Clarky

Hi mate, just checked and I do have a box big enough so if you threw in a tenner for post would that be OK, so £510 posted?

A BC'er came round to buy the combo this evening and tried it out first with his active Jazz. With the bass in the active input socket it randomly produced some intermittent buzz/crackle on lower booming notes. As I don't have an active bass (I play Fender Ps and Js) I had never used this input socket and therefore never noticed the problem before. I could get this fixed at the Gallery but TBH its a PITA for a combo I am looking to sell, especially as the majority of bass players play passive basses (like me) and would never encounter any problem with the combo. So my proposal is £500 for the combo in its current state - if you're a passive bass player, you just saved £100 and you would never be affected by the active input issue. If you're an active bass player you would have to have it seen to and may therefore have no interest, although hopefully the price (the lowest I have seen a Walkabout advertised at) may counter-balance this.

I have tried a couple of single piezo pickups on my DB, the Schatten RB1 and TM, and - although they both come highly recommended as loud, low-feedback, good quality pickups - they just don't work as well as a good old Shadow 950 on my particular bass. I guess it must be something to do with the nature of my bass (ply sides/back, carved front), the bridge (adjustable) and the wing slots on it. So I am moving them on The Schatten is literally less than one day old. I paid £102 plus £5 post for it from the importers, Sandarac [url="http://www.sandarac.co.uk/schatten-design-bass-pickups.php"]http://www.sandarac.co.uk/schatten-design-bass-pickups.php[/url], and got it in the post this morning. I will move it on for £90 posted, saving you £17 (c.15%) for the sake of one hour's use only. Stock pic: [attachment=79913:RB_1_Pla...s_Pickup.jpg] The TM (Taco Man) I bought from slobluesine a few weeks back and I will include a Lando music pickup clamp, so you can clamp it to your tailpiece. £55 posted. Here is John/slobluesine's pic: [attachment=79914:IMAG0065.jpg]

Having played some more with my alternative rig options I am withdrawing this combo. At low/medium volumes nothing touches this (at least that I have heard) for natural and faithful DB sound reproduction. While my band Rattlin Bone demands a loud rig (for which I will use my Baggs/F1/Midget), I may as well keep this combo for home/practice use and who knows I may end up in a band that isn't as loud some day - in which event I would be lucky to buy something this good for such a good price. So I'm keeping it

A this-would-go-perfectly-with-Marvin-spangles-matching-extension-cab-type bump

Sold pending the usual

[quote name='Wan' post='1230425' date='May 13 2011, 08:57 PM']Yep that's what i mean.[/quote] In which case you should amend the title and - as a piece of advice - check back over the for sale forum at the prices achieved for sales of newish Fender Ps

Yes I know - don't kick me. Hindsight being rose-coloured I picked this up recently as I always loved the tube-y sound of this combo and had often regretted selling my old one a year or so ago. What I hadn't appreciated is two things: my worsening glass back (which needed two months of physio earlier this year) really doesn't like 50 pound combos and how good (and lightweight!) my MarkBass F1 and Barefaced Midget (bought primarily for my DB) sound with electric bass. So I am moving it on. You know the score with these - built like tanks, removable head (so can be used with other cabs), scary loud for size due to 12" speaker plus down-firing passive radiator speaker. Its in good rather than perfect condition and has obviously been gigged. There's a few minor scuffs here and there around the 'feet' but none (or at least none noticeable) on the front of the combo or the top (where the head controls are). Has the (rather thin IMHO) Mesa slip cover. Asking for £600 collected or meet-up in London area. Not got a pic right now but it looks just like this: [attachment=79796:walkabout.jpg][attachment=79797:WalkSct112_xlarge.jpg]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1229740' date='May 13 2011, 10:26 AM']Is it incredibly lazy that I was wondering what it looks like and instead of walking the 10 ft to have a look I googled it?[/quote] [attachment=79792:stars2_1...98031140.jpg] vs Wayne!