70's Fender Bassman Ten Original Speakers?
Lawrence Bennett
original speakers? What was the wattage of the speakers? Brand, Model,
Ohms...???
I bought one which had parted ways with it's original speakers. I have
been searching the internet to find the best replacement speaker. I am not
interested in experimenting with the sound. I would like to use speakers
that are rated the same wattage as the originals. Since it might be used it
for guitar or electric piano in the future. I read many things online about
my Fender Bassman Ten. Some had (4) CTS 10" ceramic 8 ohm speakers wired
series / parallel. What was the wattage on the CTS 10" ceramic??? Another
site had a schematic that had (4) 32 ohm speakers wired all in parallel?!
Some used Jensen speakers (P10N (alnico), C10N (ceramic) (both 50 watts)),
(P10Q, C10Q) or (P10R, C10R) (35 watts and 25 watts RMS
respectively)...which one is the best suited, I am a bass player and will
use it with a p-bass, but if it is not powerful enough then I might sell it
to a guitarist since I understand they like the sound of the Bassman Ten
with electric guitar? Could someone recommend a speaker for such an
application of the Bassman Ten?
RonSonic
<LBENN...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have a 70's Fender Bassman Ten 50W combo amp with the
>original speakers? What was the wattage of the speakers? Brand, Model,
>Ohms...???
> I bought one which had parted ways with it's original speakers. I have
>been searching the internet to find the best replacement speaker. I am not
>interested in experimenting with the sound. I would like to use speakers
>that are rated the same wattage as the originals. Since it might be used it
>for guitar or electric piano in the future. I read many things online about
>my Fender Bassman Ten. Some had (4) CTS 10" ceramic 8 ohm speakers wired
>series / parallel. What was the wattage on the CTS 10" ceramic??? Another
>site had a schematic that had (4) 32 ohm speakers wired all in parallel?!
I am only aware of the 32 Ohm drivers in parallel arrangement.
I have 4 of these that have damaged cones.
>Some used Jensen speakers (P10N (alnico), C10N (ceramic) (both 50 watts)),
>(P10Q, C10Q) or (P10R, C10R) (35 watts and 25 watts RMS
>respectively)...
I'd be VERY surprised to find any of those Jensen speakers in that
model. Fender didn't use those for anything else in that era, doubt
they'd single that one out for a pricier driver.
Ron
Delenda est Carthago
Jim Cerio
Nice Amp - sounds good loud - very very clean. Bottom is a little farty on
it with my strat - it is very sweet with my Texas Special equipped Tele. I
only use it for rehearsal though because I use my HRD for gigging.
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andrewunix
: Does anyone have a 70's Fender Bassman Ten 50W combo amp with the
I have a Bassman Ten with all four original speakers in working condition,
and I don't really care for the way they sound at all. If you're planning
to use it for bass *and* guitar, you might try Weber's California
speakers. They're rated a little bit higher than the originals probably
were, but they're still very efficient, and have a very clean, full range
sound.
--
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nuke
>original speakers? What was the wattage of the speakers? Brand, Model,
>Ohms...???
The original speakers in the 50W version of the Bassman 10 were 32 ohm, Fender
labeled and made by CTS. All in parallel for an 8-ohm load.
They were pretty much the cheapest ones Fender/CBS could lay their hands on I'm
sure.
Some models swapped to using 4 8-ohm versions of the same cheap ass speakers,
wired in series-paralell for a total of 8-ohms. The later models of this amp
are 70 watts in ultra-linear configuration.
In either case, the speakers wattage rating is likely to be 25 watts.
They never used Jensen anything in the Bassman 10.
As far as using the Bassman 10 for bass playing, it is what it is. There's not
much point in upgrading the speakers, it won't get you anywhere. It's a decent
rehearsal amp and you could do some small gigs with it.
As far as using a Bassman-10 for guitar, the same deal applies, it's not much
of a guitar amp either.
It's a different animal altogether from earlier Bassman amps. The Bassman 50
watt heads from the 60's and 70's in blonde, blackface or silverface trim are
great guitar amps and can be reasonable bass amps if you can live with 50
watts. The Bassman combos from the 1950's are famous as guitar amps, though not
particular useful as a bass amp.
--
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