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I used to run an Epifani UL310 (5.33-ohms) on a QSC PLX-1600 which was fine bridged at 4-ohms.

My new Gig Rig had its first run out at the SE Bass Bash. 100-watts of old-school valve bassness. Thanks to @silverfoxnik for the photo.

It was a most interesting and entertaining day. If anyone wants to have a try of the Handbox WB-100 then please get in touch.

I'm bringing some speaker leads and an instrument lead for the various shoot-outs. Once used they can be added to the raffle.

There is! I'm bringing it with my Berg NV115 cab but anyone who is interested in one can try it with their own speakers.

Just sold a Hipshot bridge to Paul. A good no fuss transaction. Thanks Paul.

Updated Gear For Sale List: 01. Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 Amp, Footswitch & Rack Case, £550 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 02. Schecter Diamond P5, 5 String Bass & Gig Bag, £350 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 03. Behringer 5 Band parametric 19" Rack Unit, £25 - Silverfoxnik 04. Fender Nate Mendel Precision, £575 - obbm 05. USA built 4 string in a 'glo' finish, £1300 - ezbass 06. EBS Compressor, Chorus & Octave, Dr Green Bass reverb & Joyo D-Seed echo and a small Pedaltrain board & bag (Mini I think), £TBA - WalMan 07. Mesa MPulse 600 (flight-cased) and a Mesa Powerhouse 1x15 cab (+ authentic Mesa cover) - £750 the pair - TheGreek 08. 3 Pin (female) DI plugs - The Greek 09. New Chinese Rosewood/Maple Jazz neck, £35 - obbm 10. Slightly used jack, XLR and other connectors - 50p each - obbm 11. Fender Jazz (Mex), in a very fetching blue, strung with flats - £450 12. Harley Benton Progressive 5 Fretless - £100

It is possible to take apart and rebuild CT dual pots. You need to get a dual 250K/500K and the matching singles of the required values, strip them all down remembering what goes where and rebuild very carefully.

Another +1 for the Epifani UL502.

Gear For Sale List: 01. Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 Amp, Footswitch & Rack Case, £550 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 02. Schecter Diamond P5, 5 String Bass & Gig Bag, £350 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 03. Behringer 5 Band parametric 19" Rack Unit, £25 - Silverfoxnik 04. Fender Nate Mendel Precision, £575 - obbm 05. "I’m thinking of having one of my basses for sale.", £TBA - ezbass 06. EBS Compressor, Chorus & Octave, Dr Green Bass reverb & Joyo D-Seed echo and a small Pedaltrain board & bag (Mini I think), £TBA - WalMan 07. Fretless Fender Modern Player ?, £TBA - Frank Black 08. Mesa MPulse 600 (flight-cased) and a Mesa Powerhouse 1x15 cab (+ authentic Mesa cover) - £750 the pair - TheGreek 09. 3 Pin (female) DI plugs - The Greek 10. Hipshot Bridge, £30 - obbm 11. New Chinese Rosewood/Maple Jazz neck, £35 - obbm 

+1. It sorts me out for Summer of 69, The Wall and Superstition.

Are they 1/4-inch solid shaft or splined?

What type of knobs are you needing? Photos of the old ones?

I would suggest that they are 2 for each earpiece. You'd need to check with a meter to find out which is which. Then you'd have to check which is hot and which is cold so the two earpieces are in phase - probably a matter of trial and error. When you've worked that out you can solder on a new plug. The other way is to send them to me and I'll see what I can do.

Having tried many different strings over the years I am currently using Sadowsky Blue Labels. They have great tone and medium tension. However in that everlasting search for the ultimate tone I'm always interested to try something new. Maybe NYXL strings will take me to that tone nirvana. I will only know if I try them.

I love Mo Foster's book. I got him to autograph my copy at a Bass day at ACM some years ago. Lots of the things the writes about happened to me. Back in 1964 it really was what you could afford. I was using a Framus short-scale Star bass through a Linear 30 into a home-made 4 x12 using Bakers Group 25 speakers from a shop in Croydon. The lead guitarist however was using a Vox ACV30 through a Vox T60 (15 +12) cab which his parents had bought for him. The PA was Grampian valve amp bought at a Jumble sale through two home-made 4 x6 columns using ex-TV speakers bought from Exchange & Mart. It sounded awful but no-one cared because it was new, raw and live.

Paul I can offer you one or all of: - Sadowsky Metro PJ, 1973 Fender Precision, 2003 Musicman Sterling - all with flatwounds.

… and of course, "Hit and Miss", the theme music for Juke Box Jury.

Burns and Watkins were popular in the early 60s. I wanted a Precision as soon as I saw the Sunburst one on the cover photo of the Shadows first album. Just about the only tuition book for bass around this time was this, published in about 1960. It also includes a picture of the Shadows with Jet's Sunburst P and several other bands with various basses.

It was similar in 1963 when as a schoolboy I was looking to buy my first bass. I had to get my mother to lend me £45 to buy a Framus and pay her back slowly. I didn't dare ask for any more as a Fender Precision was about double that and a Jazz was even more. When I started work the following year my salary was a whole £520 a year.

OK, Folks, As promised, here's the Gear For Sale List: 01. Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 Amp, Footswitch & Rack Case, £550 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 02. Schecter Diamond P5, 5 String Bass & Gig Bag, £350 o.n.o. - Silverfoxnik 03. Behringer 5 Band parametric 19" Rack Unit, £25 - Silverfoxnik 04. Fender Nate Mendel Precision , £575 - obbm 05. "I’m thinking of having one of my basses for sale.", £TBA - ezbass 06. EBS Compressor, Chorus & Octave, Dr Green Bass reverb & Joyo D-Seed echo and a small Pedaltrain board & bag (Mini I think), £TBA - WalMan 07. Fretless Fender Modern Player ?, £TBA - Frank Black 08. 09. 10 Etc, Etc Please feel free to put any gear for sale you have on here, or fill in the fine details if I've already listed your gear above. Thanks Nik