Richie Kaye Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Thought the Music Man amp fans might get a kick out of this. I've already sold it, so this is not an ad, but I thought you'd enjoy the sound I got out from it. A lot more viewers on this video than ever I expected. The cab is a '67 Fender Bassman (frame only, cones are circa '82), which I have repurposed to play softly through my DAW, in between my studio monitors, like a faux surround, for kicks. Quote In music & mirth, Richie Kaye www.richiekaye.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 My very first amplifier was a 60's 50 watt Fender Bassman head, and the cabinet I bought with that package was very similar to that one in the video. I think I paid $300 bucks for the whole package back in the late 60's. I gave it to my kiddo after I bought some Fender Combo amps, a Twin Reverb, a Pro Reverb and a Fender 30 which was a Rivera Era design. Whatever happened to that cab and head is long forgotten, I think it got ruined by getting soaked in one of those U haul trailers my kiddo rented to move from Jersey to Boise Idaho, and he sold it or gave it away when he was there. Quote dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Sounds good, hard to beat that combination. I had a MusicMan 130 wat head and a 1-15" folded horn at one point, made a sweet sounding bass rig. I've also had a couple of the RD50 amps, a 1-10" that I stuffed a 12" into, it was scary loud for it's size. I played a lot of gigs with that one. Later on I had the RD50 1-12, Chet Atkins used one for many years through the end of his career/life. As for the EV speakers, I had a couple different rigs with those, starting with a pair of vintage Fender Champ chassis with consecutive serial numbers running stereo into a 2-12" cab with a pair of EVs. That sounded awesome if you just dimed everything and hit it with a Les Paul. Eventually I got a Mesa Mik III head and ran a Vox 4-12" cab iwth the same pair of EVs and a pair of JBL D120s. That was WAY TOO LOUD and I have the hearing damage to prove it!!!!!! Just mos\tly using a Roland Cube 40gx now and it is more than I really need. Sometimes I tote a Boss Katana 100 Combo set to 1/2 watt instead. One gets tired of lugging heavy gear, no matter how good it may sound. Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 @ Richie, Nice demo, liked the shirt and vintage strap from the 60's Woodstock era. Liked it even better when you kicked in the verb. Also liked the vibrato, but I would reduce the speed to about half. Also liked your choice of music and what appear to be jazzmaster single coils? Fun to watch and listen to with great audio and video! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Kaye Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Glad you all enjoyed the vid. I really did buy it off a guy who was a punk rocker in the late 70s. He'd bought the cabinet in '67, but since they always turned it up to 11, he blew the original cones out at a gig. However, no one noticed it at the time! Quote In music & mirth, Richie Kaye www.richiekaye.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris loeffler Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I bought a MM120 for a steal to play stoner rock riffs through on a whim. I keep blowing the KT88s?!? I need to admit it, but I think it makes me love the amp more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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