The FRENZEL JF-B45
"Bassman Bluesbreaker" was "INSPIRED" by the two of the greatest amps ever built...the Fender
Bassman 5F6A and the Marshall JTM45 Bluesbreaker.....but it has more power...and a lot more features. It is truly one of a kind!
FEATURES:
Input Jacks
isolated from chassis for low noise, eddy currents, and hum.
DC on preamp and driver filaments
for low noise and hum.
Star ground
system to reduce induced current chassis noise.
Normal and
Bright inputs with separate Gain controls . Normal Input voiced for the vintage smooth deep warm
bass tones of the Fender 5F6A Bassman. Bright Input voiced for the great Marshall JTM45
Bluesbreaker high mid tones....or you can use an AB-Y switch and create your own distinct tones.
Classic vintage Bassman
3-BAND TONE STACK for extended flexibility in shaping your tone....plus a Deep Switch on the Bass control for extra low
bass tones!
MASTER level
control so you can crank the GAIN's up and overdrive the preamp without overdriving the output tubes.
Classic Type JTM45
Style Presence control .
Unique NNFB
"Edge" switch on the PRESENCE control that transforms the power amp section into a No-Negative-FeedBack style amp for more
open, less compressed tones.
Classic
60's style insertion type Serial Effects Loop with Return Jack (Power Amp In), Send Jack (Preamp Out), and Send Level
Control.
Class AB
fixed biased 6550's in the output to give you more power and headroom.
Laser Etched Faceplate
Weight: 30 lbs.
Power Output : 50
watts RMS
Dual Speaker Jacks
Speaker Impedance Selector
4 - 8 - 16 ohms
Dual 5U4
rectifier's for optimum pick attack and sag...or you can use 5AR4, GZ34 or Solid State Plug-In for different
amounts of sag.
Extra long
(10') three prong grounded power cord.
Classic toggle
switches with a STANDBY switch to turn off the high voltage during warm-up to protect the tubes.
Vintage jewel pilot lamp.
Chicken Head ivory knobs for the
retro 50's look.
TOLEX HEAD
CAB - Made from 3/4" cabinet grade birch plywood. Corners screwed and glued for maximum strength. Covered in genuine
Tolex, heavy duty nickel plated steel corner caps, large rubber feet, and Fender style strap handle. Comes standard
in black or cream. (Also available in custom colors. Email us for availability and pricing on custom colors.)
Rock
solid point-to-point hand wiring using only the best of parts...low noise tubular polypropylenes
caps, metal film resistors, ceramic sockets, switchcraft jacks...etc.
Sweet vintage
clean to classic overdrive tones with three different types of distortion depending on whether you are overdriving the preamp,
output... or both!
Tube compliment:
3 - 12AX7, 2 - 6550, 2 - 5U4
FRONT
PANEL:
- NORMAL
INPUT
- BRIGHT
INPUT
- NORMAL GAIN
- BRIGHT GAIN
- BASS
- MIDDLE
- TREBLE
- MASTER
- PRESENCE
with NNFB PULL SWITCH
- STANDBY
SWITCH
- PILOT LIGHT
- POWER SWITCH
REAR
PANEL:
- POWER CORD
- POWER PRIMARY FUSE
-
PREAMP OUT JACK
- PREAMP
OUT LEVEL CONTROL
- POWER
AMP IN JACK
- DUAL SPEAKER OUT JACKS
- SPEAKER
IMPEDANCE SWITCH 4 - 8 - 16 OHM
PRICE: $1195.00
SPECIAL SALE PRICE $995.00
UPGRADE
OPTIONS:
1.
240 VOLT POWER TRANSFORMER - for operation outside the USA. Add $55.00
2. EDGE FOOTSWITCH
- adds jack to rear panel for footswitch control on the NNFB EDGE switch. Includes classic heavy duty footswitch with
LED. Add $120.00