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[quote name='Back to Bassics' timestamp='1394224508' post='2389402'] Dunno about guitar porn, but here's an organ donor I keep in case a bass needs some spares (like a pickup ... or a tailpiece ...or even just a knob ). [/quote] Oh my! And proper toasters too.

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1394206273' post='2389171'] I did contact Roland in Salford about checking the amp out, the gig is on Saturday and I can't do it till next week so I'm taking a gamble to on Saturday and hope it won't fail on me. [/quote] Don't worry. You really should have no cause for concern unless the amp is making funny noises or you've hammered it at full beans every night for the last six months. We aren't talking about fine china here. A well-designed and constructed valve amp should last for years and so will the tubes if used sensibly. I just sold a 1977 Marshall head which IIRC was last re-tubed in 1990. Switched it on the other week after 10 years in storage and it worked fine. As has been pointed out apparently your LB30 doesn't need re-biasing, which in turn relieves you of the need to worry about 'matched pairs' of output valves (which some believe to be a bunch of snake-oil anyway). Forget about the power tubes unless you've got an audible problem. Short of some serious work which will be entirely beyond you, what it comes down to is whether you stick a new pre-amp valve in the front end and - if so - whether it's a different 12AX7 or a 12AT7. You [i]will[/i] notice a bit of a difference but not compared to turning the amp's gain up or down.

[quote name='phil.mcglassup' timestamp='1394189156' post='2388866'] Would this work? Or would we just get laughed at? [/quote] Yes, I think it would work. (i) You might get laughed [i]with[/i] if the project were delivered with sufficient irony that the audience would be unsure whether you were taking it wholly seriously and even if you were they might cut you some slack. (ii) No chubsters. So that's me out.

Graham bought a guitar case and a Danelectro from me. Nice easy transaction with no problems. He is recommended not only as a Gentleman but also as a top dude with whom one may transact in complete confidence.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1394034483' post='2387176'] You are joking me? I've got one each of them. Well, i say I have, they're the wife's and she won't sell them. Bugger.... [/quote] Here you go - [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=dansette+tempo&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc"]completed listings on ebay uk for dansette tempos[/url]. Mostly around £200. A red one went for £511

Doom. Rig of Doom. Run for your lives.

Paul bought two fx pedals from me. Easiest of transactions, no problems and excellent comms. He is an all-round good egg, a gentleman and a pillar of the forum.

men8idw bought my Ampeg combo. Nice easy transaction, no problems and a complete gentleman.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1393969901' post='2386528'] If i had £350,000 to spend i'd buy an old Dansette and a pile of 45s and still have £349,950 left to spend on far better things than some fancy hi-fi. [/quote] [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1394006967' post='2386725'] Me too! [/quote] That's a bugger; you could have a Dansette for a nixer. I hauled one off to the charity shop about a fortnight ago. The stacker didn't work but everything else did. And despite the fact it runs off an EL84 and I had a new stylus, it sounded like absolute sh*t. Apparently they sell on the Bay for £100+, twice that for the rarer Red / Cream or Royal Blue versions. 19 gns it cost in the early 60's which is about£350,000 in today's money.

I am very much liking those lyre-topped tuner plates. The rest of it too, mind. But there's something quite charming about them.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1393789762' post='2384405'] The travelling wilburys where the epitome of everything I dislike about the 'going back to your roots' thing. Horrid stuff. [/quote] [derail] In an alternative universe they'd have turned Jeff Lynne away at the door and hired almost anyone else to produce them. Rick Rubin, perhaps, given his sterling, stripped down work with Cash. Even Nick Lowe would have done a better job. And a shout out for the late Vic Maile for his production work on the first three Feelgoods albums [/derail]

Very smart. Enjoy!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1393756826' post='2383963'] If you are using a 100W+ amp in a rehearsal the usual reason for not hearing is that you are standing too close to your amp and it is pointing at your ankles not your ears. Tipping it back and pointing it at your ears will help a lot. [/quote] Ran a tilt-back 100w Ampeg SS combo like that for years. Did pub gigs too, up against various drummers, a Bluesbreaker combo and a harpist with a Blues DeVille. If one also aims to get the mids through and doesn't expect much in the way of bottom-end oomph it's reasonably practical, depending on the genre.

[quote name='mikebass84' timestamp='1393620306' post='2382782'] Going really well so far. Sounds f***ing huge! [/quote] Good luck to you, Sir.

Outstanding thread. Hope you all had a brilliant gig!

OMFG! It is a year since I bought a compressor from Clarky and I did not give feedback. Shame on me. He is a trustworthy buyer and seller in whom one may place complete confidence; a gentleman from the top of his head to the tips of his toes.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1393455864' post='2380663'] The guide was a fanatical Ramones fan and was quite upset that I didn't get them at all. To me they sound like The Searchers. [/quote] I suspect you may have been exposed to more than your fair share of 'Joey Songs' - that is to say the poppy, jangly stuff he'd get on to the albums in the face of stiff opposition from Johnny. Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofoX2YsSJi0

Sold Rik a power supply. Splendid fellow and a pleasure to deal with.

Sold a slide to Paul S. Totally splendid chap, nice easy transaction, no problems.