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guitar village in farnham had about 4 A hollow body, a glaub, a 44-02 I think and possbiy a Jo

[quote name='Leowasright' post='420965' date='Feb 27 2009, 02:52 PM']Dave, NB, Do you know of someone that fixes valve amps around Southampton? I used to get Mick in MM music to do it, but they have long since sold the shop and retired. I suppose I ought to get the bias looked at once new valves are in. David Hare[/quote] Try the noizyboys who are christchurch way 01202 490110 07780 605058 i dont know if they can help with a valve amp but we have taken a studiomaster desk and one of our pa amps in the past, and they have been prompt reasonable and professional I dont know anyone reasonable in portsmouth, Steves amps in godalming are good but its a fair way from you.

Although its easy to blame the manufacturer/retailer/importer whatever the price of the pound has gone from nearly 2 dollars to the pound to 1.43 That means anything paid for thats imported will increase by 30% just for currency fluctuation. If you add to that vat and duties on this increase, plus freight etc etc, I think there will be a round of serious price rises on just about everything I suspect manufacturers and retailers will try very very hard to keep the costs down , because they know they are in serious situation regarding future sales in the current economic climate Anyone who has regularly imported from e bay us will realise exactly how much costs have gone up. If anything, I suspect those manufacturers didnt pass on all the price savings they made when the pound was strong last year and the year before I dont know much about Hartke or the change, but I suspect you are benfiting from stock bought at old prices rather than a deliberate intent to push up prices.

Would a darkstar as fitted to the lakland decade fit?

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another vote for the lakland but if you want to compare like with like, the lakland bob glaub is the direct equivalent. The japanese precision come with either a japanese made pick up, or a fender reissue pick up. The Lindy fralin is top notch replacement which I much prefer to the standard fender. I think the neck finish is nicer on thre lakland as well.

Thats exactly the same as the one i use great amp They havent reached collectors prices yet

I try not to buy new these days, Id rather have used, and sell it on for a similar price to what I paid. I got an incredibly good deal on a 20th anniversary stingray, and a 5 string ray a few years ago because a local shop was prepared to order one in and take a small profit as a handling fee, but I think things may have probably changed more recently. I also upset, and got upset by everyones favourite bass shop in Denmark street. I negotiated a very good price on a purple stirlng with the gallery, and when I went up to collect it I had a mooch around and saw the same bass in that shop. On the basis if you dont ask you dont get, I asked him if he could better however much it was at the time and he said no one would sell me a stirling for that price. I told him that martin would and he went off on one, called me a liar, and then phoned the gallery. I left, collected my stirling, and have never been back since. An effective way of getting a discount sometimes is to ask for something to be thrown in. Case, gig bag, strings, whatever. A set of string is effectively a £20 discount to you, but costs the shop £10 Both sides save money.

After many years with Rotos I ve been using hybrids and they are great. Feel better than rotos, dont ask me why. Dont use them on my stingray anymore, use Thomastik flats instead

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='412790' date='Feb 18 2009, 10:11 AM']Lightweight 2x15 is about as likely as a lightweight 8x10 [/quote] Weight is not everything, its ease of movement that counts, My acoustic 2x15 and its predecessor eden 215xlt both have floor mounted tilt back castors. Pull the handle at the top and pull it behind you as a trolley. No lifting and carrying. Tilt and slide into the back of an estate. Ive has 4x10s,2x10, 1x15s, ashdown minis and I rather move the 2x15. Stairs and High stages are a problem I would agree.

Discount for cash is not really a benefit these days in a shop, depends on the shop. Theres always the inference that by paying cash, the retailer will somehow gain by not declaring it in someway. It wont work in a big store unless an employee is on the fiddle, and in a small store, depending on the system there are other ways of achieving the same end. What the retailer will save is the cost of a credit card transaction, depends on the retailer card arrangement, used to be around 1.5%, dont know if it still is, but on the other hand the retailer has all the hassle of taking the money to the bank. A better means is to do your homework. Whats the best price you can see advertised. If a retailer already has heavily discounted, he is unlikely to discount much after that. How long has it been in stock? is there one down the road, £50 off Is it todays hot item, if he thinks it will sell tomorrow for full price, why would he discount it. I am close to a retailer who wouldnt discount at all a squier 50s vibe. I got it somewhere else, and last I saw, the one I wanted was still there. Its their right to sell for what they want, and your right to buy where you like, in the middle there is compromise.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='411510' date='Feb 16 2009, 09:33 PM']-1. It would be as effective as adding a pair of oars to a motorboat in hopes of going faster.[/quote] Excellent

[quote name='ogri' post='409078' date='Feb 13 2009, 09:44 PM']lol..thanks for that mate.. i reckon about £140 -£150 each for a reasonably quick sale, i'll see how that goes down tomorrow..[/quote] I think you will find you are underselling at that price

You sir are a gentleman

Thanks Do they need locking ie clear nail varnish or similar? So me tribute will have to head for the bay

Ive just re aquired an early L2000 from a guy i sold it to some years ago The pick up pole pieces have slot tops not alen screws, and some of them have been adjusted so that they stick out a fair way and they are quite sharp. are they locked in any way? or is it just a question of sticking a screwdrive in and turning

A few years ago now I got a job in a country band basically for the money. At the first gig I saw two blokes dressed up in the uniform of the 7th cavalry practising quick drws and shoot outs, and i thought I was going to die laughing. I also got thoroughly sick of being offered bangers and beans at every gig. Truth is, its like everything else, theres good and bad, great songs and crap songs, good musicians and bad musicians. some of the songs are platyed to death, just like they are in covers band and rock bands. Having also played a lot of 50s rock and roll you start to see the influences and cross polination between artists and styles, I couldnt define new country? WTF Is that the eagles? or Eric Clapton unplugged. Who cares, but you wont find Johhny Cash in my collection.

[quote name='henry norton' post='404585' date='Feb 9 2009, 06:02 PM']Rumour has it that Trace copied the Acoustic circuits for its early products a-la Marshall copying Fender amps when they started out. I'm not sure if it's true but either way, used Acoustic rigs have always been quite expensive - probably as much to do with rarity value and Jaco Pastorius of course.[/quote] They have become more expensive recently because people have started to collect them They were frighteningly expensive at the time. I couldnt afford a 360 at the time, so I bought a 456 which was a 170watt amp with a 2x15 cab it was £700 in 1977 making it £2777.28 in todays money according to the inflation calculator so you can imagine how much the 360 was. Having said that, I gigged it for almost 20 years, I blew one speaker and had a transistor replaced, I never regretted a penny. I sold it for peanuts in 96 and after buying ampeg /mesa boogie/eden/ashdown I bought another acoustic, this time a 220 and a 406. I would still like a 360 althoughIm not sure I could lift it these days. I saw a photo a while aho [might have been sly and the family stone] 2 360s and a couple of acoustic keyboard plus guitar amps, of similar size, all in white. looked great

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='404699' date='Feb 9 2009, 07:46 PM']Gutted, the diagram I posted in my previous thread is no more. Pretty sure it faces straight back, W sot of shaped horn. This is the central bit with speaker taken out (mines not an acoutic, but is a clone of) Edit: Hmm, actually a lot of the info on Acoustic stuff that used to be on there seems to be gone. Is that to do with the name being ressurected? Anyway, found some of it in google cache, gonna try and find some schematics.[/quote] The unoficial acoutic homepage has been down for a couple of days, and will be fixed I expect. From the french site the size is 48x24x18

[quote name='YouMa' post='403897' date='Feb 8 2009, 10:55 PM']Wish i could get one of them in the sack.[/quote] What Jeff?

[quote name='lowdown' post='403355' date='Feb 8 2009, 01:12 PM']And this, Garry[/quote] stonking thanks for that

[quote name='Jarhead' post='402828' date='Feb 7 2009, 02:44 PM']Actually, earlier I saw two Acoustic cabs. Looks battered and beaten, but they could still work. I'm going to ask about them next time I go to that cafe. Zach[/quote] Where abouts? unless you are interested

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='402094' date='Feb 6 2009, 03:45 PM']As you have experienced, TIs are low tension and remain low tension through the body. I'm not actually convinced that through-body really makes more difference than a psychic medium could tell.[/quote] +1 I gave up thro body in the end I have TI flats on a lakland Jerry Schef, My stingray, and a p bass which is fitted with a steve rabe pbr active circuit. I even had them on a lakie 55-02 before I sold it. An active will give you that bit more flexibulity to play around with, to get whatever sound you are looking for.