pete.young

Sorry guys, forgot about this, should have marked it 'Sorted' earlier. Twilitezone sent me one which was a perfect fit. Thanks to everyone for the help and the responses.

How dare he! This looks like vintage Japcrap, maybe Satellite?

The reeds and reed pans from one of my concertinas dates from 1864, but I don't have any pictures and I'm not going to take it to bits just for that!

My Fylde electric. Not many of these about: Roger Bucknell reckons fewer than 30 were made. This one has very early EMG pickups (before they were officially called EMG), the bridge one has two sets of coils, one humbucking and one single coil set. [IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/cr0ut0n/13072008018.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/cr0ut0n/13072008019.jpg[/IMG]

I started on violin at 4 (family tradition), negotiated a switch to piano at 9, piano accordion and double bass not long after, bass guitar at 12. At the time my folks ran a folk dance band so I filled in on whatever instrument there was a shortage of. At 16 I was inspired by Ali Anderson to take up English concertina, not long after that started going to Dukes Folk in Whitstable and met some interesting and talented people, some of whom eventually turned into Oysterband. I studied folk music for 3 years and got a degree in Engineering. During this time I started playing guitar, bouzouki, tenor banjo and 5-string old-time banjo. Also started playing fiddle again and began to wish I'd stuck at it when I was little. Was persuaded to take up tuba in the late '90s and enjoyed it immensely. Haven't played regularly with a brass band now for about 3 years and miss having the Eb bass around. I got seriously interested in playing bass again a few years ago when my son took up the guitar and was getting into bands. 2 years ago I joined a pogues covers band and acquired several mandolins and a 10-string bouzouki tuned like a cittern. Current stock list is 1 piano, 1 double bass, 7 bass guitars, 2 electric guitars, 1 acoustic, 2 bouzoukis, 3 mandolins, 2 fiddles, 3 banjos, 2 accordions, 3 concertinas and one columbian tiple. And unfortunately no tubas.

Not sure what this is, but it looks very Japanese. The 6-bolt neck is interesting. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bass-guitar-/200697081537?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2eba7a6ec1"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2eba7a6ec1[/url]

Very nice. Hope someone on here picks it up. I've already got one, so dare not :-) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SGC-NANYO-Bass-Collection-SB321-fretless-active-bass-guitar-/150730694404?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item23183fdf04

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1325931795' post='1489896'] Thurrock ! Where the Thu-- is Thurrock east of the smoke per chance No thats good news look forward to it, I found you before so I'll find you again. [/quote] Yup, it's near J30 of the M25 at the north end of the QE2 bridge/Dartford crossing.

Brilliant bit of kit, very happy with mine. DT10 has been discontinued but they come up second-hand on here occasionally. Haven't used the replacement. Probably also worth a look at the Boss one and the TC Electronics Polytune in that price range.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1325843617' post='1488492'] I think this TC amps/cabs made in heaven thing is a little bit of a red herring. [/quote] When Dusty organised a mini-bash in his studio in Southend, we had the opportunity to try a TC450 through some TC cabs, and then A/B head and cabs with dave.c 's LH500 and Aguilar GS112s. I thought the results were quite surprising - the TC sounded fantastic and very loud through the TC cabs, and very puny in comparison when put through the Aggies - we had to crank it quite a bit to get back to the same volume. The LH500 sounded better through the Aggies and was slightly louder than through the TC cabs, although the difference wasn't as marked as it was with the TC450. I accept that this was a very subjective and unscientific test, so it fits right in with 95% of this thread ;-)

How about musicradar's for sale forum?

[quote name='grossey' timestamp='1323269039' post='1461302'] Thats indeed a cunning plan, but for the moment we are talking about at least 3 different prisions (anyway, we may not be asked to return!!). [/quote] As long as they don't ask you to stay ;-) Have you thought about a double bass?

If it's value you're after, take a look at the For Sale forum. There are a few options there for 2x10 combos, including Fender F400, Eden Nemesis and Markbass, and several other good alternatives with different speaker configurations.

Buy a 5-string.

The other thing to consider is that there are two kinds of MIJ/CIJ, those made for export and the not-for-export instruments which are only intended for the domestic market. The not-for-export have US hardware and pickups, although I couldn't say whether the build quality is any higher. I think consistency is the main point: Japanese quality control is world-famous for a reason.

[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1323258023' post='1461057'] If EBS made a 250w - 300w classic combo, maybe with a 15" speaker then I would be first in line to grab one as it would be perfect for the bigger gigs I do.. [/quote] What about a Gorm 350? There's one for sale in the forum at a very good price: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/157847-ebs-gorm-350et-1x15-combo-for-sale/page__p__1471338__hl__gorm__fromsearch__1#entry1471338

Seems a bit optimistic to me - even not-for-export MIJ/CIJ stuff doesn't reach anything like that sort of figure.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1325185364' post='1480756'] I'm looking into introducing a switchable socket that would allow me to choose whether to run the amp through the on-board Rola Celestion 15" or into an external cab, most probably a Barefaced Compact. [/quote] I thought that the Barefaced Compact was a cabinet that requires loads of power to get the best out of it - is a 25W Wem amp really going to have enough power to drive it? What about close-miking it and running the result through your PA?

Roland MicroCube or Peavey Microbass are both very good, and probably a bit more realistically priced than the PJB stuff.

If OBBM is still reading this thread, I for one would like to know what he tried, and whether it worked or not.