets are you using?" That said, I always use my SB300 with the Fender neo 810 and yes those SVT settings work for me. In fact I may even use the overdrive channel as my main one next gig - it is just that touch of mid boost that does it for me. Especially great with my Ric 4003 and 63Jazz. No blended overdrive for me, I just use the channel as eq. Thanks for posting them.
 
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I used a P with mine. The settings, as posted originally were a bit too bright for me (through 2 Ampeg 212AVs). Dropped mids by a click and treble by two. This was with pretty new flats, though. Once those settle in, I might bump these back up to where you had them. Tone control on the bass was backed off by a third. I also had the blend at 7 and gain around 3-4 (I'd have to go look at it). Found it to be a bit thicker and richer sounding than with a blend of 1. I like lots of tube harmonics and some grit - but no outright buzzy distortion. This got me there in spades. It was the tone I've always had in my head.

And what I really liked is that this rig was eating up a moderately loud Allman Brothers style jam and asking for more. Definitely was copping that "slightly angry, so don't p*** me off" type of rock tone. The harder I dug in, the more that Fender liked it. And I never got past 5 or so on the master - so there was plenty of horsepower left on tap.

Big rigs rule. This head is fabulous.
 
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Made the jump and received my SB300 and 610 neo (oxblood) Thursday last week. Had time for a quick "yes, this works" check before leaving for weekend away shows. First of all, this rig is amazing. I was able to drop a distortion pedal out of my signal chain & was impressed all night with the sound. Although it was a quiet stage, the thick tone was so enjoyable.

The disappointment for me is that the DI doesn't work, which I found out at the show (left my REDDI at home). Mic'd the cab so all was fine.....except I've got a little resonant buzz at a few frequencies, that sounds like something is loose. Dammit, what's with QC these days - especially on a multi-thousand $$ rig! Off to the shop....already. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, because I really think I found my holy grail.
 
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I'm playing my SB300 through two Bag End S15-D cubes.

Here's my tower of amp comparison terror. Four VERY different sounding amps.
My quick take on the relative merits:
SB300: Sweet, extremely tubey and warm, versatile, fat and bright, really inspires me to play everything.
SVT-II: Muscular sounding, thick and clanky with a punchy, growly low mid presence, makes me want to rock.
SM 9.2: Super duper versatile, not as lively or responsive as the tube amps, still fun to play.
MB800: Flat sounding (not in a good way). Loud and light, but the notes just kind of sit there, not very inspiring for me to play.
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The ShuttleMax 9.2 is still an amazing solid-state amp with the best eq of any amp I've yet found, but its presence and girth in the mix is nothing like the tube guys. The MB800, well, I just don't understand why so many people love it. It's loud and small, and for that reason it's in my gig bag as a backup. The Fender is I feel a more beautiful, singing amp than the Ampeg (and the eq is much more versatile), but for a stomping rock sound with my Sterling 5H, the SVT-II is a beast. So, although I have too many amps, each one has its purpose, I guess I'll keep them all. :)
 
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Nomad5 said:
Made the jump and received my SB300 and 610 neo (oxblood) Thursday last week. Had time for a quick "yes, this works" check before leaving for weekend away shows. First of all, this rig is amazing. I was able to drop a distortion pedal out of my signal chain & was impressed all night with the sound. Although it was a quiet stage, the thick tone was so enjoyable.

The disappointment for me is that the DI doesn't work, which I found out at the show (left my REDDI at home). Mic'd the cab so all was fine.....except I've got a little resonant buzz at a few frequencies, that sounds like something is loose. Dammit, what's with QC these days - especially on a multi-thousand $$ rig! Off to the shop....already. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, because I really think I found my holy grail.
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Take a Philips head screwdriver an go over the whole cabinet, tighten everything down a bit, then check the way the grill sits on the cab. The slide rails on my cab were just a tiny bit loose, so I did this and no buzzing of any sort. I've done the same thing to fender basses when new, tuners and neck bolts in particular are never all t he wa tight. Small issue, I like to think it's part of the process.

If there are greater issues with the DI fender has been known to express mail new amps at the drop of a hat, great customer service...I think they know they built a future legend with this amp and want it to succeed.
 
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