Sparky Mark

Thank you. The 1215 combo was the biggest surprise. There's a local rehearsal set up that has an old beaten up 410 TE combo in one of its rooms. It was plugging into that with extremely low expectations that convinced me I had to have an AH150/200 head; the combo being just too big and heavy. The first I found was the rack mounting AH200 then the Mk5 AH150. All good, no more TE heads needed. The next visit to this rehearsal set up we were in a different room that had a beaten up 1215 in it. Plugged in and what do you know, that beautiful Trace Elliot oomph coming from something much smaller and lighter than the 410. Around the same time an as new example popped up on here which I was lucky enough to acquire. The AH100 (or 130, I cant tell which?) was from a local guy who didn't gig so once again too good to pass by. That's definitely the last purchase (yeah, right) unless a mint SMX250 surfaces somewhere convenient.

And now a minty Series 6 AH100 tops my Trace Elliot stack.😊

I use my Trace Elliot heads with either one (usually) or two ceramic loaded Bergantino HD210 cabs through which they sound amazing (if you can ignore the bum notes that is). I have found that if the tone is correct, crushing volume isn't needed. I'm sure some compensate for a less than perfect tone by turning up the volume (because I know I've done it too).

Thank you for your research. The book link is very interesting.

Thanks, there's some history on the internet saying they were a decent band that nearly succeeded but now I'd only expect friends and family would remember them. It was the Mike Scott and David Dickie connections that caught my interest further. In my book that puts them a level above the other hundreds possibly thousands of bands from that era that have no history recorded anywhere.

So I've just acquired a mid seventees left handed black tolex Fender Precision case that apparently at one point had been rescued from a skip in North Wales. Whilst giving it a clean the band name The Last Chant has been uncovered on both top and bottom faces. Googled the band and found a few details including their bassist was called Brian Ashcroft. There's also one track on YouTube called Run Of The Dove which is pretty good. I was just wondering whether anyone remembers them or knows if Brian is still playing (and whether he was left handed)?

Michael sold me his Kala Sub bass at the weekend. The deal couldn't have been smoother with everything as described and excellent communications throughout. Spent an hour or so discussing common ground; MM Stingrays, Fender J's, Hartke and Ampeg amps, etc, etc. Lovely guy; trade with confidence.

Not only did Clive sell me three basses for less than the price of one, he was good enough to meet me at half distance as well. First rate communications from another absolutely normal BC'er. Cheers Clive and good luck with everything. Mark