Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Excellent
Tim Ristau at Superfine Ampworks did some incredible work on this amp to make it the best example of a Vintage Bassman we've ever heard! To start, he cleaned this beauty from top to bottom! The faceplate, knobs, controls, jacks, mechanical ground points, tube socket contacts and tube pins all received a touch up, and the tolex has been cleaned and reglued with era correct hide glue.
Every filter cap was replaced with high quality F&T caps, as well as the electrolytic bypass and bias caps! The socket contacts have been re-tensioned, a power tube octal socket was replaced, and a grounded AC cord was installed.
Four critical resistors were swapped for carbon-film types to reduce the noise floor while maintaining the classic "Rock Amp" vibe of the AB165 circuit. A Mod was applied to the "Deep" switch to eliminate a loud popping sound when engaging the deep circuit.
- Year
- December 1965
- Model
- Bassman
- Circuit
- AB165 (Tube chart says AA165, but Superfine Ampworks confirmed it is the AB165 circuit with an incorrect chart which Fender was prone to do)
- Control Panel
- Black forward facing w/ white labels
- Front Conrol Layout
- Bass: In, In, Deep Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Pilot Lamp
- Rear Conrol Layout
- AC Outlet, Ground Sw, Fuse (2A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker, Ex. Speaker
- Knobs
- Black skirted w/ chrome center, numbered 1 - 10
- Dimensions
- 8" x 22¼" x 9" (20.3 x 56.5 x 22.9 cm)
- Hardware
- Black strap handle, 4½" chassis straps, corner protectors, cab hooks
- Covering
- Black Tolex
- Grille
- Non-Original Silver sparkle grille cloth
- Logo
- Grille mounted, raised, chrome & black, script "Fender"
- Weight
- 30 lbs. (14.5 Kg)
- Output
- 50 Watts
- Preamp
- Mix of Japanese and US made Vintage Replacement 12AX7s
- Power
- 2 x 6L6GC
- Bias
- Fixed Bias, adjustment pot (AA864) or balance pot (AB165)
- Rectifier
- Solid State
- Phase Inverter
- 12AT7 (long tailed)
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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