![]() This is the opposite approach to the more modern approach of using a tube pre-amp with a heavy-duty solid-state power amp, a setup more suited for that singing, high-gain distortion. A tube output section adds a certain warmth and subtle distortion to the clean sound. The output section of the first Music Man amps used 6CA7 power tubes. ![]() The whole pre-amp section is mounted on a printed circuit board, while Fender amps still used point-to-point wiring for their amps at this time. For this reason it was considered as more reliable than tubes. Solid -state requires lower voltage and less energy and thus causes less heat. So it is not a big surprise that they used a solid-state design (ICs and transistors) for the pre-amp section. It is surely fair to say that Music Man followed the footsteps of earlier Fender amps, so their amps were also aimed at the best possible clean sound. In the mid-seventies, the famous Fender Twin Reverb even made use of some tricks often found in HIFI amps to reduce as much distortion as possible (the so-called ultra-linear circuit). Fender didn`t focus on the distorted sound, in the contrary, they even tried to avoid it. The distortion that is created when a tube amp is overdriven was something invented by creative musicians or by chance when musicians tried to get as much volume out of their amps as possible. The Music Man amp range in 1977, from left to right, front: 112 Sixty-five 410 Sixty-five, second row: 212 HD 130 112 Sixty-five, third row: 410 HD 130 212 Sixty-five, back: Sixty-five HD 130 Sixty-five HD 130 The hybrid design – Get that Fender sound with a solid-state designįender amps were basically built for a clean sound. Overall look and control layout similar to Fender amps.A hybrid design with a tube output section and a solid-state pre-amp section. ![]() The first Music Man amp – a head called Sixty-five – had already most features of all later models. It is not absolutely clear in how far Leo Fender was involved with the design of these amps, most sources say that alone Tom Walker was responsible for the amps, while Leo Fender designed the guitars and bass guitars. Music Man started their amp line in 1974. In 1974 the company name was changed to Music Man, and in 1975 Leo Fender was named as its president. Leo Fender himself had to sign a 10 years non-compete contract when he sold his company Fender Musical Instruments to the CBS Corporation in 1965, so he remained in the background until 1975. Walker and White had worked for Fender before. The history of the Music Man company began about 1971 when Tom Walker, Forrest White and Leo Fender started a company called Tri-Sonic. ![]()
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