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Ha ha, thanks Nik, not sure any of the above is anything I should be proud of, and I suspect the days of having the spare cash to buy gear on a whim are long behind me! C

Trust me mate, this is one loud cab, I put my old Mesa M-Pulse 360 (rated 360w at 4ohms that is) through it and I can't imagine there's many places where you'd need it much louder. My SVT at about 3/10 through it gets quite painful

Demeter sold, £150 posted gets you the Line-6, I really need to clear some stuff out at present! Chris

Needs no introduction, a phenomenal cab that's only going because I've decided that two Mesa Powerhouse 2x10s works better for me. I've been running this with my SVT and it has so much more of everything that the equivalent Ampeg 4x10, just sounds a lot more alive. As the new 2x10s are on their way, and as I have relatively limited space, the asking price for this cab is low to move it quite quickly (newer version of same cab is almost £1700 at Thomann https://www.thomann.de/gb/mesa_boogie_powerhouse_4x10_mb8ohm.htm) - I really don't want three cabs around the place at present. This cab is heavy but on removable casters which makes life a whole lot easier. Original Mesa cover included but it has seen better days. Photos below are from the original eBay listing, it actually looks better in the flesh. This probably can't be couriered but I'm happy to pack it if you're happy to arrange the process. Collection from Canterbury preferred, I might be able to meet-up somewhere depending on timings/location Cheers Chris

Offers on these before I put them on eBay. Looking for high quality hi-fi gear at present trade wise

Or a rather loud one God bless tube watts eh, my old PJB thingy rated at IIRC 300w on volume 10 couldn't get close to my B-15 rated at 30w on level 3 All joking aside, I'd love this Jack, but am one again falling in to the trap of entering a studio clear-out mode that results in my owning more gear at the close of the process than was the case at the beginning. It's been a regular April/May process since about 1995!

Wow, id' love that to drive the monitors in my studio

I take my hat off to you mate. I wanted to make a joke along the lines ‘have you thought of drums’ but thought better of it

Flanker, a heartfelt welcome back old buddy for a number of reasons you’ve been on my mind a lo, in fact only yesterday (don’t worry, not as suspect as it may sound). Hope all is a well as can be expected. Chris

Hello mate, thanks for the above, you're making me want to keep them. Having said that, I appear to have about four sets of used guts here also so am probably OK. Bit concerned about the degradation of these things though, they're a year or so old now so should be OK, but have a sneaking suspicion that they might not be in five or so years, hence selling them.

Hi mate, for me to answer that question with any validity I'd arguably have to be sufficiently competent at the skill in question, which I'm certainly not. Having said that, they have a very similar weight and tension to my old Silver Slaps, which perhaps provides some clues (although these have a much warmer and fuller tone when played pizz)? I'll have a look around at some sites and see what folks say, and get back to you Chris

Studio/loft clear-out has made me realise I had a lot more DB stuff that I thought, not the least of which is a s**t-load of strings, which I'll list here individually over the next few days as I identify them! Pictures of all the below on their way.... Gewa 3/4 double bass bag. Not in their current range but heavily padded and protected (and pretty heavy as the result) with leather attachments/protection etc, so I'd assume at the top end of their products (their current top of the range is https://www.thomann.de/gb/gewa_bass_bag_prestige_3_4_bl.htm, but this looks significantly more robust to be honest. I recently bought this 4/4 gigbag at over £500 from Thomann https://www.thomann.de/gb/soundwear_performer_3244_4.htm and hand on heart the Gewa is much higher quality): £125 posted No-name 4/4 double bass gig bag, this came with my 4/4. It has no label other than 4/4. I'd say that it's a placebo gigbag, if you think your bass is safe in it then you might be less anxious about your bass, you might arrive at gigs less stressed, and you might play better as the result, but ultimately it's probably about as much use in protecting your bass as a black bin liner. Looks better than a bin liner however. £35 posted Duke 4/4 carbon tailpiece https://www.thomann.de/gb/duke_carbon_tailpiece_double_bass.htm. A very expensive piece of carbon fibre from a respected manufacturer of basses. Carbon fibre is of course the material du jour, and it is claimed that it will revolutionise your sound, make you bass lighter and more resonant, improve your playing and therefore make you more attractive to whichever sex is your preference. My exhaustive tests against a £20 piece of wood from the 60's indicated f**k all difference on all criteria (although I may have failed to factor in the ageing of the wood in the latter, which as we all know is critical). However despite this, it looks absolutely amazing, is very light, and given that I was using it with heavy guts, may not have given it the most reliable of tests! £70 posted Lenzner Supersolo hybrid strings (pure gut D and G, winding over gut E and A). At over £300 per set, how the hell did I end up with two sets of these? I'll tell you how, I fell so in love with the sound of guts on my 4/4 that I was terrified that if I broke one during a gig I'd have to commit the ultimate copout and play a steel, that the audience would notice and leave, and my career would be over.... Anyway, back in the real world, as I'm not gigging at the moment and none of those currently on my bass look like breaking anytime soon, seems best to sell these rather than let them rot in the attic (I've also found a veritable treasure trove of gut strings that will be fine for spares should I ever need one, and Thomann tend to get these to you in around 24 hours). The E and A are unused/unopened in packaging, the D and G have light use because for some daft reason I decided to change out the top two thinking that new guts might sound a bit brighter than old guts. The set was bought as individual strings from Thomann who at the time weren't offering the combination in question. Unlike the two items above, these string will change everything, your bass will never sound better, and you will become instantly attractive to everyone, even the singer will occasionally glance appreciatively in your direction. No joke, these are mojo in a box. £175 More items/photos on their way

I owned a tenor, alto and soprano at the same time, many years ago, and whilst many would argue I could play none of them, the soprano was especially difficult. I would love to have an alto again though, certainly the most expressive of the three (and probably the most useful/versatile all told). That one looks bloody nice as well

All sold

Hello mate, can I have it. PM details? Cheers. Chris