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[quote name='paul, the' post='67776' date='Sep 30 2007, 05:50 PM']Hello all, This is my Kustom Charger. The Kustom Charger was made from 1968 through 1971. It was 130 watts RMS and sold for $495. It was available with two different 15" speakers; a CTS brand or an Altec upgrade. Less than 500 were produced. Medium level collector value. The tuck 'n' roll is made of Naugahyde and has metal flake within, making it glitter like it does. It weighs 7 stone - 45kg. Only two and a half less than me I have been playing it through my Peavey 18" recently as I prefer the tone but I'm hoping to change the speaker in the combo so I thought I'd ask for recommendations. The amp has a warm, sweet, vintage tone and to be honest, makes my Trace combo sound like bollocks in comparison. It has a sweet midrange funky tone on the jazz bridge pup but quite hollow through the P pup. The stock speaker remedies this to some extent though. I really don't know about SPL and recommended wattages and the like. I was thinking of going neodymium to save on weight(?) I do know that the stock speaker used to distort at high volume whereas the 4 ohm Peavey cab hasn't at all. I did play the stock full volume today, though, and it was fine. Thanks guys and girls, piccys below. paul.[/quote] That's GORGEOUS & Funktastic!

Did anyone catch the documentary on BBC4 tonight about Joe Zawinul? The bass player in his band - [b]Linley Marthe[/b] [url="http://yaplog.jp/linleymarthe/"]http://yaplog.jp/linleymarthe/[/url] - was scary good - playing a lovely battered old early 70's Jazz bass... Lots of great close-ups of his playing. Hopefully it will get repeated... Great video clip of him here: [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4FKN2x7gY"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4FKN2x7gY[/url]

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='64854' date='Sep 24 2007, 04:56 PM']I'm looking at the Fulltone USA Bass Drive and wondered if anyone has used one of these or has any experience with it. Thanks[/quote] They are fantastic. I love mine - just adds that extra bit of grind. You can pick them up for around £100 on evilBay. Definitely recommended... But you do need to spend an extra bit of cash to get an 18V power supply to get the very best out of it.

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='64621' date='Sep 24 2007, 08:59 AM']Look at the questions on this now! Someone messaged him to say it's not American, and he had a little paddy.[/quote] Ooops! What a muppet! He's gonna feel such a fool IF he finally realises/accepts that this bass has never been anywhere near California! Shame - as they are great basses & £500 is a fair/good price.

[quote name='thumbo' post='64039' date='Sep 22 2007, 02:18 PM']From a little bit of research, I can confirm that this is Eric Lindsey Music Shop in Catford, London. Visit [url="http://www.elmusic.co.uk/"]http://www.elmusic.co.uk/[/url] and remember, don't go there.[/quote] Nice one Thumbo. Let's all spread the word so these cowboys don't get any business from anyone.

Ha ha ha! Check out the new price - now at £3K BIN - and his comments about low offers... This guy must be living on his own little planet! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-March-1969-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ290162492225QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-March-1969-Ja...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

[quote name='WalMan' post='62319' date='Sep 18 2007, 08:35 PM']As for the other, what do I know - other than the levels some have been reaching recently scares me [/quote] Just imagine what the prices will go to when Pete retires completely (he seems to be semi-retired now) or, God forbid, dies...?

[quote name='lowdown' post='61753' date='Sep 17 2007, 04:33 PM']Hey 99ster That link does not seem to be working...will try later...[/quote] Working OK here Garry... [url="http://profilmgear.com/Items/12601"]http://profilmgear.com/Items/12601[/url] :? Here it is in action - was £28.80 with postage (from Germany)... [attachment=2355:avalon_case.jpg]

Yes - a great review... I've got an original early 70's one & it is awesome - such a huge FAT BASS sound... But these Squires look great - & how can you possibly go wrong for a couple of hundred squid? Especially as the original ones are starting to fetch 10 times that.... Well done Fender!

[quote name='Bass_Junkie' post='60563' date='Sep 14 2007, 07:40 PM']i've heard they're the fattest basses ever. i could've heard wrong.[/quote] I've got an original early 70's one & it is awesome - such a huge FAT BASS sound... But these Squires look great - & how can you go wrong for £216??? I don't think you'd be disappointed at all...

[quote name='paul, the' post='60701' date='Sep 15 2007, 02:29 AM']The last post on [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139&st=0&start=0"]this page.[/url] *can't breathe* eh eh *gasp*[/quote] No!!! Paul - don't show me stuff like that!

And if you want a case for one... This is a perfect fit - just drop the foam packaging that it arrives in straight into this case! Job done. [url="http://profilmgear.com/Items/12601"]http://profilmgear.com/Items/12601[/url]

[quote name='lowdown' post='58530' date='Sep 11 2007, 12:41 AM']Has anyone here got or used one..?? [Avalon] I am thinking of getting one for recording purposes and Thomman seem to be the cheapest by a mile. Read plenty of reviews , which all great... but a bit of hands on experiance in use would be good. Garry[/quote] I've got one and it is fantastic. And I've tried every DI box you can think of - all of 'em. But this is in a different class. I can see now why this has become THE industry standard DI box for many of the top 'name' bass players & big recording studios. If you want to hear exactly what your bass sounds like - every last detail of the tone - with no colour (or noise) from the DI box itself then get one of these. You will not be disappointed. For some people it will be too much to take to gigs (it's a big, heavy box!) - but if you just want the best then this is it. And for recording? Wow. It will even take a speaker input (up to 400W). I did also look at getting a REDDI - but they are crazy, crazy money(!) & never had even a sniff of one 2nd hand + the Avalon is much more useful for a variety of recording scenarios. I paid £275 for this on eBay (UK) - it's mint/good as new (bought from a top pro session guitarist). They are VERY rare 2nd hand - that was a BIN price & had only been up for a short time (had an auto search saved) - so I didn't mess about. I had almost given up hope of finding one used & was about to drop £400 on a new one. But...they do have a switchable mains supply (this is pro kit!) - so you could buy one from US eBay & it would work here with no problem. But there tends to be a 'bun fight' for them on eBay from UK buyers. If you know someone in the US - get them to buy a 'ship to US only' one for you & I bet you could snag a bargain.

I had the same problem - but you don't need to roll back to an earlier version of OSX... You just need to run the '[url="http://www.paceap.com/prebind_script.dmg"]prebind script[/url]' & it will be sorted. I am now running the very latest version of Pro Tools LE on OSX 10.4.10 on a MacPro Dual Core Xeon.

[quote name='paul, the' post='59567' date='Sep 12 2007, 10:30 PM']Try not to dance. The first track I assume is a flatwound Precision, the second - I'm not so sure (semi?) would love to hear your ideas: [url="http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul%20&%20Rare%20Grooves/3-02%20What%20So%20Never%20Th%23BABBF.mp3"]http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul...0Th%23BABBF.mp3[/url] [url="http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul%20&%20Rare%20Grooves/2-21%20Engine%20Number%209.mp3"]http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul...0Number%209.mp3[/url] Enjoy the niblets, the paul.[/quote] Ron Baker used a Fender Precision with heavy-gauge flatwounds, DI'd or through (it had to be of course) an Ampeg B-15. Some more info here: [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/bad-luck-harold/apr-07/26410"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/bad-luck...ld/apr-07/26410[/url] I nearly bought a Sigma Sound DI recently - they wanted a lot of money though...