Advice on Fender Bassman 59 Reissue

[Eric***]

Update: checked this out last night at my friend's house. I guess he replaced it with this amp.

Anyway, it has some sort of attenuating jobby soldered into one of the PCBs which isn't that useful for his harmonica playing, but worked well for guitar.

It was quite different playing a Bassman when compared to most amps I've played: a normal and 'bright' channel, volume for each, 3-band EQ and presence. That's all. If you want more crunch, turn up the volume.

It had a pretty smooth tone and decent note definition even at higher volumes, but ultimately I just can't 1) justify spending the money or 2) think of a place where I'd use it. It needs to be fricking loud to get a tone I like, and it's spectacularly loud. Also, it's ~55 pounds.

He's in no hurry to sell, so I think it's still available for me if I change my mind, but as of now I would be buying it mostly as a commodity, and I don't tend to do that much when it comes to gear.

[tjcurtin1]

I shut my eyes and it was the middle one that stood out as the most enjoyable! Sumi

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