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Fender 65Bassman. Tube sheet is marked as AA864 as are many 60's Bassmans however from close inspection by a tech, this is the genuine article.
Clean machine. Wouldn't know how to break up unaided if it tried. However, clean with lots of body, twin like in fact but half the wattage.
The bottom end is expansive but pretty flubby so it'll be getting a butt tightening cap swap.
Dunno if I can be arsed to up the cosmetics on the box. It'll probably niggle at my ocd somewhere along the line...
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Don't know why you'd want to tidy up the cosmetics! Looks great au naturale.
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Frank that's cool!

I think I have some aged repro grill cloth if you do want to make it a bit less Jansen.

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Just saying, PT possibly has been run hot - looks like melted wax where wires leave the bell housing?
Check the bias :)
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bender wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:25 pm Frank that's cool!

I think I have some aged repro grill cloth if you do want to make it a bit less Jansen.
That would be cool. I've a load of Swart style cloth lying around but that's all...
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That is super cool. Don't lose the Blue Caps!!! They have the tone.
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Looks cool, but would definitely look better with the proper grille cloth.

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Found it!
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It’s 690 wide. Will that do?

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bender wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:45 pm Found it!
It’s 690 wide. Will that do?
Perfect. Pm me and we'll sort the details :thumbup:
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bender wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:45 pm Found it!
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It’s 690 wide. Will that do?
Ummm…not to tread on toes or something, but if Monsieur ‘jester isn’t interested, I have a ‘68 BF, Super Reverb that needs a new baffle and grill cloth transplant…I’ll back-seat this one until you guys figure it out…just registering interest :thumbup:

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Oh, whoops…scratch that :oops:

Nice work…pics of the result, please Monsieur ‘jester?

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Getting there. Back is still pretty disgraceful but I can live with that.
Cloth from Ben soaked overnight in water with ground coffee and tea bags to take the shine off.
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How wonderful, bet there is some tones to be had in there. Congrats
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Dharmajester wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:44 am Getting there. Back is still pretty disgraceful but I can live with that.
Cloth from Ben soaked overnight in water with ground coffee and tea bags to take the shine off.
Corners and badge from fender shop left in icecream container for a few hours with an open pot of hyrochloric acid to take the shine down a notch or two.Bassman.jpeg
Excellent!

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