Fender 400 PS Monster Amp

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Fender 400 PS Monster Amp

Post by 1946dodge » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:48 pm

http://www.timeelect.com/400-faq.htm#1. ... e%20400-PS

I saw this amp in the 72 catalogue I scanned for the forum, and was curious about it. Never heard of it before, so I googled it.
I guess it was made only for a few years, and was a bass guitar amp.
Or a guitar amp:

From the "PS" tag on its name I thought it was a pedal steel amp, but I guess it wasn't. Or maybe it was?
From the above link:
Subject: Re: Fender 400PS
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:45:10 GMT
From: "ALAN THOMPSON"
I had the pleasure of hearing Albert King blazing through one of these monsters years ago at an outside concert in Phoenix (the amp was supplied by the local promoters).  Imagine Albert with a screaming Hendrix tone and that about nails it.  Awesome.  Taj Mahal was sitting next to me, he was jumping up and down and yelling all through the show.

At one point Albert held a sustained note through the complete twelve bars of a song, and then deftly bent it down into a cool turnaround, the audience was on the edge of their seats through the whole thing and reacted crazily when he finally completed
the lick.

What a show!  It's hard to remember now, but I think they had it
going through a couple of Dual Showman cabs, so it was only using 2/3 of the available power.

A.T.

I am wondering if any of you have ever played thru one of these monsters.
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Re: Fender 400 PS Monster Amp

Post by JazzBlaster » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:46 pm

no, but I'd love to!  :?
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Re: Fender 400 PS Monster Amp

Post by mjet » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:24 pm

I believe that the 300PS was designed to be a guitar amp and the 400PS as a bass amp. But of course sometimes guitars sound great through bass amps, so it's up the user...

300PS (2 photos - front & back):

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400PS:

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Re: Fender 400 PS Monster Amp

Post by 1946dodge » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:41 pm

I want one of each.
I wonder if they had problems electrically since the only ones I have seen on ebay do not work, and maybe that is why fender discontinued them?
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Re: Fender 400 PS Monster Amp

Post by mjet » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:36 pm

I hope you've got a strong back (or devoted roadies)!
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