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My 85 SB1 so tight a gnats fag paper not get in crack and neck is hard to get out of pocket is so tight. If unsure move on, many others about.

or... wait....... and get lucky, s/h ones appear regularly at good prices, unless you are looking for something really special. Why not put up a wanted? importing - sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you get stiffed, VAT and duty is ok, the £12 or so handling charge for postage is offensive to say the least, absolute rip off. Factor it in before you buy.

Alternative take, volume, tone and 3 way toggle switch, lower P pickup to gain reasonable balance. These days I find I want basses without volume and tone controls, just use hands, tone for me always full up, seems muffled otherwise. If really keen get multiway rotary switch a la Gibbo EB3, pad p bass back with resistors of varying amounts.

Me, being aged, I used in order Vox AC50, Marshall 100w supalead (jmp100? bulgins, ptp etc), Hiwatt 100, Hiwatt 200 and somewhere in this HH IC 100s. Valve amps were cheap, I struggled to get rid of Hiwatt 200 (it was heavy and Orange tolex... v desirable now lol) edit... forgot Bassman 100 in this somewhere.... great amp but noisy, hindsight great thing. Best setup was Hiwatt 100 with acoustic 370 cab... immense in all senses of word, loud and heavy and big.

First rate bloke, traded Barefaced Big One for Barefaced Dubster. Excellent communication and a good chat. Many thanks. Enjoy the Big One, Dubster will put my drummer in his place

Am puzzled, have owned two USA teles, one from 1977, the other from 1989, well used, never had problem with jack sockets. Socket might be cheap and nasty but seems to work on in mine. My strats on the other hand... jacks keep working loose, despite gnarly lockring and severe tightening.

In 1970s built own pa cabs (small band 2x12s lol) saved considerable money. Can be marginal these days, last year built BFM Omni 15, amounted to same ££ as s/h Barefaced Big One that I bought. Keep thinking about FearFul 1515/66 however when there is a Barefaced Dubster at £550 on forum at moment, DIY may not be cost effective. Just needs care and thought, sometime good value, sometimes great fun, sometimes does not add up. Like the Orange cab would have gone great with my Orange Hiwatt 200 many years ago.

Have older well used Hiscox case, is good, only fault is that feet have torn away, rivets on feet pulled out. Case still in use. Friend has Fender Japan tele with F*** case. No comparison, Hiscox case is business.

Really like mine, and did not screw to fingerboard.... looked like an insubstantial mounting and would leave holes in fb. I made a plywood extension for fingerboard, screwed pick up into this, fixed plywood to fb with 2 x cable ties. Works well, and can have seriously loud db with no feedback. Use in loud blues band now and then, no problems. Let me know if a picture would help.

1985 G&L Sb1, 3 bolt neck. Just stays in tune, rock solid. Play, put in case, play, put in case... repeat etc might retune now and then, is a notable event in band when I have to retune it (and yes I do play in tune lol). 3 bolt necks, what is the issue?

Bump - No demand for these at all, very unpopular, not musical sounding at all and just not loud enough, however I could be persuaded to give it a home other than wife would kill me. Will be an excellent g**** amp for someone.

Some bass amps / cabs can be very good, my Telecaster sounds really ballsy and mean through Peavey Tour 700 and Barefaced Big One, better than through Fender Combo I think most surprising result.

Peavey milestone, great cheap bass, about to be fitted with emgs... power bass for cheap as chips money

Bargain at £200

Peavey tour 700 through Barefaced Big One. Plus - great tone, great flexibility, sane carry weight of head. Negative - I feel the need for even more Watts, this is in a band with 20W guitar combos (loud drummer though), big venue and no pa support. I preferred tone and low end tightness and control of Peavey over Marshall VBA I had. The more Watts needed may be due to cab choice. Try before you buy as usual.

Agree, and must check rest still in spec, one day when time permits......

Valve amps, love them, and have had (and have) my share of Hiwatt, SC, Marshall, Vox and homebrew. Well executed amps are things of elegance and beauty (to me anyway, am I sad?). I love the simplicity and ease of repair, which I can do myself most of the time. Downside is when repairs are not DIY or involve transformers. The moment repairs involve a skilled person who makes a fair living, then the effects of new technology start to have a bearing. Class D poweramps are now silly money (Peavey IPR 1600 £219),they can almost be treated as consumables if lasting 2 / 3 years. Think I am going handbuilt valve pre-amp, then class D poweramp. best of both worlds? Must get shot of my SC120, is very tidy and unmolested, just hisses