However, mine does not sound as good as my vintage 5D3 tweed Fender Deluxe or tweed Gibson GA-18T Explorer, so I leave it with family for times that I visit back home. It responds well to HB and single coil pickups and handles most pedals well. We had a 70s Musicmaster Bass amp that came in for general. Properly set up, they should be, more or less, like a cross between a silverface Champ and a tweed Deluxe. Fender Silverface Musicmaster Bass w/no Mains Fuse Install one 06-28-2019, 01:06 AM. Two cathode-biased tubes run push-pull with a transformer phase-inverter, it's a strange beast. It's a good sounding amp - better to my ears than a Tweaker and most other modern amps in the same price range. These are different than anything else made by Fender during the 70s. Consequently, the MMB is very sensitive to preamp tube swaps and speaker selection. So, you have a pair of 6V6's (like mine) or 6AQ5's and a single 12AX7 preamp tube. were kept as close as possible to the original part to preserve the stock 'tone'. ![]() Physically, parts were designed to look similar to original factory units (where possible). ![]() It has an unusual phase inverter based on a transformer - theoretically superior to any tube PI scheme - and SS rectifier. Fender Silverface Musicmaster Base 12 Watts. ![]() I've tried mine with the stock speaker (inefficient, low volume, early breakup), and Eminence Cannabis Rex (maybe too much for the amp, a little stiff in the mids), and an Eminence that is OEM for the TRRI (best balance overall, less volume than the C.Rex, much more than stock). The good news is that you don't really need a tone control in more cases than you'd imagine. They are good amps, especially for the price, but suffer from a nearly useless tone control.
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