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Hey guys, how much bass should a dimed 1959 have? Mine's through a Marshall Power Brake on the 3rd or 4th highest attenuation setting and it has mucho mucho bass, i can turn the bass knob down but it changes the dynamics, kinda like compression with some fizz.

Ive got the .0022 cap on the bright channel.

Tricky question. Probably we have to know more about your rig.... Speaker cab? Type of guitar?
Have you used a 100w amp before? It's a horse kick. And should be
When I compare my 1959 with some of my other amps - JTM45, 1987/2204, Bassman 6G6-A/2204 - they are deeper and smoother in the bass freqs. But still the 1959 is kicking me because of its focus in the upper bass-mid freq range.
Do you have the 0.68 cap on V2a? It will tighten the bass and focus mid/treble.
Do you use the brigth channel only or both channels?
/Gunnar

Hey gunner, sorry for the delayed response...

Cab - '71 1960bx, 2 25w scummies, 2 25w '71 greenies
Guitar - EVH replica w/original Floyd and either SD59 or SD78 pup
Yes on the v2 bypass cap
Only the bright channel

Here's the signal chain.

Guitar > Vol 1 Bright > Marshall Power Brake > Cab

Sylvania 6CA7 and Sylvania 12ax7wa tubes, 8 ohm NFB tap w/47k NFB resistor, .0022u tone stack cap, 47pf fizz cap, ~394 B+, ~40ma, everything except vol II is dimed and I'd say that in addition to being extremely bassy it also doesn't have much gain...i can throw a GE10 in front of the guitar and dial in some good tone but i feel like I'm relying way too heavily on the GE10.

Thanks

Have you tried it without the Power Brake? Maybe you need a better attenuator or go MV.

Hey mars, i have...it's still really bassy.

dtdionne wrote:Hey mars, i have...it's still really bassy.

How old is this build? Has it been bassy from the start or is this a new developement? Is this an all Metro kit or did you source some parts elsewhere?