Fender Bassman

Records it appears on · 7

• Chicago

  Chicago · Album, 1970

  • Bass · AmplifierReportedThe bass amplifier was either a Fender Bassman or a Showman; the article does not say which. (recalled with uncertainty)
• Franz Ferdinand

  Franz Ferdinand · Album, 2004

  • Bass · AmplifierReportedBassist Robert Hardy's Bassman 100, named with the Selmer as the amps used for the guitar parts.
• Nevermind

  Nirvana · Album, 1991

  • Electric guitars · AmplifierVerifiedOne of the main guitar amps used across the album
• Let It Be

  The Beatles · Album, 1970

  • Bass and bass amplification (Let It Be sessions) · AmplifierReportedMcCartney's bass amplification, a 50-watt silverface head with a tall Bassman cabinet.
• Hair

  The Cowsills · The Cowsills in Concert, 1969

  • Bass · AmplifierReportedBarry's bass amp, set to the drummer's left in the tracking room.Position: To the left of the drum kit
• Brown Sugar

  The Rolling Stones · Sticky Fingers, 1971

  • Bass · AmplifierReportedWyman played through David Hood's Fender Bassman tube head and separate speaker box.
• Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

  The Staple Singers · Album, 1972

  • Guitars · AmplifierVerifiedManning played from the control room through a long speaker lead to this amp for the Telecaster overdub.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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