Mr. Foxen
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[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1334274106' post='1613824'] Which one? [/quote] Isn't one yet. I need to speak to them more after the weekend. But some people with money aside for it will put me in a better position to figure what can be done.
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Has anyone got some money aside for a very special Matamp?
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Like the pots at an angle, makes easier to get the servisol into the hole.
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I tend to advise spending more on the cab, and cheaper on the amp. no-one takes the advice but it has good basis. Loads of amps at various levels are pretty much same components, same doesn't apply to cabs.
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[quote name='Bobo_Grimmer' timestamp='1334263027' post='1613584'] if i was right handed i'd have that right off you (see what i did there... ) [/quote] But since you aren't, you left it alone? Fretless bass punk, hmm.
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That will be because 8x10s can't do subs, sealed cabs aren't suited. You'll want a Bareface cab, a Dubster if you don't want any highs, or a Big Twin if you do, Big Twin will need more power. Alternatively, cheaper option is I have a Bill Fitzmaurice Omni 15 Tallboy, you can have a borrow and see if it works for you.
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Hi. What don't you like about your tone at current then? Is it not enough valve amps? Its probably not enough valve amps.
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[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1334222341' post='1612626'] Serial number too! That checks out on guitardater as pukka! Blatant rip off, how can these not be pulled like Ric's? [/quote] Some companies are aware the US law doesn't apply to the whole world.
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Hit me up when you want the necessary dirty valve amp to make it sound right.
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The dodge bit is claiming the item is in the UK, and it isn't. The Chinese exporters do tend make sincere an genuine effort to defraud the HMRC though, so there is a certain sort of honesty there. I think its the Hong Kong lot that are particularly adept, because they are a international trade hub so they know how it all works, and the colonial thing tends to go with a certain degree of sneakiness.
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[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1334175248' post='1612190'] I certainly would if it all went tits up. Have you got the bass yet Oli? [/quote] Nah, wasn't far away so hadn't paid on the offchance he'd come through Bristol. Got his email so gonna go not via ebay.
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It is sort of super harsh to the Rick owners, but the only way to be safe is to ban all sales of anything that looks like a Rickenbacker for sale from BC, including Rickenbackers. Should probably set the autofilter for the term 'Rickenbacker' too. -
Sound City 120W Vintage Valve Amp
Mr. Foxen replied to discreet's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1334160468' post='1611837'] Mr. Foxen I think has the rest of them that were ever made [/quote] Not yet, I'm picking up another one later today. -
Sound City 120W Vintage Valve Amp
Mr. Foxen replied to discreet's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Better getting one of the ones from here, known history etc. Need more info on this one, like if it has Partridge transformers, not all of them did. There are plenty of issues SC120 MKIV can have, easily fixed if you know what you are up to and have the time and parts, but buying those things is expensive, mostly the knowing what you are up to part. They sound very 'valvey' and the preamp is very flexible, which does mean a lot of 'wrong' 'tones', rather than the all the knobs don't really do much EQ on a lot of valve amps. http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1 -
Sounds a bit like the earth and hot are swapped over.
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Bought a hipshot bridge. Easy peasy, fast delivery pretty much caught me unaware.
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[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1334147751' post='1611555'] I've never been a big fan of their stuff anyway, but now? Not if it was the last bass on the planet. [/quote] +1 I've had to do a bunch of work to correct their pretty fundamental deficiencies, and usually not well paid work because I pity the people who have to deal with such poorly designed and made instruments so do so out of charity. When as small a 'manufacturer' (in the loosest sense, there's probably a better word, I make stuff in 10s) can produce significantly improved hardware to restore function, you have to think something is seriously wrong with a larger player to not be doing so.
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[quote]Item location: cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom[/quote] [quote]It's coming to you directly from the factory[/quote] One of those guys.
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[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1334092663' post='1610933'] Did you pull the trigger on one then? Pulling an auction is one thing, but withdrawing all support and protection once the auction is over is another thing altogether. [/quote] Yeah, only a Retrovibe with a fault, figured an easy fix and flip job.
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Bass Collection: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Collection-Californian-/280861689786?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4164a947ba
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Turns out they can pull rickenfaker auctions even if you've already won them, and suggest you contact the seller if you've already paid, which you can't because the listing is gone and there is no contact button any more. Have to go via paypal email, which bypasses all the ebay 'security'.
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Action looks lush. I think save the photos, get someone to o a paint job on a better made bass. Seem to be some reasonable semis about now. JoeGarcia just bought one, can't recall what it was but his biggest gripe was not liking Y key tuners. Dudes that paint motorcycle fuel tanks would be good.
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I had the Laney Nexus, pretty straight up 400w.
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If you plugged in a ss amp like, you might have shorted the output with the jack, which might have toasted the output transistors, or associated components, which would make it blow fuses. Briefly unplugging a valve amp is unlikely to actually kill an output transformer, they need a bit of time to do real damage.
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You sent it back before he paid for it being sent back?