Satisfying!

Thanks for answering my question on the live chat tonight regarding your preference for playing Gibson over Fender. Fortunately I was playing back in the days when their was no vintage guitar market, my brother and I owned them all from a flying V to explorer. The only two I held onto was a blue 57 Strat owned by Elvis Costello and an early 60 red strat which was my favourite. In the latter days out gigging I was afraid to take them out which kind of defeats the the point of owning them. Am suffering arthritis now and playing is really tough. If your are ever in Scotland drop by, you'll be more than welcome.

@@martinreid1740 most of us are vintage 😂

PS that’s your guitar into your amp the whole video.

@psionicaudio Wow awesome

The playing tests at the end were kind of showing extremes on purpose. We’ll dial it in mo betta on the real playing video.

No, not a crossline. See tomorrow’s video.

Well, thanks. I used to be. I was never a lead guitarist in bands. Always rhythm and written parts - never been a great improviser. I used to work out/write some intricate difficult parts but they would be rehearsed. Meanwhile, four year olds are playing Eruption…

@@PsionicAudio Tapped out by the age of 6.

There's a big lacking of rhythm players testing gear. I personally think it's much more important than ego stroking under the guise of testing a product etc.

@@BradsGuitarGarage Every time I’m watching someone test an amp I’m just thinking “Dude, please strum a big open E chord for me so I can hear what the hell we’re dealing with” but instead I get 6 minutes of the guy showing the subtle ways he’s gotten himself out of the pentatonic box.

It was almost Jet… Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh…

@@PsionicAudio YES... I DID notice that when I watched it on the way home, could not recall it this morning.. But yes, I definitely heard it.. God I played Wings Greatest until my needle wore out and then my CD wore out, and Jet is such a killer tune.

Thanks!

Thanks Riley. No, they measured fine. But that’s a measurement taken with no voltage/current. Resistors can fail under load regardless of material, though 56 year old CCs are more likely than most. They absorb moisture and stuff over the decades.

I’m putting the same MV in that rusted ‘67 as I type. I’ll be explaining how it works in the next video.

As always, you're a prince!!

Well, this is a Bassman, but I get your point. Not really feasible in this circuit without radically changing what this amp is. There are other amps that do that. But this is a ‘67 Bassman.

It’s coming soon

Thanks. Yes, any of the AB763 variants.

Would the simpler Type 3 sound similar in the upper 50% of its range?

No, that has a fairly poor taper and gets fizzy. It’s okish in an amp that has a Cut circuit and no negative feedback (Vox, Matchless) but doesn’t play nice with Fenders and Marshalls and such. And the type 3 (crossline) is either always in circuit with a lower value pot (say 500K) or big parts of the knob travel are useless if you want it transparent (1M pot). Some amps have it switched so it’s only there when you want it, but it’s really not an optimal choice.

Weird. I don’t have any control over that, sorry.

Lar-Mar with a twist to accommodate the bias balance circuit.

You can. But I prefer to change the wires at the jack as that is the only place the wire colors deviate from other post ‘63 Fenders. And the grid/plate wires are often not long enough to be reversed.

How many AB165/AA864 hybrids have you played?

@@PsionicAudioI built an ab165/aa864 on your recommendation last year. I also got all of the preamp tubes on the same PS node, again on your recommendation. Great sounding amp with no noise at all. The crunch is great, better than any other BF Fender that I own.

Have owned 2.

Hybrids or stock?

Just a stock Bassman with groove tubes. Lots of great tones in there. We used to A/B them with a 100 watt Marshall JMP with 6550's and an 80's Tube Screamer on top. With that rig I could get plenty of great tones ~ all I needed.