1965 Fender Bassman Head and Cabinet
DESCRIPTION
Fantastic tones from an iconic amp. These were Jim Marshall (of Marshall Amplifiers) other line very similar to Marshall amps of the same era. Has the ability for very clear, powerful clean tones and lush crunch tones at higher volumes. Using a small jumper cable between channel 1/2 gives a much wider variety of tones and control. Very similar in sound and design to a 1966 Marshall JTM45. Extremely well made hand wired amp that has stood the test of time, with a long future ahead of it!
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SPECS
Cosmetic condition: Very good condition with some wear/tears in the tolex wrap. Small hole in the lower left hand side of the grill cloth on cabinet. Other various scuffs here and there as well.
Weight: 31 lbs
Case: None
Year: 1965
Tech Notes: Fully Scoped and serviced by local legendary amp builder/technician of Retro-King Amplifiers. Great sounding vintage Fender Bassman amp head delivering our favorite legendary tones.
Capacitors/Resistors: All Original, except for Filter Caps and Bypass Caps which were replaced.
Tubes: Non Original. Pair of matched 6L6GC Tubes installed and Electro Harmonix 12AX7. Biased.
Transformers: All original
Pots: All original. showing no signs of scratchiness or noise. Original Control Knobs.
Switches: All original.
Cab/Tolex: Original Black Tolex
Mods: Power Cable original 2 prong cable replaced with heavy duty 3 prong grounded cable.
Service Work on amp:
- All pots, sockets and jacks cleaned with Deoxit.
- Re-tensioned Power Tube Socket Pins
- All tubes checked and inspected.
- Biased Power Tubes to spec
- All caps checked for leakage. All are within spec.
- Repaired preamp circuit ground.
- Filter caps replaced
- Bypass caps replaced
- Full circuit checked. All within spec.
Cab Notes: 2 of the original feet were replaced at some point.
Cab Speakers: 2x Jensen C12N (2011) Non-Original
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