Fender Bassman

Silver Face, 1968-1983

Circuit	AB165, AA568, AA270, AA371
Output	50 (68-76) or 70 (77-83) Watts
Rectifier	Solid State
Preamp	Bass: 2 x 7025 Normal: 7025
Phase Inverter	12AT7 (long tailed)
Power	2 x 6L6GC
Bias	Fixed Bias, ajustment pot
Speaker Model	Oxford 12T6, Utah or Rola
Speakers/Load	2 x 12" (68) or 2 x 15" (68-83)/4 ohms (8 ohms each in parallel)
Effects	None
Config	Piggy-back
Control Panel	Silver forward facing w/ blue labels
Front Conrol Layout	Bass: In, In, Deep Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Pilot Lamp
Rear Conrol Layout	AC Outlet, Ground Sw, Fuse (2A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack, Ex. Speaker Jack
Knobs	Black skirted w/ chrome center, numbered 1 - 10
Head	8 1/4" x 22" x 9 1/2" (21 x 55.9 x 24.1 cm)
Head Hardware	Black strap handle, 4 1/2" chassis straps, corner protectors, cab hooks (68-76)
Cabinet	68-71: 40" x 29 1/2" x 11 1/2" (101.6 x 74.9 x 29.2 cm) 72-83: 30" x 28" x 12" (76.2 x 71.12 x 30.5 cm)
Cab Hardware	3 Black strap handles, corner protectors, knurled studs (68-76), casters
Head/Cab Covering	Black Tolex
Head/Cab Grille	Blue sparkle grille cloth w/ aluminum frame (68-69), w/o aluminum frame (70-79)
Weight	105 lbs. (47.6 Kg)
Logo	Grille mounted, raised, chrome & black script "Fender" w/ tail(68-74) or "Fender®" w/o tail (74-83) (head and cab)
Comments	Fender switched back to the blackface era cosmetics some time in 1980. Bassmans produced between late 1980 and 1983 have a black control panel and silver sparkle grille cloth.

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