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FS: Last of my bass amps/cabs **ALL SOLD**
Shaggy replied to Beedster's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Lol - I wasn't! However, having read your amp thread; I've got a lovely sounding and very compact Ashdown MAG 200 1x15 combo (kickback design, so can also be used as a floor monitor with DI out to FOH) that I'm not using - yours for free if it'll keep you playing that fretless bitsa........ -
FS: Last of my bass amps/cabs **ALL SOLD**
Shaggy replied to Beedster's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Chris, I can fully empathise and I think we've had rather parallel musical careers - likewise I started at school on violin, gave it up when switching to bass (in the early days of punk) but also switched to folk & bluegrass mandolin and flamenco guitar at around the same time and have kept them all going (now including lute and banjo) for 40+ years. My acoustic instruments are what give me pleasure at home and I know they'll still be there for me when I'm too old to lift an amp anymore, but playing bass in a live band gives me something that the other instruments can't. As you say, satisfaction with bass depends very much on the project at the time and if I didn't enjoy it I'd stop too - and have done several times over the years - but I guess bass to me is kind of like smoking; the last time I had a cigarette was 25 years ago, but I know that inside I'll still be a smoker until I die. You'll be back......... Yup, those Bronco cases are pretty rare now and look uber cool! Edir: off-topic I known but those Breedlove mandos are fab - attached a pic of my current squeeze: a Phil Davidson F5, though still got the 1910's Gibson F4 you helped me acquire! -
FS: Last of my bass amps/cabs **ALL SOLD**
Shaggy replied to Beedster's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Noooooooooooooo............. You can take the boy out of bass....... Lovely gear, very tempted indeed by that Bronco case -
You have some fabulous and very individual basses Mick - I particularly like the Silk neck-thru with the Simms p/ups
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Probably worth putting "lined fretless" in the description / listing title, though it's evident from pics. Never seen an elm faced one before, an almost unobtainable wood now in Europe. Gives it that "Ercol" look! Welcome to the forum and good luck with the sale - lovely Wal -
Another smooth deal with Ade - bought some Klotz cables, very happy bunny....
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I'd say almost certainly not - bass drivers (irrespective of size) are constructed to handle bass frequencies, drivers for guitar cabs aren't - also bass cabs are tuned to be efficient in the bass frequency range, guitar cabs for higher frequencies. Bass cabs will happily handle higher guitar-range frequencies, albeit with less efficiency than a guitar cab. I think JJ Burnel got his sound partly through using blown 12" drivers, but no idea if it was a bass or guitar cab
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Best one I've ever had was a Retrospec Juice box - foolishly traded, and I've never seen another since The Dave Hall VT-1 Purist currently FS (in "Musically related items....") is very decent, especially at that price - better for adding valve warmth than actual overdrive, and main thing against it is no balanced DI out.
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Reminds me - whatever happened to Lysdexia's fab bass FS threads? Nice rig in OP - makes my old Trace AH600SMX stack look heavier than a very heavy thing..... -
Interesting, thanks casapete. Makes a bit more sense now. The guitarist in one of my old bands had an old Peavey combo with this configuration (Bandit?), and to be fair it had a lovely clean valvey tone, although as you say couldn't be pushed into overdrive in normal use - he eventually upgraded to a Mesa Boogie mk.V
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Clocked this whilst doing a bit of YouTube surfing after watching "The Dirt" -
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I think the '70's Music Man amps used the same SS pre / valve power configuration - Peavey did the same with some of their older guitar amps. Didn't seem to make sense to me,, but they have their aficionados My hybrid heads (mainly Mesa) have all been valve pre / MOS-FET power, been very happy with them as performing very similar to all-valve but more reliable and portable
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Real top of the range gear in its day - I had the 2 x 8 combo and loved it. -
That's definitely top of price range.......cheaper one recently on BC from a great seller; withdrawn but he might be tempted - Nearly gone for a Jaydee a couple of times; real quality and unique basses
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Just noticed that - was that the '75 AVRI Jazz? Hope you're still liking that - I'm loving having the Steve Smith Custom back in my stable, still with the very nice TI flats you fitted...... They do crop up, and there was a very nice Stagemaster Standard recently FS on BC (in Wales too!) but it would have to be an Imperial. I think the later ones have a double Jazz pickup at the bridge.
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Very few basses I any GAS for now, but I've been hoping to stumble across an affordable Stagemaster Imperial for a while.......
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Kind of surprised at the reports of neck dive, as I haven't noticed any? The original bridge is similar to the Fender BBOT and a Badass fits with no hole modifications and just looks so "right" - I've done on both of mine (keeping originals of course!). May have counterbalanced in a small way, as a Badass 1 is a heavy chunk of brass!
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I'd imagine the DMZ 4001 would be quite a bit more cutting with rather less bottom end than a standard P - alu Kramers have a really ringing sustain too. Meant to say that they're ideally best played through a valve amp (to my ears) as can othwise sound a tad piano-like - I play mine through a Mesa Walkabout or Titan V12 and they sound massive and growly..... The necks are a joy to play as well as being an iconic exercise in styling - the ebanol boards on my two are barely marked after 40+ years.
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Plenty of info online, eg:. http://www.vintagekramer.com/alum.htm I have a 650B and a fretless 450B, essentially the DMZ series were very similar (alu necks on heavy walnut or maple bodies) but with the well known Di Marzio pickups rather than the chrome covered single coil Mighty Mite p/ups on the earlier models. I love mine; distinctive looks and distinctive tone (quite "toppy" -think bass intro to Boomtown Rats "Rat trap" which was a 650B), and quality build - they were boutique range basses in their day. Neck is roughly P profile, medium scale, and ultra stable as long as you don't use very heavy / high tension strings (in which case they've been known to bend!). Necks not as cold on the hand as a Travis Bean - which is about the only other bass you can compare then to -(which I've also got) due to the wood inserts Good luck, - there were a few alu-necked DMZ models recently on eBay, though not sure if there was a 4001
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Agree with all the comments on this thread that it's probably more about strings and technique than core bass tone, but an Ovation Magnum is just fabulous for reggae / ska - I've never played another bass with such naturally massive low end whilst retaining complete clarity / articulation. Currently using La Bella 750T White tapewounds on my fretless Magnum 1.
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It's a far from perfect system, but I've bought a shedload of basses and a few amps on eBay, mostly from abroad, and have to say I've never had any trouble whatsoever. It's generally a more friendly experience buying and selling,on this forum, but flip side of that is I've been shafted twice
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If I was loaded, I'd have this and a 1950's Wurlitzer jukebox in my front room, just to look at........
