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thanks shep, great as usual. jmj is one of my favourite bassplayers and the sound and tone he can create is fantastic. had a chat with him on letstalkguild about the guild starfire bass he was selling last year. very nice and kind guy.

[quote name='MrFingers' timestamp='1343421638' post='1750684'] Your wish is my command! Two DPDT switches, one phase-invertor for the middle pickup, and one "master series-parallel" switch. Both work independent from eachother, the series-parallel in conjunction with the 5-way. Here is what the switching does in terms of the 5-way switch Phase off, S/P off: neck / neckmid parallel / mid / midbridge parallel / brug (standard strat wiring) Phase off, S/P on: neck / neck / neckmid serie /midbridge parallel in series with neck / neckbridge series) Phase on, S/P off: neck / neckmid parallel out phase / mid / midbridge parallel out fase / brug (standard strat with out-phase stands 2 & 4) Phase on, S/P on: neck / neck / neckmid series out phase / midbridge parallel out fase, in series with neck /neckbridge series I can make the strat growl like a LP, quack like an out-of-phase mustang and wail like a 335. [/quote] nice! any soundfiles?

none of these plus there is a semi and a jazzbox missing in the list. I'll stick with my guilds.

welcome nabba, I know what you're talkin' about.

stunning! congrats.

naaah, magnum never grew an afro.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1342212283' post='1731959'] You have not seen 'Vera' my mushy pea green £930 Morris 1000 then? [/quote] ok, then you are in the 1.000.000£ category.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1342169545' post='1730607'] Why would I want to leave my best bass at home? That's not why I bought it. [/quote] +1 . no reason not to give and play the best anytime.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1342106405' post='1729710'] Hiwatt 4122 4x12" cab (made for guitar or bass). Though at around 40+ kilos IIRC - and you'd need two - not really what you're after. Your weight limit may be a big ask. You could see if you can find a similar Music Ground (oh dear) Hiwatt cab. They sell for a lot less than a vintage Hiwatt, but will still be weighty. They take 300+ watts so should be OK unless you go full tilt. You can get around the twinned outputs by plugging your speaker into output 1 - and a new & unused and unwired jack into output 3. Then set your impedance as though you had two cabs. It's a dodge that was done since year one of the 200's use & recommended to me by two tech pros, though I got around it by also using a 2 x 15". But now by back is knackered! [/quote] hmm, in addition for being too heavy for my back, I doubt that these vintage cabs will do a five sting bass justice, but I'd like to try one(two) if it was posssible which it isn't. also I think, I'll have my tech install 2 speakons instead. did no one try one of these with moden cabs?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1342094450' post='1729426'] But my point was that these amps were poor back in the day. Hiwatt were tops followed by orange and Marshall and sound city nowhere. Now if these amps are regarded now then that doesn't say too much for todays amps. When I was just starting nobody touched them although I was lucky to own a sh*t Marshall 100w before I got hold of a very nice Hiwatt. Thankfully PV came along but they were awful by today's standard.... Understandably. That is not to say that one or two SC amps weren't good but the build seemed VERY variable from all the makers, I think. Which is why basically average kit like PV got such a hold..... Consistancy and solid build. [/quote] oh my, your only contributioon in this thread is to bash my SC then? poor. if you would know what you were talking about, you would have seen from the pictures that this is one of the old ones which basically is a pre-hiwatt hiwatt custom 200. same transformers, same parts and maybe even mr. reeves himself built it. please get used to post if you want do contribute instead of bashing or take your meds. thank you, sir.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/roland_r_05.htm"]roland r-05[/url]

thanks chris, have to check the vid when I'm home. does anyone have a sound example with a modern 5-string through a soundcity/hiwatt 200 then?

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1341997485' post='1727534'] I used a pair of matching Sound City 4x12s with the Sound city 200 head I had in the early 70s. [/quote] cool, this should have been an earthquaking force!

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1341992107' post='1727418'] i've not found it to bad to be honest with as its tilt back with castors. quite easy to get in the car to. I'm going back to it after my neodynium quest [/quote] sure, my SAD doesn't have a neodym speaker either, only I can't lift this heavy weights anymore.

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1341991486' post='1727399'] Berg NV412 sounds great with my Hiwatt Custom 200 [/quote] yep, can imagine, only much too heavy.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1341990633' post='1727380'] 4x12's were pretty standard cabs with valve amps in the seventies, with some people going for 2x15's. Aside from the barefaced 2x15's, you'll be hard pushed to find cabs like that which weigh in at under 22kg. [/quote] thanks musky, I know this is difficult. I already have the 350W version of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og5__25Mcks"]these [/url]which weighs 14,5 kg with cover and that's also me with my starfire playing the audio file. it sounds fantastic live with my 100W custom made valve poweramp and my acoustic image focus sa and I'd probably only ever need a second one if I'd needed to break some walls, but since it is at home for practice and so available for quick gigs, I'd like to consider more options for the rehearsal room. thanks

any more suggestions? btw, what cabinets had been used in the 60ies and 70ies with this amps? cheers!

[quote name='umph' timestamp='1341923528' post='1726215'] you did keep them yes? some techs will tell you owt. doesn't look like anything was replaced in that pic either. The caps will probably still be within spec but they'll be starting to drift [/quote] what I said, and I know my tech for quite a while now.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1341917404' post='1726038'] Mine works great with my Super 15. The 69er imitates a crude cab that will choke off the lovely lows from that mighty Partridge iron, those amps were designed and built to a massively higher standard that Ampegs SVTs, and don't need to compensation of such a coloured cab to let them do their thing. You do need to get the output jacks modded, as by standard they are shorted unless you have two jacks plugged in, which is kind of a pain. If you go speakon, get one of the ones that shorts if unplugged. [/quote] thanks, this is realy helpful, I'll have this checked. I was thinking the huge partridge transformers should do better than this ampeg ones regarding the lows.

[quote name='umph' timestamp='1341922411' post='1726181'] sexy ;D Is it refurbished in those pictures? make sure you tech doesn't pinch the gec kt88's if there are any. [/quote] thanks. unfortunately the old gec kt's are completely dead. and no it still has the old caps that would still do it for a while.

thanks bert and chris, from what I hear about BF on the board, you are probably right, and this was the first answer I expected. unfortunately this thing will be too heavy and big for me also regarding shipping to germany. I'd like to specify my question a bit more. I'd prefer cabs that don't weigh more than 22 kg. I already own a great custom SAD 1x12" with 14,5 kg and would definately go for a second one in addition, but since the sound city will stay the reheasal- and loud-recording-amp I'd like a cab I'm allowed to move on my own.

hi fellow basschatters, in a few weeks I'll be the proud owner of this refurbished (new tubes and caps) old beast: which seems to carry the "signature" of mr. reeves by the accurate looks of the board. what cabinet would do this amp justice. I have some to try but you who know the amp, what would suit best with my guild starfire, my sei jazz 5, my custom jazz 4 and my guild pilot fretless. I don't play metal/hard rock, but rock/pop, funk, soul, latin, jazz and fusion. also more info about the amp would be very much appreciated! thanks in advance and cheers!

sorry, double post.