EVH's bandmaster

[harddriver]

I came across this article...

https://wgsusa.com/blog/eddie-van-halen-secret-amp-fender-bandmaster

 

[paulyc]

I thought he used a Bandmaster reverb ?

 

[mrmega]

Interesting read. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Nigel]

So what’s the deal with the external cab out? I suppose it is a parallel of the 4 ohm out for the internal 2x12, so it’s basically like the Zinky Tonemaster trick of 4 ohm out to 16 ohm cab?

My little Orange loves to be dimed with the 8 ohm out into a 16 ohm speaker in half power mode. Lets you open up the pre which would be nasty at matched impedance but yields a more open/raw vibe.

 

[paulyc]

It’s a switching Jack, you’re supposed to use the primary one first, then the secondary after, of course EVH would ignore the “rules”.

 

[japetus]

So what’s the deal with the external cab out? I suppose it is a parallel of the 4 ohm out for the internal 2x12, so it’s basically like the Zinky Tonemaster trick of 4 ohm out to 16 ohm cab?

My little Orange loves to be dimed with the 8 ohm out into a 16 ohm speaker in half power mode. Lets you open up the pre which would be nasty at matched impedance but yields a more open/raw vibe.

Its time to do this damn thing...

 

[SpiderWars]

Cool article.

The Int jack shorts to ground when unplugged. The Ext jack doesn't have any shorting/switching but is parallel to the Int jack. So using just the Ext jack the output transformer is connected to ground but enough signal gets thru to make sound.

 

[Exo-metal]

Whoever has one needs to post a clip in detail, go now!

 

[Kelly]

Cool article.

The Int jack shorts to ground when unplugged. The Ext jack doesn't have any shorting/switching but is parallel to the Int jack. So using just the Ext jack the output transformer is connected to ground but enough signal gets thru to make sound.

I tried it with a bassman head years ago, it's like playing an amp that has a fraction of a watt. You can crank it up until it distorts. Eddie talked about that bandmaster in interviews many years ago, but I've never seen one pic of the amp itself.

 

[blackba]

Blonde bandmasters with the presence control are cool amps, long wanted one and this just makes the gas worse.

Also thinking that the main speaker switching jack must have a decent amount of resistance in order to hear anything from a speaker plugged into the ext jack. Not sure I want to try this on my 60 fender brown super.

 

[panhead]

A 63 is 3-4k now. Ed used one that probably cost him 150 bucks lol