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teuzibon « A Must! »
Published on 02/19/11 at 12:39All tube amp, made in USA, of course, distributed roughly from 1970 to 1980. Recall that when the Beatles played on the roof of EMI shortly before their separation, McCartney used a Bassman Silverface. So if it's good enough for Macca, it must be good for a lot of bass players ... including me! 100 watts, the real, which allow you to play confidently in group, unless drummer and guitarist decided to orbit the scene ... The connection is reduced to its simplest form, the 70 required: 2 HP, which used to connect a 4 ohm cabinet or two 8 ohms, and that's it! The settings are simple: bass, treble and switch "deep" to boost the bass on channel 1, originally planned for the bass. Low, mid, treble and treble boost switch on channel 2, for guitar.
UTILIZATION
Can, if you look closely, find the manual on the net, but is it really necessary? Plug a good bass, both in channel 1 than in 2, and play! I'm not a guitarist, but friends who have tried the guitar would have passed well ... That's the advantage of amps vintage, it is never gas plants, and so much better.
SOUNDS
With this amp, I play rock, pop, blues, ... And the resulting sounds are quite suitable for these styles of music: very warm (normally it's all lamps), but clear. Pushing the preamp, you get a slight crunch in the grave to sully (a little) stuff. The sounds are of course some colorful roots, but the timbre of the bass part that there is this: a Jazz bass, precision, Ric 4001 are perfectly recognizable and valued. Try also with a Stingray, which makes the gear grunt loudly. Small flat, there are much better today than 4 x 12 cabinet home rather soft. But what he is beautiful! It seems that even when the head is transcended on a modern cabinet. A check, then.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this nice amp for 8 months. I also have SWR Workingman 15 combo, an Eden Traveler 300 coupled to a cabinet SWR Golliath 3. All have their own personality: Eden is great for jazz and funk, SWR perfect for portability, and the Bassman for all the rest. His fault: its weight (60 kg cabinet, although the head must do 25 kg), and also the potential fragility of tube amps that do not specifically be handled hot. A little research, you can find all head-cabinet for less than 1000 € now. It is reasonable to finally have one of two icons (with the Ampeg V4B) of the 70 at home ...
UTILIZATION
Can, if you look closely, find the manual on the net, but is it really necessary? Plug a good bass, both in channel 1 than in 2, and play! I'm not a guitarist, but friends who have tried the guitar would have passed well ... That's the advantage of amps vintage, it is never gas plants, and so much better.
SOUNDS
With this amp, I play rock, pop, blues, ... And the resulting sounds are quite suitable for these styles of music: very warm (normally it's all lamps), but clear. Pushing the preamp, you get a slight crunch in the grave to sully (a little) stuff. The sounds are of course some colorful roots, but the timbre of the bass part that there is this: a Jazz bass, precision, Ric 4001 are perfectly recognizable and valued. Try also with a Stingray, which makes the gear grunt loudly. Small flat, there are much better today than 4 x 12 cabinet home rather soft. But what he is beautiful! It seems that even when the head is transcended on a modern cabinet. A check, then.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this nice amp for 8 months. I also have SWR Workingman 15 combo, an Eden Traveler 300 coupled to a cabinet SWR Golliath 3. All have their own personality: Eden is great for jazz and funk, SWR perfect for portability, and the Bassman for all the rest. His fault: its weight (60 kg cabinet, although the head must do 25 kg), and also the potential fragility of tube amps that do not specifically be handled hot. A little research, you can find all head-cabinet for less than 1000 € now. It is reasonable to finally have one of two icons (with the Ampeg V4B) of the 70 at home ...