Music Man
Music Man

1975 Musicman 212-65

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Launched in 1975, Musicman was founded by former Fender Plant Manager Forrest White, former Fender Sales Rep Tom Walker, and Leo Fender himself, with their very first product being an amplifier known as the "Sixty Five", which is what we have here. Being a hybrid affair, this amp matches a solid state preamp to an all tube power section, in this case EL-34's, providing plenty of headroom, with the warmth and fullness of a tube power section that can get as gritty as you want when you get the tubes cooking! Making that easier, the amp features a Hi/Lo power switch, which actually works differently than most in that it's not a 1/2 power switch, but rather a control for how much plate voltage the power tubes see, giving you control over the clean headroom where "Lo" is similar to a typical amp, and "Hi" sends a colder bias to the tubes. Tonally, this amp is very much in Fender territory with bold, sparkley cleans and dynamic grit, and reminds us very much of a Pro Reverb with a brighter reverb, and very unique tremolo, both of which are footswitchable.

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