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I am thinking of biting the bullet and buying a MM tranny for a friend build, just to see for myself what all the hooplah is about. I was thinking on getting this one: FBFBM-OM which is a Toneclone Bassman 4-8-16. Anybody see an issue with that? Also, does anyone know of a standup PT that would have a bias tap and Bassman voltages? I got to order this stuff by Monday. I have had good luck with the 50 watt Mag Components Marshall trannies from AES, but miss the bias tap. OTOH, I can run EL-34's with the MC if needed...
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Heyboer will make you anything you want. I get one off's from them all the time.
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have you never thought about fender original trafo?.
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Tonegeek wrote:I am thinking of biting the bullet and buying a MM tranny for a friend build, just to see for myself what all the hooplah is about. I was thinking on getting this one: FBFBM-OM which is a Toneclone Bassman 4-8-16. Anybody see an issue with that? Also, does anyone know of a standup PT that would have a bias tap and Bassman voltages? I got to order this stuff by Monday. I have had good luck with the 50 watt Mag Components Marshall trannies from AES, but miss the bias tap. OTOH, I can run EL-34's with the MC if needed...
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I'm very curious about trying a MM OT as well, so I'll be watching this one!

FWIW, I used the MC PT and OT from AES as well for my last 50W BM build (funny how we keep running into each other Tonegeek! :D ) and I'm pretty happy with it.
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Hi Tonegeek,

MM will also supply their trannies in all the common mounting formats.

Look in the FAQ's section and at the bottom of the list is:


http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/n ... Mounts.htm


Hope this helps.

Cheers, Paul.
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Guitarman18 wrote:Hi Tonegeek,

MM will also supply their trannies in all the common mounting formats.

Look in the FAQ's section and at the bottom of the list is:


http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/n ... Mounts.htm


Hope this helps.

Cheers, Paul.
Thanks for reminding me about that. will factor into my decision.
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odourboy wrote:
Tonegeek wrote:I am thinking of biting the bullet and buying a MM tranny for a friend build, just to see for myself what all the hooplah is about. I was thinking on getting this one: FBFBM-OM which is a Toneclone Bassman 4-8-16. Anybody see an issue with that? Also, does anyone know of a standup PT that would have a bias tap and Bassman voltages? I got to order this stuff by Monday. I have had good luck with the 50 watt Mag Components Marshall trannies from AES, but miss the bias tap. OTOH, I can run EL-34's with the MC if needed...
thanks
I'm very curious about trying a MM OT as well, so I'll be watching this one!

FWIW, I used the MC PT and OT from AES as well for my last 50W BM build (funny how we keep running into each other Tonegeek! :D ) and I'm pretty happy with it.
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I will let you know what trannies I settle on.
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