TFB

[charlie chitlins]

Tweed Fucking Bassman.
That is all.
Carry on.

 

[Cjsinla]

I recently bought a 50 watt JCM800 from a guy who said that his Bassman was the only amp he needed, that he no longer needed the Marshall. Tweed amps sound great but I haven’t ever gigged with one. I just built a tweed Super and have been dying for an opportunity to use it in a band setting.

 

[Big John]

Charlie just won the internet.

 

[charlie chitlins]

Charlie just won the internet.

Don't need no internet if you got a tweed Bassman.

 

[bulletproof]

Don't need no internet if you got a tweed Bassman.

Now that’s Rock’n’Roll!!

 

[charlie chitlins]

I recently bought a 50 watt JCM800 from a guy who said that his Bassman was the only amp he needed, that he no longer needed the Marshall. Tweed amps sound great but I haven’t ever gigged with one. I just built a tweed Super and have been dying for an opportunity to use it in a band setting.

It's true...a 5F6A Bassman is the be-all and end-all...IMO, of course, but I'm not alone.
For me, the 4x10 is a big part of the magic. I play mostly small clubs and the way the sound immediately disperses is a beautiful thing. You can stand 6' in front of a 4x10 and hear virtually what the rest of the room is hearing...no beamy-ness.
That being said...if I didn't have the Bassman, I would be happy as a clam with a good silverface Super Reverb.
It's almost absurd to gig a 6-$10k amp when a $1k amp will put you right in the same ballpark.
What you REALLY get for the extra dough is the ability to hear a great tone at a gig, steal a glance behind you and think, TWEED FUCKIN' BASSMAN, BABY!!
The next best thing, of course would be a 5F4 tweed Super.
GIG THAT BADBOY!!!

 

[Big John]

...What you REALLY get for the extra dough is the ability to hear a great tone at a gig...

This, 100%

 

[charlie chitlins]

Hey...don't get me wrong...my Bassman is the only amp I want to plug into.
I have gout, 2 wrecked shoulders, tendonitis(trigger finger) in my right hand, one bad knee and another that an orthopedist told me he was shocked I could still stand on... 20 YEARS AGO, and I will still manage to get that Bassman up a long, steep flight of stairs to Saturday night's gig.
But...when I didn't have one, I was very happy gigging other amps and If I had to get rid of the Bassman (or if it broke down), I'd be happy as hell with a Super Reverb.
I probably like the Bassman 15% better, if it's possible to quantify it (it's not).
It's sort of like building horsepower.
The first 5% gain might cost $600.
The next 5%....1500
And so on...

 

[edro]

Nice... A bud has a couple of those.... His Tele sounds righteous through it...

 

[cherrysunburst00]

OH YEAH. CON-FREAKIN-GRATS

 

[charlie chitlins]

OH YEAH. CON-FREAKIN-GRATS

Thanks!
I always feel like I could add....
I have virtually no income.
I volunteer/live/work in a farming commune of sorts and my needs are taken care of, but I don't think anybody would consider a tweed Bassman a NEED...well...not non-guitar players
I have my band where I take home $50/gig (the rest pays expenses...recording, PR guy, radio consultant...)until the expenses are paid off; and another gig where I take home $100/night.
It all gets squirreled away until it adds up to a cool purchase; and sometimes I sell a couple items to feed the pile.
I don't drink or do dope (anymore ), and I work on the farm 6 days a week from 7am-9pm, so I don't have time to spend money!!
It always surprises me when someone says, "I'll never have enough money for something like that."
It's all a matter of how much you want it!
I'm 56 and that Bassman represents years of buying, selling, saving...
It was worth it!!!

 

[cherrysunburst00]

Thanks!
I always feel like I could add....
I have virtually no income.
I volunteer/live/work in a farming commune of sorts and my needs are taken care of, but I don't think anybody would consider a tweed Bassman a NEED...well...not non-guitar players
I have my band where I take home $50/gig (the rest pays expenses...recording, PR guy, radio consultant...)until the expenses are paid off; and another gig where I take home $100/night.
It all gets squirreled away until it adds up to a cool purchase; and sometimes I sell a couple items to feed the pile.
I don't drink or do dope (anymore ), and I work on the farm 6 days a week from 7am-9pm, so I don't have time to spend money!!
It always surprises me when someone says, "I'll never have enough money for something like that."
It's all a matter of how much you want it!
I'm 56 and that Bassman represents years of buying, selling, saving...
It was worth it!!!

THAT is both really cool AND really inspiring. I'm glad you posted

 

[RAG7890]

..............when I see TFB..........I think of this Clip.

Great Amps, need to get one, one day as I have zero experience with the 410 thing.

 

[RAG7890]

Thanks!
I always feel like I could add....
I have virtually no income.
I volunteer/live/work in a farming commune of sorts and my needs are taken care of, but I don't think anybody would consider a tweed Bassman a NEED...well...not non-guitar players
I have my band where I take home $50/gig (the rest pays expenses...recording, PR guy, radio consultant...)until the expenses are paid off; and another gig where I take home $100/night.
It all gets squirreled away until it adds up to a cool purchase; and sometimes I sell a couple items to feed the pile.
I don't drink or do dope (anymore ), and I work on the farm 6 days a week from 7am-9pm, so I don't have time to spend money!!
It always surprises me when someone says, "I'll never have enough money for something like that."
It's all a matter of how much you want it!
I'm 56 and that Bassman represents years of buying, selling, saving...
It was worth it!!!

We can certainly say, you earned it.

Thanks for the Thread.

 

[charlie chitlins]

..............when I see TFB..........I think of this Clip.

Great Amps, need to get one, one day as I have zero experience with the 410 thing.

Yup! That's the one. Nice to hear a good player demo-ing something on Youtube.
Sometimes it's so painful.
The 410 thing is serious.
A year or so I dug out my Super Reverb (2 of them, actually), and I figured I'd haul one out to a bar gig 1 more time before I sold them, because they're "too much amp" for clubs.
What I heard blew me away.
I found myself playing the amp more than ever. It did everything....stays fat way up on the,fretboard and down low it cuts through so beautifully..
I was having so much fun, and the harp player turns to my ear and says, "Super Reverb, baby!"
Not long after that, I got a SMOKIN' deal on an under-the-bed ES125TC on Craigs and a buddy offers me his Kendrick Bassman clone for it...game over!

 

[JohnnyN]

Sweet amp! Congratulations and enjoy for long - it's well deserved