#FENDER BANDMASTER VS BASSMAN MAC#

My favorite in that situation is the Vibrolux Reverb but it's a combo. For a bar gig I wouldn't go bigger than a 40w amp and that's pushing it a bit. So, not a problem for what it sounds like you want. Listen to the dead, those are Alembic humbuckers.

#FENDER BANDMASTER VS BASSMAN MAC#

But they still sound great, listen to vintage Peter Green with Fleetwood Mac (the original Black Magic Woman for example). So you're going to get less clean overhead with humbuckers. You have to realize that Leo was primarily shooting for amps that would make his country friends, playing Teles and Strats happy. lotsa cabs are readily available today, and as oneĮxample already pointed out Avatar makes nice cabs. Plug in a LesPaul & turn up the mids and you get that Mike BloomfieldīB King, Otis Rush, those 60s Bay Area Bands like Jefferson Airplaneīig Brother & the Holding Co., Grateful DeadĬabwise you can run the Showman into a single 15, a 2-10, 2-12,Ĥ-10, or 4-12. In front of the Showman and get the SRV sounds or, with a differentĮQ-setting(and guitar, of course) the Roy Buchannan type tones. I can put, for example, a Menatone Red Snapper I know guys like the BF Bandmaster,Bassman,Pro/Vibrolux Reverbsįor their unique breakup sounds, but I really think the Showman is The onboard Fender reverb is necessary, anyway. If you're not playing surf, or spaghetti western music, I don't think Īdd any number of the excellent dirt pedals that exist, today Strong, full, punchy soulful Fender tones abound. Had a strong set of RCA Blackplate 6L6s in it ! I bought a real nice early '68 Showman recently in excellentĬondition both electronic and cosmetic - AND. What do you need? Actually, to my ears, it works best to own at least 3 Fenders: one for small jams/practice, one for bar gigs and one for outdoors (Deluxe or Vibrolux, Bassman/Bandmaster/Super, Super/Bandmaster/Showman/Twin). Vibrolux-Bandmaster-Super-Bassman-Showman Showman-Bandmaster-Super-Bassman-Vibrolux So, to summarize from least gain at bar levels to most: Again, the Showman/Double Showman/Showman Reverb is a whole other cat, thunderingly loud and no appreciable breakup at useable volumes.

Don't get me wrong, any late 60s Fender is a killer amp, it's just that, at any sane volume, a Bandmaster/BM Reverb is going to need pedals more than a Bassman or Super to get the same amount of gain. So total volume is going to be slightly lower and ultimate breakup is going to be slightly less. It has smaller OTs than the Super, the Bassman, maybe slightly larger than the Vibrolux Reverb, but with the tube rectifier that has less clean overhead.

I'm still gonna say that the Bandmaster has the least gain of any Fender amp of the period.

Fender bandmaster vs bassman