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Heads up:Check out this Victoria Bassman!

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:18 pm
by westtexasred

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:38 pm
by superfuzz
Aren't those supposed to be pretty faithful recreations?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:39 pm
by theshadowofseattle
daaaamn, that is so hot.

Series of tubes!

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:51 pm
by westtexasred

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:24 pm
by jcyphe
Those things are amazing. That amp won't last 24 hours at that price.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:37 pm
by Bacchus
jcyphe wrote:Those things are amazing. That amp won't last 24 hours at that price.
I wasn't sure about the hype surrounding Victoria amps, then I ssen that jcyphe had replied in this thread, and that I ought to see what he thinks. He's handy like that, when I can't be bothered getting opinions of my own.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:10 am
by jcyphe
BacchusPaul wrote:
jcyphe wrote:Those things are amazing. That amp won't last 24 hours at that price.
I wasn't sure about the hype surrounding Victoria amps, then I ssen that jcyphe had replied in this thread, and that I ought to see what he thinks. He's handy like that, when I can't be bothered getting opinions of my own.
Bob Margolin who played guitar in muddy's band uses them. The thing about the Bassman is that it's the "Chicago Blues" amp, all these years later all those guys are still using the Bassman or amps based on that design. Think Buddy Guy and Otis Rush that's the sound of a strat into a bassman.

It also makes sense that the first Marshalls were designed around the Bassman circuit and eventually made louder, and that became the rock amp.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:11 am
by Bacchus
jcyphe wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:
jcyphe wrote:Those things are amazing. That amp won't last 24 hours at that price.
I wasn't sure about the hype surrounding Victoria amps, then I ssen that jcyphe had replied in this thread, and that I ought to see what he thinks. He's handy like that, when I can't be bothered getting opinions of my own.
Bob Margolin who played guitar in muddy's band uses them. The thing about the Bassman is that it's the "Chicago Blues" amp, all these years later all those guys are still using the Bassman or amps based on that design. Think Buddy Guy and Otis Rush that's the sound of a strat into a bassman.

It also makes sense that the first Marshall were designed around the Bassman circuit and eventually made louder, and that became the rock amp.
Stevie Ray Vaughan used a Bassman at the start too, I think, before he started using Dobro amps.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:32 am
by euan
I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:40 am
by Bacchus
euan wrote:I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?
Dumble, not Dobro. You're right.

What the fuck's Dobro then?

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:45 am
by euan
Dobro=National I think. Made lap steelz and resonators I think. I don't know I'm sleepy and have a cold, I can't think too straight.

Though I think Dobro amps were made, but they were all tiny ones.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:49 am
by Bacchus
euan wrote:Dobro=National I think. Made lap steelz and resonators I think. I don't know I'm sleepy and have a cold, I can't think too straight.

Though I think Dobro amps were made, but they were all tiny ones.
Yup, you're right again. Good on ye.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:31 am
by westtexasred
For $100 more you can get the Vicky Bandmaster copy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Victoria-Amp-Model- ... 0088684352

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:16 pm
by robroe
BacchusPaul wrote:
euan wrote:I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?
Dumble, not Dobro. You're right.

What the fuck's Dobro then?
heres my 1932.

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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:14 pm
by dots
jcyphe wrote: It also makes sense that the first Marshalls were designed around the Bassman circuit and eventually made louder, and that became the rock amp.
righto. i've felt since i got the bassman that it was like a step grandaddy to the marshall. . . tight lows and punchy mids ftw.

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:52 pm
by Bacchus
robroe wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:
euan wrote:I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?
Dumble, not Dobro. You're right.

What the fuck's Dobro then?
heres my 1932.
Fuckin' nice. How much did that sting, or was it inherited or summat?

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:51 pm
by paul_
he inherited it, the jammy gimp!

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:33 pm
by aen
BacchusPaul wrote:
euan wrote:I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?
Dumble, not Dobro. You're right.

What the fuck's Dobro then?
An acoustic guitar witha hubcap on it.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:20 am
by Bacchus
aen wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:
euan wrote:I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?
Dumble, not Dobro. You're right.

What the fuck's Dobro then?
An acoustic guitar witha hubcap on it.
I was severely misfiring that day. Usually I would know these things, but lately, things seem to be escaping me. Must be stress I suppose...

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:28 am
by luke
aen wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:
euan wrote:I thought he had a Dumble made for him after the first album and he pretty much used that only afterwards?
Dumble, not Dobro. You're right.

What the fuck's Dobro then?
An acoustic guitar witha hubcap on it.
Honestly, first time I saw one of those things I thought that. :lol: