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Fender Bassman 150

Bass Guitar Combo Amp from Fender belonging to the Bassman series

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Published on 10/04/08 at 05:17
- Amp transistor, made in Indonesia
- Power: 150 watts RMS, the sound is really good. At max, the hp does not support low, creating a hum.
- Hp Eminence, Piezo tweeter with attenuator switch (full,-6db, Off)
- Medium semi-parametric, contour, bass, treble
- Compression: I think it is really inefficient, we hardly hear the difference with or without. Fender has demonstrated laziness! It's a shame.
- XLR with level, grounding, Pre / post EQ
- Aux
- Effects loop (send, return: is also used to connect another amp in series)
- Tuner out (for the tuner input)
- Entry for hp 4ohms min hp jack connected
- Mute button with LED indicator
- Input for headphones (not super convenient, the explanation is a little further)

Combo covered with a carpet of leaves (it was clean and the galley is not very resistant), cutaway to tilt ETC ..... it's still fairly attractive all that!

UTILIZATION

- Configuration not complicated, we get a good quality sound even with the settings to zero.
The outline is very effective, he adds bcp medium. The parametric mids are easy to use, you just linger a few minutes they can Scult good sound and have a good sound palette available.

- The manual is available in several languages ​​including French (fender bravo! For once, they made an effort lol) with all the explanations and information you need.

- A default: in terms of using the headphone input: when you plug the headphones into the headphone input, you have to unplug the hp is not very practical, while on good number of amp, the hp is automatiquemet cut when connecting headphones. What a pity! it's not bad, but strength is binding.

SOUNDS

I play all styles, you just use it to bcp styles, but more so for style jazzy-blues-funk, the metalheads, abstain. The rock is nickel.

I play it with a Fender Jazz Bazz U.S. micro vintage '75. Clearly, I have the sound of Mr Marcus Miller, and with my poor Yamaha RBX374 I can have a sound close to Victor Wooten is invraisemblabe, I could not believe it!

This amp has a very good sound reproduction, and is perfect with a Jazz Bass of the same brand.

It is very powerful with a pick, slap, it's good, but still feeble involved finger.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years, it is solid, but can not stand not much travel.
In my case, it is a good amp to work part plan, I'm happy, the sound is good, it has the qualities and defaults, at that price, you can not have perfection.

The sound quality is good, is a Jazz Bass U.S., it is on top! It significantly improves the quality of your instrument / sound and your game even if you play a low-end bass. Good size room to play.

I could compare my 120watt amp with a Beringher a friend, and much the 120watt Beringher spitting more than just my bassman 150 watt, however, it seems less powerful, but the sound quality, the accuracy of the notes is by far much better. I wish he had more in the sale, but I think Fender opt for more sound quality and it was at déptriment power. Lack of big power, I expected more from it. it's a shame, because I'm just power again. (The others have heavy)

I tried other combo like Laney, Hartke, Hughes and K, even ampeg ... and none of them had its grain, its rendering, sound quality nearly flawless.

Quality / high price due to defaults because of his race condition when these posters combo cheaper, good quality and not too negative.

With experience, I would do maybe this choice if the price was revised slightly downwards, if they improved the compressor and power.

Big Default: the snores Hp / vibrates in the bass. Master volume and the max, even with the Hp snores bass knob to midrange. The Hp is not properly sized relative to the power and low-amp issued by the preamble.