Ultra Bandmaster
$1,300 + Free Shipping
67 Fender Bandmaster with Dumble Ultraphonix (UP) style mods from known schematics with further improvements applied to both channels. This includes complete re-voiceing of both channels. Metal Film resistors used throughout for extremely low noise (~1/10 the noise of Carbon Comps) and Sozo Blue Molded NextGen capacitors to retain the Blackface Fender character. Also includes a new, and significantly larger output transformer with impedance selection, along with resized filter capacitors for much tighter bass response and more headroom. Lastly, the vibrato has been completely rebuilt, to include the adjustments found in official Fender bulletins to fix ticking, and comes with a footswitch. Will ship with all NOS tubes (RCA Blackplate 6L6, RCA 12AT7, Toshiba 12AX7s)
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Hear It
Signal Chain
- Flaxwood Rautia w/ Fralin P90s
- BK Butler Tube Driver
- Ultra Bandmaster
- Fender Bandmaster 2x12 cabinet with EV Force 12
- SM57
No post processing has been added.
Clean Chords and Vibrato
Rhythm chords on the vibrato channel. The Sozo Blue caps keep the Blackface Fender character intact, while the larger output transformer and resized filter caps tighten up the low end and add headroom.
Lead with Guitar Volume Control
A simple blues line on the normal channel played four times. The first three change only the volume knob on the guitar, the last adds the BK Butler to push the frontend a little harder
Lead with Touch Dynamics
Another simple line on the normal channel played four times. Played twice on the neck pickup, followed by twice on the bridge pickup. First play for each is light touch, second is heavy touch.
Edge of Breakup
Normal channel with the volume pushed up to 7. Same lick using alternating neck and bridge pickups with the volume knob being rolled back across playthroughs.