bassman speaker
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: bassman speaker
What speaker did you get and what bassman did it come out of???
Tweed Bassman amps ran four 8 ohm speakers...
What speaker did you get and what bassman did it come out of???
Tweed Bassman amps ran four 8 ohm speakers...
hellatone
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Re: bassman speaker
it's ebay item no. 180045109346 -- all i know is what's on the listing
it's ebay item no. 180045109346 -- all i know is what's on the listing
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: bassman speaker
Ahh...that speaker came out of a Bassman 10. The Bassman 10 was a short lived mid 70's Fender Bassamp that was originally aimed at guitar players or studio bass players...the amp was a little more proof of CBS Fender really missing the point. They heard that guitar players liked the "4x10" Bassman...referring to the 50's Tweed amp so they made a new 4x10 Bassman that was "more guitar friendly" due to the Master volume...BTW, the master volume sucks!
Anyway...as for the speaker it's a 20 watt (give or take) CTS 10 with a ceramic magnet BUT...check it before you put it in anything. Some of the Bassman 10 amps had 4, 32 ohm 10's wired in parallel for a total of 8 ohms while the others had 4, 8 ohm speakers wired in series/parallel for 8 ohms...the point is that I am pretty sure that speaker is not 16 ohms...
Ahh...that speaker came out of a Bassman 10. The Bassman 10 was a short lived mid 70's Fender Bassamp that was originally aimed at guitar players or studio bass players...the amp was a little more proof of CBS Fender really missing the point. They heard that guitar players liked the "4x10" Bassman...referring to the 50's Tweed amp so they made a new 4x10 Bassman that was "more guitar friendly" due to the Master volume...BTW, the master volume sucks!
Anyway...as for the speaker it's a 20 watt (give or take) CTS 10 with a ceramic magnet BUT...check it before you put it in anything. Some of the Bassman 10 amps had 4, 32 ohm 10's wired in parallel for a total of 8 ohms while the others had 4, 8 ohm speakers wired in series/parallel for 8 ohms...the point is that I am pretty sure that speaker is not 16 ohms...
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: bassman speaker
When you get it there might be a sticker with the wattage, impedence and model number on it but don't hold your breath...if there is not read it with a volt meter...it won't give you the number you'll be expecting (it won't say 4, 8, 16 or 32 ohms) but you'll be able to tell.
When you get it there might be a sticker with the wattage, impedence and model number on it but don't hold your breath...if there is not read it with a volt meter...it won't give you the number you'll be expecting (it won't say 4, 8, 16 or 32 ohms) but you'll be able to tell.
hellatone
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Re: bassman speaker
well i got it in -- the seller assures me it's 16 ohms, but no sticker or other info that i can see -- anyway, it's in and the amp hasn't blown up -- so how does it sound? freakin' beautiful man!!! it was a big pain in the butt to get in because one of the screws holding the old speaker in was frozen and i ended up taking the whole cabinet apart, but all's well that ends well and it is really a fantastic improvement -- for $20 plus shipping!
well i got it in -- the seller assures me it's 16 ohms, but no sticker or other info that i can see -- anyway, it's in and the amp hasn't blown up -- so how does it sound? freakin' beautiful man!!! it was a big pain in the butt to get in because one of the screws holding the old speaker in was frozen and i ended up taking the whole cabinet apart, but all's well that ends well and it is really a fantastic improvement -- for $20 plus shipping!
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: bassman speaker
Thats all that really matters!
Good score!
Thats all that really matters!
Good score!
