Sean

[quote name='cetera' post='738784' date='Feb 8 2010, 11:04 AM']Crikey Sean! I trust everything's OK?!? [/quote] Thanks for the concern. Nothing too drastic, thankfully. And nothing that can't be solved by turning some gear into cash. I'm going to miss 'em but with a bit of luck I'll be shopping again next year.

Bump for edit. Brand new footswitch included. Found it this afternoon.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='738102' date='Feb 7 2010, 02:16 PM']They are without a doubt the most substandard pics I've seen in a long while... where are they? [/quote] With comments like that it amazes me that some folk don't get your screen name! I was having a senior moment. I've done a lot of copying and pasting this afternoon. Of for Chinese Fooood now.

Hi All Due to some unforeseen circumstances I'm selling my two Spector Euros. Both are fitted with John East U-Retro preamps and both come with full aluminium/ply heavy duty flight cases. The light here today is rubbish for photography of anything let alone shiny basses so please excuse the substandard pics. They both have Schaller strap lock buttons. This one, as you can see, is the 4-string. It's a maple thru-neck and has Alder/Walnut/Flame Maple sandwich wings. The U-Retro on this one is a standard unit and the single knob at the top is just an unconnected pot. The U-Retro's toggles have been shrink wrapped and tucked away in the cavity: they are effectively redundant with active pickup + preamp bass. I've seen some people on talkbass put plugs into the holes but I just thought a pot and knob was a much nicer aesthetic. It has EMG P/J pickups and has a killer tone - it's more aggressive than the Euro 5 and it has a certain gurgle and bite to it. This could well be the first bass I regret selling as it's pretty special and feels nicer than any Euro 4 I've played. I've had it from new and it's been gigged only a few times and used mainly as back up to my NS5 lately. It's main use has been for playing drop-D tunings at home. The U-Retro makes it extremely versatile and it's good for any style of music. As I've said before, don't be scared of Spectors, they are like Lamborghinis and Ducatis; people who haven't got one knock them and people who have fall in love with them. String spacing is 19mm at the bridge and it's a 34" scale. The neck profile is somewhere between a classic P and Stingray sort of profile. Anyway this is one hell of a cracking instrument and I feel as though you ought to be vetted before being allowed to buy it [b][s]£1000 [/s]now £900[/b] with flight case.

Hi All Due to some unforeseen circumstances I'm selling my two Spector Euros. Both are fitted with John East U-Retro preamps and both come with full aluminium/ply heavy duty flight cases. The light here today is rubbish for photography of anything let alone shiny basses so please excuse the substandard pics. They both have Schaller strap lock buttons. This one as you can see is the 5-string. It's a maple thru-neck and has Alder/Walnut/Poplar Burl sandwich wings and it's 8.2 lbs - very light for 5-string Spector. The U-Retro on this one was specially made by John East for this instrument - instead of the usual three stacked pots, it has two stacked pots (bass/treble and mid/sweep) and separate volume and blend knobs. It does not have the toggles fitted as these are effectively redundant in an EMG equipped Spector with a preamp. It has EMG 40DC pickups and has an absolutely huge tone. The U-Retro makes it extremely versatile and it's good for any style of music. String spacing is 17mm at the bridge and it's a 35" scale. I'm offering this at [b] £1000 [/b]as it has the U-Retro fitted and a full flight case. [b]No trades.[/b]

Hi All I've decided that I need to liquidate so I'm selling my LMK. This is the two channel 500W Markbass head. It's based on the LMII but has an extra channel that can be used for a second instrument or you can footswitch between the channels for two very different settings if required. Personally I like to run it with both channels on as this gives a whole new Markbass sound that the LMII just can't achieve. I'm including the rack ears and a GigSkinz carrybag. Also included is a Behringer dual foot switch (not the one in the pic but a brand new boxed unopened one) and 7m cable. All specs can be found [url="http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=1&vedi=68"]here[/url]. The pic shows it with the rack ears attached. Original box and packaging also included. These are £725 new (street price). [b]£475[/b] with ears and bag, all in original box. Collection preferred. Definitely No Trades thanks. Pics at weekend when I get camera back.

Sid's going home!

Stonking! These are my favourite basses ever. Barrie's an absolute gent to deal with too. You can't go wrong. Good luck with the trade, Barrie, someone is going to be a very happy punter.

Weekend bump.

I'm selling my DHA rack preamp to make way for an all in one valve head. This is a new (and I think it's the first) VT3 unit. In fact, the pics of my one are on the ebay listing. I've had this unit only one month, it's never been gigged, just had a few hours of use in the house. It comes with the PSU and a footswitch adaptor that enables MIDI switching if needed but that's not necessary only if you need that function. It comes in the red/white custom paint finish. Tone on this is really weighty and gives the full valve experience brilliantly. I've cut and pasted the spec from the website to give all the detail. [i] The VT3-Twin-EQ-Guitar-RM uses three 12AX7 (ECC83) valves to generate classic pure valve tones. There are two separate selectable channels Red or Blue with separate 3 band active EQ on each. The VT3-Twin-EQ-Guitar-RM is capable of producing a very wide range of gains to suit all types of playing. It is intended to be used as a valve pre-amp for use on the road or in the studio, it works best when overdriving valve amps, but will also work well with solid state amps or even digital recording set ups. The third valve is used in the valve driven FX loop. The VT3-Twin-EQ-Bass-RM is fitted with 2.1mm external PSU adaptor for use with a 12v @1200mA external supply. Blue channel – This channel is clean to crunch using both stages of the first valve. The circuit is the same as our VT1-EQ-Guitar-Drive. There common I/P pad control between the Red and Blue channels as well as the main DI out and Headphones. The Blue channel controls are I/P pad, Gain, Level, Treble, Middle, Bass pot plus a Bright and Boost switch. When the Blue channel is selected via the Red or Blue foot switch or front panel then the blue led will light. Red channel - This channel is clean to overdrive using a shared first stage of the first valve and both stages of the second valve giving 3 valve stages in all. The Red channel controls are I/P pad, Gain, Overdrive, Level, Treble, Middle, Bass pot plus a Bright and Boost switch. When the Red channel is select via the Red or Blue foot switch or front panel then the red led will light. Red or Blue Level sets the output level of the effect to your amplifier, there is a lot of gain generated by the valves and selectable op-amp generated boost and this will overdrive the input of your guitar amplifier with ease. Red or Blue Gain sets the level into the second stage of the valve on the selected channel and hence the level of gain. Use your volume control on your guitar to control the gain on the first stage of the valve, you will find that the VT3-Twin-EQ-Guitar-RM responses very well to this and you can control the break-up distortion like this. Red Overdrive sets the level into the second stage of the valve on the Red channel and hence the level of Overdrive on that channel. Each channel has its own active 3-band EQ which cuts and boosts around 15dB in each band, so the 12o’clock position is a flat response. Each channel has its own Bright and Boost switches. Bright increases the treble response and Boost switches in a clean Op-Amp boost to the signal. The I/P pad is useful when using high output or active pickups or when using the effect in a line level loop. The I/P Pad control is common to both channels.[/i] [b]This preamp cost me £420 shipped.[/b] [size=4]I'll sell it for [b]£275[/b] shipped.[/size]