Bandmaster

[mewithoutus]

man ive posted alot today but im bored at home and this forum keeps me entertained!!!

anyway, ive got a marshall 1965b 4x10 cab that doesnt get used too much. its a shame because it sounds amazing.

now, i need (want) a vintage type head for this cab so i can run it in stereo with my other amp. i am thinking maybe a fender head? maybe a bandmaster? ive never played a bandmaster but i hear nothing but good things.

can anyone recommend me a sweet head for this cab? if you wanna know what type of music i play check out the link in my sig, or go to myspace.com/tdh.

the cab handles 14 watts. and its 8ohms. thanks.

[mezcalhead]

Any of the blackface Fender heads would be happy with 8 ohms (and I assume 140W) .. you see the Bandmasters and Bassmans fairly commonly on ebay and they're still fairly reasonable. The blackface sound would complement your Peavey (which sounds tweed-like I guess) pretty well .. or you could go another way and get a Marshall head, or a Vox-type head, maybe a Hayseed?

[mewithoutus]

whats a hayseed?

[mezcalhead]

Vox clone made by Valvetech.

[Angel221]

You mean something like this?
I use this in a stereo mode with a Twin. I love the sound.
Lets see if did this right.


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[zhivago]

[mewithoutus]

You mean something like this?
I use this in a stereo mode with a Twin. I love the sound.
Lets see if did this right.


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oh wow, you have a marshall 1965b too? sweet. how do you like it?

and yes, just like that!

[i love sharin foo]

I like blackface Bandmasters a lot. The one I have is a '64. I just sold a really, really clean '65 Bassman about 8 months ago. I like the Bandmaster more. Bassmans sound great, but it was  a little dull compared to the Bandmaster. It did have a little more low end, not a ton, but a noticable amount. The Bandmaster seems to have a more complex tone on the higher end of the frequency range. Both are great amps though. If I didn't have the Bandmaster to compare it to, I would have kept the Bassman for sure. It was kind of superfluous to have both. I sold the Bassman and bought a Vox.

Justin

[mjet]

Hey, I've got one of those Marshall 4x10s too! Mine has the lighter color grille cloth but otherwise it's the same deal. I really don't have much occasion to turn it up, being a home-based hack, but I have a SF Pro Reverb that a previous owner chopped and converted to a head. So I have a setup that looks almost exactly like the Bandmaster / Marshall photo.

[Angel221]

MJET, I guess great minds thinks alike.
I've had this setup for about 10yrs now ,the sound is close enough to my super reverb . In Stereo  i use a Twin ,the Super And the Bandmaster are very close in sound and i needed more definition to the sound. The Bandmaster took care of the lows and mids, the twin is for the icepick in the ear sounds.

[burker]

Bandmasters are great, if you can find one for a good price ittd definitley  be a good choice, I have a blackface one into a 2x12" marshall cab and it sounds really great (amps been having problems lately though )...

[JazzBlaster]

a bassman may be easier to find I would say bassman or bandmaster

[StevenO]

I just missed a 67' bandmaster for 499cdn. Damn!
It's also got a 4x10 which hasn't sold yet. I might pick it up...

[Terry Wright]

You can buy Silverface Bandmasters pretty cheaply, it doesn't take much to convert them to Blackface specs. I did this and really like it better than my BF super reverb.