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As well as bringing my mini-rig and a couple of basses plus the DD that is currently up for trade, I also have some bits and pieces for trade or sale. A few 1m Klotz speaker cables that have been used a couple of times, some patch cords, a bag of used Neutrik jacks and whatever else I can find. Bassjumbles R US. Anyone need any specific cables to be made for Saturday?

Tried flushing still very very slow, even slower than dial-up.. How do you flush in Win 7?

I'm finding that it takes in excess of 20 seconds to load a thread or refresh a page. Not very good at all. Edit: Other tabs on other sites are not a problem, just BC.

Extremely swish Basschaps. Very well done.

[quote name='vintage_ben' post='1375725' date='Sep 16 2011, 04:54 PM']Not been to one of these before, so as I'm in the area and Alex has kindly offered to bring along my new Compact I've got on order, it seems like this is something I should check out. Please add me to the list if that's cool. I can bring along a 1967 Jazz Bass, Sadowsky NYC P Bass, Aguilar TH500, Barefaced Compact (assuming all goes to plan). Yes[/quote] Excellent. I'm bringing my pair of Aguilar SL112s. It would be interesting to run them with your TH500 if possible.

Is anyone bringing an Aguilar TH500 Tone Hammer? or a Geddy Lee Jazz?

[quote name='walbassist' post='1369770' date='Sep 11 2011, 07:57 PM']OBBM has at least one of these, I'm sure he'll be along in a bit[/quote] Indeed I have a pair of these. They will get their first use at rehearsal tonight.

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[quote name='flyfisher' post='1364768' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:56 PM']I can sort of understand deposits being non-refundable in cases where the customer just changes their mind about a purchase, but in this case there would seem to be a product specification issue. Was it ever discovered why the cab in question was far heavier than the one that you already had?[/quote] I've been unable to get to the bottom of this. I'd always though mine was a UL212 until I got the other one at home and put them both on the scales. It was only then that I examnied the plate on the back. I can only surmise that my, T212-UL must be a predecessor to the UL212. I emailed Epifani to try and get some info but they were moving factories and the guy that responded just tried to persuade me to get a new DIST cabinet. Not what I'd call helpful. I tried posting on TB but got no reponse so I've no idea of the history. It just sounds great and is very easy to move and I'd love another iif I could find one. At 5'6" and 65 years old 31.4Kg is just too much to manage, however the 22.1Kg is just fine. It's quite a significant difference for an identical sized box.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1364735' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:26 PM']Did you previously use a Monster cable?[/quote] Careful or you'll be set upon by the legal rottweilers.

[quote name='thegallery' post='1364746' date='Sep 6 2011, 10:41 PM']Blimey not doing well here, but in our defence if you look at point 3 in out T&C it does say deposits are non refundable. [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/tandc.cfm"]http://www.thebassgallery.com/tandc.cfm[/url][/quote] Seeing as all the discussions were carried out by email a reference to the T&C when I offered a deposit, which was 16% of the value of the cab, would have been helpful.

I've sat on this for 5 months however I must confess that I had a slightly unpleasant experience with the Gallery earlier this year. I emailed to see if they had any used Epifani UL-212 cabs. They said they had two and gave me a price which was in the order of what I expected, so based on previous experience I said I would have one and that I would come and collect. I asked if they would like a deposit and duly paid £100 by bank transfer. A week or so later I drove up to collect. They had two so I selected the one in best condition, paid the balance, and Alex and Martin kindly carried it out and loaded it in the car. At this point I hadn't lifted it. When I got it home I was somewhat surpised to find that it was a lot heavier at 31.4Kg than my existing cab, a T212-UL, at 22.1Kg. I got straight back to them and said it was unusable at that weight and that I would like to return it - there was no mention of conditions. I duly set off for London with the cab and delivered it back to them. Imagine my surprise when I was advised that they would not refund the deposit I paid but only the balance. After remonstrating with them they agreed to only withhold £50. Only after I decided to buy a brand new speaker cab did they agree to give a full refund. I would just warn others not to volunteer a deposit, and if you have to pay one then keep it to a minimum and clarify the returns policy. It left a very sour taste in my mouth and I probably will never shop there again.

Sounds more like a problem with the jack socket in the bass. There are international standards for 1/4-inch jack plugs and sockets however certain manufacturers think they are doing you a favour by making oversize plugs. All these do is distort the socket so you can no longer use the correct spec ones. Before buying new cables I would inspect the socket. It might just be a matter of bending the contacts back again.

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='1358193' date='Aug 31 2011, 10:27 PM']What about a Godin A4?[/quote] I was going to suggest Godin. My A5 does a very passable impression of a DB.

[quote name='Coilte' post='1355426' date='Aug 29 2011, 05:21 PM']There is nothing to stop anyone of any age taking up an instrument.[/quote] and there are no rules or laws that dictate when you should stop either.

At 45 I restarted on bass and have been rocking for the past 20 years. Now I'm an official OAP but have no intention of stopping. New band now in rehearsal.

[quote name='Paul Clifton' post='1354694' date='Aug 28 2011, 08:03 PM']That's not too far - though I was hoping to hear a fretted bass. But if you could spare 20 mins some evening to play it for me and chat about it I would really appreciate that?[/quote] It's a fretted headless not fretless. Bit busy this coming week but PM me and we can sort out a date/time although I should warn you that I haven't played it very much as I have been away from gigging since I got it.

[quote name='andyonbass' post='1354685' date='Aug 28 2011, 07:51 PM']OBBM has one, I believe, he lives near Guildford, I expect he'll be bringing it to the SE Bash. I have a couple you could try out if you're ever down Swindon way[/quote] Indeed I have a headless 5-string Harlot and am between Farnham and Guildford.

It was a coupkle of years ago when I was thinking about a Sterling5 but these worked then: Pete Lunney - [email protected] Nigel Bull - [email protected]