This is something you should do before even turning an amp on if it looks unmodified and there's no documentation of recent service (within the last 10-12 years). Not much gain but good, fat clean tones.Īs you don't know what to look for electronically and don't do your own work you should budget at least $250 on top of the amp cost for normal service by a qualified tech - filter & bias capacitor replacement plus possibly some bypass caps possible tube replacement, a bias check/reset and general electronic checkup. Is it worth another $200 to go make the whole thing sound great? True, Bandmasters are the cheapest BF heads.īuild up a rig with amp, cab, speakers, pedals, power supply, cables, guitars, pickups, cases etc. OTOH a tech could re-voice the amp for fuller low mids and less thin shrill sound with a bright bridge pickup.Ĭourse, some players never use the bridge pickup on their Fenders, or they go right to Texas Specials and HBs to fill out the sound. IMO you really need to play this amp with your gear to know if you can use it. The perfect speakers can help a lot, and the wrong speakers can make a Strat bridge/ Bandmaster sound into torture for all in earshot. I say "kind of anemic" to avoid hurting the feelings of those who like the Bandmaster sound. With vintage wind pickups, a Strat or Tele on the bridge pup sounds thin and kind of anemic straight into a Bandmaster. I'd say your style, your guitars, your ear, your speakers and your pedals will either work with a Bandmaster or they won't. I'd take a SF Bassman head over a BF Bandmaster head, by a very very large margin.Ī buddy had a BF Tremolux when I had a BF Bandmaster, and his amp sounded much nicer than mine, but a Tlux is hard to find and more expensive, so YMMV.
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