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Thornybank

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  1. I had a blue one back in the '80s. Awesome build quality - and I am a sucker for a deep gloss finish. Blue, it was. Crackin'. A chap in Wales ended up with it when I 'chucked the lot' and went back to brass banding.
  2. Cheers to all commenters and interesteds.
  3. [quote name='ste_m3' post='310312' date='Oct 20 2008, 11:43 AM']Oh! No i genuinly meant it. Its very easy to get all this silly terminoligy mixed up (Claber and BFM, feel free to tap my wrists!) I just fear it being too... big sounding for me. I like focused low mids and judging by what the fellow was saying about it being incredibly deep etc [/quote] Yep. Incredibly deep. I suspect it would be too ... big sounding for a hifi guy. And it def. wants a big room. I have never tried the head through different cabs, though. (Strange when I have so many, but the Fender stack is not near my cab depository.) Next move will be to take it to the Peavey 1820. That oughta tell a story....
  4. How big is the 1153 compared to the 2103x? I would love the wee 1x15 from the series to put under my 2103X....
  5. Only two years later, this has come back to roost. [attachment=14954:17_10_08_1726.jpg] [attachment=14955:17_10_08_1727.jpg] Fender Rumble valve stack. Bruce Zinky design lower brother of the Tonemaster guitar amp. 300-400w using 6550 power valves. 4x10 + horn Top cab and 4x10 Sub cab. Way deep and way loud. £1750 - only £1k less than the head new and it comes with its cabs. Interested in a sale or swap/cash thing. Can demo/deliver/any of that.
  6. 18+10 is a great cab - but is almost always a two-man lift, esp. in the case, so doesn't command the price it 'deserves'. Remember - 1/4" gives one driver only = needs the XLR for both sepakers to work together. Note: teh 10" is nice on its own for studio stuff (but you have to get the cab into a studio. (Urk! M' back!) £375 is about right - £275 for the cab in such good condition and £100 for the case. Only someone who really wants it and can move it is going to buy it = slow seller, but won't go any quicker as a 'cheapie'. Bril for someone running a practice room, but they can usually be counted on to pay nowt for gash gear instead of reliable quality and great sound... sadly for us/their punters...
  7. Came from Rumour6, no? If so, fantastic piece.
  8. It's a crunch tone thing. Dry and edgy compared to a smooth older 50w - or even the 800 series 4210. Not as midrange roaring as the 900 Master Volume version that followed - but plenty of authority. Build quality way beyond anything since. Kinda boxy, maybe, in a 1x12 format... ...but will drive an 8ohm 2x12 nicely! ...or put a 1912 cab with it - an older one with the Sidewinder driver - or pack it with an EV, like I do! Gotta be worth £250-300.
  9. Hi Consider a p/x of the 4x10 f'case against the 2x10 - or maybe both...? Also in the mix: Mexico Jazz Shaftsbury Ricalike GP12SMX head (rack format) Acoustic 220 Electric Blue 180 1x15 Cheers Chris
  10. BANG! And the stack is gone.... Well done!
  11. Live - Hiwatt 400 through Trace 1810 cab Studio - silver face 100w Fender Twin Reverb Both sounded FANTASTIC outdoors, too!
  12. Tube Amp Doctor is reasonable. [url="http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/index.php?language=en"]http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/index.php?language=en[/url]
  13. I am not a big fan of compact boxes.... ...but Rumour6 has a 2x12 EBS neo thingie that is great!, so waht do I know?!?! The weeAShdown boxes don't have the space fill authority I prefer. The orig Ashdown ABM 500 cab (300w qxq5) was fantastic with the V8 and the V6. Best 1x15 since the big Trace boxes. From my stable, the Trace 1510 (1x15 + 1x10) is no bigger than a 4x10 and might do it for you as a one-box solution. That's only £300.... Or a Trace 4x10 + horn.... £275. Or if you want the end-all, how about a Trace 15+18 full flight box (face off, wheels and handles)? OMIGOD!!! Plenti-full-y ranged and snippish at £250. Lotsa thots.
  14. May be selling the carpeted 4x12. Depends on what a couple of local guys are up to with my V6 and 2x15 cab. The 4x12 is rated at 800w, has a horn and a high frequency dial. There is a metal grill under the front grill cloth. It is superclean and flightcased, so I would expect to get £550 inc delivery. doesn't hurt so much if you factor in the "cheap as free" deal you got on the head.... But if you want a great cab just to get on with, Andy67 is offing his Ashdown 8x10 - and your amp will make that puppy sing!
  15. Tell us the model number and the letter at the end of the serial number and we will know lead/bass, wattage and age. Describe condition in detail, alongwith any known repairs/replaced bits and we can help with a value. Ta
  16. 50w EL34 combo. I set mine up with 6550 valves to give more clean headroom and put in a Celestion powercell to be more efficient. The EQ is lower mid biased, but still sounds quite good for guitar.
  17. Once had a blue custom bass by Jimmy moon in Glasgow that had a chrome 4-string Khaler on it. It was wham-tastic! Wonder where that is? I think it ended up in Dundee....
  18. Musicman through a Fender twin reverb = one of the all-time great sounds. PBass through a Hiwatt 100w and a 69 Marshall 4x12. Oh, yes! Jazz through a Burman 4000 through a Peavey 18+2x10. Grunt. Rickenbacker through a Trace V6 and the matching (4x12-size) 2x15. Chug. Pbass through a Marshall 50w and a checkerboard 1935 2x12 with 30w greenbacks. Studio cream. Any bass through a Fender Bassman 20 1x15 from the '70s. 6V6 output valves = no headroom, but smoooooth for recording. PBass and a '63 Ampeg B15N with a JBL. Motown. Gibson EB through a Sunn stack. Pappalardi....
  19. Please define "monitors".
  20. Yep - everyone is right! The best "average" I can work with is to google up a best best shop price, then scan current ebay completed items to see what current fashion says. Then I consider paying less than ebay with the option of washing my face if I hate the thing, or charging less because that's the kind of guy I am.... The latter is probably nuts...? Fun, huh?
  21. This should be fun.... Pricing a second hand item is always fraught with doubt and nervous indecision. Having paid shop price because you HAD TO HAVE IT! or having scooped a free ads bargain, what do you do when the old girl's gotta go or the GAS hits critical? All things being equal (not a re-routed hash job, a dropped-from-a-height cracker or a central heating neck twister - nor a raving beauty) shops around here will offer 1/3 of retail so they can sell out at 2/3 of retail and still make a bit after the inevitable tidy, set-up, restring, shop warranty (if any) and VAT. So, unless you know the piece to be a peach, it is a collectable or you owe the seller a favour, private purchase should come in somewhere under that, n'est-ce pas? And less still if you are trading in against it = seller has to wait even longer for his £s. Street price, then, is 1/2 shop price? Or less if there are any issues/mods? Or wot...?
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