The tweed Fender 4x10 Bassman combo “may be the best-sounding guitar amp Fender ever made,” wrote Groove Tubes founder Aspen Pittman in The Tube Amp Book. That’s a pretty grand statement considering ...

When Fender launched its Precision Bass (the first mass-produced, solid-bodied electric bass) back in 1951, it revolutionised the sound of the bottom end in popular music. It also rattled the hell out ...

The Fender Bassman is one of only a handful of historic amplifiers that have shaped the sound of the electric guitar as we know and love it. Since its release in 1952, the unmistakable throaty ...

The resulting recorded tone is, “more in the bass and my hands,” iconic session musician David Hood says. That said, the bass amplifier rig Hood used for his classic Muscle Shoals Sound Studios work ...

NAMM 2012: Fender is thrilled to introduce new Bassman Pro series of heads and cabs that will tug at the heartstrings of bass players worldwide. Decked out in '60s blackface, and supercharged with ...

Fender has just launched some pedalboard gold for bass players with the Bassman effects lineup. There are five stompboxes in total, each an all-original design. All the main food groups are covered in ...