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Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
What amp is next?
Chad
Slender Hobbit
something more my style. Fender Musicmaster.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Never heard of this...
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
It was a bass practice amp. Volume and tone, 15 watts, 6v6 power tubes.
Like an Allen Hot Fudge?
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Like an Allen Hot Fudge?
without the annoying vibrato and a third of the price.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
Like I said; volume, tone
Wyatt
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Like an Allen Hot Fudge?
Musicmaster is a weird beast.
Low B+ voltages keep the cathode-biased power tubes pretty cold; transformer for a PI; the preamp could be close to a Tweed or Brown Fender but the caps are all relative small values to filter out all the low-end and lower-mids.
It was designed as a "cheap" bass amp...so anything the simple amp couldn't handle (big, boomy low end) was engineered right to Ground. It does have it's cult following as a guitar amp.
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Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
It was a bass practice amp. Volume and tone, 15 watts, 6v6 power tubes.
I remember when those were new in 1977 and were selling for about a buck fifty. Now...sheesh.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
They are an amp I keep my eye on. I got it for a pretty good price, but I just found one on CL locally that is a little cheaper.
Wyatt
Kick Henry Jackassowski
They were selling for 8 bits or less maybe a decade ago.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
I really don't think that anything beats the sound of an old Fender. But I have 2 non-operational Bandmasters in the barn at the moment. I've lost my interest in vintage amps.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Why haven't you gotten them fixed? They make pretty good bass amps.
I don't consider anything made in my lifetime vintage
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
It's on the list... It will eventually happen, and then I'll sell one and hang onto the other. Or sell both. They sounded great when they worked.Why haven't you gotten them fixed? They make pretty good bass amps.
I don't consider anything made in my lifetime vintage
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
I lucked out and found a used SF Vibro Champ for $60 through the recycler some 15+ years ago before the crazy climb in prices.
That is as bad as BF Deluxes. I should've bought a used one in the early 90's for about 3-4, now forget about it. Cheaper to build a clone.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
They go for $350 to $500 these days.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
I bought a '68 SF Vibro Champ from @vintage clubber for $150, kept it for a few years, and sold it for $500.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
I still miss mine that was stolen in high school. :(