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Bassman - Bluesbreaker

Some people say the Fender Bassman was the best amp ever built....others say it was the Marshall Bluesbreaker. We agree...so we designed an amp that will produce the classic tones of both!!!

FRENZEL JF-B45 Bassman Bluesbreaker
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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

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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