Re: Victoria '59 Bassman Owners

[Grbullets2@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 12/25/2002 9:43:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> 
> Hi Dave,
> I'm an owner of a REAL and unmodified '59 Bassman, and from checking them 
> out thoroughly, the Victoria Bassmans are the CLOSEST thing to the real 
> deal. To get a Fender RI to get near this, there are tube swaps, plus if 
> you want to spend the money, also the transformers, and changing from the 
> printed circuit the Fender RI uses to cloth covered point to point hand 
> wiring. One thing the Victoria does do like the original that you cannot 
> change on thne Fender RI is the fact that the Victoria, just like the 
> original, uses a finger jointed cabinet, but the Fender skimps on it, and 
> that's a big negative. To make it cheaper for most people to buy, Fender 
> cut alot of corners. So, IMHO, Fender's RI doesn't come remotely close to a 
> Victoria. What you'd pay for to get the Fender RI to sound like the real 
> deal, it's cheaper to get a Victoria. If you want to know all the 
> differences between the Fender RI and the real deal, check out Gerald 
> Weber's book, "A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps," which has a 
> chapter devoted to this and is THE best information regarding this. You 
> should be albe to get this at some music shops or at <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/";>http://www.amazon.com</A> 
> or at Kendrick Amps website <A HREF="http://www.kendrick-amps.com/";>http://www.kendrick-amps.com</A> .
>  
> As far as the Blues Junior (to be honest, the Pro Junior for my 
> 
    Thanks for all the info.I knew the Vics were much better than the RI's.I 
think my bassman has the blue eminence speakers,at least that's what I was 
told.I bought it new about 6 or 7 years ago.I'm not going to mess with it to 
make it sound better.Hopefully I'll have enough money some day to buy a 
Vic.Thanks for the info.........Dave