slightly belated new amp day (finally got my other dream amp)
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:23 pm
so. some background before i get to the new amp. so ever since i was a teenager, i'd see clips of a lot of the new york bands like television, talking heads and sonic youth playing silverface twins (when i think of sonic youth, i always think of the picture of them on brighton beach where lee is playing a twin) along with some of the british punk bands and always wanted a twin.
December 16th 2009 i got my 72 silverface bassman 50 and absolutely fell in love with it's sound. i often used to say it's how i was always meant to sound, but it had it's limits as an amp, it's more aggressive than it's not. which i love but at the same time, i also do a lot of cleans. so for the longest time, my friend was telling me "bassman and a twin reverb is the way to go" and when we would collaborate from time to time, he would let me borrow his twin and always loved how it sounded with my bassman.
sometime last year i bought a wem dominator in a charity shop and the dude that sold me it said "i much prefer the weight of this over my twin reverb" immediately i was curious. every time after that, i'd try teasing more information about his twin out of him. after a year or so, i figured out it was a 70's twin, the trem was broken but the reverb still worked. he also mentioned it never got a lot of use and he felt bad it never got a lot of use. i mentioned if he wanted to sell it, i'd give him a fair offer on it. after a few more visits, we arrange a time where i could buy it. December 16th 2020. the anniversary of me getting my bassman. so, enough talk, HAVE AT YOU..... with pictures.
coming home in the car.
first time being played in anger in nearly 20 years
and a size comparison (i'm 6ft2)
so, details sleazy, details. it's a 1979 twin reverb 135 with the ultra liner transformer (more than meets the eye) and it has a set of fane speakers in it, they look like the creschendo speakers but the label fell off so i'm not 100% sure. not my first choice for speakers but they sound really great. we stuck it on the scales and it weighs 39.2kg. the reverb is really smooth and subdued compared to most spring reverb amps i've used which i really like actually. i can't not play television on this thing. it feels like that's what the amp always wants to play.
i'm honestly hoping this is the last amp i'll buy for a long time.
December 16th 2009 i got my 72 silverface bassman 50 and absolutely fell in love with it's sound. i often used to say it's how i was always meant to sound, but it had it's limits as an amp, it's more aggressive than it's not. which i love but at the same time, i also do a lot of cleans. so for the longest time, my friend was telling me "bassman and a twin reverb is the way to go" and when we would collaborate from time to time, he would let me borrow his twin and always loved how it sounded with my bassman.
sometime last year i bought a wem dominator in a charity shop and the dude that sold me it said "i much prefer the weight of this over my twin reverb" immediately i was curious. every time after that, i'd try teasing more information about his twin out of him. after a year or so, i figured out it was a 70's twin, the trem was broken but the reverb still worked. he also mentioned it never got a lot of use and he felt bad it never got a lot of use. i mentioned if he wanted to sell it, i'd give him a fair offer on it. after a few more visits, we arrange a time where i could buy it. December 16th 2020. the anniversary of me getting my bassman. so, enough talk, HAVE AT YOU..... with pictures.
coming home in the car.
first time being played in anger in nearly 20 years
and a size comparison (i'm 6ft2)
so, details sleazy, details. it's a 1979 twin reverb 135 with the ultra liner transformer (more than meets the eye) and it has a set of fane speakers in it, they look like the creschendo speakers but the label fell off so i'm not 100% sure. not my first choice for speakers but they sound really great. we stuck it on the scales and it weighs 39.2kg. the reverb is really smooth and subdued compared to most spring reverb amps i've used which i really like actually. i can't not play television on this thing. it feels like that's what the amp always wants to play.
i'm honestly hoping this is the last amp i'll buy for a long time.
Enjoy it in good health!