Who here plays Fender amps?

[wreakhavoc]

I am running the Studio Bass right now. 200 or so watts out of 6 6l6GC's.
Really cures the vintage vibe I have been caught on lately.

I had a Fender Studio bass all through the 80's. One of the best amps I have ever experienced. I sold it in hard times for $300, wish I could find one now. I see you are in Casper, kind of ironic that is the place I bought mine new in 1980!

 

[thump_dumpster]

current rig is a BXR 300c and a bxr 1x15 ext cab. 300 watts and american made. i liek it, hasnt given me any troubles.


dangit! now i have to take pics!

 

[jeffbrown]

I, too, have an M-80 Bass amp. 160 watts. It works for practice and smaller rooms. Nice FX loop, tone controls just OK, I guess. I use the chorus w/the footswitch. I'm confused (not being the tech guy...) about what the "Deltacomp" button does. Is it a limiter or something?

For bigger/louder stuff, I picked up a Fender cab: Model BXR115B. It has a bigger box than the combo, but it seems to have the same size speaker. 150W continuous, 300W peak. Paired and stacked, they are pretty loud (I HAVE hurt myself with this), and the quality of the sound works for me, but what do I know. Has anyone else tried this setup?

 

[pica]

I have a Fender Bassman Amp I use to practice with. I really like it.

 

[jastacey]

Here's my Bassman 300 Pro

 

[sleepytime]

Had a SS Bassman. Very weak in the tone dept, though a BDDI resuscitated it somewhat. I was glad to be rid of it.

Have played several times on a Rumble 60. Nothing special, but better than the Bassman.

Currently own a BXR 25 for practice. I actually like this one quite a bit. The Fender amps I've come across have been as reliable as a hammer, I'll give them that much. I have no time for unreliable gear.

 

[johnk_10]

i have a few fender amps that i play bass thru (old vintage ones). here they are:

300PS:

400PS

Super Twin (180watts-converted to a head with a 2x15 JBL K140's cab)

 

[bwoodman]

When I first started playing in 1978, I bought a Fender Bassman 135 with a 215 cabinet. I soon found out that it just didn't have enough headroom / volume / watts - and discovered Acoustic! Jaco was using them and another favorite player at the time, Charles Meeks with Chuch Mangione. I got an Acoustic 220 and a 406 (215) cabinet and never looked back...until I discovered GK....then Walter Woods! Yes, it's endless and always a matter of GAS! Even now, I have a GK and even a couple of Carvin amps, but back to the topic, when I think bass amps, I just don't think about Fender - I think about SWR! Oh yeah, Fender owns them now. I guess that's one way to have a good bass amp line - buy one. But, I'm being a smart ass now.

 

[nme0014]

i prefer GK amps, but my GK melted down, so as a cheap temp replacement im using fender...sounds pretty damn good, just not GK good.

 

[DynaFlow]

Had a Musicmaster Bass combo years ago, OK for low-level bass, GREAT for guitar.

The 400PS was the amp of choice for the late, great Barry Oakley.

 

[Attack Sunfish]

I have a little Fender Rumble 75 in the dining room. I like the sound of it.

 

[DistortioN]

Can anyone tell something about new Rumble 75?
Dislikes?!
I'm interested in buying the same,but still can't try it in shop.
The most important for me is...Would I here it near drummer?

 

[John D]

Fender instruments were the low cost mass produced alternatives to the high quality hand made brands of the 50's, like Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch. Fender used materials and construction methods that allowed them to come in at half the price of those counterparts. It was just serendipitous that the instruments and amps sounded good. The speakers, OTOH, were horrible. Unfortunately many of the engineering faux pas of Fender speakers also became part and parcel of a legacy that continues to this day, most unfortunate as they were not worthy of being built in the first place, let alone being copied.

At first I thought you were serious. Then I realized that this is a joke. Right?

 

[gbarchus]

I can remember the day when a black-face Fender Dual Showman with two JBL D140F speakers in a huge sealed cabinet was "THE" amp to own for bass players. I owned a couple of them in "my" days.

Not long ago I owned a Sunn 300T (now the Bassman 300 PRO) which I thought was as good as an SVT (blasphemy, I know) and almost as heavy, but had too many knobs.

I used a Fender Bassman 250/115 in a backline and was surprised at how good it sounded.

Gale

 

[Growly Lytes]

Had the Fender BXR200 head for around 12 years & sold it last year(regret).It was very loud for 200watts. Never did i have it serviced in 12 years. It had a nice sound at low levels but when you cranked the volume it would get blistering hot & i had to keep boosting everything to keep it at the same volume. After 20mins of playing as loud as possible it would start to lose its tone big time !! The lows & mids would dissapear totally.
Got the TB-600 head & i liked it alot untill i made my new cabs. The TB-600 had problems pushing them properly(2-800 watt 8ohm cabs). I couldnt get the big levels out of it....Clipping !
Then i went the Poweramp (3400watts) Preamp (Sansamp RPM) way & ive never looked back. I can get any of the sounds the TB-600 has with the RPM at low & high volume levels with no worries.
The amp feels like a fridge after cranking about 900watts into each cab @ jam.
GREATNESS.

 

[Lambic]

Here's my brand new Bassman TV Twelve (150W). I like the sound alot, but didn't try it with a band so far.

 

[adk teleman]

I have a Fender M80 Bass combo with a Fender 4x10 cabinet and for me it is the perfect rig. If I am playing a small club I go with just the M8- combo anything bigger I bring the whole rig. I love my setup!

 

[Son of Bovril]

First of all, Leo's work always struck me as function over form, so I don't agree with you on that. Second, I am not even sure what you mean with that last sentence.

yeah funny considering they invented it...

Also I play a Fender TBP-1 tube preamp into the MB-1200 monoblock poweramp (pre lightweight mini amps) this is a great combination that is IMO one of the best sounding bass specific amps out there if you want that thick tube like tone without actually using a full tube amp. Nowadays I leave the Monoblock at the practice room and take a lightweight poweramp to gigs with the pre...

 

[thunderstation]

Sorry, but there was never a time when the Bassman was the only bass amp to play. It was popular with some bassists because it had more wattage than a B-15, but the cabs sucked and made the higher wattage of the Bassman pretty much useless. Kustom and Standel were more popular for bass than the Bassman.

It's true - I had a Fender 100 with 2/12" cabinet. It never filled the expectation. I ended up with an Ampeg B4B and was knocked out by the tone & power. Of course I needed a crane to pick it up.
Now the guitar amps seemed to be a whole different story - nothing i heard ever beat a super twin. I have a fender black face Vibrolux Reverb all original - 2 10" fender speakers and it sounds great especially with e reverb & vibrato