Clarky

I'll do you a good deal, Chris, on an EA Micro plus the Crazy 8 and Meinl bag - the ultimate in easy, small footprint rigs for DB

Sod it, £300 is final offer (collected; post is extra). I got a very good deal from a BCer on a Markbass amp the other day so this is a similarly good deal

I will include postage in the price if in the UK or - if collected - knock £20 off. As above, would also entertain trades against small-footprint DB (and wife!) friendly combos primarily for home practice (PJB Flightcase, GK MB150S or 200MB, Markbass Minimark) with appropriate cash adjustment

Here's Jack playing the bass (photo courtesy of Silvia/Bluejay) [attachment=136368:clarky-jack-and-fretless-p.jpg]

A bargainous £330 or trade/px against a PJB Flightcase or GK MB150s combo

Having determined (after an ill-thought-through dalliance with selling it) that my BigE 4x5 is going to be my go-to rig for gigging double bass, I am putting my Crazy 8 cab up FS again. Its a really lovely sounding cab with a teensy footprint that belies its sound capabilities but the truth is its unlikely to get used much given the BigE Cash sale preferred but would consider a small DB-specific/oriented combo (GK, PJB) in px/trade for simple home practice

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1370199268' post='2097532'] This was re-opened by Hamster, hence the above post. It's still for sale or trade. I'd be prepared to sell it for less than I would trade it for, so I'd take £699 for it in cash, as my TRB GAS is just getting too much to bear these days! [/quote] £699 is madly cheap for a Warwick with custom neck. I used to own this and its a fabulous bass, just a bit wide for my dodgy (broken, falling down stairs, never properly healed) left hand. Superb range of tones and built like a tank

Hi Dave, it can handle the volume alright. My (short-lived) issue was that it was overly spec'd for my band in that its subtleties and capabilities were not being optimised in the wall of sound we ended up having to make at our last gig!

I have and I do apologise if I led on. I have the attention of a bumblebee and put the FS ad up at a weak moment, in the wake of a very disappointing gig (soundman left without a word, without setting up the PA, and we ended up just boosting volumes to overcome a very noisy, largely drunken audience in a social club). At that gig I really might as well have been playing through a [email="cr@ppy"]cr@ppy[/email] cheap Far Eastern combo, rather than a state-of-the-art piece of engineering like the Arnolopol MA45.

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1370340481' post='2099241'] Sounds like a superb if whispered price mate! [/quote] [size=5]Thanks Andy, sometimes my work PC changes font size [/size]

[u][b][color=#0000ff][size=5][sup]How does £330 collected or £345 posted sound?[/sup][/size][/color][/b][/u]

Hmmm, after sleeping on this I am not so sure this is a good idea. While its arguably over-spec'd for my band, it does sound very, very nice indeed and is likely to be of more use to me than my Crazy 8 cab (which is more for rehearsals and coffee shop gigs). Withdrawing. Apologies to those who had been considering this

I don't need two fretless basses and - given I could do with some cash (three significant family birthdays coming up) and my AE fretless hasn't found any takers - I would still potentially sell this beauty Photo from Saturday's BassBash with both fretless basses: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/199015-mid-hertsnorth-london-bash/page__view__findpost__p__2097230

As the website's a bit pants, here is the FaceBook page for BigE speakers https://www.facebook.com/BigEloudspeakers Per my OP, cash sale preferred but would listen to trade offers for DB specific lightweight combos (eg, Phil Jones, but nothing with two 5" speakers only [not loud enough]), or possibly Gallien-Krueger MB112S or 200MB) plus cash my way

Sold

Looks like these might be sold (to a TalkBass'er)

bump, still for sale. Incidentally, I checked out cost of postage abroad and its a whopping £76 via Interparcel which probably means this is a UK-only sale (ParcelForce wouldn't even give a quote for some strange reason)

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1370244282' post='2097887'] What's the weight, Clarky? Can't find it on the Spec. [/quote] Hi Roger, from Mike's email to me: "The Big E 4x5 is $750 and goes roughly the volume of two of the Crazy 8's. it's 21 x 15 x 11" and weighs about 30#."

I bought these last week, looking for a Scott LaFaro type pizz sound but without the hassle and expense of real gut strings. However, my old German flatback bass is very boomy and these just do not suit it, they just come across as too indistinct/muddy. They slap very well indeed (well, as far as my rudimentary slapping goes) but don't have the tone or volume I was looking for as pizz strings - and my band is 100% pizz. In perfect condition (less than a week on my bass and they don't have silks to destroy by fitting/removing) and cost me Euro 100 (£80) last week. So how about £70 posted to get you some pre-stretched, otherwise as-new strings which would be wonderful for a predominantly slap bass setup? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fc686jVVg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=I6fc686jVVg[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kl3A3m1XY0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=-kl3A3m1XY0[/url]

This is Mike Arnopol's BigE 4x5 cab, the most hotly praised double bass cab in the US (see here: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f4/big-e-4x5-910188/"]http://www.talkbass....g-e-4x5-910188/[/url]). It employs clever vortex technology whereby the four 5 inch speakers are all pointing inwards so that the sound dispersion means you can hear yourself wherever you stand on stage (within reason) and that the sound (allegedly) gets better the further away you stand. Its immensely uncoloured and has an attack/decay profile that completely suits double bass. Tony Bennett's DB player says its the best cab he's ever played and there are lots of advocates on Talkbass. So why sell? SImple, I play in a loud band with drums, guitar, two vocals and mandolin and the subtleties/nuances this cab brings are completely lost (as I discovered at our gig on Friday; I may as well have been playing through a cheap Hartke stack; or to put it another way, its a bit like doing the school run in a MacLaren F1) - it really needs to be played by someone in a small(er) jazz or folk group where its superior sonic qualities can actually be heard and appreciated. It took 8 weeks or so to build and be delivered and cost me £720 to import including HMRC duty ($750 cab + $150 shipping plus 20% duty) ... and I have since spent £40 on a custom Roqsolid cover (ie, all-in its cost £760). Its in immaculate condition and only a month or so old. Would like to sell for as close to £700 as possible (I have basically saved you the hassle of importing one and its perfect with cover!) or p/x (cash my way) for a compact DB combo (eg, Phil Jones Flightcase or Super Flightcase) Next to my Arnopol Crazy 8 cab: [attachment=136155:post-2944-0-37595200-1367058706.jpg] BigE details here: [url="http://bigeloudspeakers.com/catalog.htm"]http://bigeloudspeak...com/catalog.htm[/url]