Volume control taper on original 5F6a Bassman amps?

[Mark]

The reissue Bassman amps come with linear taper volume pots. I thought I read somewhere that the linear pots were used as Fender couldn’t get the 30% taper 1M pots that were originally used in the amp.

What is the consensus on this one?

[pdf64]

The reissue Bassman amps come with linear taper volume pots. I thought I read somewhere that the linear pots were used as Fender couldn’t get the 30% taper 1M pots that were originally used in the amp. ...

That seems really unlikely to me, pot manufacturers are, and always have been, happy to make a batch of whatever spec you want.

It's only small quantity buyers who are stuck with standard values stocked by resellers.

What makes you sure the original pots were 30% audio?

Consider that the 1959 model Fender reissued is seemingly undocumented, the '59 tweed bassman reissue isn't intended to be a December 1957 (I-EG) 5F6A reissue.
https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics ... n_5f6a.pdf

[Mark]

I thought I read it in Guitar Player magazine when all the boutique reissues emerged. I still have the magazine somewhere.

[pdf64]

The Vibroverb RI also came out in 1990, I can't make out the actual taper %, but just being noted, and the weird tapped treble pot, might indicate non standard pots were probably used.
https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics ... _schem.pdf

[martin manning]

Looks like the pots are 10% and 20% audio to me.