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[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1455977007' post='2984159'] Can we change the title of this thread to "How The Beatles still grip Basschat"? [/quote] Grip my sh*t, more like.

I'd wear the boots

Thought I'd take a punt on a Marshall Super Bass and all told I'm very happy with it. Arrived via courier on Tuesday with no damage, so well done Interparcel / UPS. Mind you the seller must own a Bubblewrap mine as I could've dropped it down the stairs without bothering a bottle! So thanks to Tommorichards and thanks to Basschat for having a reliable marketplace with stand-up members. So without further a-do!.. Ta Da!.. [url="http://imgur.com/JklsO4u"][/url] Now I've never played through a Marshall before and for some reason I always thought they would sound a bit stuffed-up and gainy, but I've been blown away by this thing. It's really fresh and open, with a lovely articulation and beautiful treble clank. All wrapped up with a nice punchy, kick in the guts bass. I've heard these were non too popular for not being loud enough, but at half volume I think the whole of the village heard me today. It really starts cooking when you get the volumes up. There is very little fuzz and no gain control, it all comes from the back-end which as we all know is where the beauty of valves lie. Also I'd argue that this head is just about a manageable weight to make it a contender for regular gigging. At 20Kg it is portable in the valve sense, certainly easier than a 35Kg SVT. I thought I'd check the serial number with Marshall, so I phoned them up today and was told one or two interesting things. Firstly, it has no markings on the front save the Jim Marshall Sig. I'd understood that this was due to it being an early JCM800 transitional model. Phil the historian at Marshall told me that all JCM800 Series Marshall Super Bass Mk II's where scripted on the front with JCM800 from '79 onwards. He said that the original lettering was silk screened on and that people used white spirit to remove it in an attempt to make the amp look older. He told me the EQ section was interactive and in his opinion didn't sound as good out the box as the older heads, but with a bit of work you can get them to sound better. The slope pot boosts low end a bit and the mid sweep affects bass and treble. Anyway, I've just got everything pushed a bit and it sounds great. I took it out the sleeve today and everything is in good order, save a clean needed to the top chassis. The lead dress is very good and it doesn't look like any repairs or mods have been done at all. The amp runs very quietly indeed. I was relieved not to find any horror stories inside. Stuck to the chassis was the original QC label and this has given a little bit of interesting history to the amp.. Well, the amp was born on 16/06/81. The test was carried out by Dennis who has only recently retired from Marshall. Jean did the AC, tag board and back panel and Rena did the assembly. Rena, it turns out was Jim Marshall's wife! So all in all a pretty good pedigree! All I need now is a cab wide enough to sit it on.

Did a deal on a Marshall head with Tom. Good comms and very well packaged. All as it should be so gets my stamp of approval.

I wish they'd celebrate the Bunnymen a bit more

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1455641436' post='2981018'] Hopefully - when I did this painting I used gen-yoo-ine River Mersey water. A friend of mine in NYC said it was a genius idea and to quote him "those crazy yanks will love it". Now I'm still working out how best to flog it. [/quote] Superb! but tell me, will it give you leptospirosis if you lick it?

Damn these chubby fingers!

Call 101 or in an emergency 9-9.

Oh, the irony! What fools we are! First I drink my weak lemon drink...

I must admit that I liked it. Although someone else here sent theirs straight back saying it was awfully middy. Like anything, you got to check it for yourself.

There's a monumental sculpture down the road. I'm going to see if they can rustle up a bell end.

Surely heft comes from the cab? ;-)

I played a Radius 5'er at the Bass Centre. Great feel and balance, but not as light as I'd thought.

Sweep pick. Getting cramp, dropping plectrum, then picking it up and carrying on without anyone noticing.

I never gave U2 much credence. I was dead against over blown stadium acts, preferring the intimacy of loud guitars in a club or hall. I think it was in '87 when my GF bought two tickets as a treat to see them on the Joshua Tree tour at Leeds Elland Road. All leading up to the day I was stubborn and grumpy about going and pretty much kept the same stance throughout the gig. Although it just happened to be one of the best I've been to. The support was The Pretenders, The Fall and The Mission who were all great. Wayne Hussey did his best to out-Bono Bono by getting into the crowd, dancing with ladies on stage and handing out roses, I'm sure he was taking the piss. U2 were phenomenal. They had this huge expensive sound that completely worked in the setting and it was all underpinned with Mullen and Clayton's solid dum, dum, dum. The Edge flew over the top of it all and despite Bonio being (IMO) a knob he's a first rate front man. TBH, Bonio doesn't bother me at all, he IWHI and you know what you're getting. I think U2 are a great band with some great songs and each member serves the song in the appropriate manner. Good luck to Adam Clayton. I'd rather be discussing my latest sig bass than waiting for the 0705 to Paddington and all that entails. I even think he looks pretty cool with the Reverso and the Streamer P looks ace. Just a pity it's not a Spector! Adam Clayton is a great ambassador for the bass. Not many people maybe able to afford his sig basses, but it might pique their interest enough to get started on a Squier. I grudgingly admitted to the GF at the end of the day that it was a great gig!

Adam Clayton never broke a sweat and pulled Naomi Campbell. Blinking hero!

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1455220653' post='2977250'] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/278383-bad-jokes/page__view__findpost__p__2976220"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__2976220[/url] [/quote] Awlrite Rich, you were first, don't be an archhole about it

I think that is in very pair teste

High end. A coffee table with bits to get in the way of the biscuits.

Heft: The torque of an amp. It is generally accepted that large transformer valve amps posses the greatest heft, although the word is more often used in relation to class D's. Underlying power as opposed to volume 'Can't believe the heft of my new Satsuma 3000, if it wasn't for the fact that it weights 8oz I'd be convinced it could pull a trailer up Knack-Barrow Hill like my old USA SVT did. Punch: The ability for a bass to be felt or 'cut through the mix' like a kick in the guts all the way to the back of the hall. 'Since I've got my new Gramma Pad my Selmer Flap-O-Rama cuts like an NVT 610. You wouldn't think it's Croxley 12 would have that amount of punch.' Tone; That to which we all aspire.

Heft, punch and clarity.the bass players trinity.

Really? I like them on the back.