My Name is B Bent and I am addicted to old Fender amps!!!
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CapoFirstFret
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btw, a 1971 Fender Bandmaster Reverb was my first ever tube amp! I got rid of that amp....to get a Fender Princeton Reverb II....which who knows what I traded that for later
btw, a 1971 Fender Bandmaster Reverb was my first ever tube amp! I got rid of that amp....to get a Fender Princeton Reverb II....which who knows what I traded that for later
B Bent
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My very first tube amp was a 1973 Princeton Reverb. My buddy had it at his house for years. His dad bought it at a pawn shop way back when. I started hearing all this hype about tubes and noticed one day that Darren's old Fender in the corner had tubes.
I traded him a Dunlop wah for it. That amp was a turd and I traded just to watch the tubes glow. The trem didn't work, it had no reverb, it had a Radio Shack 12" and it was missing both back panels, it hissed, cracked, popped and squealed and was unusable. Don't forget though, it had TUBES!!!! LOL!! A few years passed and I started researching it and found out what it was. I put it on eBay and described it to a T and to my surprise the thing sold for $405 in the shape it was in.
Here is a picture of it I took when I was 16 or so...
EDIT: My second tube amp ever is also in this picture too. It was a Crate VC!! LOL!!!
btw, a 1971 Fender Bandmaster Reverb was my first ever tube amp! I got rid of that amp....to get a Fender Princeton Reverb II....which who knows what I traded that for later
My very first tube amp was a 1973 Princeton Reverb. My buddy had it at his house for years. His dad bought it at a pawn shop way back when. I started hearing all this hype about tubes and noticed one day that Darren's old Fender in the corner had tubes.
I traded him a Dunlop wah for it. That amp was a turd and I traded just to watch the tubes glow. The trem didn't work, it had no reverb, it had a Radio Shack 12" and it was missing both back panels, it hissed, cracked, popped and squealed and was unusable. Don't forget though, it had TUBES!!!! LOL!! A few years passed and I started researching it and found out what it was. I put it on eBay and described it to a T and to my surprise the thing sold for $405 in the shape it was in.
Here is a picture of it I took when I was 16 or so...
EDIT: My second tube amp ever is also in this picture too. It was a Crate VC!! LOL!!!
B Bent
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Christian keeps saying that too. I just don't know if I want to do that. One thing I love about Fender amps is the kick you get from the right speakers.
Christian keeps saying that too. I just don't know if I want to do that. One thing I love about Fender amps is the kick you get from the right speakers.
Luke Duke
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It's a win win scenario. You put 2 8 ohm speakers in it for your 4 ohm load on board. Then you get your 2 8 ohm 12s or 10s or whatever. if you want you can even run both!!!!
Luke
It's a win win scenario. You put 2 8 ohm speakers in it for your 4 ohm load on board. Then you get your 2 8 ohm 12s or 10s or whatever. if you want you can even run both!!!!
Luke
B Bent
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If I did that I guess it would be cool. I have no immediate plans for that, but maybe in the future. I would for sure cut a new baffle and keep the original unharmed.
If I did that I guess it would be cool. I have no immediate plans for that, but maybe in the future. I would for sure cut a new baffle and keep the original unharmed.
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I noticed you have chubtones in one of your strats. Do you have any clips, because I would like to hear what they sound like and learn more about those bad boys.
I noticed you have chubtones in one of your strats. Do you have any clips, because I would like to hear what they sound like and learn more about those bad boys.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
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Don't listen to Luke...you can't handle the 8's!
Don't listen to Luke...you can't handle the 8's!
CapoFirstFret
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Man I've *still* got one of those Crate VC amps! It's a backup for my sister right now. It's actually a really killer little amp!
Man I've *still* got one of those Crate VC amps! It's a backup for my sister right now. It's actually a really killer little amp!
My very first tube amp was a 1973 Princeton Reverb. My buddy had it at his house for years. His dad bought it at a pawn shop way back when. I started hearing all this hype about tubes and noticed one day that Darren's old Fender in the corner had tubes.
I traded him a Dunlop wah for it. That amp was a turd and I traded just to watch the tubes glow. The trem didn't work, it had no reverb, it had a Radio Shack 12" and it was missing both back panels, it hissed, cracked, popped and squealed and was unusable. Don't forget though, it had TUBES!!!! LOL!! A few years passed and I started researching it and found out what it was. I put it on eBay and described it to a T and to my surprise the thing sold for $405 in the shape it was in.
Here is a picture of it I took when I was 16 or so...
EDIT: My second tube amp ever is also in this picture too. It was a Crate VC!! LOL!!!
B Bent
Vibroluxologist
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LOL!! There you are!! The 8"s are really starting to seem like a cool idea, but I just don't know yet.
LOL!! There you are!! The 8"s are really starting to seem like a cool idea, but I just don't know yet.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
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Im tellin ya don't do it...you just can't handle it.
Howevr, if I were to have one of those ugly bastards it would only be too be able to drop 2 8's in it...I really miss my 2x8 Bandmaster Reverb!
Im tellin ya don't do it...you just can't handle it.
Howevr, if I were to have one of those ugly bastards it would only be too be able to drop 2 8's in it...I really miss my 2x8 Bandmaster Reverb!
B Bent
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What are you doing at home this time of day? Don't you have anything more important to do than call my new baby ugly?
What are you doing at home this time of day? Don't you have anything more important to do than call my new baby ugly?
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
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That would be a custom cab from MOJO and would cost more than the entire amp...plus like I said...Greg can't handle it!
Im home due to issues with some dumb asses downtown, and no I have nothing better to do...and I don't care what you say...they are ugly
That would be a custom cab from MOJO and would cost more than the entire amp...plus like I said...Greg can't handle it!
Im home due to issues with some dumb asses downtown, and no I have nothing better to do...and I don't care what you say...they are ugly
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
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Yeah...I used to have a Bandmaster Reverb that I borrowed long term from a guy I knew...it was just like the one Greg has now and he had put 2 8's in the head cab, it's not anything amazing and it really doesn't have the type of tone you'd want to take to a gig or anything but it's pretty neat and makes the head more useable as you can take just the head to a small jam or pracitce setting, the biggest advantage is that if you put 2 8's in the head you then have a reason for the goofy thing being over a foot tall! Either way the point is that Greg can't handle the 8's!
Yeah...I used to have a Bandmaster Reverb that I borrowed long term from a guy I knew...it was just like the one Greg has now and he had put 2 8's in the head cab, it's not anything amazing and it really doesn't have the type of tone you'd want to take to a gig or anything but it's pretty neat and makes the head more useable as you can take just the head to a small jam or pracitce setting, the biggest advantage is that if you put 2 8's in the head you then have a reason for the goofy thing being over a foot tall! Either way the point is that Greg can't handle the 8's!
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Lewguitar
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You know why the Bandmaster Reverb and Showman Reverb are so tall? If the reverb springs are to close the transformers you get alot of hum. So they made the cab tall to get the springs away from the transformers. Lew
You know why the Bandmaster Reverb and Showman Reverb are so tall? If the reverb springs are to close the transformers you get alot of hum. So they made the cab tall to get the springs away from the transformers. Lew
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