A couple of things in the circuitry were immediately changed in 1965 when the aa165 and ab165 replaced the aa864, which by amp idealists is considered the best bassman circuit of all times together with the legendary 59 tweed 5f6a circuit. Once i got the 59 back on its feet, though, i dumped the reissue off on a friend. Im going to change out the 12ax7s and put in 12ats for a cleaner sound, any advise or suggestions on tube choices for that tube. My old 59 ri was pretty darn bright too it sounded best nice and loud and lightly driven by a darker overdrive i used to use a zvex box of rock and a blackstone. Mods for fender reissue tweed bassman carls custom amps.
Cheilitis can be caused by an infection, characterized by cracked skin at the corners of the lips. Five ways to cure and prevent chapped lips life and style the. Utilization the 59 bassman sounds excellent right out of the box. It had an unfinished tweed, which ive shellaced, and came with a somewhat goofy, high voltage circuit and a plugin solid state rectifier, 3x12ax7s and 4 eminence jensen repor 10s. Ok, good to know, ive done some amp comparision on my pod, i know its not always dead on but it gave me an idea of what i wanted. Opinins on the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd. Repeated licking can remove the oily surface film that protects the lips from losing moisture.
First of all, it doesnt break up as early and even when it does, it lacks the warm overdriven. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue i need help in dating my fender amp and if anyone can attach a value to her that would be great. Ive heard of several people either having this done or doing it themselves with good results though. The bassman ri circa 1990s was made with a printed circuit board and had a solid state rectifier which was changeable for a tubevalve rectifier. For guitar it sounds marvelous, but again, we are designing a bass guitar amplifier. To soothe the pain, apply aloe vera gel or honey to your lips every day until they feel better. This, in effect, made the leather handled bassman s 58 reissues because the only difference between 1958 and 1959 fender bassman amps were the leather vs. Ive never owned either the earlier reissues or the ltd, but i cant remember a time i played one and thought eww. Causes and remedies when the corners of a persons mouth crack, it can be aggravating, painful, and unattractive. The blackface has a scooped midrange sound that isnt to everyones liking. Heres how to actually heal your dry, chapped lips prepare to become extremely aware of how dry your lips are in 3, 2, 1. Retailers were waiting for the amps to satisfy outstanding orders and customer curiosity.
Hes looking for a really clean 50s rockabilly sound. The information contained herein is confidential and proprietary to fender musical instruments corp. The original 59 had 8uf filtering on the preamp the ri has 2 20 uf in parallel you can cut one out. Generally, when people are refering to a bassman for a guitar amp, its the 50s, most notably the 1959 bassman. How to get rid of painful cracked lips with pictures. Mod your bassman reissue for vintage tone singlecoil.
During this time especially from november to april in most u. Well, by following this guide, you can decide which bassman head is best suited to you. It is brighter and harsher sounding and the overdrive is not the same. While flavored lip balms may be fun, they can lead to a dry, cracked mouth no fun. Hi jeff, i get premier guitar in the mail every month, and after a quick flip through the magazine to see whats in store, i turn to your amp column. Opinins on the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd combo. I had some trouble with it years ago and that is why i bought the 1990 reissue. Fender tweed bassman style transformers by classictone. In keeping with the original, the 59 bassman features 12ax7 preamp valves, a 5ar4 rectifier tube, and the true 5f6 circuit. The tweed 59 bassman influenced many amp builders to replicate or to improve the circuit in there own way. In the 1950s, the bassman was perfect for amplifying that new invention, the fender precision bass.
And changed the slope resistor from 100k to 56k and replaced. Dec 03, 2007 top 20 acoustic guitar intros of all time duration. Mar 30, 2014 the real deal is really loud, and loves to have the channels jumped. Legendary fender bassman the tweed covered fender bassman is considered by many to be the epitome of tone, and every current tube amplifier myth revolves around this amplifier. From too much dry air to medical conditions, well discuss what causes chapped lips, plus home remedies that show you how to get rid of chapped lips and heal. This leads to some poor soul complaining that his bassman doesnt sound like the one used by his favorite guitar player. Fender 59 bassman ltd 120v 717669268299 rep for sale. Buy products related to severely chapped lips and see what customers say. Red arrows show changes from the original 5f6 a bassman schematic. Weve yet to use the amp at a gig, but hes worried about breakup at higher volumes. If your lips are chapped, you may want to avoid the artificial ingredients in certain lip balms, and with good reason.
The fragrances, artificial colors, and soothing agents they contain can. The tweed bassman is a whole different beast than the later head bassman amps, which usually ran with a 2x12 cab. Fender 59 bassman reissue fender stratocaster guitar forum. Covers are available in different colors and sizes to fit most fender amplifiers and extension cabinets. Part of it is personal preference, but if any of these seem not to improve things in a week perhaps trying a petroleum based product such as vasoline for a week might be helpful. Heres the schematic and layout to locate the components. Fender 59 bassman electric guitar amplifier demo youtube. I searched the web for mods and there is some good info on hot rod delux mods and tune up stuff but not much on the 59 bassman.
I have a 59 reissue with nos ge 12ax7s, in v1 and v2, an nos 5751 in v3 pi, and nos ge 6l6gcs i also took out. They are not very powerful compared to modern bass amps, they cost a fortune to buy, are costly to maintain when you have to retube them and they weigh a ton. Your physician as well as your dentist should be aware of these changes. This 50w rig allowed the bass to hold its own onstage with drums, electric guitars, and miked piano, the common instrumentation of the day. There are a plethora of bassman heads out there, and just as many circuit variations. Angular cheilitis causes dryness, redness, irritation, sores, burning, itching, crusting, or cracks in the corner of your mouth. Many patients who have chapped lips are liplickers. Brown nylon cover designed to fit 59 bassman reissue amplifiers manufactured from 1990present. I know a few people, usually the ones who hate the blackface reissues, who feel the 59 bassman is the reissue fender got right. Again, many thanks to everyone who gave an opinion in this thread, it helped me a great deal.
Many of the mods on this page apply to the bassman reissue. I had an old ri for several years and loved it to bits only traded in for an amp i think is even better for me anyway 57 twin. To get rid of painful cracked lips, try rubbing olive oil or coconut oil on them, which will provide moisture so they stop cracking. Fender 59 bassman ltd 100v guitar amplifier lacquered. It wasnt a speakerit was more like an electronic crackle that would happen on and off while i was playing and sometimes continue for a couple of seconds after the music had stopped.
Bassman amps are indeed some of the best amps of all time. How to get rid of chapped lips, according to dermatologists cnn. Chapped lips tend to get worse in winter, but can be a problem any time of year. Im open to new suggestions, but the concentration of my search has been on used vox ac30s and used fender tube amps, specifically used twins, deluxes, super reverbs, and bassman reissues. Similar searches girl swallows huge load mather and son only in house 60 year old mature xs size big pussy lips creampie movie rough outdoor anal cunt lips stepdaughters big pussy lips playing with big pussy lips small latin teen friends playing with big pussy lips stepmom and daughter watching porn fucking my grandmom russian milf creampie big. We spoke with dermatologists about their favorite scrubs, balms and masks that can soothe chapped lips in a. Mix brown sugar crystals with olive oil or coconut oil, and rub the concoction gently on your lips. The problem is, if you want that 59 bassman tone, the reissue does not get any close to it. I understand they break in after awhile, but can be annoying at first. Fender bassman 59 reissue settings gretschtalk forum. The 59 bassman ltd is rated at 50 watts and certainly puts out the power. Available in a wide range of colors, the megabass ito vision 110 really excels when the water temps are between 38 and 70 degrees. Fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd 4x10 guitar combo.
The bassman design itself is straight up and simple with no preamp gain controls for lowlevel distortion creation. I need a fitted cover for my fender 59 bassman reissue. Doctors give trusted, helpful answers on causes, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and more. Im writing today hoping you can help me with a problem, as i have no idea whats wrong. This amp is capable of being very loud, especially if your interests are in clear clean tones. Cheilitis simplex or chapped lips refers to one of the most common forms of cheilitis that presents clinically with cracking, fissuring, and scaling of both lips but more commonly the lower lip. Oct 20, 2010 my problem is with my 59 bassman reissue. The mouth is a very good judge of your overall health. Okay so back around march i bought a used 59 fender bassman reissue amp from guitar center for 800 bucks. Chronic cases can progress to crusting, hemorrhage, and blister formation. We were sitting there and he was playing a les paul straight into the amp, volume at maybe 4. My friend got a fender twin reverb, the clean is really awesome if you know how to play but i wanted something that can break a little bit more. The bassman ltd has a pine finger jointed cabinet and is far closer in specification to an original 59 bassman, although it still has a printed.
Many translated example sentences containing chapped lips germanenglish dictionary and search engine for german translations. The bassman is probably the lightest 4x10 combo i know of. Lips can become extremely dry and cracked any time of the year due to. Apr 18, 20 over the weekend i was visting my brotherinlaw who has a 59 bassman ltd. Need help in dating a fender 59 bassman 410 reissue my. Jon, i had one of these a while back, and if i remember correctly, it had a pc board. Chapped lips is a form of lip inflammation trigged by skin irritation. I need to change a few things on my amp to get a better sound and cleaner headroom. The lips are also exposed to the elements, including the sun and cold, dry air, making them prone to dryness, cracking, flaking, and peeling. Showman 412 s, 59 bassman, 112xp, 115xp, 110xp, 0711500100, 0711100100, 0711200100. Aug 10, 2014 beyond the improvements themselves, the the fender 59 bassman ltd shares the same fourinput, twochannel design with independent controls for volume on each channel in addition to presence, bass, middle, and treble controls that go to 12. For bass, the amp would probably sound good through a more conventional bass cabinet, it would probably be ok for really low volumes in the stock open back, the alnico jensens and the open back cabinet are far from ideal for the lowend. I love playing blues, experimental music, psychedelic rock, jazz, and harder rock. Mod your bassman reissue for vintage tone to start i.
What makes this amp especially famous is the that entire marhshall tube line is decended from it. I had the opportunity to play the 59 bassman reissue and the 59 bassman ltd again. In 1991 fender saw fit to reissue the bassman as the fender vintage reissue 59 bassman ltd. It also makes it uncomfortable to open and close the mouth, so eating and talking are difficult. I was using it at a gig last weekend, when it began to crackle every now and then.
The clean tones are very transparent and more chimey and the originals, close to a blackface princeton at lower volumes. How to get rid of chapped lips without lip balm with. To treat chapped lips, the best way to is to use gentle exfoliation and. They can be loud but you can also get great tones out of them. The highly favored 59 model was put out largely in response to bass players complaining about their 1x15. While hes playing, the tone suddenly went slightly distorted but not louder and then faded in and out a few times and then there was no sound at all. View and download fender 59 bassman service manual online. Its a tossup both are good amps, but i like the reissue more. This musthave technology recognises and replicates your subjects natural skin texture so that you can easily repair blemishes and shadows without an artificial airbrushed look.
The straightforward fender 59 bassman outperforms most of the fancy amps on the market today. Ive narrowed it to the vox ac30 and fender bassman reissue. My other son plays a mexican fender telecaster through a fender bassman 59 reissue amp. The entire circuit has been debugged, recapped, brought back to original specs, using quality modern components.
Megabass ito vision 110 jerkbaits tackle warehouse. Z z28 2 x 10 which is essentially a halfsized bassman and have to say it smokes the current 59 bassman pcb reissue imo. When you put tasty things on your lips, youre tempted to lick. I should note that i have been using thd yellow jacket converters to use el84 tubes in class a in place of the stock 6l6gcs, and this is a nice way of getting earlier breakup at low volumes, and a slightly warmer sound. Chronically cracked lips might be a symptom of a more serious illness, but cracked lips can usually be treated using home. I recommend exfoliating with a lip scrub once a week, dr. While it may seem that dry, cracked lips are something you must live with until spring comes, you can have soft, supple lips yearround. Changes in salivary flow can be local or systemic but are always worth a thorough evaluation. The bassman is a clean amp at low volumes and when cranked boasts a creamy overdrive, its no wonder why its everyones favorite iconic amp. The new gibson les paul standard 60s is it worth buying. The jensen p10r speakers are very forward and bright. The fender has been reissuing the 5f8a 4x 10 tweed bassman for quite some time now and its one of fender better amps but it does not sound that much like a original bassman. Treatment, causes, vitamin deficiency, and infection.
Her condition is excellent there are no marks or tears anywhere on the amp, the control panel is also exellent and it was just checked out by voodoo amps and in perfect working order. New and exclusive to portraitpro 19, edit your portraits using clearskin 5. Another headache was that the single speaker used was barely adequate in handling the power put. The real deal is really loud, and loves to have the channels jumped. Admittedly, they sound great for guitar, but lets back up a little and see as fender makes a bass amplifier. Keep in mind throughout this lesson that fender is in business to make money, and the bottom line is a. This 50 watt reissue features a lacquered tweed covered, fingerjointed pine cabinet, 4 jensen special design speakers, and internal bias pot to adjust bias on the two 6l6gc power tubes. Transformers should always be installed by a professional electronics technician since there are high voltages involved and may result in serious physical harm to yourself, the transformer andor your equipment if installed incorrectly. Protect your investment with a fitted fender amplifier cover. Cracked corners of the mouth, also known as angular cheilitis, is a painful condition that affects over 200,00 people in the us each year. Cracked, dry or sore lips are common in dry, cold weather. Marshall would be the first to do so back when they released the jtm45 in 62. Doctors give unbiased, trusted information on whether prevent can cause or treat painful cracks at the corners of mouth.
The real deal cosmetically, it looks just like the real deal with the exception that the tweed doesnt come laquered. The jtm45 is essentially the clone of the 59 bassman using british parts. The 59 bassman ri is a great guitar amp and a great harp amp. I have done quite a bit of ab testing between the two amps and the z28 comes out on top every time. Chapped lips also cheilitis simplex or common cheilitis are characterized by cracking, fissuring, and peeling of the skin of the lips, and are one of the most. How fenders invention of the precision bass led to one of its greatest amps.
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