Up for sale, a 1979 Fender Bassman 70 in excellent condition and in perfect working order. Introduced in '77 at the tail end of the Fender Silverface run, the Bassman "70" was essentially a Bassman 50 outfitted with Fender's new ultra linear transformers, designed to coax an extra 20 watts of clean tube power out of a pair of 6L6 tubes. The Bassman 70 surely does succeed at delivering powerful Fender cleans like few amps can, with a power and efficiency that's ideal for guitar or bass. Dime out the Master Volume for sparkling, balanced cleans or crank the preamp and keep the Master low for more compressed overdrive and grit.

The circuit is virtually untouched, retaining the Schumacher-made transformers which date to '79, and date codes on the original CTS pots are from 1979 as well (one pot has been replaced with a modern CTS equivalent). All of the original blue molded caps are intact in the preamp too. Originally an "Export" model, the power transformer has additional taps for international voltages, currently wired for USA 120v use. The tube complement includes matching Fender-branded preamp tubes, and the power tubes are a matched pair of Sovtek 5881s (6L6GC).

The original smooth black tolex and silver sparkle grillcloth with faded orange stripe are intact, and the tube chart is intact inside the cabinet. All of the original hardware is present including the nickel corners chassis straps, handle, and sphinx glides. All of the original witch hat knobs are present as well, along with the raised Fender logo.