'67 Bassman problem

fender22087 · Not So Newbie Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6

Hey I own a '67 Silverface Fender Bassman head and am having some problems with it. First, the tone is amazing but I get this ridiculous hum every I turn it on and the hum occasionally overpowers the tone and it sounds terrible. I'm looking to eventually record with it and play live so I need to get it to where there's pretty much no hum at all.

I'm also going to get a Monster power conditioner and a hum debugger pedal, however, is there any work I can do to the amp myself without taking it in to a shop? I know that replacing the caps is necessary and it's been about a year since I replaced the tubes in it but do you think that something could be wrong with the transformer or something like that? Thanks and any information would help a lot.

MikeM · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:34 am Post subject:

Could be lots of things but I'm leaning towards a bad cord?

fender22087 · Not So Newbie Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6

Good idea the cord is pretty ratty now that you mention it. I'll change it and see what happens.