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Short and simple, do these exist?


Originally Posted by ankalarShort and simple, do these exist?Not absolutely certain, but I have never heard of such a thing on a stock bassman model from the 60's and 70's. I don't know what may have happened after that. There are certainly modded versions with gain knobs. I have one.


Originally Posted by ankalarShort and simple, do these exist?Thre are so damn many different Bassman amps they to be honest Im not 100% sure, BUT I have never seen a Bassman with a control labeles quot;gainquot; there are several with a master volume but I've never seen a gain control before. Thats just me.

Well, it doesn't have to be a quot;gainquot; knob necessarily, but something that functions the same at least. To tell you the truth I don't really know what a master volume control does. Is it kind of like you have a volume control for the preamp and then a quot;masterquot; volume control for the power amp?

With an amp with a volume and a master voulme the master is used to create distortion BUT...in 70's SF Fender amps with master volumes it really doesn't work like that...

Yes, they're called Marshall's.


Originally Posted by MarinbluesYes, they're called Marshall's. Exactly! The original Marshall's were modeled after the late 50's tweed bassman amps only with a little more gusto


Originally Posted by ankalarShort and simple, do these exist?No, unless you count that copyright infringement called Marshall, which was a copy of the Fender Bassman circuit, with a different transformer because radio part were easier to get at that time in England.

Not exactly a Bassman, but the 90's Blues Deville 4-10's were designed to fill that niche, and also the Peavey Classic 50. Not the same, but it's the answer to 'a Bassman with more gain.' The best solution is buy a Bassman (like my LTD for $900), then buy the absolute best OD pedal you can find.

Well yeah I knew about the Marshall thing, but I don't want to go spending that type of money. I'd probably only want to spend about $500 or so dolares (which, sadly, rules out your Bassman, GJ). I guess what I'm looking for is a single channel amp that will provide a nice, semi-high-gain crunch when I put an OD pedal like a TS9 or SD1 in front of it. Pretty much I'm looking for what everybody else is looking for, a cheap Plexi-like amp. I never thought I'd be in the same boat, but I guess there's a reason why everybody likes these amps.

EDIT: May I add that the reason I'm asking about this is because I've been playing around with the Bassman model on my PODxt, which has a drive knob. I love the tone with the Bassman's drive on full and the Tubescreamer model on neutral settings. This also works with the JTS-45 model (supposed to be a JTM-45 preamp into Bassman power section).

the jtm 45 is the marshall that is the copy of the fender bassman with a few differences. my favorite marshall!!