Here’s a smooth rig for small to medium club gigs. You may be wondering why that Telecaster is coupled with the Bassman amp. It’s because the ‘62 Bassman makes a better blues amp than bass amp. Compared to the ‘60 Tweed Bassman this amp achieves overdrive at a lower volume level. [...]
No need to say much here. This is the amp that all the blues players would sell their mothers for. The original ‘59 has only a master gain control for each channel so the volume must be cranked up a little high before that magic tone happens, but the tone is there, and it is [...]
It may be different in your part of the world, but here in my town you’ll find used small Crate amps everywhere. That means you can usually pick one up for peanuts. Often less than a hundred bucks. For that kind of small change the Crate is a bargain. It’s not [...]
