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  1. Shaggy
    Hmmmm....all I can think of is: 1. Try contacting Mesa, as I think they’re unique to their cabs, Mesa may have kept them on later ranges? (long shot!) 2. Take some off a knackered Diesel cab if you can find one, as all the bigger cabs had them - they’re on my 1516 Diesel cab as well. (Also a long shot!) 3. The castors are just on flat metal plates that slide into the slots on the cab base, so maybe a local machining firm could custom make a set? 4. Ignore the built-in slots, make a simple strong plywood dolly board with castors, which the cab can be placed on for transport. I’ve a Trace 1x15 that the previous owner did this for (pic) which is permanently fixed to the base of the cab but could be detached if needed - makes it so easy to move the entire rig around 👍
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    Just to say this cab should have slots on the bottom corners for removable castors (see pic of my 1x15) which makes it a cinch to move the cab around (except on stairs of course!). Amazed this is still here.....
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    PM sent....
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    This is a Diesel by the way, just that it’s the Road Ready version. The EV drivers in these are sublimely good.
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    Awesome cab, I used one for years, and still use a 1x15 RR. Heavy, but awesomely clean, tight and powerful, and tough enough to withstand a full on nuclear blast. The pros used them for a reason! GLWTS 👍
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    What a great story. I can see this as the launch of a new hit TV series: "BCIS" (Bass Criminal Investigative Service) . Huge kudos to Fluid Druid and his shop - as a fellow Bean owner I really felt for the OP. A particularly nice TB2000 too, some lovely flame in that koa
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    Not so much "road worn" this one, as "barn worn" - a 1958 Gibson EB-2 I had from the US a good few years back (pre silly import duties....) that had allegedly been hanging up in a barn in one of the Southern States for around the previous 4 decades. No reason to doubt it, as even the strings seemed original. Finish checking /peeling is down to water damage, particularly on the rear, stabilised with a top coat of clear nitrocellulose. The fingerboard had to be reattached too.
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    An unoriginal choice, but prize for most random lyrics has to go to Procol Harem’s “Whiter shade of pale”. Of course everyone was high on the good stuff back then, so it probably made more sense. Fiction Factory’s “Feels like heaven” comes a close second. Both great songs, mind.
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    “...... The body cavity still has some of the original Blond paint, which was the only color on Precision basses made during this era” Better tell Sting his sunburst ‘57 must be a refin then.....😉
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    Really nice strings, I’ve used nothing else on my fretted basses for the last couple of years. Good articulate sound (very growly on my Warwicks), last far longer than uncoated, and they’re tapered so a narrower part of the core runs over the bridge saddle, improving sustain. Only downside they can feel a tad sticky / grabby when doing slides, especially when new and especially if your hands are sweaty.....
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    Agreed - that Gary Jules one was the start of a truly dreadful trend for doing ‘80’s songs in an incredibly dreary way..... Probably the only song of Dylan’s where the original was definitely best. As much as I like Eric Clapton’s output and respect how it’s evolved over the years, have to say I like his covers least, particularly during his ‘70’s “reggae” phase.
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    Lovely - I thought the ash bodied ones were generally natural, sunburst, or blonde rather than painted, so it may have been refinished white at some later point? Much nicer in natural anyway. 👍 When I started on bass at 16 (as a young punk in 1977) my Dad bought me the only bass tutor I ever owned; “Bass Guitar” by Jim Gregory and Harvey Vinson, with the inevitable flexi 45rpm disc - which I still own. It pictured a really funky looking dude playing a Mustang- I so wanted one, but closest I ever got was a Kalamazoo KB1 Mustang copy ....🙁 GLWTS!
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    Any cover done by UB40 🤮
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    Holy moly....😧. I thought it had to be one of those crazy Japanese listings, but no, it’s in Brum. But I guess if Thor himself has fettled the fretboard it has to be a bit special?
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    Ye layer The am The embers David ssex Jayne County and the Electric hairs The eekers (and of course, the New eekers....)
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    A few very lovely Mesa Boogie 400 / 400+’s on this thread, but not the rarer beast it evolved from: the D-180. Here’s my mid ‘80’s one. I've owned a few valve amps over the years; 1970’s Orange 100W and Fender Bassman 135, Ampeg SVT 2, and Trace Twin Valve. Settled on this for the last few years (though to be honest with recent bands it hasn’t really had a chance to get out much 🙁) - plenty of power, portable (easy one hand carry), a mere 6 power valves at re-valve time, DI out, and of course fabulous tone. Unlike the 400 it’s 2 channel; a clean one for bass and a second for guitar with the same cascade saturation circuit as the Mesa mark series guitar amps - which of course is pretty filthy on bass too! 😎
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    Bought a bass case from Lee; an absolute top guy to deal with......as if any more proof were needed given all the posts on this thread! Thanks fella! 👍
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    The absolute mutts nuts of a rig 😎. I use the same head with Ashdown 4x8” and 1x15” mini-cabs (black tolex) but would so love those red ones.........
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    Good call, but for me, “Presence” is no question Led Zep’s finest - also generally overlooked. A couple of others to add to the great examples above: The Jam - “This is the Modern World”; usually totally slated as a poor second album rushed out too quickly to capitalise on the success of the debut album. But I like it, not least as it includes one of my very favourite Jam songs on; Life through a window. Pink Floyd - “Atom Heart Mother”; overshadowed by the massively successful ‘70’s albums that came later, but for me PF at their most unique and creative. and an obscure one: Manfred Mann - “As Is”. Songwriting as good as the Beatles were doing at the time, with better musicianship. Remembered now only for far inferior ‘45’s.
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    Quite Status-esque; have to say I prefer the Alembic SC signature model. But it’s pretty cool, and Bas Bros generally price quite keenly.
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    PM sent 🙂
  22. Shaggy
    Thanks Hellzero 👍 - obviously I was my usual lazy self and did no research! Think I’ll stick with my old Vox Wyman.......
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    I’d initially assumed this was a guitar incorrectly described as a bass, but does indeed have “bass” on the headstock logo: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155124714942?hash=item241e274dbe:g:AYgAAOSwwMdi~nJZ&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoE0wXRpaVNr%2FdcSLonp5t5rj9IcrQuduvhB9lUBMUGCQGkEvogWsTAsaz2FlUd%2BEzGlTNQ2dPHuAMQWY1ozv2RCtP4s0Z%2F3KtHhUqraAgKci%2F8dBUX16iKPpoxqhT28xjSiWmi%2FWuu95v3EZvNUQRg9K8djtgyVweDfDnAVuFU7XlVTbyLB5AdfX05Dsc3DuIkq74cWxf8X6BGjsfrbarDE%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-TExJXaYA Anyone know anything about these? I've a couple of ‘60’s Fenton Weil pickups that would drop into this - I I had 3 I’d be quite tempted by it as a project......🤔
  24. Shaggy
    In 45 years of being in bands, every single one has had a really cr@p name. I’m just resigned to it now.........☹️
  25. Shaggy
    Saw them back first time around (accidentally - I was dragged to the gig) - fantastic live, never got the kudos they deserved. Re the OP, for me - Darryl Hall & John Oates; back then IMO they were just another “meh” American band, but I’m playing some of their stuff now and it’s soooooooo classy..........😎
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