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3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

How different is the Marshall Bluesbreaker when compared to a Bassman?  I think they have similar circuits.

So isn't the difference between the 62 Bluesbreaker and the Bassman just using EL34 or KT66 power tubes?

 

Edit to add that speakers are a huge part of the equation, especially in 62 when they went 2x12 Celestion.  Apparently 61 was 4x10 like the Bassman.

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2 hours ago, G650 said:

Blank Stare Staring GIF

 

I said what I wanted to say. :)

 

 

 

It does sound good cranked, but it's a different sound than the tweed circuit by a mile.  But what wasn't nasally but would definitely have that thing sort of like a 50 watt Bassman was the Bassman 100.  My first real amp was a 1973 Bassman 100, which I bought from my guitar teacher for $100.  I also bought from him an early 70s Sunn 4x12 with Eminence flat magnet speakers in it.  At first, I used it as a PA for a band I sang in, but as I played guitar more, it became my main amp for years.  I was a simple person and just ran both channels bridged with all knobs on 10 and the master at 3 or so.  When I sold it, I did a demo with the master on 10 and the rest dialed down and learned I could have really gotten some pretty (window shaking) sounds out of that.  The Bass channel, which I never played through really, was beautiful sounding (I was playing through a pair of 1968 Jensens) when I discovered that, having sold the Sunn speaker a couple of years earlier.

 

Suffice it to say, I acquired both of these items in the early 90s and got 5x for them before the market went COVID crazy.

Posted
32 minutes ago, dcbc said:

 

It does sound good cranked

 

Is there another way to play an amp?

 

 

I actually paid 220 bucks from my '66 AB165 in the early aughts. Its amazing how much they are now.

Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, G650 said:

 

Is there another way to play an amp?

 

 

I actually paid 220 bucks from my '66 AB165 in the early aughts. Its amazing how much they are now.

As the owner of a Tweed Twin from the Custom Shop as well as a Harvard and Deluxe, I'm gonna tell you there are amps you can crank and amps you can't.  That Bassman isn't exactly an Amp you can't crank.  So I'm gonna make a ruling right here.  Crank it!

 

Yeah, that 1x12 Harvard clone was my last purchase.  It hit just the right spot.  And while not the $100 Bassman 100, I felt like it was priced pretty reasonably.

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