At the very beginning I said ‘66 but the amp is an early ‘67. Was thinking about the next stuff I was going to say…
@jpalberthoward911 ай бұрын
There are many people in this world who would have chucked this amp into the dumpster without a second thought, thinking that it was "F.U.B.A.R." I'm really glad the owner didn't do that, and I certainly admire your willingness to go the extra mile and do what it took to revive it. I have a '68 drip rail Bandmaster (AB 763) that was also left in the shed for many years. It wasn't as bad as this one, but it took some doing to make it healthy again, and I'm really glad I did. Hats off to you, sir for your fine work and attention to detail. You are first rate and it's always educational, as well as a pleasure to watch. CHEERS!
@erajad11 ай бұрын
What a beautiful video! I once commented (a looong time ago) on one of your vids that I hoped you wouldn't put background music on - and I'm glad you don't, generally. But the playing behind _this_ one was superb, and fit the tone (lol) beautifully. Exquisite work, exquisitely chronicled! Thank you, Lyle.
@coldacre11 ай бұрын
it’s like having a shower after 3 days of camping. fresh and sparkling.
@bobdobslob11 ай бұрын
"I'm proud of my work" As you should be! Great work, and thank you for listening to the voice of the customer.
@terrybilbrey337711 ай бұрын
If that Bassman had a tail , it’d be wagging up a breeze…great job on repairs, documentation/story, and video.
@sgt.grinch329911 ай бұрын
Congratulations on saving this amplifier. Once again I am impressed by your professionalism and skill.
@GilgaFrank11 ай бұрын
I can already hear that's sounding wonderful in the way that only a Bassman can. It's a pleasure to see these 50+ year old amps restored in a way that guarantees they'll be good for another half century when all the Kempers have gone into landfill because no one can repair them.
@martinreid174011 ай бұрын
You have every right to be very proud of that fantastic restoration. Thanks for sharing it with us.
@SteverRob11 ай бұрын
At first, I thought maybe this amp was buried in that timecapsule in Tulsa, the one with the rotted '58 Fury. Incredible work.
@JagStar2 ай бұрын
I LOVE the AA864 output section. I had a transitional ‘65 Bassman that had a mix of AA864, AA165/AB165. I ended up keeping the AA864 output section and wiring the preamp like the AB165. That amp sounded great and I still regret moving it on. This is such a good series! You definitely have the right to be proud of what you did to bring this gem back. Thanks.
@BradsGuitarGarage11 ай бұрын
Inspiring amp work! Inspiring camera work! Awesome background music played through the bloody amp being featured! What could be better than that!? You inspire me want to do better with every job and every video when I'm feeling a bit burned out. Thanks for all you do, mate! See, you do partake in the occasional "heroic" restoration job!
@ferdberfle506911 ай бұрын
Very impressed that you were able to bring this amp back to life as well as you did! When I saw the first video I thought "Oh my God! He's not gonna be able to do much to that!" Proved me wrong big time Lyle! Great work!
@NILOCOgov11 ай бұрын
Beautiful work Lyle.
@TKDunn-qq7kd11 ай бұрын
I'm just amazed by this transformation - watching all the videos in order, it's a mind blower... wow! Such talent sir...
@ltgray278011 ай бұрын
In the mid 70's, I played a Fender Bassman through an Acoustic cabinet loaded with 6-12" JBL's. Early '65 Srat, and a Big Muff. For a 16 yr. old, I was the s#!t. Played at a high school assembly with my band, and after 3 songs, was just tearing into my solo, and they pulled the plug on me. Still love it loud. Amp and cab are long gone.
@griffsimcox945911 ай бұрын
amazing resurrection fun to watch a professional snatch a piece of history from the brink and make it live and breath again :) can't wait to hear that bass channel
@kennethquintini65811 ай бұрын
Wow 👍👌, great work on the rusty chassis, the inside looks fantastic too👌👍🎸
@ol.grumpy.bastard11 ай бұрын
Fantastic job! I love seeing old amps/instruments get a second life. I had a '66 Bassman that I'd stopped using for a few years in the mid '90s, and ended up selling. I sure wish I still had it. Keep up the great work!
@jerryking241811 ай бұрын
If I didn't see it, I wouldn't have believed that amp could have been restored. I'd say you pulled off a miracle. Kudos to you.
@picksalot111 ай бұрын
You have a lot to be pleased about the rescue you did on what looked to an Amp on its last legs. Congrats. I'm looking forward to the next video and seeing what you did with the exterior.
@SoloSi20247 ай бұрын
Incredible job. Must have been one of your most satisfying achievements!
@SirLoinMagroin11 ай бұрын
Looked like a rusty corroded chia-pet before. Almost impossible to believe it could ever be re-born. It's techs like you who give me hope that really old amps, like a classic car, can be restored to do what they did back in the day. I'm fortunate to be old enough to remember them. Born in 57'. Started playing 69'. Tube amps were in their prime. We [players] all had exposure to the newest 60's and then 70's amps. Even had a Randall Commander 410 solid state that was phenominal at that time. Had similar master feedback characteristics to tube amps. Those were the days...Twins, Ampegs, Hiwatts, Vox, Sound city, Traynor, Marshall, Orange, Peavey, and so many many more. Kudos, and respect Lyle.
@DoctorJasonWilson5 ай бұрын
Just caught up on this. Fantastic work! I know where to send any Bassmans I happen to find in landfills 😆
@Mike-xz4ie3 ай бұрын
Wonderful restoration, nice job.
@charlieplate968711 ай бұрын
Well, next time I see a rust bucket I know that there is hope . Amazing turn around . Thank you Lyle . I hear those mod filter caps as fairly bright and thin compared to other brands. I like the modern Vishay stuff , smoother to my ears . What do you think ? I digress, job well done . Absolutely meticulous and caring work . Thanks for the inspiration.
@Bluesky555311 ай бұрын
Very nice work sir. Nice and clean and impeccable workmanship.
@jamesmcallister549411 ай бұрын
Damn good work ,,I would love to have this amp..our bass man Randy ,god rest him had the bigger cabinet one ,
@donaldbergmann540511 ай бұрын
What a great job.. I now know who I can recommend if I come across an old rusty Fender amp… And what a damned shame that someone would allow that to happen to an amp like that one.. Bless the owner who agreed to have it rebuilt to its former glory,maybe even a bit better.. Tube amps forever… thx for what you do…
@willip6611 ай бұрын
Great to see somebody that takes pride in their work. I never expected the chassis to come back to that standard - superb commitment to the art of the amplifier.
@Walks-With-Pride11 ай бұрын
Great job, Lyle! You are truly a national treasure! Stay strong, brother, and keep on doing what you do!
@jamesstroud603711 ай бұрын
Hi Lyle, greetings from the UK. I have made a superb Princeton reverb from a Mojo kit and some upgrade parts. I was very pleased with it, super quiet with trem and reverb to die for all in a hand made old pine cabinet but it took three attempts to get it right ! I tip my hat to you as you are not just an amp tech but an artist who is very proud of his work! If only there were more people like you the world wouyld be a much better place! Much respect James
@jochemjonker336211 ай бұрын
Great compliment James.
@colbyjack707411 ай бұрын
Wow! This is taking a piece of history, and giving it new life! It takes a truly skilled and caring craftsman to do that.
@dennisflock395811 ай бұрын
I'd be proud to own that, for darn sure.
@tedc669411 ай бұрын
Lazarus looking and sounding great! Nice job
@kevinfarrellUK11 ай бұрын
A man outstanding in his field. Great work, high praise deserved. (Applauds screen!) ;))
@kenzuercher749711 ай бұрын
Great work, Lyle! Good you could wire it again like Fender did in the 60S
@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV11 ай бұрын
This is probably the best amp repair video/s in all of youtube! Congrats sir, a Bassman in a really bizarre condition that you saved and my God you have a sexy voice! Have you ever considered a career in radio??
@goodun297411 ай бұрын
I think what surprises me the most about this amp isn't that the Transformers were still good or that it looked halfway decent inside, but that the pot shafts hadn't frozen due to dissimilar-metal galvanic corrosion in a humid environment. I expected to see at least a couple of them having frozen up.
@Henni6311 ай бұрын
Sounds and looks delicious. Absolutely impressive.
@phillipalcorn910411 ай бұрын
Amazing! Think of all the skunky looking old amps found and tossed that could have been restored. Many people would not have even attempted to investigate an amp that looked so bad.
@jpalberthoward911 ай бұрын
I can remember when I was a kid, they used to run '57 Chevys in the demolition derby. Smash them to pieces, sell the scrap steel to China, and it comes back as paper clips and tuna fish cans. New! New! New!
@goodun297411 ай бұрын
@@jpalberthoward9, " Don't it always seem to go/that you don't know what you've got till it's gone......" Joni M
@566hank11 ай бұрын
Quite remarkable and you should be pleased!! Great work!!!
@user-ok2ju4lw4u11 ай бұрын
Beautimus
@hughmanetti190811 ай бұрын
Amazing resurrection. Fun to have watched you bring it back. Thanks for sharing your work.
@coteguitars845711 ай бұрын
Just beautiful work mate. Bravo. 👊🏼🍻
@Strumbum0111 ай бұрын
Love it! Can’t wait to hear it, again.
@mattrorke753611 ай бұрын
Wow! Incredible restoration. I’m looking forward to the next video and your mod for the master volume
@sneifert196811 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for the final video. Amazing job
@richardweza336911 ай бұрын
Cool. Just cool man.
@brentstewart5911 ай бұрын
That is some top notch work Lyle
@nolarocks11 ай бұрын
You amaze me.
@mkii19649 ай бұрын
Incredible work Lyle!!!!
@DrRussPhd11 ай бұрын
"Behold, I make all things new." :)
@DamonBates11 ай бұрын
OMG Im am such a geek, I love this thanks Lyle; cant wait to hear it and see your stage-voulme-containment solution! PS I have a (the...) amp tech here in Boston doing a carp ton of preventative maintenance on my '96 HRD thanks to your guidance...remarkable that it's still preventative really...it just hasn't seen heavy use. Thanks for all you do.
@PsionicAudio11 ай бұрын
That’s a lot of fish. And thanks!
@DamonBates11 ай бұрын
Ha ha yes my typo!
@goodun297411 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio, the exact measure of a "carp ton" depends on what *scale* you use😉! I get a little green around the gills just thinking about the smell..... ( PS, I've seen some enormous dead carp floating in the Connecticut river. They get 6-foot sturgeon running up the river to spawn in the spring as well but I've never seen one of those).
@rickjohns68911 ай бұрын
Perfect patina, you can't fake that. Masterfully done.
@jimcastillo89502 ай бұрын
Great work......
@415TCrider11 ай бұрын
The story line/production value is a nice touch.
@Guitar598611 ай бұрын
Beautiful work!!!
@IamMusicNerd11 ай бұрын
You’re a wizard!
@clemguitar6311 ай бұрын
A piece of (post Leo) FENDER history saved...Thank you Lyle!
@sonnysilversmith215611 ай бұрын
Sion Amplification, The Lyleman 40 is a 40 watt all tube handwired w/ a 15” eminence, sounds of plexi blackface glass with a huge wide bottom end sound! Lightest Amp in the world!!!
@lewisgeyer144011 ай бұрын
I would have lost money on this bet. Amazing work.
@weschilton11 ай бұрын
You're a magician, Lyle. Damn right you should be proud. Amazing work.
@brightsidesoundmachine11 ай бұрын
Great work Lyle, really dig your channel!!!
@Robstafarian11 ай бұрын
You are too good at cliffhangers!
@lukasschliepkorte301911 ай бұрын
Stunning work!
@theradiatorsfromspac11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this excellent insight into the processes
@nicholastotoro772111 ай бұрын
That has been a labor of love. Truly.
@MrTones197911 ай бұрын
You should definitely be proud of this one!
@scottwilcox631311 ай бұрын
Wow, what a transformation. Top notch work. You should be proud. It's nice to push the limits and tackle new and unfamiliar issues. Great job again.
@ClaburP11 ай бұрын
Wow, that looks fantastic! Great restoration work Lyle! 👍
@houndjr4011 ай бұрын
Phenomenal Lyle!
@joemcgraw552911 ай бұрын
Lyle this has to be 1 of the best amp restorations I have ever seen and looking forward to hearing the amp and the mod you are doing to it
@shawnharkin82211 ай бұрын
Just amazing recovery - I saw only junk when you started. That's good work right there :)
@TheStimpy6011 ай бұрын
Just magical looking and sounding- thank you again Lyle
@72Z15SS11 ай бұрын
What a transformation! I was heartbroken to see this in the condition you received it.
@chitouney11 ай бұрын
You are a magician !! Thanks for your videos, I really enjoy watching it 👍
@Buzzel-NL11 ай бұрын
This video is lovely. I truly shows your love for your craft!
@Stratocaster1969x11 ай бұрын
Fantastic work Lyle! Thanks for sharing, as always.
@alanmcdonald655111 ай бұрын
Craftsmanship. Pure Craftsmanship
@TheAxe4Ever11 ай бұрын
As always, impeccable work from a depth of knowledge.
@WayneMemphisMojo11 ай бұрын
Your work is outstanding and without compare. Thanks for sharing your work with us LC
@MrKenward77711 ай бұрын
Amp tech level 1,000,000 reached
@YTPartyTonight11 ай бұрын
Bravo!
@davidtreaster439711 ай бұрын
Aside from the predictably outstanding work that was an excellent video production wise. Level up achieved. Kudos.
@PsionicAudio11 ай бұрын
Thanks David. I don’t like the zoom in/out on the knobs. Still learning what all the crayons in the box are.
@anotheryoutubed11 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio Is there a better way to get ahold of you for amp work Lyle? I've sent a couple emails to your info email on your site.
@VERBANDTREM11 ай бұрын
Love it! Not only have you saved it, but made it better!
@jscotlandr11 ай бұрын
Bravo! You're entitled to feel proud about work of this quality and meticulous attention to detail. Hell, I didn't do anything except watch the videos and I feel proud about the end result. A quick side note: it would be very helpful to those of us with limited experience with amps at this level of function for you to throw in a quick description of some of the terms you use. I'm not asking for an ABC level of explanation, but a basic "that's the part of the tone stack that . . .". Or "as opposed to the later Fender amps which use ...".
@ewetoobie11 ай бұрын
amazing work!!
@GuitarGeorge5511 ай бұрын
Wow! Just Wow!
@blackstratblues11 ай бұрын
That turned out great!
@joaquincuervo694311 ай бұрын
Excellent work, Lyle! Just brilliant 🙂
@nonemlinus11 ай бұрын
Wow!!! Amazing!! I didn’t think that was possible! But what was the bill? I would say over $1000 is still a bargain. So much better than buying a new amp. Well done sir!!
@Turboy6511 ай бұрын
Not too long ago I worked on a brownface Fender where one of the pots had become very difficult to turn. Since it was one of those very rare ones that is tapped at 70 percent I figured it was worth extra work to save it so I disassembled it and reamed out the bushing enough that the shaft turned freely in it. This technique can save some otherwise unusable pots where the nylon shaft has swelled up from moisture absorption.
@goodun297411 ай бұрын
Did I understand you correctly, to say that there was a nylon- shaft pot in a brownface Fender? What year was that amp made? The only brown face Fender I ever worked on was the famous brown face Concert amp of the early 60s with the harmonic vibrato circuit, and as I recall all the pots had metal shafts. ( Fabulous-soundIng amp, BTW). A technique that you obviously couldn't use on nylon shaft pots but which will sometimes free up frozen pots or rotary selectors switches without necessarily having to remove them is to heat them with a hairdryer and apply a tiny amount of penetrating oil (PB Blaster, Kroil, even Liquid Wrench). As the part cools, a vacuum will form in between the shaft and the bushing and draw some of the penetrating oil in. A few back and forth rounds of this with very small amounts of penetration oil will sometimes free up the shaft to where you can grab it with pliers and get it to turn. At least pots with only 3 or 4 wires are easy to unwired and remove, but I had an old Dynaco stereo preamp with frozen rotary input switch (dozens of wires connected to the wafer switches, ugh) that required quite a few rounds of heat and oil but eventually I got it free. I've done this on old Hickok tube testers with frozen rotary switches as well. Old nylon parts do indeed suck ---- the plastic distorts and becomes brittle or develops cracks. Small gears and mechanical parts are the worst; in my experience they tend to shrink and if they're pressed onto a metal shaft the plastic gets smaller while the metal doesn't and so the gears will split. I've even had to repair unobtainium slide faders that had cracked nylon blocks holding the sliding contact fingers.....
@Turboy6511 ай бұрын
@@goodun2974 I can't promise that the pot was original to the amp. The amp had clearly been worked on a lot and had a lot of replaced parts.
@goodun297411 ай бұрын
@@Turboy65 , We were discussing "tapped" pots a little bit over on Brad's Guitar Garage recently (he needs one for an old Kenwood hifi amp). Replacing these is a real problem nowadays, especially as the resistance % of the tap adds another variable to overcome in the search for a replacement, on top of the taper, physical footprint, and overall resistance. Few if any are made nowadays and many of the pots sold online are Chinese fakes. I think what surprises me most abouthis particular Bassman that Lyle fixed is that none of the pots were seized up from galvanic corrosion caused by dissimilar metals in a humid environment. I see plenty of that up here in New England, where it can still get a little sweaty in the summers, but not Mississippi sweaty! Some years ago I refurbished a 4 by 10 tweed Bassman that had come up from the dry Southwest (the interior of the chassis was coated in baked-on red clay dust) but had a seized pot that I couldn't free up and that had to be replaced.
@goodun297411 ай бұрын
@@Turboy65 , I did notice that at least one of the pots on this Bassman that Lyle worked on has a nylon shaft. I wonder if there's a particular year that this started occurring or if it was only on the CBS era equipment? I hate pots with plastic shafts because of the possibility of snapping them off.....
@charlesrussell618311 ай бұрын
amazing work. looking forward to the rest
@Splattle10111 ай бұрын
Very cool. 👍👍
@dazfarrell11 ай бұрын
Bravo good sir!
@zbaby8211 ай бұрын
The way some people mistreat their gear I think you could forgo antiquing the knobs.
@user-mr1ku5iz8l11 ай бұрын
(Bassman on death's doorstep) Lyle: "We can rebuild him. We have the technology."
@faultlessguitarsandamps111611 ай бұрын
That's an amazing transformation !!!!
@nachom197111 ай бұрын
Awesome!!
@TK-fk4po11 ай бұрын
😳. Immaculate!
@someoneoutthere751211 ай бұрын
It reminds me of the Ship of Theseus. This is definitely not that. Great job.