On the bright side: a pal of mine saw the Who last night here in Denvoid, and Pino was using what appears to be a 300 head through a neo 810 cab.
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The Fender Super Bassman 300 thread
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Your friend has good eyes! That is indeed what he's using.
He has two of them stacked on top of each other, and I have to assume the 2nd one is a backup.
- Apr 3, 2003
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Breaking news on the Bassman front! After a bit of recent correspondence with Fender, I have some news to report which varies slightly from what I wrote in my Link Removed.
In my review, I highlighted a quote from the user manual which stated that "A speaker must ALWAYS be connected to the MAIN SPEAKER jack when the amplifier is ON or damage may occur to the unit." This seemed contrary to what I thought the Speaker Output Mute switch was doing, but since Fender put it in the manual, I wanted to be sure that people were aware of that.
However, the engineers at Fender now tell me that if the Speaker Output is set to Mute, the Super Bassman can be safely operated without a load (meaning, without a speaker attached). There is no high voltage power supply to the output section when the Speaker Output is set to Mute, and you are good to go.
In my review, I highlighted a quote from the user manual which stated that "A speaker must ALWAYS be connected to the MAIN SPEAKER jack when the amplifier is ON or damage may occur to the unit." This seemed contrary to what I thought the Speaker Output Mute switch was doing, but since Fender put it in the manual, I wanted to be sure that people were aware of that.
However, the engineers at Fender now tell me that if the Speaker Output is set to Mute, the Super Bassman can be safely operated without a load (meaning, without a speaker attached). There is no high voltage power supply to the output section when the Speaker Output is set to Mute, and you are good to go.
Now, that sounds logical to me!Breaking news on the Bassman front! After a bit of recent correspondence with Fender, I have some news to report which varies slightly from what I wrote in my Link Removed.
In my review, I highlighted a quote from the user manual which stated that "A speaker must ALWAYS be connected to the MAIN SPEAKER jack when the amplifier is ON or damage may occur to the unit." This seemed contrary to what I thought the Speaker Output Mute switch was doing, but since Fender put it in the manual, I wanted to be sure that people were aware of that.
However, the engineers at Fender now tell me that if the Speaker Output is set to Mute, the Super Bassman can be safely operated without a load (meaning, without a speaker attached). There is no high voltage power supply to the output section when the Speaker Output is set to Mute, and you are good to go.
Breaking news on the Bassman front! After a bit of recent correspondence with Fender, I have some news to report which varies slightly from what I wrote in my Link Removed.
In my review, I highlighted a quote from the user manual which stated that "A speaker must ALWAYS be connected to the MAIN SPEAKER jack when the amplifier is ON or damage may occur to the unit." This seemed contrary to what I thought the Speaker Output Mute switch was doing, but since Fender put it in the manual, I wanted to be sure that people were aware of that.
However, the engineers at Fender now tell me that if the Speaker Output is set to Mute, the Super Bassman can be safely operated without a load (meaning, without a speaker attached). There is no high voltage power supply to the output section when the Speaker Output is set to Mute, and you are good to go.
NICE, NICE NICE!!!!! Just in time for my trip to the studio! Thanks for following up on this Tom. TomB for president!
Hi all,
I recently purchased a Super Bassman and I had my first chance to gig with it this last Friday night.
I ran a Marcus Miller 5 string (equal pickup levels with a slight boost to the bass and treble) into the SB which was then run into the Fender Bassman 410. I couldn't have been happier with my tone. I used the Vintage Channel exclusively and set the eq at 4-9-3. Very smooth, yet punchy tone. The sound man used the direct out from the amp with no troubles.
This is going to be gigging rig for a while. The 410 works really well too and is amazingly light (somewhat offsetting the weight of the SB).
Bones
I recently purchased a Super Bassman and I had my first chance to gig with it this last Friday night.
I ran a Marcus Miller 5 string (equal pickup levels with a slight boost to the bass and treble) into the SB which was then run into the Fender Bassman 410. I couldn't have been happier with my tone. I used the Vintage Channel exclusively and set the eq at 4-9-3. Very smooth, yet punchy tone. The sound man used the direct out from the amp with no troubles.
This is going to be gigging rig for a while. The 410 works really well too and is amazingly light (somewhat offsetting the weight of the SB).
Bones
Correct. According to the schematic it looks like V1 is related to the overall input and vintage channel. V2 is used for the overdrive channel.
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Has anyone played the SuperBassman 300 through an Aguilar DB410? Preferably in comparison to an Orange AD200? (might be shooting the moon on this request, but thought it was worth asking).
Fender Tone Stack question:
I know the relative "flat" settings are 1-10-1 and that each dial has this symbiotic relationship but here's my question. Let's say I run bass at 3, mid at 10 and treble at 1. Does running the bass at 3 reduce mids a touch or just increase the bass?
I know the relative "flat" settings are 1-10-1 and that each dial has this symbiotic relationship but here's my question. Let's say I run bass at 3, mid at 10 and treble at 1. Does running the bass at 3 reduce mids a touch or just increase the bass?
Interesting question, and even if they do not crossover electrically they will aurally, plus the cab and room comes into it. Also which of the two channels you are using. Not trying to be smug, but the simple answer is use your ears. That said, on the vintage channel the bass adds more of a low end warmth which of course affects the whole spectrum subjectively imo.
