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Ooh this is nice Shag I've had a bit of a yearning for a BC Rich ever since I saw that wonderful YouTube vid of Maceo Parker's bass man using one on Shake Everything You've Got (although I think that's a different model he's using!). I'd always associated BC's with modern rock before I saw that. Of course then I discovered the Bernard Edwards connection as well! May have to do some thinking about this one. . .

I think this was mine for a while so i can attest to just how nice it is. Really 'playable' and great depth of tone

So it's finally time to think about moving on my rather amazing Ampeg SVT-II. This is one of the original 'non-pro' versions with a single master volume control. It was purchased from new about 20 years ago by a friend of mine for his band who had a new recording contract & gigs lined up. However the band broke up soon afterwards and the Ampeg sat in it's Mesa Boogie Sus-4 shockproof rack until I took it off his hands. When I first fired it up it had an irritating little buzz but a trip down to see the wonderful [url="http://www.stevesamps.co.uk/"]Steve Rowse[/url] identified the problem and it's now all fixed and back as good as new. When I say "as good as new" I'm really not exaggerating - there's a couple of small marks on the back but the front is near perfect and even the top is free of those scratches you usually get with amps that have been in and out racks. The shock rack really has done it's job at not only protecting the exterior from damage but it's kept out any signs of damp & dust etc. as well. The case is included in the sale as well, it's got a few marks from just being moved around a garage but it's in very good nick generally and all catches & fittings work perfectly. Thought by many pro musicians to be the 'best amp ever made' and these have an amazing reputation in the States. I won't go into loads of detail here as I'm guessing that anyone reading this already knows a fair bit about the SVT series and the II in particular. General view is that the II has all the classic tone of the original Ampeg all valve amps but with the flexibility of a rack mount and a switchable graphic (this is also foot switchable so can be used to set up a full 2nd channel option either for a different tone or just a volume boost). Here's a quote from TalkBass where the II has its very own appreciation thread: [i]It's a much better sounding amp (to my ears) than the SVT-CL and II Pro but gets lumped in with them based on the model number. I find more clarity, but also more depth and roundness. It sounds very similar to the VR (and therefore in theory to the vintage "holy grail" SVT) but you also get a footswitchable EQ (nice option if you need/like it) and a balanced line out. [/i] I really do love the sound of this amp and it can cover a lot more bases than you might think. When I first had it a friend used my Sadowsky NYC through it and it sounded a complete slap monster. It's certainly much purer and cleaner that any other valve amp I've heard. It kills with big loud rock but won't begin to break into valve distortion unless it has a boost pedal in front of it. It's rated at 300W but these are some seriously loud valve watts and easily loud enough for pretty much any gig! It's all valve and I think there's about 16 of the buggers in it (all recently tested as being OK). This makes it pretty hefty at around 70-80 lbs. It's an OK lift on its own but the rack case is bomb-proof and also pretty hefty at about 40lbs - 50lbs. When racked I can lift it but it's ideally a 2 person job. I don't really think it's shippable but I'm willing to consider this if someone's really desperate. Happy to meet up within an hour or so from South Oxfordshire. OK - that's about it for now, a near perfect all valve classic Ampeg with hardly any use in the toughest of rack cases. I can't imagine there's a better condition original vintage one of these in the country. . . Priced at £1,150 with the case and the case alone must be worth over £150 (retail on these is £500 from Boogie!) so that makes theequivalent amp price just £1,000 Might be interested in trades for an interesting or easy to sell bass but I don't need any amps / cabs really

Your first post seems to have run out of steam half way through Chris

Site rules you have to state a price and can't ask for offer Might be worth changing the title to swap the R in the middle of the name to an N

[quote name='Legion' post='825505' date='May 2 2010, 02:03 PM']Hell of a bass for that price [/quote] +1 to that!

Last of the checkerboard binding years Could do with some pics to show how nice this looks

[quote name='giblett123' post='824305' date='Apr 30 2010, 06:45 PM']Fraid not, I have very little info on it other than it has a funky little brass plate telling me it is number 38 from 60,[/quote] I posted on the Alembic owners forum for you - might be someone there who knows a little more for you

Mine went to Spain - quite a few international offers on it as well. Definitely worth considering if any come up

Do you know why this is a 'special' (other than being very nice indeed, lol).

I've never seen one of these - I bet it's a cracker

Are these the right images from Jon's site:

[quote name='anthomp' post='822361' date='Apr 28 2010, 07:42 PM']ahww come on now its a cracking bass to play and mighty purdy[/quote] So nice they named it twice

[quote name='bubinga5' post='822265' date='Apr 28 2010, 06:10 PM']What a bass...this has got to sound biblical...[/quote] Like a plague of locusts