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Bump for a gorgeous amp.

Original post edited to indicate sold pending payment.

Any interest in lovely valve tone at manageable levels? M

Thanks both. I'll really miss the tone when it goes.

Bump for price drop to £350, M

For sale is a valve preamp from Dave Hall. Many Basschatters love Dave Hall's hand-made eq and dirt boxes: well this one appears to have the lot. Five valves, eq control, two channels, footswitch, headphone option, effects loop. It's a £640 for £125 for a reason, though: it needs a good service because it doesn't all work. You can always get it to do the basics – two channels of dual gain stage tube preamp warming up or distorting of the tone – but some of the more sophisticated features are not so reliable. I think it would all come good with a service but I've moved to all-valve amps so don't really need it any more so am keen just to move it on as is, hence the low price. This really warms up the sound beautifully and adds full on all-valve fuzz if needed. I had really great results with a guitar as well. This is a piece of UK hand-made kit and it allows for several different kinds of distortion so is quite flexible. The issues are, though: some of the switches are a bit shoogly; the eq section doesn't seem to make much of a difference; the two channels behave differently (the red channel has more distortion in it than the blue, I find); and I couldn't make out how to make all of the nobs and switches work (which is likely as much to be user error as anything). You can have the settings very low to add some warmth but this gets gritty pretty quickly once you start feeding the sound from the first valve through a second one. I'm selling because I found I didn't like as much grit in my sound as I thought I might. A review of it from a fellow basschatter is here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/5239-dha-vt5-studio-bass-preamp/page__p__787470__hl__dha%20vt5__fromsearch__1#entry787470 Anyone is welcome to come and try it in Glasgow. Price: £125 shipped

SOLD _______________ For sale is this Yamaha BBT210 cab. This is a high quality, loud cab that makes a great sound. I'm selling because I've moved on to Barefaced cabs. This isn't light but it's small and sounds super. It has a tweeter (which I don't use but seems to do the job when tested) that's adjustable so can be used fully on, fully off or anywhere in between I've run it with a Hartke 200 watt head and an Ashdown 300 watt head and it has done me for any gigs I've needed (including a rock/metal covers band with a crazy hit-em-harder drummer). This thing is bomb-proof and is in good condition. Anyone is welcome to come and try it. I will post it but it is heavy so may only be economic for people who can make it to Glasgow. Price £100 plus shipping

Edit 25.3.13: SOLD, pending payment For sale is this Fender Bassman 20, a relatively rare Fender combo from the early 1980s that is great for bass but also appears to be well-loved by guitarists and harmonica players. It is a point-to-point wired, all-valve, 18 watts with a 15" speaker. It's from the Paul Rivera era at Fender, and there don't seem to have been very many made. It makes a beautiful sound but for bass it is a recording/practice/jamming amp but doesn't have enough power to keep up with a drummer and full band very well in a gig situation. If you want pure valve tone at playing-in-the-house levels or you want to be able to get a sweet recorded tone without waking the neighbours then this is the one for you. I've played guitar through it and you get a beautiful rich, full tone. It is properly loud with guitar and I haven't had the chance to push it to distortion in the house because it's so loud. I wish I could keep it just for guitar but I need to sell to contribute funds to a louder all-valve bass head, sadly. Price: £370 delivered

This is now sold. Thanks. For sale is this all-valve Ashdown head in perfect condition. It has just been given a once-over and green light by the man who designed and built it, Dave Green at Ashdown. This is one of the UK-made versions (number 25 of the 100 UK-made originals) and comes in its original box complete with certificate signed by its maker Dave Green and Ashdown boss Mark Gooday. It also comes with a set of four Brimar CV4005 NOS power valves complete with the necessary adaptors that the guy who sold it to me included as possible alternatives to the power valves in it. I haven't tried them. It makes a gorgeous full, rich sound. It breaks up at higher gain to give great distorted tones but at lower gain gives a lovely warn thump of a sound. This is the first all-valve head I've had and the minute I plugged in I realised what the all-valve fuss was about. I'm only selling to get a bigger valve head to do gigs with. This is loud for its size and power-rating but I just need more clean headroom than this can give to fill reasonable-sized pubs without PA support. It has a really good DI for going into PA for more volume that comes after the power valve stage so you really get that valve tone out of it. That's not right for me because our PA is very basic and I don't want to mess with the vocals, which is all that's going through it. Price: £350 delivered (I'm in Glasgow)

For sale is a big box of valves put together by Dave Hall, the VT5. Many Basschatters love Dave Hall's hand-made eq and dirt boxes: well this one appears to have the lot. Five valves, eq control, two channels, footswitch, headphone option, effects loop. This really warms up the sound beautifully and adds full on all-valve fuzz if needed. I had really great results with a six string guitar as well. The good thing about this is that it's lots of valves for the money and is a piece of UK hand-made kit and it allows for several different kinds of distortion so is quite flexible. Buyers should be aware, though, that it doesn't work fully and perfectly (and never did in my hands). Some of the switches are a bit shoogly; the eq section doesn't seem to make much of a difference; the two channels behave differently (the red channel has more distortion in it than the blue, I find); and I couldn't make out how to make all of the nobs and switches work. So I can't guarantee that it does much beyond adding warmth or fuzz, but it may do, I am not the most sophisticated user. This is fully reflected in the price: this is £150 for a pre-amp that cost £639 when new. Any issues are, I'm sure, just natural wear and tear and the preamp just needs someone to spend more time learning its ins and outs than I have. It adds controllable distortion but I can't vouch for what else it can do beyond that. You can have the settings very low to add some warmth but this gets gritty pretty quickly once you start feeding the sound from the first valve through a second one. I'm selling because I found I didn't like as much grit in my sound as I thought I might. A review of it from a fellow basschatter is here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/5239-dha-vt5-studio-bass-preamp/page__p__787470__hl__dha%20vt5__fromsearch__1#entry787470"]http://basschat.co.u...__1#entry787470[/url] Anyone is welcome to come and try it in Glasgow. I am happy to post at buyer's expense.

For sale is a Yamaha BBT210 cab. This is a high quality, loud cab that makes a great sound. I'm selling because I've moved on to Barefaced cabs. This isn't light by any means but it's small and sounds super. It has a tweeter (which I don't use but seems to do the job when tested) that's adjustable so can be used fully on, fully off or anywhere in between I've run it with a Hartke 200 watt head and an Ashdown 300 watt head and it has done me for any gigs I've needed (including a rock/metal covers band with a crazy hit-em-harder drummer). This thing is bomb-proof and is in good condition. Anyone is welcome to come and try it. I will post it but it is heavy so may only be economic for people who can make it to Glasgow.

Third dibs on Standing In The Shadows of Motown if the other guys fall through!

Gareth, having just bought a Little Bastard and being a valve novice (who's about to try ECC81 to try and clean up the LB tone a little), I'd be interested to know: what were the results of your trials and tests? Which valves were best/which had what effect? Matthew

Is this still available? I've PM-d you, thanks, Matthew

Is this still available? You have PM, Matthew