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I have just bought this and I'm over the proverbial orbiting mass of rock about having done so, I owned the combo version a few years back and loved it, but it was huge and heavy, even by the quite challenging standards of 80's Mesa gear, and it got to be too much. However, this with my two Powerhouse 2x10s is my dream rig It does however mean that I have to get rid of one or both of my other big heads, a Mesa Venture bought quite recently from Harry (Hazbeen), and my older US built SVT CL. This is a stock photo, will post pics of mine this afternoon. It's in very good functional and cosmetic condition. Small tear in tolex 1 Smal tear in tolex 2 Look at those beauties (orange is two spare fuses for those Ampeg moments) Last year of USA production The SVT does what it say on the tin and does it very well. I really don't want to sell it but needs must. £600 is a bargain for this, collection form Canterbury preferred but I can arange delivery/meet up in London/SE/Home Counties. Courier would not be ideal for this but I'm open to it if you are. Cheers Chris
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Having used these things for years, and in that time having moved from round to flats and recently even to foam mutes, seems a bit daft to be using these, when the Fender bridges do the job I need. Price per bridge below on basis of condition. Bridge 1 Lots of use, well cut slots, but grubby and rusty in places, works fine £50 **SOLD** Bridge 2. Average condition but slots a little poorly cut. Played it for several years without a problem however. £50 Bridge 3. Better than average condition £60 Cheers Chris
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Morning! I have just bought this and I'm over the proverbial orbiting mass of rock about having done so, I owned the combo version a few years back and loved it, but it was huge and heavy, even by the quite challenging standards of 80's Mesa gear, and it got to be too much. However, this with my two Powerhouse 2x10s is my dream rig It does however mean that I have to get rid of one or both of my other big heads, a Mesa Venture bought quite recently form Harry (Hazbeen), and my older US built SVT CL. Harry's original FS thread is here The Venture is a huge sounding and visually imposing head, with all the grunt of the Walkabout albeit with greater options around EQ, compression and channels (all footswitchable, included). I have been playing with a VERY loud drummer and rarely have this past 3/10 on the master. It does everything from fat Motown to utter distortion. I love it, but cant afford to keep it and the Buster. Collection/meet up (Canterbury/South East/London/Home Counties) preferred, but might be able to consider other options. Courier also an option of course. Chris
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Does The Colour Of Your Bass Affect Your Playing?
Beedster replied to Hobbayne's topic in General Discussion
Metallic blue sparkle Modulus Flea doesn’t allow for understated playing, so yes -
Play one/some and work it out for yourself perhaps? To add to the above, IME quality & consistency is generally a step up from equivalent price range Fenders. Tone (especially with flats) is way more versatile than Precisions or Jazzes. Necks are generally very well engineered and stable. I've always had the feeling that EBMM really care about what comes off their production line in a way Fender stopped doing many years ago (i.e., around 1964).
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Main advantage of the Big Block over the SVT is that it only requires one person to carry it. oh, and it's less likely to go wrong. And it's more versatile. And it's got a footswitchable channel. Oh, and you don't have to spend a couple of hundred quid on tubes every couple of years. The five main advantage of the the Big Block........
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I'll trade if for a grand Greg All joking aside, I'd also trade for a decent USA Ovation, likely with some cash my way depending on the model. I really love this guitar but it's very unforgiving and mid focussed (great for recording in that context), and I think I'd prefer something with a cutaway, an onboard pre, and a slightly more scooped tone. But quite happy to keep it as well
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I don't usually comment on these for a whole range of reasons. But this one......... Every line of the description is just screaming for a humorous reply: 'Knob made from the same plank...." is just begging for it, as is "I don't know why more basses aren't made this way....?". If the neck is straight as claimed, I'm guessing the body must be bowed. And twisted? If a 10 year old kids made this in the 1960s I'd have some sympathy, but 10 year olds are making more convincing instruments in school woodwork these days!
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FS Precision body **SOLD**
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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FS Precision body **SOLD**
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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Great post
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FS Precision body **SOLD**
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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Agreed, I've always felt that in choosing a bass we consciously or subconsciously anticipate a tone and find a way of producing it. Rics are a great case in point. If I had a pound for every time someone made a cliche remark around Ric tone along the lines "clanky' I could have afforded to keep both my very non-clanky Rics. Rics, like Jazzes, Precisions, 'Rays and pretty much everything else, sound like the player playing them through what they're playing them through with whatever strings are on there. Yep, many subtleties for sure, and yes PUPs make a difference (but again, some of that is simply psychological "Hey, this PUP is gonna make my bass sound like a Ric"). I know for sure that when I picked up a Ric, with that massive neck and the rather odd way it sat when played, and the bleeding knuckles form the PUP surround, that I played it very differently to other basses; as my guitarist once put it, I was a lot more 'agricultural' on the Ric. I'd still love to be proven wrong by your experiment though