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[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='177329' date='Apr 15 2008, 08:37 PM']The bassman in that picture is a little different to mine. Each channel has 4 dials whereas the left sided one in the photo (the 'bass' channel) only has 3. Has yours always been like that?[/quote] You’re quite right, I hadn’t noticed – that was a pic I got off the “Vintage” site more because I liked the EB bass. This is mine (paired with a cr@p speaker in “room practice” mode!), each channel has a volume, bass, middle, & treble rotary control, “deep” switch (bass) and “bright” switch (normal), with a master volume controlling both.

[quote name='OldGit' post='177473' date='Apr 15 2008, 11:29 PM']Lovely little amp. I had a head in natural alloy. But, it's a bit quiet set clean. Overdrives nicely though More like 80 (valve) watts and the pre has some solid state and some valve. Too tech for me but it's aparently not strictly speaking "all valve" It has big brothers - the Quadravalve and the Hexavalve. You get about 80 watts per pair of EL34's or KT88's IIRC. They are ancesters of the Trace V series. Not sure how they compare and the biggies are rar as hen's teeth. A guy on talkbass got a Quadvalve head for £40 a few years ago .. I guess that was a boot sale job [/quote] I've got the head too, and the case is stainless steel. It does have a very "hi fi" sound which is exactly what I wanted for fretless, and the "pre-shape" control is instant '80's - the Bassman is lovely but more of a rock/blues vibe. Generally loud enough for most venues and very portable for a valve amp, but I'm always looking out for the quadra/hex valve beasties you mentioned! Anyone selling one.......?

[quote name='nick' post='176306' date='Apr 14 2008, 02:56 PM']Might be interested....How cheap is 'cheapish'?[/quote] About £250 after I've re-valved it? The current pre-amp valves are "Fender" branded so they're probabaly the original ones close on 30 years old! All controls working fine otherwise.

[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='175900' date='Apr 13 2008, 09:47 PM']Mine is a monster (as umcoo/chris knows). Ive been running a small patch lead to bridge the two channels and this kinda round things out a little more. Sounds great with guitar too. I managed to pick mine up for £270ish IIRC. I think it would take something serious for me to let it go. That said, the trace V4's are very highly spoken on here. If I was inclined then id try and check one out.[/quote] I seem to remember the V-series TE's are based on the Bassman circuitry, at least the pre-amp. I'm about to sell my Bassman 135 if anyone is interested (gone the DI route when the Trace Twin isn't up to it) should be cheap-ish but I'll need to re-valve it first. As well as sounding great I've always reckoned they're the classiest looking amp head ever made

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='174350' date='Apr 11 2008, 09:24 AM']Hmmm. I, like many here, own examples of both active and passive basses. I think the appeal of a passive bass lies in its inherrent simplicity, coupled to the fact that the fewer components between pick-ups and loudspeakers gives a more "direct" sound - The opposite to the aforementioned "over-engineered" sound. The advantage of actives is that you can tweak your tone as you go. I think that the reason the on-board EQs produce different results to EQs in pre-amps/FX/heads is that they have fewer bands (2 or 3!) with a much broader f and often a much greater Q +/-20dB isn't unheard of. Not many off-board EQs will go to those extremes. Theoretically the effects of an on-board EQ should be repeatable with an off-board EQ, but it's frequently not the case. Still, both active and passive have their place. I just grab whatever I feel like playing!!![/quote] +1 Again having a mix of both, I’m generally inclined to the simplicity and more natural “woody” sound of a passive bass, especially having had a couple of batteries die on me gigging with the MM, and no passive switch option. Having said that, playing the MM in a covers band gives me huge tonal options direct from the bass when going from, for instance a ‘60’s soul ballad straight into some ‘80’s funk and then some ‘70’s metal! I find the main difference between active and passive is at the bass / amp interface; for some reason my passive basses sound so much nicer through my all-valve Trace head, and the active basses just sound better through my digital solid-state Yamaha head - the difference is night and day. One issue is compression, which I find I need far more with the actives, but it’s a tone thing too.

One of those dodgy pocket screwdrivers, with a picture of a bikini-clad babe on the handle. You turn it upright and the bikini slides .......yes, I expect you've had one too (or a pen). Looks about '60's vintage, but it's been in a succession of my bass cases since the early '80's, mostly for use on battery compartment covers. Also I strap I bought in Hesseys, Liverpool, when I was 18 - on it's last legs now, but an old friend

[quote name='rayfw' post='164825' date='Mar 27 2008, 09:27 PM']This was recently discovered in a tomb in Luxor alongside a dusty Ampeg B15 [attachment=6967:loop.jpg][/quote] Note even 2000 years ago the particularly groovy/funk stance of the bassist compared to the very static lead and rhythm harpists (although they do have nice legs) Re the Bobby Charlton bass with the rear jack; I had a '04 Listerud with a similar design - Strat-type recessed angled jack set into the rear plate. Neat idea.

A "Pub prop" which is a bass neck-support small enough to fit in the "odds & sods" bit of your case, that clamps to any handy table, thereby converting it into a makeshift stand. Too fiddly to be worth the hassle, especially when pissed

Thunderbirds only to be played by women with large thighs? All Stingrays to be conned off bassists called Raymond? Yes, it's Friday