Bruce R
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I once owned a 1958 Bassman for many years and have a pretty good idea of what they sound like. One of my brothers has a 90's release '59 Bassman and it sounds surprisingly close, bright and quite clean until you really push it. At about 6 (halfway) it comes to life and when cranked it is a monster and quite loud. My 2003 Bassman LTD is quite the opposite - very warm and 'gainy' quite quickly. After 6 or so it is pretty much compressed. A great rock or blues rock sound, but quite unlike the '58. All 3 amps are (were) stock and my '03 has been thoroughly gone over, re-tubed, voltages adjusted per spec, and biased correctly by a tech. I even have a 12AT7 (as recommended) in V3 and it did clean it up a little. A 12AY7 was also recommended in V1 but that made it worse.
Has anyone else out there had a similar experience and noticed these differences between a '59 Bassman Reissue vs. '59 Bassman LTD? Does anyone else's Bassman LTD sound like this?
Has anyone else out there had a similar experience and noticed these differences between a '59 Bassman Reissue vs. '59 Bassman LTD? Does anyone else's Bassman LTD sound like this?