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A few moons ago, I set about with a friend, to build lovely valve guitar amps. WKZ we were called. Got a few good reviews and sold a few too. Here's a picture with Phil Hilbourne trying it My woodwork was done in the midlands and the 4x12 cabs were basically old laney cabs. Birch ply, a bit smaller than a classic Marshall cab, loaded with vintage 30s. They sounded fab too. I still have a couple of these cabs lying around and was thinking that maybe, if I changed the drivers to something more bass appropriate, would they make reasonable bass cabs. ( I have the only straight cab made, to make a full stack, all my cabs were angled. I could have a back breaking full stack, like I did when I was young.................stupid..................stronger............wanting to be louder than the guitarist. When I first started gigging on bass I had a Trace Elliot AH150 Mk V thru a brand new marshall 4x12 bass cab. Sometimes my mark bass club 1 x15 just doesnt have enough oomph, on stage. It's rare but I know when I can't get it against a wall, it lacks bottom end (fine in the PA though) Your thoughts please lovely bass chatters Otherwise I'll probably strip the vintage 30s out and sell them singularly

I like the sound of knackered rounds, you know, just before they break. If i could have a set of flats on my P bass (or Jazz) that's what I would like

jazz bass, THIN WEEDY NECKS HONKY BRIDGE P/UP EEEEEAAAAAUUUUWWWWW I love my Fender Flea jazz bass and it's a keeper!!

yep really good, I still wouldn't know what to buy though. I have La Bellas on my hofner, THUD, it goes. Lovely

That's the bass her dad bought her, all those years ago

It helped me date my '73. I thought for years it was a '75, because of the serial number on the neck plate. The original pickup had a messy date stamp that I didnt know if it was '73 or '79. After much googling of images, it was a '73 stamp. But the bridge and the longer screw secured it . There did use to be stamps on the heel of the neck, the 4 digits and then another 4. There was no info available when I bought it in 1990 but after countless gigs, sweating buckets (and I mean buckets) the stamps are gone. (but there is a folded piece of paper in the neck pocket with a message to ring 'Jimmy Page'. So I did. Got a very disgruntled Mr Page on the phone.

on a P bass, yes. I have one. They put the bridge in the wrong place and compensated with a longer screw for the G to intonate

I actually discovered the pre shape only recently, I've resisted because I didn't like the trace pre shape. But i pressed it at the last gig and the result was fab. Sadly I have no gigs booked in which I play bass at the moment. Maybe one day........................

yep I have the rm500 evo II, love it.

I had the Sting signature bass. It was a lovely instrument. No one ever commented on it being the Sting bass. Most people dont care. I also had the Steve Harris WHUFC bass. I'm a hammers fan and I was a big Maiden fan when I was younger. I used the WHUFC bass on 3 gigs. It was too heavy for my poor old shoulders/neck and back. It sounded wonderful and had a fantastic neck on it, again no one seemed to care. I then read, on here, that I might get grief from some pi55ed up football fans, which I hadn't thought of and it made me not really want to gig it. I sold it, I wish I had kept the neck and made a parts bass, maybe a PJ of some description.

I don't do spotify. Not for any reason, perhaps I'll have a look

they have great pickups, even now as Precision player thru n thru, I do love the single coil fizz of the front pickup

another great video and another album to buy

yep I totally agree. I would buy the Toy Matinee album but can't find it at a reasonable price. AND he has made me want to practice and improve, something I haven't done for many years

I bought this Flea bass when they first came out. I ordered it 4 years ago tomorrow. I gigged it probably 70 odd times, the finish started to wear where I rest my forearm. It now sits in the office and I occasionally pick it up, have a noodle and put it back. Sell it, I thought.........................nah, can't be bothered I've just sen someone looking for one in items wanted, couldn't be easier I got it out and had a noodle....................nah, not for sale, what a superb bass picture just because!!

Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield Stand and Deliver....Adam and the Ants Poison Arrow......ABC You spin me round.....Dead or Alive (this goes down a storm) Just can't get enough....Depeche Mode Down Under.......Men at Work A little respect....Erasure Electric Dreams...Georgio Moroder Kids in America.....Kim Wilde Relax and Two tribes....Frankie Everybody wants to rule the world..Tears for Fears These are all great songs

I had one fitted to a manson explorer. Never used it. It was already fitted to the bass when I bought it. In hindsight, I should have removed it and sold it!!

yep I totally agree. I would buy the Toy Matinee album but can't find it at a reasonable price. AND he has made me want to practice and improve, something I haven't done for many years

I'll have to get the first album and give it a listen. I like the space on this one and the drumming

What did you think of the album, I'm really enjoying it

yep I'm with you on that

Look at his FB page, sadly I sold my XL-2 recently, which has since changed hands again.

Actually I think you SAW bashers are partly wrong here. We play, Never gonna give you up by Rick Astley, it goes down a storm. Rick is a great singer and some of the songs SAW wrote were good songs. Granted about Kylie, I don't like her voice but she can do it live as can Jason Donnovan. SAW production made it all sound too similar which I think was the real problem.