orange drops

[rockstah]

anyone know what kind of orange drops were in the early Bassman? were they sprague 715/716 series?

[billyz]

I don't think old Bassman's had orange drops. The tweed series had Astron's and the later Blond and Black amps had The Blue Molded Caps. I believe they were Polycarbonate which are no longer made.
If you want the old sound you might try Sozo's, or Mallory polyester caps. Sprague would be the PS series , but definitely not 715 or 716 series, those are Polypropylene and sound the least like the old Bassman type caps.

[Trigger]

I had an early Victoria Bassman and it had custom Spragues that looked like they were the PS series. So I think they should get you close to the sound of an old Bassman. Mark went to great lengths to make his amps as close to original as he could.

[selloutrr]

check my bandmaster post it has the molded blue caps i posted a couple gut shots you could zoom in on. it used mallory for electrolitics, i replaced the filter caps with F&T and the signal chain with Sprague Atoms.