Mykesbass

Good condition for its age - it's only 10 years old!!

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They've dropped the Chantry brand name - named after where their headquarters are - not the nicest part of Ipswich (and that's saying something)

Old Hagstroms, Ovations and Guilds are the only things that get my GAS up. Never going to go the vintage route as I'm so incompetent I can only really play 5 string basses

1st gig with new band - playing rocky end of Dylan, Neil Young, Springsteen etc. Modest but very enthusiastic pub crowd (The Terminus, Hailsham) - the band is fairly well known in this pub so it was definitely a home fixture. Couple of wobbly moments - Tambourine Man in a new key and without the comfort of my 5 string for a low D - it just wouldn't sit right under my fingers! And the Frankenstein cab isn't quite right yet - looks like I will need to port and possibly brace a bit more - sounded lovely at low volume. Fortunately I had my regular cab with me as well and that was more than enough.

Good work - I'd be impressed if I walked into a small independent shop and found that. Hope it all sells through nicely - oh, and here's another smiley

Steve Cropper.

[quote name='3below' post='1098079' date='Jan 21 2011, 08:41 PM']And eventually gold hardware looks dull, plating wears off or if unlucky peels off. Aged chrome / nickel (25 years on etc) just looks the business IMO.[/quote] Yep, gold hardware ages sooooo quickly, and to be base (not bass) we are talking collar and cuffs here

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1097824' date='Jan 21 2011, 05:17 PM']There was a period where Matamp used chipboard in cabs, but it was more recent than that cab, I think.[/quote] This was from Mel at Amps n Bits in Worthing - I also had Paul Goodhand Tait who I vaguely know through a friend look at it and he was sure it was just a cheapie: "The cab looks like a late 70's CustomSound, FAL or SAI cab or similar to me? But I would go for Customsound in which case The Grill cloth and metal corners are probably original. I can see from the pictures that, It's made out of Chipboard/Particle Board with a Ply baffle. I would say 101% Not an early Mat Mathias cab. I would also say that the Goodmans speakers are not original to the cab also the white speaker cable is not original. I would say that the cab almost certainly, originally had a Pair of Fane's in with Black and Red speaker cable, having taken a look at your pictures again I would put money on it that the cab is a late 70's Customsound cab." Still, it looks good, and at the moment, sounds good so for £20 I'm happy!

I posted pictures of this cab a short while ago to see if I could get it identified. Despite a little bit of excitement when it was suggested it may have been an old Matamp I had it on fairly good authority from two vintage amp dealers that it wasn't - mainly due to a lot of chipboard in the construction. So, now knowing it wasn't particularly valuable, I stripped out the old Goodmans Audiom speakers - sold those back on Ebay so am already in profit! Put new handles and a speakon input on and wired in a Peavey Black Widow and an Eminence Basslite speaker. I have ordered a port but it hasn't turned up. Now having read a lot of the science that goes into cab making I'm not expecting much, but it has cost me next to nothing to do, the bits will always come in handy if it doesn't work, but if it does, I'll have a nice retro looking cab to match my own roadworn look (not quite a relic yet) and my new retro band. So far, it sounded great in the kitchen - very full and warm, but the big test will be on Saturday where I'll try it out BEFORE my gig starts. [attachment=69604:2x12_front.JPG]

[quote name='icastle' post='1096880' date='Jan 20 2011, 09:55 PM']I'm sure they must do - isn't that 'Cash Convertors' place that seems to have appeared in most major towns a pawn shop?[/quote] Yes, they are, but unfortunately, a lot of the time they tend to know how much things are worth so you don't really get too many bargains from them anymore. Having said that, I picked up a lovely Japanese Strat in the Ipswich branch a few years back for £180 - sold it in my shop a few hundred yards away later that week for £399. They also have (or had) a dedicated music outlet in Norwich.

New you could get either a Cort Action or one of the Aria IGB series - both good but look on here for best value second hand basses.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1089251' date='Jan 14 2011, 12:57 PM']Oh btw, whenever you look at his listings check to see if he has any recent neg feedback and what his replies are. He doesn't take kindly to complaints! In my head i've always imagined he looks like this:[/quote] Yep, 5,999 euro piano deal gone bad and he's called the attorney! He may also fancy the caps lock key that's floating around on here if TIM's finished with it.

[quote name='mart' post='1088483' date='Jan 13 2011, 07:29 PM']Oh, they've got that problem sorted already: look under "Essential Accessories" and you'll find such delights as this: [url="http://www.russandrews.com/category.asp?lookup=0&region=UK&currency=GBP&customer_id=PAA1378017111017SBMJKUVHXSDRGIXT&cat_id=PlinncdsScottish"]http://www.russandrews.com/category.asp?lo...linncdsScottish[/url][/quote] Oops, Barb Jungr - I know one of the double bassists on some of her albums

One of teh TC Helicon range certainly does vocals on there own - a vocalist I worked with had one - they sound amazing but just make sure she works all the parts out away from the rehearsal studio

Thanks, hadn't spotted that.

Even if all this gear does what it says, what are you going to listen to on it? There are, after all, only so many direct metal mastered, virgin vinyl Alan Parsons Project albums out there

Used to stock ESP - they are great instruments and at that price or secondhand, a bargain!

[quote name='noelk27' post='1086505' date='Jan 12 2011, 11:03 AM']The listing also breaches eBay's terms and conditions.[/quote] Out of genuine interest and not trying to start a scrap, how?

Well according to Rosetti's website, there isn't an authorised Ric dealer in Gloucestershire.

No, it is a mixture of science and religion! "Pythagoras was the first documented scholar to establish the notion of musical ratios, believing that music could be represented as pure mathematical ratios, which he believed were the ratios of the cosmos. The Renaissance recycled his ideas, where architects, artists, and craftsmen used these musical ratios in the built environment because they believed that, as twentieth century architecture historian Rudolf Wittkower maintains, “as man is the image of God and the proportions of his body are produced by divine will, so the proportions in architecture have to embrace and express the cosmic order, citing ideas of Pythagoras and Plato's mathematical cosmos”.

Just a thought, there may well be a good few of those that go on and become active members. I certainly came on the site in the first instance to look at off-loading some gear. I did however then play by the rules by introducing myself and making some posts first. I now really like the place. Be careful not to lose more potential members.

[quote name='Wil' post='1085654' date='Jan 11 2011, 04:06 PM']Did he also play on Dusty Springfield's "Take a Little Piece of my Heart"? That's an incredible line.[/quote] Probably not as the album that came from was recorded in the UK. He has a pretty impressive CV though: [url="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-cogbill-p65382/credits"]http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-cogbill-p65382/credits[/url]

For me it would be completely pointless.......and yet I still want one

QUOTE (Mykesbass @ Jan 11 2011, 03:48 PM) * Son of a Preacher Man - Tommy Cogbill/Dusty Springfield [quote name='simon1964' post='1085659' date='Jan 11 2011, 04:09 PM']Cracking bassline - I played it for a charity gig I was involved in a couple of years ago. Brilliant line, which is a lot harder to play (well!) than you first think.[/quote] Not harder than I first thought - it terrifies me