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Thank you for all of your comments. How is your Bassman doing? I haven't followed my own advice and checked the bias on this amp in some time. I think I will soon.

@@millstap I got it in Sep 2019 and haven't had it serviced. I haven't opened the doghouse to look but everything with the exception of the tubes is all-original and dates to 1964 (transformers are '63). I'm the second owner. It's clean. The wood between the speakers that runs front to back is fragile though. Oxfords fart out a little bit when I run the Clavinet through it. I'm about to get it recapped and serviced but hesitant. Still has the 2-pronged plug. There's a guy I'm taking to that supposedly has a stellar reputation in the state but wants me to meet him at a gas station to hand it off. Paid 3200 for it.

Hello Backpacker. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I've been away from my computer traveling around a little to see my family. Who are you touring with? I had an internet acquaintance that had moved to Australia a year or so ago but apparently he got deported for smoking or selling pot. He is a huge Hendrix guy and has a great collection of Uni-Vibes but he had to sell most of them so he had enough money to leave Australia. You caught me at the end of my UA-cam career unfortunately. After 15 years, I decided to call it quits to just enjoy playing again and not recording or editing or anything that takes away from playing. Let me know what you are up to and if your band has any videos on UA-cam. Jimi did teach me a lot. Since I grew up during his era, I noticed that my style was highly influenced by him when I started doing a few Hendrix videos on YT and it grew from there. That is what I wanted to do since the time I was young but ended up playing blues in California and some in New Orleans with some local bands. When I was young, I never played any Hendrix songs because I figured they were basically untouchable as far as tone and technique. But, one day I played my old 1960 Baseman on UA-cam and since it sounded so Hendrix'y to me, I decided to finally tackle his impeccable style of improv. I learned a lot from doing that and now my style is extremely influenced by him. I've always loved his use of the whammy bar and harmonic feedback. He is the only one that could use it to make a completely new type of instrument. I just turned 70 and my hands are starting to get arthritis but I still struggle to squeeze out what I can out of my Strats. I was around 14 years old when I started listening to Jimi when he first hit the scene by storm. What a genius he was.

I have not. I always stay with traditional steel and the Kluson steel block was one of the better ones.

I agree. The whole Callaham tremolo is definitely bright but the block alone is pretty good. I used several of them for years but do prefer the warmth of a traditional softer steel block. I think the Callaham hardened steel block adds a tad of brightness but not too much.

Yes, I still play this amp every day. This video must be popping up more in feeds because I’m getting more comments lately.

I watch it a lot of times after someone comments on it. Thank you. It is still pretty cool. I play it every day.

After playing a real Uni-Vibe, I would say Jimi used it more for a preamp. It sounds so much like his tone and it would be easier to use too.

Okay…I was just planning to get an EP Booster Pedal…and I thought it could be a secret ingredient to Jimis sound i😊

I recently switched back to my CV2 after playing a real Uni-Vibe. It does have a smoother, phase shifting type of vibe and the preamp sounds quite a bit better. Most of good sounding videos in the past were going through the CV2 preamp so I'm glad to get that tone back.

Not back then. I was still using either 10-42 but probably 10-46 strings.

I’m getting ready to go crank it now. I play it everyday.

Lol. I think it is even older like the '70's.

@@millstap i was born in 1970,lol! thats my favorite era of rock music though!

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For starters, I don't think the Bassman is known for its glassy tone. That's where the blackface circuit circa. SRV shines. Unfortunately, Fender designed the Reissue based on components available today. Where the original used a 12AY7 in V1, the Reissue uses a 12AX7. That jumps the gain from 40% to a whopping 100%. Blending the channels, as you have heard, makes the gain even higher so it's pretty crunchy. Yes, stick with the Bright channel and try maybe a 5751 in V1 which has a 70% gain factor. I'm not sure the 12AY7 is compatible with the Reissue circuit but it's certainly worth a try. I always used 6072's which are low noise 12AY7's. It's very difficult to find NOS 12AY7's that are not microphonic. Once you lower the gain, you're closer to the original sound and then you can crank it a little more and get more power tube distortion which sounds much better. Plus, I only use NOS Tungsol 5881's. You might want to try the Reissue 5881. Even with these changes, the glass probably won't be there but for me, the more clean headroom I can get, the better all of my effects sound. You need a nice, clean, high headroom foundation with lots of bass which makes the Bassman the perfect choice. It was the most powerful amp of its day and that is why it became the Holy Grail amp for guitars. Everything evolved from that 5F6-A circuit. A great combination of amps is a Bassman with a Vibroverb or Super Reverb to bring in the glass of the blackface circuit. Those amps blend together very well.

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll try switching to the 5881

@@dhs4726 Tubes do make quite a difference. Which ones are in it now? I was alway obsessed (years ago) with New Old Stock tubes and I can't imagine how much money I spent and wasted too. But, I did find some great sounding tubes and RCA's usually were at the top of the heap. I have never taken the plunge of trying current production tubes so I'm not familiar with them even though I am eventually going to have to find the best sounding new tubes. They just don't make them like they used to. Now they don't last near as long as the tubes from the 50's and 60's. The NOS Tungsols are still readily available and at a decent price but I've heard good things about the new reproduction 5881's.

@@dhs4726 Are you good at biasing the power tubes? You can experiment a little to see if you like the bias a little colder and clean vs. hot and quick to distort.

​@@millstap I've never biased the power tubes myself, but last time I got them checked it was 26ma per tube. My main issue is not being able to get more of the higher frequencies without that shrill ice pick sound, I've been going at it for months but still haven't succeeded. I'm using JJ Electronic ECC83S/12AX7 tubes, I think I'll be looking for some other options soon

I know what you mean. They look like miniature large ships. 1492 technology.

Thanks for the tip. My poor fingers need some help nowadays. They are even more painful on necks with vintage sized Fender frets like Jimi used.

The Fillmore has definitely been the more popular of all the versions.

I'm grateful that Jimi left so much material to boggle the brains of us mere mortals.

I'm glad I did this because I can go back and learn it again. I haven't played it probably since I did this video.