#Bandmaster upgrade#
#Bandmaster full#

It'll be just barely loud enough for a big noisy bar and a full band. The Bandmaster with a single 8 ohm speaker, turned up with a humbucking guitar, is going to be beautifully smooth and hot in a normal band mix. The big difference is really in the potential application to your own gig.

You still need some help with both amps to get modern amounts of overdrive, but almost any pedal will work either amp. The Bassman is louder, punchier, nastier, more clean headroom, more power, bigger OT. That's easy! The Bandmaster is softer, smoother, prettier, earlier break up, less power, smaller output transformer etc. I don't mean to 'hijack' this thread, but if the price difference was negligible why go with one over the other? I've been bouncing back and forth between a Bassman and a Bandmaster.

#Bandmaster upgrade#

I'm in it for the upgrade in cleans not an upgrade in power though. Posted: Sun 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Bassman vs bandmaster? I DRAGGED THIS OVER FROM ANOTHER DISCUSSION, WITH MY REPLY. I think it might be what you are looking for. The 6G7s don't come up often, but they don't command the same bucks as a Bassman either. I like to set it where you don't really notice it. At a low/slow setting, it is a little like adding a little chorus or a Phase 45, although the way it reacts with the rest of the circuit is much more organic than a pedal. The 'harmonic tremolo' circuit is unique. I know some folks don't like the 'vibrato' channel on the Bandmaster, but I love it. It has great cleans on the Normal Channel (I find the Bass Channel varies from amp to amp), but not nearly as lush as the Bandmaster. Of course, the 6G6-B could be THE rock amp of my (probably older) generation. I have a 6G6-B Bassman and it a much better rock amp than the Bandmaster - no contest. Very sweet and warm with lots of detail - even a higher volumes. My favorite clean amp is a Blonde Bandmaster (6G7-A Circuit) into a little 1x12 cabinet. Over the years I've used the blonde and BF versions of each amp, so here's my 2 cents. No channel switching, if that's important to you.Ī little heavy if you have back problems. No tremelo (I use a pedal for my occassional needs for Works well with a variety of pedals (I use a Wah>OCD>Box of Rock>DD-7> Simple to repair for your tech or for you if you work on your own amp.Īn icon of classic rock, country and jazz. sounds so good with an infinite amount of setting combinations, justīest when set for the guitar/genre/tone you're going for. (This amp is not a 'one tone wonder' like so Outstanding for any popular genre of music except probably metal.Įxtremely usable at most all settings. Very organic and touch sensitive to your playing. It is the essence of pure Fender tone and the circuit the Marshall JTM45 was based on (with a few small differences, though it sounds nothing like a JTM45). I use it regulary for practice and performing. The Bassman combo is as great an amp as one can find from the mid Tweed era. I am an owner an performer of the Victoria 45410 Bassman. I should also note that after I settled on the Bassman I tried out a bunch of different Bassman with different circuits (Blond Circuit ect) but I ended up setteling on the AB165 circuit (which is the most common) I just liked it better than the others but that's a whole different post. I should mention both of mine where/are blackface circuits. No trem, no reverb, just a very nice dry sound (which is what I like). Leadwise you can really dig into it, it just seemed to have that extra gear that the Bandmaster did not have. The aggressiveness is what I was looking for. The Bassman is more aggressive, edgier, great for non lead and leads but is certainly not as smooth as the Bandmaster. To me the Bandmaster was smoother, more mellow sounded great with overdrive (pedals) very nice smokey midnight lead tone. It was the Bassman and I have never really looked back. Well the funny thing is I went through all this a little over a year ago I guess (Bandmaster Vs Bassman) Both great amps but my wallet only let me hang onto one.

Your really looking into these amps aren't you? just posted not to long ago about a Bandmaster Reverb right?