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One Traditional Powerhouse 2x10 cab left, happy to talk offers

They did indeed, I'll miss it

Walkabout and both cases (Bronco & gig bag) now sold

1 x 15 sold

Tell me about it, not many of us real men left Harry! Having said that, a real man from up-north has just bagged the 1x15. One down, four to go! Cheers Chris

Just checked eBay for Mesa gear and have to admit it's going bloody cheap, pretty shocking the difference in price between new and used. I'll revise the prices here accordingly Walkabout Head £450 Gig Bag £25 Bronco Hard Case £75 Standard Powerhouse 1x15 £250 Traditional Powerhouse 2x10 £400 each Great prices for great gear. Having brought them to the house from studio I would prefer to shift them soon rather than put it all back hence the prices, so let's consider the above prices an Easter offer that I'l probably withdraw once I'm back at work Cheers Chris

That's about it mate

I became the guy with the '57 GT California who was made tangibly unhappy by the mere thought of the existence of a '57 250 TR Re technique not technology, there's also a big positive in a new challenge; compared to bass mandolin is a bloody difficult instrument to master, the degree of mechanical precision required of both hands is ludicrous. After an hour or so on mandolin playing anything on a bass feels ten times easier!

Greg, you're a star, much appreciated, but don't worry, I'll still be playing some bass, albeit in the studio as opposed to in a band, I still find noodling around on fretless high therapeutic. Really appreciated the offer though mate, thank you

Details at Roland site here https://www.roland.com/uk/products/pm-3/ Mine is well used and does not come with the clamps on the HF units. Great unit for electronic drums or key. If you're into dub, it's also quite a nice bass amp (unplug the HFs). Weighs marginally less than a medium-sized planet so collection/meet-up only. I'll post photos of mine tomorrow Cheers Chris

Ashdown pics

Brand new (well, bought new as a gift at Christmas but never used). Will be sent in original packaging. Price includes delivery Link here https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/cabinets/products/studio-stool I'll upload pics tomorrow Cheers Chris

As with all the Yamaha silent instruments (I've owned a few over the years), this is a great way to practice without punishing your neighbours, which for me getting back into fiddle following a 30 year lay off was quite an important quality! I've recently upgraded to the Yamaha YEV-104, which is not so much a practice instrument but one designed for amplified performance (which is not what the silent series are designed for). Can be collected form Canterbury Kent or posted at buyer's expense. What this does that the YEV doesn't do is really flatter your playing, there are a number of room settings (reverb essentially), that make silent practice through headphones a whole lot more bearable! Integrated shoulder rest (Kuhn) and bow included. Usual Yamaha quality of course. Cheers Chris

I've had this desk a while but it's sadly virtually unused; I also had a RME Fireface 400 at the same time and used that for most recording. I've recently bought an RME BabyFace Pro, so getting even smaller so I can't see the Mackie getting any use. I also have the original Mackie gig bag although I'll have to dig that out from wherever I've stored it. The Mackie is in 100% as new condition. Manual here https://mackie.com/sites/default/files/PRODUCT RESOURCES/SPECS/Spec_Sheets/Onyx_1640i_SS.pdf Reviews here https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/mackie-onyx-1640i Apologies for the photos, it's racked in a 1970's studio rack with a wonderful pullover slatted wooden cover at present. If you collected you could have that as well (it was custom made for a London Theatre). I can post at buyer's expense, I have all the original packaging Cheers Chris

Now listed on eBay but still very happy to entertain cash offers here. I can post any of the items at cost, and might be able to meet up in person within reason. No trades thanks, unless you're thinking a 1910 Gibson Mandolin Cheers Chris

Thanks Nik, hope all's well. I must add to the above that I'm not giving up bass completely, I've still got a lovely bitsa fretless, a Breedlove acoustic and my 4/4 DB, but in terms of playing bass live, I do think this is the end of the road, and it feels 100% right (or I'd never be letting the Walkabout go, trust me). Funny old thing your mentioning the V4B, because I remember that amp as being the start of a different era of bass playing for me, one where I stepped from being mostly interested in the instrument and the lines, to the amp and the tone. I'm guessing that since the V4B I've owned pretty every tube amp by Mesa and Ampeg, and awful lot of top-end non-tube stuff by, for example Aguilar and Phil Jones, and, to paraphrase Bono, I still hadn't found what I was looking for. I think I realised that I was looking for a holy grail of tone that in real terms simply doesn't exist, because once you find one level, you need the next. A definitive moment in my thinking about bass tone is encapsulated in this thread: Given what was at the time my growing enthusiasm for acoustic tone, where the only place you can go is technique not technology, I think that evening in the studio with a £150 combo was a real wake up call in relation to my quest for bass tone. As you say mate, it's a journey

That looks lovely mate, and what can one say about a 100 year old Gibson! My rationale for two (cheapish) Mandolins is that I want each of my daughters to have one each, although at this stage it's mostly me playing them I have to admit. The Breedloves have the advantage over some of the more esoteric models of being quite bomb-proof, which is an important quality in the context of the players in question (who have not changed much since you met them!). I defy anyone who's ever played a Mandolin to not become addicted

If you saw what I'm playing now Greg, you'd say "Hey, that's kinda cool". It started with a jam session about a year ago with our guitarist who said "why the f**k are you playing bass when you can make a guitar sound like that" Now, bass culture is far too much in my DNA to ever play a guitar in a band again, but it made me think about why I spend so much time playing an instrument that, to be honest, stopped giving me real pleasure several years ago. And two Breedlove USA mandolins later, I think I've found my thing. They're also instruments I can play with - and teach - my daughters (who trust me have zero interest in bass), and because they both aspire to fiddle, the tuning makes life much simpler for us all! And having stopped playing fiddle at Grade 8 in about 1982, I've suddenly found a lot of love for that as well, and now well-learned mandolin chord shapes have introduced a whole new way of thinking about playing it. Hoping to do my first ever gigs on fiddle this year (I've only played orchestral before). So I think the bass was out of the boy before the boy was out of bass to be honest! And if I had a pound for everyone who wants the bronco case I'd have three Breedlove mandolins!