'59 Bassman LTD 4x10" 45-watt Tube Combo Amp Review

First Amp.

My first gig was playing thru a Fender 59 Bassman 4x10" Tweed Amp. 3 guitar players called the Driving Guitars playing thru this amp at a school assembly. It was legendary. What a sound. It was an original Bassman amp. It even had a cool smell to it. I need this amp.

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Fender ‘59 Bassman reissue

This amp has the perfect combination of clean to clipping tones and receives pedals perfectly! It's a very strong and loud amp, but with the use of some pedal magic, I've been able, with a bit of tweaking, to get the perfect blues/rock tones I was looking for! Very well built and I love the simplicity of it! You could use this rocker for any style playing and at any venue! Awesome… read more job Fender!!!!!

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The sounds of great rock ‘n’ roll!

I have to say my new 59 baseman is everything that I thought it would be. It sounds incredible brings back memories when I was a teenager so yes I'm giving away my age. If you really want to have great sound always use or start with a 59 baseman. You will find that you don't even have to have any extra paddles if you don't want to that's how good this amp sounds. This amp looks… read more incredible beautiful tweed what more could you ask for! The amp is also not too heavy 54 pounds and with all of that sound it is great! I would also like to thank my sound engineer Stephen Graham for all of his help! I hope that everyone at Sweetwater has a great day thanks again!!

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Will I ever need another amp?

Bad news for the amp industry. I own several amps, and I bought quite a few of them INSTEAD of a Bassman. Always thinking that I wanted a Bassman, but it had more wattage, and was louder, heavier, bigger and more expensive than I wanted. Now I can stop buying other amps INSTEAD of a Bassman. I love this amp. It is the amp of a lifetime. The sound is very versatile. Just… read more right for me. As many have said, you can get almost any sound out of a good Fender amp (Beside metal). That is very true of this amp. Here are things that I have discovered about my Bassman --- It is not: too big; too heavy (it is sort of heavy); to loud (that has never been true --- Know your Knobs); too specialized (it is crazy versatile). Four ten-inch speakers is the bomb. I always still love my Princetons and Blues Jr., but a couple of those "Instead-of-a-Bassman" amps will see a lot less use.

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1959 Bassman LTD(2019)

If you want a vintage look, killer sound, and classic charisma of the olden days, check out this beast. From my research with fender on this particular model of anplifier, this is the closest reproduction of a 1959 bassman you can buy. It is not the same amp as the earlier 1959 re issue from the 90s. The circuit, cab, speakers, and face are closer to the original 5F6A. The tubes… read more from the factory are of decent quality and sound great. It comes with the same circuitry as the original including a tube rectifier. The new Jensen P10Rs aren't quite the same as the original speakers but sound great with their alnico magnets and paper/felt cones. Steel baskets look like the 50s speakers too. The fact that i love old stuff had me fall for this amp when i discovered it last year. I know everbody uses it for guitar but it is in fact a bass amp. The design makes it not desirable as a bass amp as the power isn't high enough to compare with modern guitar amps and the speakers and cabinet arent completely catered toward bass guitar. I use mine for bass. Its all the things i said but it delivers enough volume and bass to jam at home( where the amp will stay due to its high price). I haven't had the volume past 3. I use the low gain input on the normal channel, treble 5, bass 7-8, middle 6, presence 4-5. It sounds great with everything ive plugged into it especially my 60s jazz bass. I dont want to hurt the jensens(which their website says the p10rs can be used for bass guitar applications) so i dont get super loud. I mostly play clean but i have ran my Abominable electronics Hellmouth(its a botique overdrive) and it turns into a doom metal monster!. I even contacted fender and jensen on regards to using the 59 bassman lys as a dedicated bass amp and both parties agreed that ot should be fine as long as i dont try to headline wothout a mic. As i said before its staying at home to protect its integrity. Obvoisly its an awesome guitar amp and its still a sweet bass amp too! Get one!

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