I don't disagree. But at least your $1500 here is getting you 4 good speakers in a solid 4x10 cab.Yeah….at $1500 I think I’d rather buy an actual Bassman head.
I don’t care, I don’t use effects loops and I don’t like distorted Twins. I was just pointing out there was a time when Twins absolutely were known for their breakup sound
Bill Finnegan. That sound was the basis for the Klon.Can you name one? I’m not saying they don’t exist, but I’ve never heard of anyone regularly pushing a BF twin to the point of distortion that a loop would be useful. Genuinely curious who is doing this.
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Man, I would have loved a Bassman TM instead of the Super Reverb TM I picked up like a month ago! D'oh! My honeymoon is over, but still using the amp on a weekly basis. I won't be getting the Bassman, but I think this fits better with the other TMs with tube counterparts that are crushingly loud in their sweet spot - Super and Twin. Also cool that they added a loop when thats what customers have been asking for. Rather than updating the TM's they've issued, it seems like they release a new one every year and each iteration gets a little bit better; real Jensens in the SRTM, FX Loop in the BTM. As metro said, it AIN'T better than the real thing, but I think Fender is always narrowing the gap, and the convenience factor (light weight, power scaling) might outweigh the tonal deficiencies and typical tube amp "issues" for a bunch of players.
Its already been said in this thread, these TMs seem to get real picky when you overload the input with a dirt pedal. However, I've found that my SRTM likes buffered OD pedals, not so much the boutique stuff; been running a BD-2 to great effect. Like any amp, you gotta setup a rig that works with it and doesn't fight it. Mine sounds great in the practice room, and my other guitarist is rocking a TRTM, so they fit well together.
Despite using it for rehearsals the last two months, for this weekend's gig, I pulled out the 64 blonde Band Master and a 2x12 - take that grain of salt...
Fender. Leading the way other amp manufacturers need too. Ahem. Marshall.
Learning mistakes along the way.
Is the loop parallel or serial? - if it is parallel (they mention time based effects) the direct signal will not be delayed by additional conversion stages and any delay/verb effects you are adding should be wet only.Apparently the loop is before the IR, so if you want to use it as a power amp, there will be an additional step of AD/DA applied....
Serial.Is the loop parallel or serial? - if it is parallel (they mention time based effects) the direct signal will not be delayed by additional conversion stages and any delay/verb effects you are adding should be wet only.
Do you have a link to that? I've read mention of it before, but I cannot seem to be able to find it, and I'm interested.Is it weird that ever since Cliff shared all his graphs of the TMP and also the stuff like the power amp is just a simple wave shaper…I’m completely uninterested in anything “tone master” related. Especially if, I thought in a baseman type circuit, the first things to distort are the power section.
Do you have a link to that? I've read mention of it before, but I cannot seem to be able to find it, and I'm interested.
Yeah, but there are like a million used PRRI kicking around for less than $950, most of which just sat in some dudes bedroom with volume on 1 their whole lives.I’m still interested in the Princeton TM. New price it is $950 where the tube version is $1500. Most of the TM models seem about $500 cheaper than tube versions.