'59 Bassman® Demo: Clip 3

[twirlyboggs]

glassy briarbush

[PeteAndJakee]

hey fender! i was thinking if u guys could send me a Telecaster for free

i havint played one ive played P basses and strats but not a tele

[Prestostark]

Thanks so much for keeping the sound clips short and sweet, with no long winded talking. Clearly showing the control settings seems so obvious, yet so many people forget or fail to do it...Nice playing, too!

[BenMGFletcher]

How does achieving distortion happen with tube amps apart from turning them up real loud? As I play in my bedroom most of the time was wondering how you can get that nice break up between clean and crunch. Do you have to buy pedals that drive the tubes to achieve distortion at a lower volume?

[mikebri527]

@BenMGFletcher If the tube amp has TWO volume controls for the same channel, then you can achieve overdrive effects. Depending on what amp you have it will be labeled differently. Just turn your "Master" volume control up no higher than "1", then begin playing and turn the other volume control up SLOWLY until you achieve the desired amount of overdrive. After that you can adjust the master volume to your liking. The tone will change with the amount of gain so you'll need to adjust them too.

[klocke]

oh gawd so nice

[vver]

theres no way on earth that the amp is breaking up this much on these settings

i have one and that just does not happen

[guitarshredda2]

he's just plucking really hard, and the bright channel breaks up a little earlier

[hotfudgemoney]

so do i, and you're doing it wrong if it's not breaking up on these settings. maybe you're plugging into the wrong input.

the 2 inputs are lower dBs and will give you more breakup but you lose a bit of headroom.

[diazcamille]

dang. thats smokin.

[toddmw]

the farting amp...wish it was a tad more tight

[kebekoi66]

I wish your mom was a tad more tight

[tbonadies]

YESS!

[vver]

genius

[joshhorne]

@kebekoi66 Dude, that had me laughing for a solid 5 mins.

[RolandBurt]

I think this guy (Shane) is my favorite Fender demo guy.

[KeiranDent]

Yeah Shane seems like a great player, not really my style though! Have a look at Chuck Hall he is a fender guy, man he is an ultimate blues man. He's got soul brother!!

[aektzis91]

nah man, i prefer chuck hall!! (is in some of the blackface demos)

[miller434]

would the nos blues jr be similar for these tones? Going for a buddy guy tone

[JJJAAAKKEEE]

It sounds like Hendrix because the amp Henrix used (Marshall JTM 45) was based off the Bassman and has the same schematic as well.

[Californiagringo]

I can't decide between the Fender Bassman or the Fender Twin Reverb. Can someone help me out?

[Rikharthu]

Assuming that you like the sound of both equally, the bassman gets to its sweet spot at a much more usable sound level, and it doesn't weigh 80 lbs. Get the bassman, your ears and your back will thank you.

[guitarshredda2]

teh twin reverb is just so loud

no way ur ever gonna get the natural tube compression and overdrive (at reasonable levels)

the bassman can break up much earlier

i love mine and swear by it with my tele, strat, and sg

[EPICFAILSAM]

don't prefer the bassman because its quieter. Its still louder than what your neighbors would consider reasonable. then again who cares about them ;)

[guitarshredda2]

oh yeah definetly

the bassman is pretty damn loud too

[ChillBroify]

hello just get the super reverb best of both worlds

[louisalive]

@ChillBroify just get the supersonic

[BlackwoodV]

THE tone

[skaterkidss]

WOW!!!!!!!

that tone actually made smile.

it was uncontrolable.

when he ratcheted that volume knob.

i fell on the floor.

xD

[FenderMeddle94]

Holy fuck! this must be the ultimate fender amp! perfect sound, the only problem is that it ain't got any reverb...

[peterlour]

It doesnt have but if you know how to transfer your soul into that machine you wont need any... Trust me...

[tbonadies123]

you could get a fender reverb unit if you have the money

there like 750$

[MetalScreamer510]

Wish my fender champ sounded like this!!!

[TheGamingGuitarist]

Sounds like Hendrix. I like that alot.

[MopTop707]

wow. i need to change my underwear

[MetalScreamer510]

Can you grab me some while your at it!!

[wurstchenimbroetchen]

sounds great