RE: anyone with tweed blues deville experience/recommendations?

["Smith, Richard" <rismith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm confused - - nothing new.
I thought the idea was to keep the Master turned Low, 
and turn the Volume up to 9, to drive the tubes to distortion, 
for that Chicago kind of sound.  Do I have this bass-ackwards?
I guess it depends on what kind of sound you're trying to get.
Can someone expound on this, please?

Richard J. Smith, R.A. 
rismith@xxxxxxxxxxx 


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Subject: anyone with tweed blues deville experience/recommendations? 



I'm getting a steal on the 4X10 model in mint condition. Anyone want to save me some hours dialing it in? I remember Barbeque Bob telling someone to set the master on 12 and then set the rest like a Bassman, but nothing more specific. What settings do you lucky Bassman owners use? I played it for about 3 hours before I put down the money, and had the knobs set as follows when I left the store: 
reverb-0 
presense-9 
master-12 
middle-3 1/2 
treble-0 
bass-9 
volume-1 1/2 
I plugged a stock blues blaster into channel one, no drive or bright. It was pretty loud, even with me standing right in front of it or over it messing with the controls, but I had the volume knob barely past one. 

I'm capable of electronic mods as well if anyone has had stuff done to their Deville they want to share. 

Thanks, 
kcmojoe