Can you use one, or at least a slightly modified one, as a preamp in the Jerry setup? I would assume a bassman was just for bass but someone was just telling me that it is possible and actually sounds pretty good. Is this guy crazy or right?
jmfranc wrote:Can you use one, or at least a slightly modified one, as a preamp in the Jerry setup? I would assume a bassman was just for bass but someone was just telling me that it is possible and actually sounds pretty good. Is this guy crazy or right?The Bassman was originally designed as a bass amp (in like 1953 or so), but many guitarists tried and liked it's sound. By the early 60's, it may have been as popular for guitar as it was for bass, and the first Marshall amp (for guitars) borrowed heavily from its design to put it lightly. Very early on in The Who ('64-'65), Pete Townshend used a blonde-era Bassman (and Tremoluxes). Did Robbie Robertson possibly play through one too?
I'd say try it, but no spring reverb would be a strike against for me.