This rather peculiar amp is highly coveted by some harp players and amp collectors. Nic Clark has one and he played it at his gig last night with Bad Brad & The Fat Cats at Ziggies.
The speaker is a flat trapezoidal thing made of white styrofoam, from Yamaha. It blew up a lot so it is rare to find one of these amps with the original speaker. The circuit is the same as the Bassman 10 of the era: 30 watts from two 6L6 power tubes and a tube rectifier.
Nic was playing a Shure 545S mic. A very interesting combination. The tone was good.
I have a superb sounding Bantam Bass to sell with the trap speaker replaced by four alnico 10's, bass instrument channel converted to brown Concert preamp, Bassman RI output transformer, excellent plus cosmetics. Jim Rossen jimjimdr@gmail.com
Tweed, since we are familiar with his great technique and tone it is easier to separate the player from the amp and hear what the amp is contributing to the tone. He'll bring out the best in any amp, for certain, and I think he shows us the amp's potential. The same can be said for any great player whose sound you know well.
