![]() A bit cleaner with single coils, but too bright-again, need to put in the cut control. Very chewy, cleans up nicely, though it never really gets polite, if ya know what I mean. Sounds monster thru a 15" Weber Chicago.Įventually this thing will be cabbed up with an Eminence Texas Heat, but that's out with a friend right now. This thing moves a lot of air for its power. Fender 74 Music Master Bass Music Master Bass released as a Student model in 1970 when Mustang Bass was already lined up. The guitar is a Carvin with Gibson 490 humbuckers, bridge pickup on clip. Fender Musicmaster Bass Amp 1970s Vintage Silverface Head for Guitar. Think I'm gonna have to put in that Cut control-it's a bit on the bright side. ON the clip, the Volume is at 11:00, Treb rolled off to about 8:00, Bass and Middle at noon. However, it does capture the raging beast this thing is. bias filters and cathode bypass capacitors in the Fender Music Master Bass Amp from 1970 to 1982. The clip was recorded with my el cheapo Radio Shack mic directly into Windows sound recorder. It's some kind of older Eminence OEM speaker (I guess) with a Fender sticker. I've got the amp playing into the speaker for my '74 MusicMaster Bass amp (not a bad guitar amp, actually, if properly tweaked). 1:07:52 A glimpse at the Fender Musicmaster Bass amps 1:11:40 Differences between an amp schematic and layout 1:13:24 A bargain Ampeg cabinet with four. 1970-1989 - Most amps do not have a date code stamped on the tube location chart. There is a simple slider on/off switch, one knob for volume, one for tone. ![]() Laid out simply, the amp produces twelve watts with either 6v6 or 6aq5 preamp tubes. Therefore, if you have a push-pull pot, your amp is 1974 or newer. The Musicmaster Bass amp is a great way to get good tone from an honest vintage Fender tube amp without needing to take out a bank loan. It is sad that I have had this amp since December and still havent heard it. 74 Musicmaster Bass Amp (New Pics / New Speaker. The preamp is Rocket-based (though I put a Middle control in), but with a pair of cathode bias 6V6s for power. Great little amp, the MMB, but is it really a 'poor man's Deluxe' Recorded between kids and dinner, so don't expect a serious performance. A push-pull pot was added to some amps in 1974. 2.972.923 Posts: 283 Joined: Mon 2:52 pm Location: Toronto, Ontario. This raging little rabid monster came to life last night, at which point I was wondering, why so much hum? Then, on the drive to work I realized I forgot to put the 100 ohm artificial ground reference in. ![]()
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