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    +1 for Dave Bronze. Saw him with Clapton, great player with a natural unfussy style.
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    Bump for a bargain 'Ray
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    Steve Wright played Bobby Womack's 'Across 110th St.' on his Radio 2 show earlier - pure class.
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    Just heard that there is to be a Faces reunion this year. The band will be Ron Wood, Ian McLagan & Kenney Jones from the original band, along with Glen Matlock on bass (ok so far!) and .....Mick Hucknall taking Rod's place!!!! Good grief, WTF? Apparently they're doing a summer festival appearance at Goodwood on August 13th. Should be err...interesting?
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    Welcome to basschat! Great cabs at a great price - may help your sale if you provide your location. Good luck!
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    I'm selling my Yamaha APX3 electro acoustic guitar. Believe it was made in May 2000, it's a darker natural sort of finish, matt on the back/neck and gloss finish on the top. Fitted with Yamaha's excellent preamp,featuring 3 band eq with AMF sweepable mid control plus volume control and battery indicator. Recently strung with light gauge strings ( to try to encourage my daughter to start playing, but she's not interested!). It plays really well, and the neck is very slim and manageable. Acoustic sound is suprisingly good for a small bodied guitar, and sounds excellent through a PA / acoustic amp too. The guitar is in superb condition, virtually mint really. Its only been out of the house a couple of times, and has just been my 'handy acoustic' for when I need a guitar to work something out etc. Got chance of a Taylor, don't need 2 acoustics so thats why it's going. Am asking £135 (think it was around £279 new with discount. NOW SOLD (not to a basschat person!) Would prefer not to post if possible, would rather arrange collection/meet up to ensure safe delivery to new owner. I'm in East Yorkshire (near Hull), but do get around a bit with work - will be in Macclesfield, Worksop, Malton, Wimbledon, Sheffield, Scunthorpe, Leeds and Harrogate in July. PM me for more pics/info if you're interested - cheers Pete.
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    [quote name='jakesbass' post='844629' date='May 21 2010, 09:17 PM']I'm watching it now... great player! And Russ Kunkel has a great sounding kit[/quote] +1 Always loved his playing and his attitude/approach. Seem to remember at one time James Taylor planning live dates/tours around when Leland was available. Then when people like Phil Collins started using him for their sessions , James seemed to start using Jimmy Johnson more - another great player too.
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    I had a Combo 300 maybe 20 years ago,similar to yours. Found it okay, but not overloud and very heavy too on the single handle! As for now, reckon you'd be looking at asking say £125/£150 for it perhaps? Bit old school for nowadays, but great USA unit built like a brick outhouse. Would be ideal for a rehearsal room etc. Cheers Pete.
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    I'm sure am not the only one who will advise you to buy a decent secondhand combo - you'll get better sound and build quality for your dosh. Many combos crop up in the sales section on here (including Ashdowns) and if/when you come to sell or part exchange it you wont lose much in depreciation too. Another option is some of the ex-artist Ashdown stuff currently on offer at www.theacademyofsound.co.uk Been some cracking deals recently if Ashdown floats your boat. Good luck.
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    Just for the record - the amp in the pics is a Trace Elliot BLX 150 SMC. This was the last of the BLX models to be made, previous ones being the 80 and 130 models. By the time your amp was made Trace were just putting their GP7 SM 150 watt heads into the remaining BLX cabinets before discontinuing them. As you rightly state, these heads did have more features than previous models in the BLX range, due to them using their upgraded amplifier heads in these. Trace also stopped putting BLX badges on them too, hence the confusion. Nice amp, good luck with your sale. Pete.
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    [quote name='Ou7shined' post='832164' date='May 9 2010, 01:32 PM']Rewiring the pup isn't as easy as you may think. Basically the pickup you see from the front has 2 pups inside. It is inside the pup that the wiring is done. If you start buggering about with a soldering iron you risk losing the pup altogether. The good news is that they are excellent pickups and don't need upgrading. If you put a Wizard or any other pup in you will lose out (imo) and ultimately devalue it. Here are my 'ray and sub pups side by side. [/quote] +1 to the above. Great basses that don't require any messing with, just play and enjoy - whats not to like? I have a couple of Stingrays and a SUB - the SUB is pretty much as good as the Rays. Seen a few recently for around the 350 quid mark, which makes it in my opinion the best bass for the money. Do it, you won't regret it.
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    [quote name='casapete' post='821774' date='Apr 28 2010, 12:38 PM']Thought I'd try this here before the dreaded ebay. Korg SP200 digital stage piano. Full 88 keys. Velocity sensitive hammer action keyboard which faithfully reproduces the touch of an acoustic piano. 3 tuned touch curves to tailor the keyboard to your style, with 60 note polyphony. Sounds include Grand Piano 1&2, Electric piano 1&2, Vibes, Organ1&2, Strings ,Choir. Also built in metronome, headphone socket,reverb&chorus. This is a great stage piano in very good order. Couple of light marks on the case (nothing serious at all),but overall excellent condition. Comes complete with new proper (£25!) Korg power supply, and the instruction manual on CD. Included is a very robust aluminium flight case made especially for this keyboard. The case alone was £150, and the SP200 new was £499, NOW SOLD I'm in East Yorkshire near Hull, but could maybe deliver/meet for a bit of diesel in Yorkshire/North. Cheers.[/quote] NOW SOLD THANKS.
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    Just sold a piano to Alex (for the keyboard player in his band.) Met halfway - classic M'way services deal! - quick easy transaction. Top bloke, would recommend to all. Cheers, Pete.
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    Ronnie Lane
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    [quote name='The GroovyPlucker' post='814035' date='Apr 21 2010, 06:22 PM']Hi, Any chance of knowing what the wattage is? The GroovyPlucker[/quote] Think they're rated at 700 watts.
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    Thought I'd try this here before the dreaded ebay. Korg SP200 digital stage piano. Full 88 keys. Velocity sensitive hammer action keyboard which faithfully reproduces the touch of an acoustic piano. 3 tuned touch curves to tailor the keyboard to your style, with 60 note polyphony. Sounds include Grand Piano 1&2, Electric piano 1&2, Vibes, Organ1&2, Strings ,Choir. Also built in metronome, headphone socket,reverb&chorus. This is a great stage piano in very good order. Couple of light marks on the case (nothing serious at all),but overall excellent condition. Comes complete with new proper (£25!) Korg power supply, and the instruction manual on CD. Included is a very robust aluminium flight case made especially for this keyboard. The case alone was £150, and the SP200 new was £499, NOW SOLD I'm in East Yorkshire near Hull, but could maybe deliver/meet for a bit of diesel in Yorkshire/North. Cheers.
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    My band has an old Peavey PA head in the van-have used it for bass and its great! Also doubles as a spare guitar/monitor/main PA head (if really pushed!) The time I used it was when my Ashdown head kept blowing fuses, nothing to do with the valve in the preamp though. I used an SVT for years with no backup and it never missed a beat. Think I'd be more concerned with a digital type amp's reliability to be honest. As long as they're well maintained I would n't be overly worried with an all valve head - how many guitarists who use all valve Marshalls/ Fenders etc carry a spare head/combo?
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    [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='820307' date='Apr 27 2010, 09:41 AM']I've used schallers in the past but there's only so many times I could deal with my bass falling off the strap then needing a screwdriver or spanner to fix it properly. I just have those dunlop plastic things that you put over the pin then twist them to lock them. Never failed me yet, you can use them on as many basses as you want without it costing a penny and if they break/get lost they're cheap to replace. Only problem is they don't fit on my Warwick for some reason (first bass I've ever encountered the problem with) but I'm using a pretty short, stiff strap with that so it's in no danger of falling anyway.[/quote] I've used these for 20 years+ with no problems ever! Best thing is you don't have to mess around with strap buttons/different straps etc, and cheap too. Whats not to like?
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    Stringbusters always good. Others to try include Strings Direct in the UK, and Strings and Beyond in the US - their prices even with postage are usually competitive. Cheers.
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    [quote name='pbass67' post='817466' date='Apr 24 2010, 07:37 PM']Hi I have a Pignose Hog 30watt job. Great because its battery powered, but it sounds pretty pants with its 8" speaker. Anybody know what ohmage the speaker may be, I've had a look inside but it don't say on the speaker. I would hope it would sound better with a 10" speaker. I've also considered taking the idea and making it better ie: rebuild the cab bigger and lighter, neo speaker and more powerful amp that could still be powered by a 12v battery. Any thoughts would be welcomed. Gotta dash to a gig now but if I make any progress I'll keep you all informed. Cheers Paul[/quote] I've got the same Pignose amp and have thought about upgrading the speaker too. Let me know if you find any info? Cheers!
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    Just bought a speaker cab off James. Exactly as described, good communications etc. Easy transaction, thanks !
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    I have 2 GK amps - my regular gig amp is a 700RB-II which I've had for around 3 years with no probs whatsoever. Its loud,not heavy and has great eq for any cab I end up using. Only thing I'd consider swapping to would be a 1000RB just for the increased headroom when using one 8 ohm cab. Also got a 'vintage' RB800, which is my favourite amp (apart from my old long gone SVT). It's a keeper.
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    [quote name='Bilbo' post='814777' date='Apr 22 2010, 11:00 AM']Some wise sage (Mick Goodrick, I think) once said 'the difficulty with finding your true path lies in the realisation that you are already on it'. I have said here before that I think many of us (myself included) can be distracted by the promise of a new piece of kit when the true improvements come from applied study, practice and discipline. I guess there is a kid in all of us who still thinks that that new piece of kit will be the making of us. Its a fools errand we have all been on. I guess we all need to find a balance.[/quote] Someone I know referred to this as 'reaching the age of enlightenment'. Has taken me a long time and a lot of gear but I'm (nearly) there!
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    Just sold Julian a bass, ultra quick payment and great communications etc. Great bloke, would recommend to anyone.
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