Great video. I landed here because the Bassbreaker 15 is a choice on the Fender Mustang Micro Plus headphone amp. And I had never heard about it. I’m playing it through an adapter cable into a George Benson Hot Rod Deluxe. Another dynamite Fender amp that gets little love, and few reviews. So it goes. Awesome playing, dude.
@@CameraLaw very kind. I'll have to look that George Benson amp up. He's an insanely great guitarist. If it's got his name associated with it, it must be really good. :)
@@onevoiceinc Around 2012, he had Fender put in a different tube and a 100w Jensen ceramic speaker, both to increase the headroom, he also specified a pine cabinet, simple mods to a standard Hot Rod Deluxe III, or so I reckon. Like you, his name was on it, and there was an introductory video by Benson, so I gave it a shot. New at Sweetwater, I got a deal for $900. It's clean channel is great, I haven't found a way to really appreciate the drive channel at home volumes, but I'm still tryin'.
Great playing and wicked tone. I bought one sight unseen last week and couldn't be happier. It's a mint 2020 Special Edition 30R that come in yellow tweed and have a Celestion G12H30 Anniversary on board. These amps sound awesome on the Clean channel but just as great on the Gain channel or the Boosted option. Could not be happier and feel really lucky to get this gem. BTW the AIC track was wicked! Subbed in now.
@NoStringsAttached777 thank you!!! And yeah, I love some AIC. Also, a subscriber told me about running the Greer Lightspeed with the amp vs my Tumnus Deluxe. Wow, what a difference it made! It sounds like the amp, so it just gives you even more of the amp for live dynamic options. I'll be doing some kind of part 2 of this video, but I may end up doing a future video highlighting the pedals I run, why, and what they do. If you end up looking for a ~boost~ kinda pedal, check out the Lightspeed. Like the amp, it doesn't disappoint. :)
I've just noticed if I turn the bass/mid/treble all the way down on my 30r, I lose all volume. This happens on both channels. I can see where this might make sense, but also see where it could be an issue. Any idea if yours has the same behavior?
@@ErikTomblinWrites they all do that. When I was researching this amp and watching videos before I bought it I saw it demonstrated by a reviewer. In that way, it's a truer representation of EQ (I'm thinking) in that if, for example, Bass is down to zero, that frequency isn't present. I think it's cool, personally. :)
You’re spot on - the lack of marketing for this amp was tragic. It’s a total gem. I’ve been playing a 30r for a couple years now, and it quickly became my go to. It does the Marshall DSL thing better than a DSL - and still has an awesome clean channel. This amp paired with a Greer Lightspeed is *chef’s kiss* I suspect that the Bassbreaker series was a bit of a market test to see if they could get a higher gain amp to catch on. I just think that vast majority of players in the market for a Fender are after the clean tone thing. They just don’t associate the brand with gain. Great playing in the demos, btw. Collective soul, Eric Johnson and Alice In Chains … a man after my own heart. Loved it!
@matthewfrench5539 very very kind. I'll have to check out the Lightspeed, 'cause you have my curiosity wondering... So yeah, I'm thinking Fender took a risk (I have to applaud them for that), but with a little bit of marketing, I think it could've taken off. Maybe. I love mine. Both of them. In addition to the RUclips channel, playing for my church, and entertaining the idea of a reunion show with my last original project (do I ~really~ want to do another club gig? Haha. We'll see. If I do, they better let us play at normal volumes), I've been involved in a recording project... and man, the tone options are Crazy! It's easier to operate and balance than my DSL40, and it just absolutely rocks. So happy with it. :) Rock, progressive rock, metal (which I sometimes dabble with), pop, jazz, fusion... it's all there in that little beast. What kind of pedals are you running with yours? The ones I listed in the video are literally what I'm running. It's so good, I parked my Strymon BlueSky and started mostly only using that with my Taylor acoustic (or for occasional layers in recording).
@@onevoiceinc awesome - it really is a fantastic. I think I would be fine in a pinch without any pedals with this amp. But that wouldn’t be any fun, would it?! I have the Greer lightspeed on almost always just to help give a bit of grit at lower volumes. Aside from that gain-wise, I use a Klon-style pedal, mostortion and a fuzz face. And for a little added flavour, a strymon flint, Keeley Halo delay, phase 90 and ce-2 chorus. I’ve rotated things on and off my board for years, but this lineup has lasted longer than any other. Also… try a JHS Little Amp Box in the effects loop of the bassbreaker. Lets you get the gain cooking a bit without needing to run at ear-piercing high volumes.
@matthewfrench5539 oh cool. I run that particular JHS also. It's a great alternative to an actual attenuator. I was explaining my pedal setup to my bassist yesterday: " this one reduces the overall volume without having to change the amp knobs (JHS). This one boosts volume, especially in my solos (Spark mini). This one reduces noise. (Boss NS2). This one adds a ~little~ extra grit (Tumnus Deluxe). This is my new goto delay (Halo) and this one adds that cool backward sound underneath it all (Boss DD8, set to reverse)." It's a great setup. With my DSL, I ultimately bought a Blackstar Amped 3 to run in the return as the new amp brain, with the Marshall becoming a speaker cabinet only for live play. Like most of all those pedals I spent, trying to chase down a sound to try to balance the DSL, it confirmed that (for what I play) the DSL just doesn't cut it for me. I ~may~ eventually do a comparison... but not sure. With the Bassbreaker getting discontinued, not sure if there's even a point for that. Not sure. Anyway, sounds like both of us are loving these particular Fender amps. That's a win. :)
I ran across a used mint tweed 30R two years ago and agree with everything said here. It seems similar to my peavey classic 30 as far as specs-EL84 tubes etc.. but I find the Fender to be a much nicer overall amp. It gets very loud for a 30w amp but stays very clear at volume compared to the peavey, (which isn’t bad) but just not on the same level. I’m with you, it sounds great without pedals but have used a Keeley super phat mod as a boost with good results. Fender kinda screwed the pooch discontinuing this one, it’s a fantastic amp for any rock tones, heavier tones, country or WESTERN! It would serve well on a large stage or a small bar as the band plays standing behind a wall of chicken wire while the patrons throw beer bottles at you all night. Great playing- Great video!
Thanks for the video. I’m contemplating this, or even the 7 watt bass breaker for a home amp. These guys have slipped by me somehow but they seem to sound great.
Thank YOU. :) I've heard that the lower watt Bassbreaker amps have a hand turn knob (rather than the convenient foot switch) to change between channels. I'd suggest doing the research before buying that. As far as the 30r model, I run a JHS Little Black Amp Box in the effects loop, so I'm able to drop it to super low volumes without having to change my knobs on the amp. It's not an expensive pedal, either, so that's an extra perk. Hope this was helpful. :)
@@onevoiceinc Can you elaborate on that JHS box? Honestly I cant understand how different that is to cranking the preamp gain and then lowering the master volume knob. The master volume is meant to control how loud the preamp is being hit by the output of the preamp section.
@Javier-qk7ms absolutely. This particular amp has (on the clean side) a volume and (on the crunch side) a volume - so one volume per side with no overall master volume for a unified overall amp volume. So to balance both (once everything is dialed in and both channels are balanced), the JHS in the effects loop acts as an overall amp volume to adjust without having to mess with the individual volumes. This works best in being able to set an in house volume and a live volume without changing anything on the amp knobs. :) If that makes any sense. The Marshalls have a master volume in addition to channel volumes. This one just has the individual channel volumes. Where this amp shines brightly over the DSL models, however, is in the individual EQs and the ability to balance an overall sound. I was never able to achieve that with my DSL40. It always kinda sounded like different amps EQ-wise every time I would change to another channel. This one you can dial in those frequencies, so your clean, crunch, and lead sound like it's all from the same amp and source.
Thank you! I haven't gotten to try it in a live setting yet, so I can't answer that definitively. I know it's capable of getting really really loud... but that's all I know currently. Plus most of what I do live these days involves in ear monitors. Shane from @intheblues channel might know more on that. He did a comparison video between it and the Marshall DSL40. I haven't seen that video in a while, though.
@@gregjandt2841 I just watched both the Bassbreaker review and the shootout between it vs the Marshall DSL40 on the intheblues channel (again to refresh my memory). Per Shane fun that channel, they're both easily gigable. I would add, for quiet home practices it might be good to run a JHS Little Black Amp Box through the effects loop... both for taming this beast and to adjust overall volume without altering your gig settings. Hope this is helpful.
Hey Joe :-) Very informative review and your tracks are excellent - great stuff! How did you record the 30R? (what mics, rough position?; into your audio interface I guess?) Very nice quality. I am actually not very happy with my 30R. Okay at home but at band jams it doesn't cut well thru the mix and shine in general. It seems to lack presence or something. My Princeton and Pro Reverb perform much better. Some say a tube screamer helps - will try that next. Any thoughts? Anyway, thanks again!
Very kind, thank you! I'll attempt to answer everything... First, I used a Sennheiser e609 to the right of the cone... a few inches below the actual 'R' of the Fender logo, and like an inch or so to the right of it. I prefer the mic right up against the grill, and I run it into my PreSonus inbox. As far as that mic - and if you're like me and have occasionally noisy neighbors - the pickup pattern of that particular mic is about as close as I can get to perfect. As far as cutting through the mix, I use mine ~mostly~ at my church with a nice bit of gain... more-so during lead solos and stuff. In that particular environment, it cuts through (instrumentally, there is a bassist, drums, keys, an acoustic, and me). For a little extra "oomph," I also use a Greer LIGHTSPEED Organic Overdrive - one of my subscribers just recently turned me on to that pedal. It pairs up with this amp even better than the Wampler Tumnus Deluxe I had been running prior to the Greer pedal. I LOVE this pedal. It gives the cleans that extra edge of breakup sound and the same setting boosts the crunch and extra gain in all the right places. I was asked last week to fill in with a local band, and I quickly realized that the sound I use at church needed to be modified slightly in that tighter-spaced rock band environment. I lowered the reverb and the delay volumes, and I finally found that balance to cut through the mix. I will give you my pedalboard setup, though, if this helps: I run my guitar into the tuner into the Lightspeed direct into the amp. All other effects run through effects loop: I run from the amp Send into a Keeley Halo Andy Timmons Dual Echo > Boss DD8 Digital Delay (set to reverse mode) > Spark Booster mini (for volume boost for solos) > Boss NS2 Noise Suppressor > JHS Little Black Amp Box into the amp Return. I use the NS2 to cut extra high gain noise, the Spark mini to cut through, and the Little Black Amp Box to adjust the overall volume so I don't have to change any of my amp knob settings whether I'm playing live or recording late at night in the studio room. Aside from that, I run humbucker pickups. Hopefully this info helps. Keep me posted, if you will. :)
What style(s) of music do you play? If you want to go from Dream Theater to AC/DC to RadioHead to old 60's clean tone, the Katana Artist is pretty darn versatile. If you (like myself) prefer a standard straight ahead rock sound (with three to four different stages to go from clean to intense) AND you don't mind buying a very small handful of pedals to add to the sound (I could easily run this with my Wampler Tumnus Deluxe in front and the Keeley Echo Dual Delay in the effetcs loop and call it a day. Two pedals. All the other stuff is for cleaning up gain noise (Boss NS2), lowering my studio room volume without turning the amp knobs (JHS Little Black Amp Box), boosting the overall volume for standout solos in potential live settings (TC Electronic Spark Booster mini), and I just really really like the Boss DD8 reverse delay sound underneath everything, haha!), the Bassbreaker 30 is awesome and where it's at. I will admit I haven't played it live ~yet~ (I'm planning that for next weekend), but if it sounds like how I think it'll sound live, I will probably be replacing my DSL with the Bassbreaker 30 as my new live rig. One other consideration to consider is that these are being discontinued (for whatever reason Fender has for that decision), so supply for new models will be limited. I own both the Kat and the Bassbreaker. I love both. I just really really quickly warmed up to the Bassbreaker sound, right out of the box. It's the sound I've been trying to reconnect to since I sold my old Hughes & Kettner Tour Reverb amp. I think I've found it here. Anyway, hope this was helpful. :)
@@onevoiceinc Thanks for the reply, I usually play Pink Floyd, Guns and Roses and all that stuff, I already have the Peavey 5150 that I bought in 1988 but it doesn't work anymore.
Are you sure they are discontinued? They are still on the Fender catalog in 2025. I love my Bassbreaker 30r. It ticks so many boxes. The only thing I'm not particularly fond of is the reverb, but I use a really good reverb pedal anyway, so I don't really mind. Can anyone explain why this is half the price of a 68 reissue (sic) Pro Reverb? I just don't get it
@nekkon1989 when I first saw the "product no longer available" on the Sweetwater site, they prompted me to contact Fender. I spoke with a rep there, and she told me they were discontinuing the model. Hm. Maybe they are having second thoughts...? I hope so. It's the perfect amp for everything I need it for. Going further, it far outshines my Marshall DSL40CR (my highest viewed video to date) in its versatility and tone options. :)
@@onevoiceinc yeah, I AB'd these two amps before opting for the Bassbreaker. I'm looking for a more refined amp these days that ticks all those boxes (two channels, built in reverb) but it seems that I'll have to spend Matchless or Friedman money to find a worthy opponent 😭
Yes! I did see a Marshall 4 channel JVM model when I visited Sweetwater this past year (that ultimately had some red flags the more I investigated via a few videos), and it was right around the $2K mark. For what I do, I really need a minimum of 3 (or 4 optimal) distinct channels/gain stages. If I were to look at an amp that wasn't the Bassbreaker, it would probably be the Mesa Boogie Triple Crown 50... but it's around the $2500 range, and it's over 50 lbs. Overall, though, I'm very happy with the Bassbreaker 30. :)
@@onevoiceinc ah, for some reason I find that Mesas have great clean and gain tones, but the edge of breakup ones are lukewarm. On the other hand, that's where the Bassbreaker 30r shines
@nekkon1989 speaking of edge of breakup, have you tried the Greer Lightspeed? A subscriber referred it to me, and it's become my favorite pedal. With the Bassbreaker 30r, it's a perfect blending of sounds. I find myself using that more than actual drive these days.
Wait until you find out that all the bass breakers are pretty much unrepairable. The 45 watt head is my main amp. I’m thinking about buying the 15 head or the 7 W for Home.
@Matthew_Scan oh wow. Did they refund it? My two 30s have been running smoothly. They sound better and have more options than my Marshall DSL40. I've heard bad reviews from the 15 model, like lots of bad reviews.
I just bought a 15 and sent it back and bought a 30R....just waiting for the delivery BUT am motivated by this review.
Great video. I landed here because the Bassbreaker 15 is a choice on the Fender Mustang Micro Plus headphone amp. And I had never heard about it. I’m playing it through an adapter cable into a George Benson Hot Rod Deluxe. Another dynamite Fender amp that gets little love, and few reviews. So it goes. Awesome playing, dude.
@@CameraLaw very kind. I'll have to look that George Benson amp up. He's an insanely great guitarist. If it's got his name associated with it, it must be really good. :)
@@onevoiceinc Around 2012, he had Fender put in a different tube and a 100w Jensen ceramic speaker, both to increase the headroom, he also specified a pine cabinet, simple mods to a standard Hot Rod Deluxe III, or so I reckon. Like you, his name was on it, and there was an introductory video by Benson, so I gave it a shot. New at Sweetwater, I got a deal for $900. It's clean channel is great, I haven't found a way to really appreciate the drive channel at home volumes, but I'm still tryin'.
Great playing and wicked tone. I bought one sight unseen last week and couldn't be happier. It's a mint 2020 Special Edition 30R that come in yellow tweed and have a Celestion G12H30 Anniversary on board. These amps sound awesome on the Clean channel but just as great on the Gain channel or the Boosted option. Could not be happier and feel really lucky to get this gem. BTW the AIC track was wicked! Subbed in now.
@NoStringsAttached777 thank you!!! And yeah, I love some AIC.
Also, a subscriber told me about running the Greer Lightspeed with the amp vs my Tumnus Deluxe. Wow, what a difference it made! It sounds like the amp, so it just gives you even more of the amp for live dynamic options. I'll be doing some kind of part 2 of this video, but I may end up doing a future video highlighting the pedals I run, why, and what they do. If you end up looking for a ~boost~ kinda pedal, check out the Lightspeed. Like the amp, it doesn't disappoint. :)
I've just noticed if I turn the bass/mid/treble all the way down on my 30r, I lose all volume. This happens on both channels. I can see where this might make sense, but also see where it could be an issue. Any idea if yours has the same behavior?
@@ErikTomblinWrites they all do that. When I was researching this amp and watching videos before I bought it I saw it demonstrated by a reviewer. In that way, it's a truer representation of EQ (I'm thinking) in that if, for example, Bass is down to zero, that frequency isn't present. I think it's cool, personally. :)
You’re spot on - the lack of marketing for this amp was tragic. It’s a total gem. I’ve been playing a 30r for a couple years now, and it quickly became my go to. It does the Marshall DSL thing better than a DSL - and still has an awesome clean channel. This amp paired with a Greer Lightspeed is *chef’s kiss*
I suspect that the Bassbreaker series was a bit of a market test to see if they could get a higher gain amp to catch on. I just think that vast majority of players in the market for a Fender are after the clean tone thing. They just don’t associate the brand with gain.
Great playing in the demos, btw. Collective soul, Eric Johnson and Alice In Chains … a man after my own heart. Loved it!
@matthewfrench5539 very very kind. I'll have to check out the Lightspeed, 'cause you have my curiosity wondering... So yeah, I'm thinking Fender took a risk (I have to applaud them for that), but with a little bit of marketing, I think it could've taken off. Maybe. I love mine. Both of them. In addition to the RUclips channel, playing for my church, and entertaining the idea of a reunion show with my last original project (do I ~really~ want to do another club gig? Haha. We'll see. If I do, they better let us play at normal volumes), I've been involved in a recording project... and man, the tone options are Crazy! It's easier to operate and balance than my DSL40, and it just absolutely rocks. So happy with it. :) Rock, progressive rock, metal (which I sometimes dabble with), pop, jazz, fusion... it's all there in that little beast.
What kind of pedals are you running with yours? The ones I listed in the video are literally what I'm running. It's so good, I parked my Strymon BlueSky and started mostly only using that with my Taylor acoustic (or for occasional layers in recording).
@@onevoiceinc awesome - it really is a fantastic. I think I would be fine in a pinch without any pedals with this amp. But that wouldn’t be any fun, would it?! I have the Greer lightspeed on almost always just to help give a bit of grit at lower volumes. Aside from that gain-wise, I use a Klon-style pedal, mostortion and a fuzz face. And for a little added flavour, a strymon flint, Keeley Halo delay, phase 90 and ce-2 chorus. I’ve rotated things on and off my board for years, but this lineup has lasted longer than any other.
Also… try a JHS Little Amp Box in the effects loop of the bassbreaker. Lets you get the gain cooking a bit without needing to run at ear-piercing high volumes.
@matthewfrench5539 oh cool. I run that particular JHS also. It's a great alternative to an actual attenuator. I was explaining my pedal setup to my bassist yesterday: " this one reduces the overall volume without having to change the amp knobs (JHS). This one boosts volume, especially in my solos (Spark mini). This one reduces noise. (Boss NS2). This one adds a ~little~ extra grit (Tumnus Deluxe). This is my new goto delay (Halo) and this one adds that cool backward sound underneath it all (Boss DD8, set to reverse)." It's a great setup. With my DSL, I ultimately bought a Blackstar Amped 3 to run in the return as the new amp brain, with the Marshall becoming a speaker cabinet only for live play. Like most of all those pedals I spent, trying to chase down a sound to try to balance the DSL, it confirmed that (for what I play) the DSL just doesn't cut it for me. I ~may~ eventually do a comparison... but not sure. With the Bassbreaker getting discontinued, not sure if there's even a point for that. Not sure. Anyway, sounds like both of us are loving these particular Fender amps. That's a win. :)
I ran across a used mint tweed 30R two years ago and agree with everything said here. It seems similar to my peavey classic 30 as far as specs-EL84 tubes etc.. but I find the Fender to be a much nicer overall amp. It gets very loud for a 30w amp but stays very clear at volume compared to the peavey, (which isn’t bad) but just not on the same level. I’m with you, it sounds great without pedals but have used a Keeley super phat mod as a boost with good results. Fender kinda screwed the pooch discontinuing this one, it’s a fantastic amp for any rock tones, heavier tones, country or WESTERN! It would serve well on a large stage or a small bar as the band plays standing behind a wall of chicken wire while the patrons throw beer bottles at you all night. Great playing- Great video!
@twoguncorcoran4733 perhaps amp companies should start selling chicken wire! Hahaha
Thanks for the video. I’m contemplating this, or even the 7 watt bass breaker for a home amp.
These guys have slipped by me somehow but they seem to sound great.
Thank YOU. :)
I've heard that the lower watt Bassbreaker amps have a hand turn knob (rather than the convenient foot switch) to change between channels. I'd suggest doing the research before buying that. As far as the 30r model, I run a JHS Little Black Amp Box in the effects loop, so I'm able to drop it to super low volumes without having to change my knobs on the amp. It's not an expensive pedal, either, so that's an extra perk. Hope this was helpful. :)
@@onevoiceinc Can you elaborate on that JHS box? Honestly I cant understand how different that is to cranking the preamp gain and then lowering the master volume knob. The master volume is meant to control how loud the preamp is being hit by the output of the preamp section.
@Javier-qk7ms absolutely. This particular amp has (on the clean side) a volume and (on the crunch side) a volume - so one volume per side with no overall master volume for a unified overall amp volume. So to balance both (once everything is dialed in and both channels are balanced), the JHS in the effects loop acts as an overall amp volume to adjust without having to mess with the individual volumes. This works best in being able to set an in house volume and a live volume without changing anything on the amp knobs. :) If that makes any sense. The Marshalls have a master volume in addition to channel volumes. This one just has the individual channel volumes. Where this amp shines brightly over the DSL models, however, is in the individual EQs and the ability to balance an overall sound. I was never able to achieve that with my DSL40. It always kinda sounded like different amps EQ-wise every time I would change to another channel. This one you can dial in those frequencies, so your clean, crunch, and lead sound like it's all from the same amp and source.
@@onevoiceinc Thank you, I will keep that in mind. I am getting mine now :)
Great video Its nice to see fender making a 2 channel amp with reverb 30 watts is enough? Good playing and nic musicmnan keep more videos coming
Thank you! I haven't gotten to try it in a live setting yet, so I can't answer that definitively. I know it's capable of getting really really loud... but that's all I know currently. Plus most of what I do live these days involves in ear monitors. Shane from @intheblues channel might know more on that. He did a comparison video between it and the Marshall DSL40. I haven't seen that video in a while, though.
@@gregjandt2841 I just watched both the Bassbreaker review and the shootout between it vs the Marshall DSL40 on the intheblues channel (again to refresh my memory). Per Shane fun that channel, they're both easily gigable. I would add, for quiet home practices it might be good to run a JHS Little Black Amp Box through the effects loop... both for taming this beast and to adjust overall volume without altering your gig settings. Hope this is helpful.
Hey Joe :-)
Very informative review and your tracks are excellent - great stuff!
How did you record the 30R? (what mics, rough position?; into your audio interface I guess?) Very nice quality.
I am actually not very happy with my 30R. Okay at home but at band jams it doesn't cut well thru the mix and shine in general. It seems to lack presence or something. My Princeton and Pro Reverb perform much better. Some say a tube screamer helps - will try that next. Any thoughts?
Anyway, thanks again!
Very kind, thank you! I'll attempt to answer everything... First, I used a Sennheiser e609 to the right of the cone... a few inches below the actual 'R' of the Fender logo, and like an inch or so to the right of it. I prefer the mic right up against the grill, and I run it into my PreSonus inbox. As far as that mic - and if you're like me and have occasionally noisy neighbors - the pickup pattern of that particular mic is about as close as I can get to perfect.
As far as cutting through the mix, I use mine ~mostly~ at my church with a nice bit of gain... more-so during lead solos and stuff. In that particular environment, it cuts through (instrumentally, there is a bassist, drums, keys, an acoustic, and me). For a little extra "oomph," I also use a Greer LIGHTSPEED Organic Overdrive - one of my subscribers just recently turned me on to that pedal. It pairs up with this amp even better than the Wampler Tumnus Deluxe I had been running prior to the Greer pedal. I LOVE this pedal. It gives the cleans that extra edge of breakup sound and the same setting boosts the crunch and extra gain in all the right places.
I was asked last week to fill in with a local band, and I quickly realized that the sound I use at church needed to be modified slightly in that tighter-spaced rock band environment. I lowered the reverb and the delay volumes, and I finally found that balance to cut through the mix. I will give you my pedalboard setup, though, if this helps:
I run my guitar into the tuner into the Lightspeed direct into the amp. All other effects run through effects loop: I run from the amp Send into a Keeley Halo Andy Timmons Dual Echo > Boss DD8 Digital Delay (set to reverse mode) > Spark Booster mini (for volume boost for solos) > Boss NS2 Noise Suppressor > JHS Little Black Amp Box into the amp Return. I use the NS2 to cut extra high gain noise, the Spark mini to cut through, and the Little Black Amp Box to adjust the overall volume so I don't have to change any of my amp knob settings whether I'm playing live or recording late at night in the studio room. Aside from that, I run humbucker pickups. Hopefully this info helps. Keep me posted, if you will. :)
@onevoiceinc Joe, what an amazing reply. Thank you so much! Excellent job all round and I will try those ideas out on the 30R. Cheers
Awesome I am between this or the Boss Katana Artist don't know which one to choose.
What style(s) of music do you play? If you want to go from Dream Theater to AC/DC to RadioHead to old 60's clean tone, the Katana Artist is pretty darn versatile. If you (like myself) prefer a standard straight ahead rock sound (with three to four different stages to go from clean to intense) AND you don't mind buying a very small handful of pedals to add to the sound (I could easily run this with my Wampler Tumnus Deluxe in front and the Keeley Echo Dual Delay in the effetcs loop and call it a day. Two pedals. All the other stuff is for cleaning up gain noise (Boss NS2), lowering my studio room volume without turning the amp knobs (JHS Little Black Amp Box), boosting the overall volume for standout solos in potential live settings (TC Electronic Spark Booster mini), and I just really really like the Boss DD8 reverse delay sound underneath everything, haha!), the Bassbreaker 30 is awesome and where it's at. I will admit I haven't played it live ~yet~ (I'm planning that for next weekend), but if it sounds like how I think it'll sound live, I will probably be replacing my DSL with the Bassbreaker 30 as my new live rig. One other consideration to consider is that these are being discontinued (for whatever reason Fender has for that decision), so supply for new models will be limited. I own both the Kat and the Bassbreaker. I love both. I just really really quickly warmed up to the Bassbreaker sound, right out of the box. It's the sound I've been trying to reconnect to since I sold my old Hughes & Kettner Tour Reverb amp. I think I've found it here. Anyway, hope this was helpful. :)
@@onevoiceinc Thanks for the reply, I usually play Pink Floyd, Guns and Roses and all that stuff, I already have the Peavey 5150 that I bought in 1988 but it doesn't work anymore.
Are you sure they are discontinued? They are still on the Fender catalog in 2025. I love my Bassbreaker 30r. It ticks so many boxes. The only thing I'm not particularly fond of is the reverb, but I use a really good reverb pedal anyway, so I don't really mind. Can anyone explain why this is half the price of a 68 reissue (sic) Pro Reverb? I just don't get it
@nekkon1989 when I first saw the "product no longer available" on the Sweetwater site, they prompted me to contact Fender. I spoke with a rep there, and she told me they were discontinuing the model. Hm. Maybe they are having second thoughts...? I hope so. It's the perfect amp for everything I need it for. Going further, it far outshines my Marshall DSL40CR (my highest viewed video to date) in its versatility and tone options. :)
@@onevoiceinc yeah, I AB'd these two amps before opting for the Bassbreaker. I'm looking for a more refined amp these days that ticks all those boxes (two channels, built in reverb) but it seems that I'll have to spend Matchless or Friedman money to find a worthy opponent 😭
Yes! I did see a Marshall 4 channel JVM model when I visited Sweetwater this past year (that ultimately had some red flags the more I investigated via a few videos), and it was right around the $2K mark. For what I do, I really need a minimum of 3 (or 4 optimal) distinct channels/gain stages. If I were to look at an amp that wasn't the Bassbreaker, it would probably be the Mesa Boogie Triple Crown 50... but it's around the $2500 range, and it's over 50 lbs. Overall, though, I'm very happy with the Bassbreaker 30. :)
@@onevoiceinc ah, for some reason I find that Mesas have great clean and gain tones, but the edge of breakup ones are lukewarm. On the other hand, that's where the Bassbreaker 30r shines
@nekkon1989 speaking of edge of breakup, have you tried the Greer Lightspeed? A subscriber referred it to me, and it's become my favorite pedal. With the Bassbreaker 30r, it's a perfect blending of sounds. I find myself using that more than actual drive these days.
Wait until you find out that all the bass breakers are pretty much unrepairable. The 45 watt head is my main amp. I’m thinking about buying the 15 head or the 7 W for Home.
@decadesofsegregation9677 oh man, I hope that's not the case. Have you had any issues with yours, and if so, what particular model had the issue?
I had a 15 and it died a couple days after I got it
@Matthew_Scan oh wow. Did they refund it? My two 30s have been running smoothly. They sound better and have more options than my Marshall DSL40. I've heard bad reviews from the 15 model, like lots of bad reviews.
@@onevoiceinc I got it repaired under warranty but ended up selling I wasn’t using it much
talking to much...
Who is "Much?" Never met him. Regardless, thank you for your comment ;)