I have a 1973 Fender Musicmaster Bass amp that was very noisy – I’ve taken it on as a rebuild and mod platform, with some add-ons that are getting some talk on this forum. I’m sure this contributes quite a bit to the toned this amplifier, so as the original speaker with its under sized motor which I thought also sounded very good.This is my first amp R&R/mod project. FENDER MUSICMASTER BASS AMPLIFIER DRIVERit could be argued this type of driver is not so great for electrica guitar amps but quite a good choice for electric bass. Theoretically, this implies a slight high end roll off before the program material hits the power amp compared to the more traditional tube version approche. The particularity of this circuit is that it uses a transformer as the differential driver. I used to always use this amp with the tone control in this position, and even though the tone was a bit dark because of the tone control being in the “low” position, I thought it still sounded much better this way compared to other positions of the tone control.Įlectric bass sounded really good also, but only at quite low volume. I remember there was a very specific position of the tone control (around position 2) where the sound of the amp was subtly “louder” or hit some sort of resonance where the sound was very nice with best sensitivity. The sound of this amp is somehow voiced for bass guitar so the tone is a bit dark. Very clear and precise tone with the bigmuff in the sense that it could handle and reproduce the low end very well. Excellent with guitar fuzz pedals and specially with my bigmuff. Sounded really nice for both guitar and bass. With original fender 6V6 output tubes and Jensen speaker. I used to own one Musicmaster Bass amp and absolutely loved it. The sweetspot on the stock tone control can be VERY narrow for guitar but that's no big deal for recording IMO. Lots of people mod the tone control on these amps when they use it for guitar. But I think they used different stock speakers over the years so yours might be different. Can be pretty cool with the right fuzz, lol. The stock speaker has this nasty wasp thing going for guitars. Especially when trying to fit them into the same mix! I actually sometimes re-install the stock speaker. Sharing the same speaker for bass and guitar will always be a compromise IMO. Pretty much the opposite of the Jensen ceramics which are ultra-bright out of the box and needs LOTS of hours to mellow out.Īctually, being open back and just a few nuts to loosen, I can't see a big problem with getting one speaker for bass and one for guitar here. It really opens up after some hours of use. Be aware that the P12N sounds a bit muddy out of the box. The P12N really is a match made in heaven for recording clean guitars with this amp (the P12N is definitely NOT for bass though!!!). And this litte dirt cheap "bass" amp is still my favourite for clean'ish guitars. I mean, I've got a pretty wide range of expensive VINTAGE Marshall, Hiwatt, Fender, Ampeg, Supro, Vox, Orange, etc. It may be a bit of a one trick pony but it does that trick extremely well. Pretty awful for distorted guitars though. I installed a Jensen P12N in mine and it is now my number one favourite amp for recording clean or SLIGHTLY crunched guitars. not my idea of fun but with the right speaker I'm sure you can get some decent recorded bass tones out of it.īUT. I got it as a guitar amp for my studio so I can't comment on which speakers I would use for bass. I've never considered this a bass amp (even though I'm a bass player). I remember reading somewhere about it being more reliable than the 6aq5 version but I have no idea to be honest.
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