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  1. Sparky Mark
    No worries and yes, the original price entered cannot be changed. However, adding the new price in the thread title and the body of the original post makes a new price clear for all to see.
  2. Sparky Mark
    On eBay for buy it now £550. What does that give you after fees? Perhaps that could be your price on here?
  3. Sparky Mark
    To think that Lemmy (not known for being quiet) used to drive a Marshall 4x12 and 4x15 stack with a 100 watt Superbass head. Volume is way more to do with speakers than simple watts. I know there's a lot of humour around heavy iron watts but this amp drives even a single Bergantino HD210 to its limit with ease.
  4. Sparky Mark
    I use this moderately powered (compared with the current trend for 800 watts!) head with a single 8 ohm Bergantino HD210 and it is more than loud enough for any decent sized pub gig that I do.
  5. Sparky Mark
    Interesting though it is, you'd be better to conduct this type of conversation via the personal messaging facility.
  6. Sparky Mark
    SOLD
  7. Sparky Mark
    Thank you. Does the price include shipping costs? Thanks again.
  8. Sparky Mark
    Will you be adding some photos of the actual head and gigbag to this thread later?
  9. Sparky Mark
    I wouldn't be selling this one if I didn't have another three Trace Elliot amps!
  10. Sparky Mark
    Look into the light, not around the light, into the light......
  11. Sparky Mark
    I believe Series 6 started around 1989 so this will predate that.
  12. Sparky Mark
    It's only the Trace Elliot logo that has a bulb backlighting it but the fluorescence of the whole front panel under UV light is beautiful indeed.
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  14. Sparky Mark
    In my experience, one thing a heavy bass does well is expose poor playing posture quicker than a lightweight.
  15. Sparky Mark
    John uses ebony mostly on basses it seems, so I reckon it'll be ebony. I'd definitely seek advice from Jaydee before adjusting the truss rod.
  16. Sparky Mark
    True, but it was a weird 60s looking thing that seem to sell for a small fortune in Denmark Street nowadays.
  17. Sparky Mark
    1976; I was 14 years old and used my savings to buy a dreadful Kay bass with flatwounds from a mate (drummer) for £25, a Sound City 120 (much better than I appreciated at the time) from Rockbottom in Croydon (can't remember how much but probably the cheapest amp they had) plus an 18" folded horn cab that probably came from a larger theatre/PA system. Crap tone with no definition at all but could be heard half a mile away from the school music room where my first band practiced in our lunch hour. Soon after got a Shergold Marathon and Carslbro Stingray head; still s#@t!! but I was hooked by the low end.
  18. Sparky Mark
    Thanks again Phil. All looking good. Are there any dings on the back of the neck please? Did you paint the machine head bodies red? Thanks.
  19. Sparky Mark
    Tom bought my ABM with no hassle and extremely prompt payment. Great communication throughout and I wouldn't hesitate to trade with Tom again. Many thanks Tom.
  20. Sparky Mark
    RMS is the only half useable measure. Peak, music power, etc are pretty meaningless. Markbass are RMS.
  21. Sparky Mark
    If it's power you want then you may be better looking at the TH500 that'll give 250 watts max into a single 8 ohm cab rather than the 175 watts max of the TH350. The class D 500 watt Markbass heads are rated at 300 watts into 8 ohms.
  22. Sparky Mark
    SOLD - Ashdown FS-4 - Excellent condition. A heavy duty 4-way footswitch with 4 metre cable. Switches EQ, Valve Drive, Compressor and Sub Bass on/off. Used for models:ABM-500 / 900 EVO III/ABM 600 /1200 EVO IV. SOLD - £25 inc shipping to UK Mainland. £20 collected from or local delivery to Hertford.
  23. Sparky Mark
    When you say 'enough drive' do you mean overdrive or simply enough power? If you are using fuzz and/or gain pedals you'd be better off with an amp that is capable of being both loud and clean (Markbass are good for this). If you want the amp itself to generate fuzz or overdrive then don't go Markbass. If you use overdrive pedals plus hi gain overdrive on the amp you will lose a lot of definition and low end.
  24. Sparky Mark
    My experience with Markbass heads is that they are quite neutral sounding. They tend to amplify whatever goes in at the front end fairly accurately without imposing too much of a brand or signature tone as some amps do. Because of this relative accuracy they will expose both strong and weak points in your signal chain, including inconsistencies in playing technique, rather than smooth over them. It's fairly simple to get whatever you want from them especially now that Aguilar, Ampeg, Mesa, Tech 21, etc., all produce preamp pedals to flavour the input. A selection of £100ish pedals is a more cost effective way of having several brand's basic tones available to you rather than paying £500+ for each head.
  25. Sparky Mark
    I rarely stray from EQ controls at noon position on my LM heads. The EQ curves show that each control does affect quite a wide band of frequencies either side of the stated frequency.
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