Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Quite literally actually. Found it in the trash - really. According to the tube chart it's an AB165 - and it otherwise looks like a '66 or '67. Check out the "output adjust" mod - from the caps it looks like it was done around '74 or '75. I haven't plugged it in yet as it still has the original cord (in really rough shape) and I want to convert it to 3-prong and get the grounding sorted first. Anyway, does anyone know where I could get a 3-prong receptacle to replace the current "accessory" outlet on the back panel? Mojo is all out. Thanks for any help in that. EDIT: Which Tubes do you like to run in a Bassman? Oh, and any tips? And pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Superrust Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Wow that's crazy, how does someone just throw something out like that. Total score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 It was in a pile of crap - looks like somebody was just cleaning out the basement - and it smells like it spent some serious time there. No other music stuff though. Or maybe somebody else got there before me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 are you in Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Sorry, NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HelloIaida Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 the bassman looks incredibly simple on the inside. seems like an easy clone, am i missing something? but besides that, i wish i could find {censored} like that in the trash. even if you sent that too an amp tech, youd still have one hell of a deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Nice score! Check under the 'doghouse' on the other side of the chassis. I'd bet you've still got original filter caps. Those have got to go. Looks like it's been repaired once - the two 0.1uF turquoise caps in the phase inverter are replaced, but all the other caps on the board are original. I'd guess '67 from the brown coupling caps. Transitional - half blue tubes, half brown. That and the 8/16/67 date stamped on the chassis . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Oh fine, bring common sense into this... I've since checked the filter caps, no paper here. Someone might have changed these in the early '80s if I'm reading the caps right (which I'm probably not). Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Citizen Cain Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 That's crazy talk! How do find something like that in the trash?! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Thanks! Yeah, I never find anything like this. Actually my non-guitar-player buddy saw it and called me, saying "hey, there's an amp up here in this pile of trash and I think it's a Fender - you might want to check it out." I figured it would be a starter solid state amp. Needless to say, I was hyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 I can not believe that nobody has pointed out the obvious here??? You Suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Oh fine, bring common sense into this... I've since checked the filter caps, no paper here. Someone might have changed these in the early '80s if I'm reading the caps right (which I'm probably not). Thanks for the info! Oh, it also had a power tube short out at one point, and take out the screen resistor, which has been replaced with a nice 5W cement job. Nice score! My BF bassman is pretty hacked - it's now sort of a Marshall circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Oh, it also had a power tube short out at one point, and take out the screen resistor, which has been replaced with a nice 5W cement job. I know this is a dumb question, but what's supposed to be there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 I can not believe that nobody has pointed out the obvious here??? You Suck! Oh believe me, folks have pointed that out. Of course that had nothing to do with picking up this amp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 I know this is a dumb question, but what's supposed to be there? Stock it's a 2W 470 ohm resistor, like the one that's on the other tube socket. The 5W cement is better, if it's the same value. Don't sweat it. Note that the tech pulled it away from the socket a bit to let the heat dissapate. Good work. Output tubes looks like 80's vintage Phillips - which are still available from old military stock. They're probably fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Thanks. I'm curious to hear what the old mods sound like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twotimingpete Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 I literally hate you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 I know. At this point I hate me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Citizen Cain Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 That mod looks like it's probably a post phase inverter MV. Is the output tranny new? It looks pretty clean in that back pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Is the output tranny new? It looks pretty clean in that back pic. Looks like an original Schumacher to me, as far as I can tell from the pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 It might be NOS. It's at my office right now but I remember thinking it had been replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Citizen Cain Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 It might well be a Schumacher, but it just looked so clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Man, that is a sweet score!Congrats and Happy Vintage Amp Found In The Trash Day!Lucky Bastard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 Thanks for the HVAFITTD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edge11 Posted June 6, 2010 Members Share Posted June 6, 2010 amazing find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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