1972-1982 Bassman 10

Year:

 1972-1982

Model:

 Bassman 10

Circuit:

 ?

Config:

 Combo

Control Panel:

 Silver forward facing w/ blue labels

Front Conrol Layout:

 Bass In, Normal In, Deep Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Bass In, Studio In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass - Master Volume - Pilot Lamp

Rear Conrol Layout:

 Ground Sw, Fuse (?A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack

Knobs:

 Black skirted w/ chrome center, numbered 1 - 10

Cabinet:

 Closed back, 29½" x 25¼" x 11¼" (74.9 x 64.1 x 28.6 cm)

Cab Hardware:

 Black strap handle, 5½ chassis straps, corner protectors, casters

Covering:

 Black Tolex

Grille:

 Blue sparkle grille cloth

Logo:

 Grille mounted, raised, chrome & black script "Fender" w/ tail(68-74) or "Fender®" w/o tail (74-82)

Weight:

 75 lbs. (34 Kg)

Speakers/Load:

 4 x 10"/8 ohms total (32 ohms each connected in parallel or 8 ohms each in series-parallel)

Speaker Model:

 CTS 10" ceramic

Effects:

 None

Output:

 50 (72-76) or 75 (77-82) Watts

Preamp:

 2 x 7025

Power:

 2 x 6L6GC

Bias:

 Fixed Bias

Rectifier:

 Solid State

Phase Inverter:

 12AT7 (?)

Comments:
  • Fender switched back to the blackface era cosmetics some time in 1980. Bassman 10s produced between late 1980 and 1982 have a black control panel and silver sparkle grille cloth.
  • Output increased to 70 watts when CBS switched to an ultra-linear output transformer.