Budda or Bassman, or any suggestions?

I remember the old marshalls had the same type circuit as the bassman.  With the marshall you could bridge the Normal channel and the Bright together with patch cords.  Have you tried that to see if that has improved the sound of the amp?  You could also look into a Hot Plate or maybe even replacement tubes.  There are many companys out now that offer a tube socket that lets you put in say an EL34 instead of say a 6L6 tube.  But if it was me I'd replace it with something that sings.  Grunts have their place but Joe's sounds just sing.  I can't speak for the Budda I've never had the privlege to turn one up, but I can say for a few other amps.  You might be like the last guy talking about Bassmans or Marshalls.  His problem was he like a marshall because it had 3 channels, but the bassman was just that a bassman.  check that out it might help you with your quest.

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Yeah, totally different amps. You really need to try one out in person.

    I play a couple of older style Buddas (Twinmasters). But, I feel the overall impressions of these are similar to what I think of the newer SuperDrive Series Amps.

    The Buddas have a tighter Bass to them. Very percussive feeling/sounding. Very compessed Mids (Probably the EL-84 Power Tubes?).  And, very loud. My 210 Combo is 18 Watts, and can hang with a lot of 40 and 50 Watt Amps.

    Part of what makes a Tweed Fender what it is, is the Farty Bass. And the sweet Highs. The Budda has a different type of High End, too. More hard-edged, and focused. Where the Bassman is big sounding and warm, the Budda is aggressive and punchy.

    The Budda really is more like a mix of a Vox AC, and a Hot-Rodded Marshall Plexi.

    A couple of things to try with the Bassman, that will yield different Tones?
Running the Bass below 1/2 way. Maybe at 3 or 4 (Out of 10).
Cranking the Highs on the Amp, and lowering the Tone Pot on your Guitar down all the way, and slowly bringing it up, until you find a "Sweet Spot" (Probably around 3 to 6).
Swapping the first Preamp Tube (V1), for a lower gain version. Like a 12AT7, 12AU7, or 12AY7.
Swapping the Speakers. This is the single change that will probably make the most difference. Especially if the amp has those God-Awful "Jensen Re-Issue" Speakers. Yuck! A more effecient Speaker with higher power handling capacity, will probably help with the Bass Response. Maybe some of the new Patriot Series from Eminence. Or, some JBLs, or EVs.

    I'd definately suggest trying some of these approaches, as opposed to just getting a new Amp. The Bassmans are great Amps. The Speaker and Tube Swaps I mentioned, are completely reversible. So, you could always put everything back to "Stock", and sell the Bassman, if they still don't do what you want.

    As for the Buddas? You really need to try one for yourself. Internet Clips and descriptions won't do them justice. Great Amps! Just completely different.

    Hope this helps.

Personally I think anything played though a reissue bassman sounded like nails across a blackboard.

Is that one the 25 watt combo?  Either way I bet it sounds great.  I heard those combos and the blues breaker combo are very similar to a 50's Fender Twin at 50 watts of power.