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  1. basstone
    Understood, I thought it may be of interest to others considering a DIY bi-amped cab project 🙂 Good luck with the project and keep us posted
  2. basstone
    Slightly off topic, but may be of interest - I have a 700RB for sale on this forum. They are great sounding versatile amps. Mine is a 2 x 10" combo which is reassuringly heavy but the head could be used very effectively in a project like this?
  3. basstone
    Another great and well attended bass bash today. Many thanks to @scrumpymike and the rest of the team for all their hard work and fantastic catering throughout the day. Also thanks to @Phil Starr for the blind speaker shootout. Interesting and thought provoking. Also thanks for everyone attending and bringing along a fantastic selection of gear and instruments!
  4. basstone
    Anyone care to make an offer on this combo? It's too heavy to post so the SW bass bash on Sunday is an ideal opportunity to give this a new home.
  5. basstone
    Thank you. See you on Sunday
  6. basstone
    Yes please, I'm interested in them if they are still available.
  7. basstone
    If not sold before, maybe bring it along to the SW bass bash on 12 Oct down near Taunton (check it out in the events section). I'm sure there would be a lot of interest in it.
  8. basstone
    The Gillet basses are fantastic being innovative, unique and very well made. I tested some early prototypes for Mike and gave him some feedback. I've always been on the lookout for an upright bass sound from a bass guitar and these came close. Being a long scale fretless player, I did not want to spend the time getting the intonation sorted for a shorter scale so I did not buy one! Probably also a bit of a niche market for them but this is a rare opportunity for someone, surely as there are not many Gillett basses out there?
  9. basstone
    Gallien-Krueger 700RB combo in good working condition. Recently serviced and modified in line with the GK mod. scheme in the service manual (thermistor fitted in the power input) to prevent the main fuse blowing due to current surge on power up. A couple of sorry looking overheated resistors were also replaced at the same time and the power amp fully checked. This is a heavy combo (30Kg+) thankfully the wheels and built in handle help moving it around and doubtless this contributes to the solid sound of this combo. Rated at 480 W into the woofers plus 75W into the HF horn the amp features many eq. and voicing options. See attached user manual for details and full specifications. Price reduced and open to offers. 700rb_1001rb owners manual.pdf700rb_1001rb owners manual.pdf
  10. basstone
    Only just spotted the post! never mind it has saved me some work! - I just can't resist figuring out faults, and possibly retaining a useful spare part, finding a new replacement at such a good price was handy. Polar seem to be selling off all of their old stock spares ATM so probably the last chance to get some of those hard to find items.
  11. basstone
    Do you still have the board? Where are you based? cheers
  12. basstone
    I have serial number 003 and the grille also looks like mine (sourced from Stevie). I'm tempted to buy yours as a matching pair would make a great PA! These are great cabs that work well in most situations, and the recessed top handle works really well. Here is cab 003 🙂. GLWTS
  13. basstone
    Ok that makes sense. Thank you
  14. basstone
    Nice build, was this one of the first batch of 10? Nice cat as well BTW 🙂
  15. basstone
    Thanks Kim for a smooth deal. I'm looking forward to getting to grips with this and trying out some Toneprint effects!
  16. basstone
    I'm not sure I understand what "not pressing the power button fully" means. Can you explain please what happened and what the techs said, I'm surprised that they did not look at it again if it failed only 6 months after a repair!
  17. basstone
    I bought a TC BH800 off Kim. Great to deal with, super efficient and I can't wait to get stuck in with the Toneprint effects! Highly recommended.
  18. basstone
    I've had good improvements by screening using copper tape. As well as the control cavity and pickup cavities, it might be worth screening the PU covers, fiddly but does help. Also ensuring that the Pickup pole pieces are grounded helps. A strip of copper tape across the back of the pickup should do it but I've found that to get the best connection I used some conductive paint to join the pole pieces to the tape. All a bit fiddly but gets worthwhile results. Having said that, using both pickups usually is hum cancelling, combined with a mute switch between musical numbers works well, but remembering to unmute before the music starts!!
  19. basstone
    It is held in place with velcro tabs and is fairly tight. Probably the best bet is to remove the preamp from the front (not fully as it will be held by cables to the power amp) which should give you enough room to pull the front fan panel off. Alternatively rather than remove the valves it may be possible to get a stick from the rear to push the panel off?
  20. basstone
    Not yet. I’ve been using it as a test cab in my workshop but still available to buy!
  21. basstone
    Happy to be a supporter - what a great forum!
  22. basstone
    You're welcome Matt.
  23. basstone
    Ok it will probably still be around. What date did you have in mind?
  24. basstone
    I'm very surprised that this lovely bass has not sold yet, particularly at such a good price! I'm still interested if you change your mind about posting 🙂
  25. basstone
    Sorry I won't be able to make it this year as I'm away that week. Gutted!
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