Bass amp help/question

[Denis]

Well, here's what I brought home the other night. The Danelectro sounds incredibly cool with this thing pushing it. Life is good. 

[Pilgrim]

Looks like a Fender combo 4x10...?

Model number and specs, please......?

[Denis]

You are right, sir, it's a 4x10 combo. I'll dig up the specs for you.

[Pilgrim]

Chances are pretty good that you can either find an owner's manual online or order one From Fender for about $5.

http://www.fender.com/support/electronic_products.php

You never know what you'll find out from an owner's manual!

[bobyoung]

Is that an open back amp?

[Denis]

The head portion is open, yes. It has plenty-o-zing!

[Freuds_Cat]

Geez Denis $550 for a 72 model seems like a bargain. well done.

[Denis]

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it!

[godofthunder]

That's a really nice score ! bet it sounds great 

[rahock]

Hey Denis, did you ever get your Fender Compact fixed? I'm curious about what the actual problem was.
Rick

[Hornisse]

I love those old Bassman 10 combo's.  A buddy of mine in High School used one in the late 70's and used a Fender Precision bass with it.  A great combination.

[Denis]

Hey Denis, did you ever get your Fender Compact fixed? I'm curious about what the actual problem was.
Rick

Hi Rick,
Yep, I sure did! Several of the solder joints had in fact deteriorated to the point where it just stopped putting out sound. I took it to a local amp shop where I was told it might take 3 weeks, might take 4, might take 2 due to the backlog. 5 days later the shopped called told me it was ready and apologized for it taking so long. I thought that was funny and told them I'd wait a week for anything so no worries there.
The amp sure sounds great though!

[rahock]

Glad to hear you got it fixed . Freakin' cold solder joints can make you crazy . At least yours was polite enough to die all at once. I had an intermittent issue with one that caused my amp to go from perfect to distorted ,to cutting out, to volume loss, and back to perfect.  I was releived when it finally quit altogether
Rick

[Denis]

Hahaha, I can definitely appreciate a total failure rather than a slow death. Funny, mine didn't even quit while playing it but decided to sleep on it before not working the next day.

[bobyoung]

The head portion is open, yes. It has plenty-o-zing!

I meant the speaker section. I would not want a closed back tube head, wouldn't last very long with no ventilation. I was trying to figure out if that was a bass amp or a guitar amp, if it has an open back speaker section, it's a guitar amp.