Fender '59 Bassman LTD Reissue 410 Combo

The best feature is it has none . Just a natural uncolored pure tone monster . A 4 ten cabinet Weighting in at 50 lbs with the tube amplifier built in ,who could ask for more and it looks as Fantastic as it sounds .

I use a custom built tele with semour duncan screamon demon humbucker at the bridge ,white cloud humbucker in the middle and a vintage fender single coil in the neck .I play classic to modern rock and blues .Every detail of your playing style comes through in this amp .I use a boss gt6 floor effects processor and I can get any sound I want out of this amp .I tryed every amp I could get my hands on over the last 12 months from 600 to $4000 .I cant understand How they produced an amp that sounds better than all the modern technology in 1959 !! However my favorite amp was the bogner xtsy head with the bogner 4 12 cab but at 3000 for the head and 999 for the cab .Very different in price and the bogner weights a ton . the fender sounds as good without all the channel switching . Any good effect or good guitars into this amp will yeild awesome results .It sound so good by itself i would take it over any amp with effects anyday even if I couldn't use effects with it .I't will cover any type of music with the right stomp box . The amp sounds glassy and very tight for percussive fingerstyle and has an incredable overdrive for blues .

built rock solid .Tubes can die thought as with any tube amp .

5 year warranty !!!!!!!!! I have a factory repair station within 30 miles and I called them one day to get there input on fender warrantys and this piticular amp . They said fender warranty is great and they never have a problem on claims .They said its not very likely i'll ever use it thought This amp is built very well and is very simple in design .

been playing for about 18 years and i'm always trying to improve my sound . This amp ended the quest for tone in my book and it's last amp i'll ever buy . I highly recomend a boss gt6 with this amp .I really think if it was lost or stolen I would buy another or quit playing alltogether .

Versatile enough for what I need. It's simple, and doesn't require a lot of fiddling. Plug in and go.

Interesting...I just got a Bad Cat Hot Cat 30R on eBay thinking it would blow this amp away. I was wrong. I'm still amazed at how full, sparkly and musical this amp is. Clean is its forte, but oh, what a clean sound!!! The right distortion pedal in front of it and there's no stopping you. In reality, all you need is a Boss GT-6 and this amp. If you have another clean amp, run em' in stereo for mouth-watering, tone-alicious fun. But because I'm spoiled with my distortion pedals, I use a ToneBone Hot British and a MI Audio Tube Zone through the GT-6 external loop. The Boss GT-6 Guv'nor and Tube Screamer pedal models sound great through this amp too. In short, I'm selling the Bad Cat. It is NOT $1500 better sounding than this amp. If it was the same price, I'd think about it...but it's WAY more expensive (at $2600). PLUS, if something happens to this amp I can go to Guitar Center and grab another one on the spot. With the Bad Cat I have to order one or wait forever, or until I find one on eBay again...a quick, one-way ride to suckville.

Very reliable. Have used it as a "weekend warrior" for over a year with no problems whatsoever.

Great company. Very customer friendly. Very supportive. Great web site.

I've been playing professionally/semi-professionally for around 26 years. I play oldies, blues, country, pop, funk, hard rock, classic rock, alternative rock, etc. Whatever pays (wink). This amp is versatile enough for what I need. I find that the simplest method to great tone (at a reasonable price) is to find a great clean-sounding amp and run great pedal in front of it. This amp has all the rich, complex, harmonically filled tones that blend in a live band situation perfectly. Funny...I played a hard rock gig the other day with a younger new-school guy that had a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier half stack (I used to own one too) and this little "old-school" 4-10 Fender Bassman Reissue with the ToneBone Hot British kicked it's ass...(snicker)...I almost peed myself laughing.

My bassman is a 2004 ltd. reissue. has 2 channels, 1 normal, and the other bright. This amp has the basic controls of : normal volume, bright volume, treble, bass, middle, and prescence. Extremely simple amp, witht the basic controls and an on/off switch, and stand by. In my opinion, most amps should be very simple. Great tone comes naturally, not with a bunch of worthless knobs and stupid boost switches. This amp has everything needed. Very versitale because it's extremely touch sensetive. If you play soft, the sound will be nice and clean. As soon as you pound on the strings, that baby has freakin serious overdrive.

I use a texas fat-strat through tr-2, ts-808 reissue, morely wah, dd-5 with tap, and holy grail reverb. I play many styles ranging from indie pop to hard rock. This amp is not for every style. For loud driving rock, in my opinion doesn't give it enough scream. However, those amps that scream freakin loud or only good for that. EVERYTHING else, this amp is freakin awesome. When you turn it up, this baby sounds like its gunna freakin explode.(in a good way) When its turned down, really pure clean tone. SOUNDS GREAT WITH DELAY! Although this amp has serious overdrive, its not the kind like you would hear on Nirvana's Nevermind.(Although a bassman was used in that recording) The natural overdrive is very vintage sounding. To get more of a grunge sound, add a tubescreamer or a rat or something. Sounds great no matter what you do with it! But this amp is suppose to be basic so you can do whatever you want with it. However, truly this Amp amazes me everytime i play it. !!!!Warning!!! This amp is made for FENDER guitars. I'm sure people use other things with it, but all fender guitars sound perfect through it. Les Pauls don't sound so great in my opinion.

No problems yet except the power lightbulb doesn't ever work. I replaced it once because it went out the week after i got it. When i put the new bulb in, it went out after another week. But thats freakin nothing, most people say those things go out all the time on fenders.

never had to deal with Fender. Not sure about the warranty, i think its a 5 year limited warranty, but i'm not sure.

This amp has so much i need. No amp will do everything for you, but this thing is pretty freakin close. I REGULARLY get complements on my TONE! If you're not sure about this amp, buy it anyway!

My amp was made in 2004. It has 50 Watt (as described on the Fender-Homepage) and 4x10" Jensen Speaker. The Amp is not too heavy - you can compare it to a Hot Rod Deluxe (I owned before). Seems well built and solid, looks fine. It's a simple amp - not many features.

Sounds absolutely great. Had a Hot Rod Deluxe before. When you switch directly between this two amps, you hear and feel the difference. The Hot Rod is a good amp, but the bass is overpowered and in the clean channel even the highs sound a bit "normal" - nothing special.
Use a Tubescreamer in front of the bassman - makes a better overdrive
sound as the second channel of the hot rod.
The guitar-tone is well defined, great response to the player - never missed the reverb!
Play a standard strat and a ES335. Now I love my strat even more than before (when playing the Hot Rod). This amp shows the differences between good guitars and medium-guitars!

So far no problems. Have to play it one or two more years, then you can talk about reliability...

Not needed.

You need to know, what you want - then it's the perfect amp, even when played at low volumes!

'59 Bassman Reissue LTD. Very simple amp. 2 channels, 45w, 4x10 Jensens, eq, standby. Compared to the regular reissue, it is upgraded with: Laquered tweed, Solid finger-jointed Pine cab, Tube Rectifier, better tubes, bias pot.

When you are looking for a Bassman, you're not looking for electronic features, only simple, straight-forward tone. The newer improvements on the LTD makes the RI even more appealing.

Fender American Double Fat Strat. Seymour Duncan Humbuckers: 59 Custom neck, JB Bridge. Goes through my Boss SD-1 and GT-6 for multi-effects. I play modern rock, punk, stuff on the radio today. Most of these bands out there use a variation of Marshall/Mesas w/ Gibson LPs. I wanted Fender tone, in cleans AND in crunch. With my pedals, I can most definately achieve it.

That is EXACTLY why I bought the Bassman. Not for blues, or classic rock, but something to match a Marshall distortion, but with taste and originality. Its so perfect, because its heavy without being lame, and with the step of a pedal, my Bassman pours out smooth, warm cleans. This amp has such a present bottom-end, I was genuinely surprised. (despite its name.) I get some very tight, bassy drive when I grab a chord and mute run with the bassist. I dont use my volume pedal as much, pick attack makes a huge difference in the dynamics. And the 4 10" Jensens get loud enough.

Everyone in the block knows this amp has some serious tone, especially the thick, soulful cleans. But this amp can run some serious crunch/distortion too!

I've used it for a handful of gigs now, and so far its been fine. I gig w/out a backup only because I can't afford another one. But I don't worry too much.

I really hope I never need them, but the amp comes with a 5 year warranty, which is cool.

I've been playing guitar for almost 10 years, but the electric for only 3 years. I'm a product of 90s music, Nirvana, Green Day, etc. I really did a lot of homework before I bought the amp. If it were lost, I'd buy it again. I'm not exactly rich, so I saved and made SURE before I put my money into it. You can always dial in distortion with good pedals... but you can never buy a pedal called, "Tone." I know its not the original, or even a boutique amp... but everytime I play my Bassman, I'm thinking, "That is MY sound!!"

2 channel (normal/bright), 45 watts, 4x10 tweed combo, no effects. I use this amp for playing blues, funk, soul, and a touch of country/rockabilly from time to time. Though others may disagree, I love the simplicity of this amp. Straight ahead tubes'n'tone. Also, Fender decided to use the rectifier tube in the '59 bassman Ltd. (I understand that there was a solid-state rectifier in the first reissues.) I bought this amp cause I wanted tone, not bells and...It gives me what I'm looking for, so it gets a ten.

Alot people seem to play solid-bodies/single coils through this amp. I've never been much a solid body player. Currently, my main axe is J9 Washburn (black)semi'with gold-plated hardware including a bigsby. (It's a sexy lookin' guitar) I've put in a PAF Gibson '57 classic pick-up in the neck and a PAF Gibson '57 "classic plus" in the bridge. I run my guitar (in this order) through a V-Wah and a volume pedal. That's it! I love the amp because I can go from beautiful clean to wicked tube distortion (and everything in between) all with a volume pedal. You don't just play the guitar, you also play the amp! Other than a "wah"(if you're into wah), I don't really need pedals with this amp. My guitar tech once told me that "...you should spend money on pick-ups and amps". With the '57 classics in my guitar and a '59 Bassman, his statement couldn't be more true. Straight from the factory, this amp is a TONE MONSTER! When you open up your volume, light up the tubes, and that rectifier starts to do its thing...ohh Lordy!

This amp appears to be built well. It appears to be sturdy and still has easy access to the electronics for tube replacement, and/or repairs. Besides, I'm sure an amp of this caliber probably wouldn't have become so famous if it had reliability issues. However, I did have to tighten the electronics chassis to the wooden frame when I bought it. No big deal. One of the bolts was slightly undertightened at the factory. Because of this, I can't give a perfect score. (I like the protective cover that you get with it.)

Don't know. Haven't had to deal with anybody.

I've been playing since I was about seven years old. I'm currently 30, and I've been playing professionally for about the last ten years. I've played through a number of different amps. There's a guy here in my home town, who to this day, has one of the best guitar tones that I've ever heard. For years, I've been watching him play through a bassman. And now, at my gigs (I'm not kidding) people come up and ask me about "my" bassman. The proof is in the pudding. Like I said ealier, "You don't just play your guitar, you also play the amp." Though I'll always try others, I seriously doubt that I'll ever get rid of this amp.

2004 Fender Bassman LTD. Very simple. Just a pure beauty. I think the best feature on this amp is the adjustable bias. I was able to adjust the bias (using a Weber bias right) with my guitar plugged in. What a great way to find the sweet spot. That was so much fun. I like the fact that the amp is very simple. Who needs the Bs&Ws.
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I am using a couple of G&L strats. One has those Fender 57/62 pickups in it,
and the other has Lindy Fralin pickups (the very best strat replacement pickups known to MAN!). I love the feel, when you hit a note, and inside your soul is going, yah baby THIS IS IT!. What more could you ask for?. I play blues, rock & jazz. This amp will pretty much sound any way you want it to, with a few pedals. Have been thinking about replacing the two bottom speakers with a couple of 10F150 Weber speakers. When you turn the amp up around 7-8 the speakers kind of crap-out just a little bit. Don't get me wrong, I think this amp sounds very very good, second only to a Fender Bass Breaker. I got one of those to, thanks to the " LEGEND" (D.E.). If you want to here what this amp can really do, get the Eric Clapton live at Hyde Park DVD he is playing out of a couple of Bassmans, I know there not LTDs but that is pretty much the sound you get, and it is a beautiful thing.

I have owned many Fender amps and have never had anything go wrong.
This amp is very solid. Built like a tank

Never had to deal with Fender. I think I called them once. They seem to be very helpful.

I have been playing for 32 years, and out of all the Fender amps I have played out of, this is one of the best. If it were lost or stolen, I would sell my car
(if I had to) and get another one without even thinking about it. Before I got this amp, I played through a lot of different amps, and after going through all that madness, the 59 Bassman LTD was my choice.

THE BASICS. IF YOU WANT MORE THAT'S WHY GOD CREATED PEDALS. THIS IS YOUR BASE FOR ALL ELSE.

I USE LES PAULS-TELS-STRATS-335'S. THEY ALL SOUND GREAT. MY STYLE IS HARD ROCK, BLUES, JAZZ. BEEN PLAYING MANY YEARS. IM A TV GUITAR ARTIST AND A FENDER ARTIST. SOUND IS VERY THICK AND SWEET. UNLIKE A BLACKFACE WHICH IS SHIMMERING AND SPARKLING THIS AMP IS BROWN TONE TO THE MAX LIKE COMPARING AN ICE CREAM SODA TO A THICK MALT!!! WANT GREAT MARSHALL DISORTION? GET A PEDAL. BUT NO MARSHALL HAS CLEAN LIKE THIS. STRATS GET GREAT QUACK AND BOTTOM END AND THE AMP ELIMINATES HARSH HIGH BRIDGE SOUNDS. LES PAULS ARE GREAT AND CAN SOUND JAZZY OR WITH DISTORTION VERY VAN HALEN. TELES ARE INCREDIBLY LUSH OR TWANGY DEPENDING ON SETTING. NO AMP I EVER PLAYED (TRIED ALL) CAN TOP THIS AMP FOR VERSATILITY.

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This amp is a slightly newer version of the original '59 bassman reissue. Newer features include a lacquered tweed cover, solid pine cabinet, original spec 5AR4 rectifier tube and internal bias pot. The 4X10 Jensen P10R speakers compliment this combo perfectly. I almost gave it a "9" instead of a "10" because there is no effects loop...but in all fairness, there shouldn't be (as the original never had one, and it would probably suck some of that precious tone out as well...) There are no features I need that it doesn't have...it's simple, solidly built and sounds like a million bucks. I use it semi-weekly as a guitarist-for-hire and in my own band as well. It faithfully recreates all the sounds I need.

This amp is so incredible sounding, I enjoy every minute I play it. It's replacing two combos that I used as tonal "benchmarks" for almost 10 years up to this point...a Fender Blackface Bandmaster with a custom 4X10 enclosure and a Marshall JCM800 2X12 combo. Those amps gave me some of the best tones of anybody in town, and I've recieved numerous compliments on the sound of my rig, from the audience and fellow players alike. This new amp provides a dramatic improvement in tone that even my old faithful workhorses can't keep up with. Paired with a Radial Tone Bone Hot British pedal (for tube distortion) and a Boss ME-50 (for multi effects), I have the best sounds I've ever had. I literally can't put my guitar down...it's such a joy to play. Like the ads say...the "swirling" harmonics, the in-your-face punch and clarity...it's all there in spades. I tie together channel one and channel two so that I can dial in just the right amount of bottom & top end. I use my 80's Floyd Rose Fender Strat with a Dimarzio humbucker that does double-duty as a single coil when needed, and two dimarzio stacked single coils in the middle and bridge positions. Whether its classic rock, metal, blues, country, oldies, funk, pop, reggae, alternative, jazz...whatever...it practically plays itself. No noise, plenty of clean headroom. I can't get it much above 3 or 4 in even an outdoor environment withour overpowering everybody else. Nice.

It feels like it's a rock. Never had a problem so far in almost a year of gigs in various environments...indoor, outdoor, clubs, weddings, special events, etc.

I was very impressed that detailed schematics were included. Also the companies' web site is a gold mine of information. I haven't had to deal with tech support yet, but all printed materials and web site support has been excellent.

I've been playing for around 25 years, and have owned many amps...Blackface Fender Bassman, Silverface Fender Twin, Mesa Boogie Dual and Triple Rectifiers, Meas Boogie Nomad, Marshalls (more than I can remember)...but the older I get...the less I want to lug around & store. This amp has given me the best tones possible without compromise in one simple setup. My rig is more versatile and simpler than ever. I would replace it immediately were anything to happen to it.