Fender 59 Bassman Ltd (2004)

£875.00 £950.00

2004 Fender ‘59 Bassman Ltd (Tweed Bassman Reissue) in excellent condition and sounding great. Just had a service and a new set of filter caps. this is a UK-market amp so 240v only.

These are amazing sounding amplifiers - a great recreation of the iconic 5F6-A circuit and the 4×10” cab that was intended for bass but quickly adopted by guitar players for its touch-sensitive dynamics and glorious, fat overdrive. It remains a touchstone sound in blues, rock, and country music and - of course - was the kicking off point for Jim Marshall.

There are two channels, normal and bright, each with high and low impedance inputs. The channels can be jumpered for even more variations (and a bit more drive) and those share an excellent bass/middle/treble tone stack. This is ‘only’ a 40w amp (Fender now quotes 45w) but 40w of tweed tube amp can get extremely loud and it will need to be tamed to get it breaking up in a domestic environment. At lower volumes, however, you can still enjoy the glorious, warm tones and the amp then makes an excellent pedal platform.

Specifications

Power Output: 45 watts (into 2 ohms)
Speakers: Four specially designed 10" Jensen P10R Alnico speakers
Tubes: Three 12AX7 (preamp), two 6L6 (power), and one 5AR4 (rectifier)
Cabinet: Finger-joined solid pine with genuine lacquered tweed covering

Condition

The tweed — which is proper, lacquered tweed, not the more olive-coloured fake stuff that Fender used on lesser amps — is in really excellent condition with almost no marks at all. As is typical of this era of Fender amps, it has shed some of the lettering from the plate on the rear of the amp and (less so) from the control panel, but other than that the amp is in great condition. It has just been checked over and there are no issues needing attention at present and has been just been re-capped with F&T filter capacitors. It is pretty clear that this example has lived a pretty quiet life as a home-use amp not a gigging amp. It will come with the original cover, top card, instruction manual and hang tags as shown.

Inspection, shipping and delivery

Message me if you would like to visit and try this amp. For serious buyers I will reserve the amp so you don’t make a wasted trip. Alternatively, I’m always happy to do a video call if you want to check it out that way.

Shipping on this is available by specialised courier which can take up to 2 weeks depending on how busy they are and when they can combine with other jobs. I can deliver within much of southern England or ship via ParcelForce (with additional insurance). You are also welcome to collect in person.

2004 Fender ‘59 Bassman Ltd (Tweed Bassman Reissue) in excellent condition and sounding great. Just had a service and a new set of filter caps. this is a UK-market amp so 240v only.

These are amazing sounding amplifiers - a great recreation of the iconic 5F6-A circuit and the 4×10” cab that was intended for bass but quickly adopted by guitar players for its touch-sensitive dynamics and glorious, fat overdrive. It remains a touchstone sound in blues, rock, and country music and - of course - was the kicking off point for Jim Marshall.

There are two channels, normal and bright, each with high and low impedance inputs. The channels can be jumpered for even more variations (and a bit more drive) and those share an excellent bass/middle/treble tone stack. This is ‘only’ a 40w amp (Fender now quotes 45w) but 40w of tweed tube amp can get extremely loud and it will need to be tamed to get it breaking up in a domestic environment. At lower volumes, however, you can still enjoy the glorious, warm tones and the amp then makes an excellent pedal platform.

Specifications

Power Output: 45 watts (into 2 ohms)
Speakers: Four specially designed 10" Jensen P10R Alnico speakers
Tubes: Three 12AX7 (preamp), two 6L6 (power), and one 5AR4 (rectifier)
Cabinet: Finger-joined solid pine with genuine lacquered tweed covering

Condition

The tweed — which is proper, lacquered tweed, not the more olive-coloured fake stuff that Fender used on lesser amps — is in really excellent condition with almost no marks at all. As is typical of this era of Fender amps, it has shed some of the lettering from the plate on the rear of the amp and (less so) from the control panel, but other than that the amp is in great condition. It has just been checked over and there are no issues needing attention at present and has been just been re-capped with F&T filter capacitors. It is pretty clear that this example has lived a pretty quiet life as a home-use amp not a gigging amp. It will come with the original cover, top card, instruction manual and hang tags as shown.

Inspection, shipping and delivery

Message me if you would like to visit and try this amp. For serious buyers I will reserve the amp so you don’t make a wasted trip. Alternatively, I’m always happy to do a video call if you want to check it out that way.

Shipping on this is available by specialised courier which can take up to 2 weeks depending on how busy they are and when they can combine with other jobs. I can deliver within much of southern England or ship via ParcelForce (with additional insurance). You are also welcome to collect in person.