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  1. Happy Jack
    Feel free to bring your REDDI up to Harrow and do an A/B Chris ... 't'would be good to see you again.
  2. Happy Jack
    [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.32.45_zpsnopplrs1.jpg.html"][/url] Yup, it's the original, classic, 'black-face' pre-amp that everyone used to drool over. Works as well as new, but it's not new. I can tell. It's got scratches on it and stuff. Spec? You want spec? OK. [url="http://www.demeteramps.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=50"]http://www.demeteram...t&product_id=50[/url] Bizarrely, it occupies 1.5U of rack space. No, me neither. [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.33.37_zps29khvrtn.jpg.html"][/url] It also works when installed upside down. I don't have any original packaging for it but, if collected, I'm happy to chuck in the Stagg 4U rackbox for no extra charge.
  3. Happy Jack
    [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.30.38_zpsawxi2tv3.jpg.html"][/url] This is a truly lovely piece of kit that just ain't getting played through ... time to move it on. [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.30.49_zpsszwhkibh.jpg.html"][/url] It's a 400W head with channels for electric and acoustic instruments, allowing you to swop instantly (well, almost instantly) between a Fender Precision and a double bass, or between a Wal and a bass uke. Whatever floats your boat. [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.30.58_zpsy7fqo1jr.jpg.html"][/url] It's not a Class D uber-lightweight thingy. It has proper transformers and everything. The amp weighs a bit, but the sound carries that weight when you play. [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.31.06_zpswusmkpzb.jpg.html"][/url] Here's the full spec from Maruszczyk: [url="https://www.public-peace.de/index.php/amplification/maruszczyk-instruments/971-basstank-black"]https://www.public-p...-basstank-black[/url] [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.31.21_zpsflzpvyro.jpg.html"][/url] It has the usual assortment of funny-shaped holes in the back. [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Equipment%20and%20stuff%20SOLD/Sales%20Support/2017-09-08%2014.31.52_zpsfguxzl7l.jpg.html"][/url] And it comes with this really neat carry case. I'm really not interested in trusting British couriers with high-quality electronics. Hell, I'm not interested in trusting British couriers with organising a piss-up in a brewery. I would greatly prefer this to be collection only, either from my office in the West End or from my studio in Harrow. The latter is better, because then you can try it before parting with your hard-earned dosh.
  4. Happy Jack
    Check your PMs!
  5. Happy Jack
    So it's from 1998.
  6. Happy Jack
    That's seen a few gigs ...
  7. Happy Jack
    OK, I think I understand now. Your biggest problem is likely to be the available depth, I reckon. The size of cavity you want to use is going to seriously restrict your options.
  8. Happy Jack
    Hi Nelson, have got photos of the back plate, both sides of it?
  9. Happy Jack
    [quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1504782607' post='3367255'] And I upload them to a dropbox the next day so everyone can practice along to it,a great aid, so we come to the next jam with new ideas. [/quote] I used to do this, until I discovered that none of my bandmates was actually listening to the recordings ...
  10. Happy Jack
    With long-standing bands I never bother, I feel there's little to be learned and/or there's loads to be learned but it will spark an almighty row if I bring it up "after all these years". With any new venture, I always record every rehearsal. If there's nothing worth keeping then I can recycle every electron, and if we do something a bit special then it's a bloody good thing to have a record available. Also worth bearing in mind is that, when learning new material, it's all very well playing along with the original recording to familiarise yourself with the changes and so on, but it's no substitute for playing along with a recording of your own bandmates ...
  11. Happy Jack
    It's hardly that surprising that identical quadruplets will have similar talent on bass.
  12. Happy Jack
    Here's the very wonderful Ed Friedland reviewing the Genz Benz Streamliner 900 and A/B-ing it briefly against the ShuttleMax. https://youtu.be/d-27szg61bw?t=2m53s I've brought you into the video at the point where he plays the same phrase twice through each of the two amps, on the same settings. I expected him to say "[b][i]So, as you can hear, the two amps sound utterly identical"[/i][/b]. Erm ... not so much ... Fair enough, I'm using a pair of earbuds from a laptop's headphone output. I'm quite prepared to believe that I'd be able to hear more through a high-end soundcard and a pair of £200 headphones, but as far as I can make out these two sounds/tones are indistinguishable. Is it just my ears?
  13. Happy Jack
    Likes his Yamahas, doesn't he?
  14. Happy Jack
    [quote name='Pirellithecat' timestamp='1504632698' post='3366237'] I recently changed the strings to Black Beauties, but this, if anything has made the issue worse. [/quote] Coated strings like Black Beauties will almost inevitably result in more finger noise as your skin 'squeaks' along the plastic. Pretty much every review I've read for those strings mentions this. Have you tried a decent set of flatwounds? Far less finger noise than either coated strings or roundwounds, a much beefier tone, and - while they cost a fair bit more - they last for EVAH.
  15. Happy Jack
    [quote name='dood' timestamp='1504709791' post='3366809'] Yup, agree with that. Cheaper amps can sound loud, but often lack depth and that all important balls. [/quote] "Balls"? "BALLS"??? Surely you mean [size=5][color=#ff0000][i][b]HEFT[/b][/i][/color][/size]?
  16. Happy Jack
    [quote name='B.Flat' timestamp='1504708343' post='3366787'] To clarify I am wanting a powered cab, not a stand alone amp. [/quote] Sorry mate, but that does anything BUT clarify. Your original post said that you wanted a power amp to drive an existing 2x8 cab, so a powered cab is surely exactly what you don't want?
  17. Happy Jack
    Dan, that's exactly what I'm recommending with the MB200 ...
  18. Happy Jack
    eBay has not the slightest interest in wasting their time & energy on people, Mick. You're wasting your time, walk away. Their business model has taken a massive deflection in the last 10 years, and is now totally focused on corporates and dealers moving large amounts of stock quickly. Frankly they'd prefer it if annoying little people like us did our dealing on Gumtree (which they also own, of course).
  19. Happy Jack
    Yup. The bass is a "Westone The Rail", and the pickup unit + volume control slide along it. There is no tone control. You change the tone by sliding the pickup. It looks well gimmicky, but it actually works extremely well, and of course the same idea was pursued by Gibson for a while. The only problem is that, by their own admission, Westone's designers never really expected this to be a great bass or a top-end instrument so there was a certain amount of 'building down to a price' and this is particularly obvious with the crap electrics. I've replaced the cheap'n'nasty pickup on mine with a Dark Star ...
  20. Happy Jack
    I'd prefer a meat raffle ...
  21. Happy Jack
    Refretting wouldn't be difficult or expensive, and you'd then have a superb, lightweight travel bass. Being active, you might even get away with plugging headphones into the output socket. Way overpriced at £395, but not a piece of crap IMHO. Do bear in mind that I may be biased. I own http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Westone%20The%20Rail%201985%20CURRENT
  22. Happy Jack
    [quote name='casapete' timestamp='1504357843' post='3364364'] ....."long lasting specialized foam." [/quote] Me wash you long time ...
  23. Happy Jack
    [color=#ff0000][b][font=open-sans, sans-serif][size=4]He was eventually led away from the party and accompanied home by an armed friend wearing night vision goggles.[/size][/font][/b][/color] [font="open-sans, sans-serif"][color="#000000"][size=4]That is one of the all-time great sentences about bass playing.[/size][/color][/font]
  24. Happy Jack
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nanoblock-Bass-Guitar/253124287782?hash=item3aef621d26%3Ag%3A5kUAAOSwOTVZptID
  25. Happy Jack
    The "M80" designation covers a lot of gigbags. Yes, they're expensive. They're also bloody well made, and cleverly designed. If you're not worried about spending an extra £100 then my suggestion would be the M80 Vertigo. I do a lot of pub gigs, usually in very confined spaces, occasionally with wet or dirty floors. The Vertigo is particularly good in those situations.
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