Gratuitous Gear Pictures! (Patreon)

As you guys will know, I really don’t like to focus on gear, much preferring to put the focus on expanding our knowledge and ability as players, and ultimately having fun being creative and making beautiful music with our new found skills and ideas! But, having said that, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy a bit of gear nerdiness as much as the next guy, and you’ll know that I have a real soft spot for vintage guitars and amps.

So let me introduce you to a couple of new acquisitions from the past month; a rather lovely 1964 Fender Bassman with matching 2x12 cab, and a Reissue Fender 63’ Spring Reverb unit.

These are a match made in heaven, and I’m really enjoying putting them through their paces. The Bassman is a notoriously excellent pedal platform. When I first fired it up, I dialled it in with the volume, bass and presence to 4, the treble to 6 and haven’t touched the controls since, it just sounds so good and takes overdrive pedals beautifully!

At some point I’ll get around to cranking it for that notoriously punchy Bassman overdriven tone. A very inspiring amp all round I have to say!

Any Bassman aficionados with us here on Patreon?.. if so, drop your best tricks and tips in the comments!