
Just picked up this pretty clean mid-70s Bassman head for a good price here in Germany. Still has the original RCA tubes in it and sounds beautiful.
Neither switch works, but I'm guessing it won't be a difficult fix. Actually, I only heard it through an Orange 2x12 (at 16 ohm!) and
that sounded amazing, so I can't wait to hear it through a more suitble cab. I know it wants to see 4 ohms, but apparently, these transformers are super resilient and can handle 8 ohms without any issues.
The next question is, which speakers should I use with it? I'd like to have substantial clean headroom but nothing sterile. Was thinking a 2x12 with Creamback 65s.
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Don't run it at 16 ohms - that's about the one thing that will kill a 70s Fender OT, other than an open circuit. OK at low volume, but don't push it into overdrive.
Even 8 ohms is OK, rather than ideal - if you're buying speakers, just get two 8-ohm ones and run it properly at 4 ohms - safer and sounds better. Mine sounded amazing through the speakers of my old TSL combo, rewired to 4 ohms - that's a Marshall Vintage (V30) and Heritage (G12M-70) pair. I would imagine that a Creamback G12H-75/G12M-65 pair would sound great too.
(I have to say I bought mine for bass, and I've only tried it with guitar once so far!)
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