FENDER MUSICMASTER AMP HOW TO
FENDER MUSICMASTER AMP SERIAL NUMBER

Everyone has probably heard this a million times, but if you do want to poke around in the amp, read up on it first, and make sure you know how to work with high voltages safely, the insides of a tube amp can kill you real fast. If you are interested in learning how to work on tube amps, this is a good amp to start with. Even if it is a Frankenstein, it shouldn't be hard to get it sounding great. I have heard some nice Musicmaster amps that had new tubes, adjusted bias and a new speaker sound good, like a Champ with a larger speaker.

FENDER MUSICMASTER AMP SERIAL NUMBER

Most speaker makers will be able to tell you what the speaker can do if you email them the serial number that is printed or stamped on it. If it's a replacement that is designed for closed cabinet, you could rip the cone. If it's the original speaker it should be no problem. It's a fairly easy modification if you want this changed, and shouldn't cost much if you have a tech do it.Д«efore taking the back off it, make sure the speaker will be okay with an open enclosure. Russian made reissue of the original Tungsol. That results in the amp distorting later and sounding kinda brittle when it does break up. The Fender Musicmaster Bass amplifier requires the following components. Some amp makers set the fixed bias a little cold to prolong tube life. There's a lot of talk about modding but I'm not sure I've even got the same amp!ДЄs far as I can tell, it's a fixed bias that doesn't have an adjustement pot. but everyone seems to know what year theirs was made. It also kills high frequencies pretty nicely which works for my bass.Дoes anyone have any info about these amps? There's very little info I could find online. It was pretty cheap though, so I guess if I end up not liking it after a while it's no big loss. Sure it's louder, but it doesn't drive as easily and it doesn't sound very good playing my guitar through it (like all the people on Harmony Central rave about). I'm feeling a bit of buyer's remorse, cause maybe I got a crappy one or something. I like mine for the vintage aspect but its not even a very good practice amp for bass by todays standards, IMO. Fenderhutz is right, they do sound great for guitar. 4 bassvi Iowa Very low volume practice amp, 15w, open back. The guy at the store said he thought it was a 'Frankenstein' but I'm not really sure. In its day the musicmaster was Fenders cheapo range. It's quite a bit louder and doesn't breakup very easily nor does it sound as pleasing when it does. The one I took home had a larger cab, 12' speaker with closed back, two 6L6 tubes, and an on/off switch.

It was pretty small sounding on bass but had a nice fuzzy break-up around 3 or 4 on the volume knob that really responded to how hard you played. maybe 8', script F's on the knobs, no on/off knob, and it appeared to have smaller tubes. Out of a small collection of silver face Fender amps the Musicmaster Bass. A year later, the onepickup Musicmaster and two-pickup Duo-Sonic appeared. The first had a smaller cabinet (open back) and speaker. This was just an inexpensive student model bass amp, it was not intended to be. The amp that introduced this to the Fender line was the Tremolux of 1955. Then I saw another one, cheaper, and noticably different. I had my eye on one of these at the local shop but it was too expensive.

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