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one of the less common, non-mustard ones like I used to have. I'm not sure if you can actually but this colour model in this colour in the UK - I bought mine from an Ebay seller in Japan. Fantastic basses - but i would say that It is a good price considering the way exchange rates are just now but I got an absolute bargain at £330 for a brand new one delivered and customs charges included

Is the Schroeder brand new? Mine took quite a few gigs before it really opened up and produce more bottom end. Its never going to be a deep cab - The Schroeder's party piece is being able to go rediculously loud without distorting I missed the rumbling bottom end of a larger cab and that's why I eventually sold mine after having it for 2 years

I think I've managed to narrow it down to something by Trace Elliot. I would like a 7210H combo like I used to have or similar but would love one of the valve jobbies such as the Twin or 1225V.

First song I ever played on my first ever 5 string was Righteous & the Wicked by the Chilis off BSSM

Didn't Mark King have a pink Jaydee? I had a pink Precision with maple board from the same period roughly and regret selling it.

Its also quite a bit far away from me as well, which is the other thing I thought about. I can't imagine postage would be very cheap - I posted a trace TVT9 guitar combo to someone and it cost about £70

you've o idea how long it took me to find the correct size allen screws for the Shuttle - 10/32" if I remember corectly

I've had a look at the V-type combo but didn't know if it'd be loud enough. The main reason for a combo is that I like simple - I have my cab on my cab stand at an angle and would like to have everything sitting together. With the GK & Schroeder, I had the cab on the stand and the amp in its rack on a keyboard stand and it took up a lot of room - space is another consideration as well for getting a combo.

Unhappy at my sound and looking for a change I have sold both my Shuttle and my Schroeder 1212L. When I first began playing seriously I had a Trace 7210H and a 1048H cab and it put out plenty of power and I quite liked the sound. A couple of years later and I enter my 'Flea' period where I sell the lot and buy myself a GK 800RB, using a Trace 1153 with a Celestion 300w driver replacing the original - I also bought myself an all black Stingray 5 string as well. This setup was smaller as I was now just using it as a backline since we now had a PA. After a particularly loud gig and being unable to hear myself, I sell everything and start from scratch with firstly: Ashdown EVO500 something or other head and 2 ABM115 cabs - the most indistinct muddy sound I've ever heard - possibly only fish at the bottom of the sea could hear the notes produced. Hartke HA5500 & one of the Ashdown cabs - rubbish. GK700RBII & Schroeder1212L - great sound, bags of power Shuttle & Schroeder 1212L - reasonable sound, bags of power. My predicament is this: I want to buy myself preferrably a combo, weight is unimportant, that i can use primarily as a monitor using my cab stand. I have this pointing up directly at me as I don't plan on doing pub gigs without a PA anymore. I'm not sure if I want something that I can add an extra cab to if such a scenario comes up and I don't want to have to spend a fortune for something that I 'might' add onto for the occasional gig. I have absolutely no idea how much power I need - I like to be able to hear myself and generally point my cab away from the rest of the band so that i can have it at a volume I like without upsetting them. My guitarist is very quiet, the vocal monitors are nowhere near me but I do have a loud drummer. My original trace was 200w as far as I remember and I've managed to get up to 600w over the last 15 years. The extra power was to cope with being in a band with no PA support so I have no idea how much power I actually need. I don't want to buy more than I need either. My preferred makes are Trace & Gallien as I have had good results in the past, most other makes are an unknown entity to me. I don't want anything by Markbass or Genz. I don't mind buying new or second hand, obviously I'll get more second hand. I could spend up to £1200 if I needed to but if a 10 year old Trace combo for £200 will suffice then I'd rather get that and bank the rest. I want something with a bit of meat as that was what I found lacking in the Schroeder. BTW, what is the life expectancy of a transistor amp before they start getting unreliable? So far on my list have been: GK1001 Neo 2x12" GK2001 GK Neo1x12" GK NEo 2x12" GK1001RB II GK700RB II Trace 715 Trace 7215 - old model from the late 90s that I've spotted - 300w Trace 1528 2x15" cab Trace 1048H Trace 1153 Trace 2103H Trace 1518 Various new Trace combos I'm going demented as I have ebsolutely no idea what I need.

I managed to blow the driver in an ABM115 without driving it very hard. Its the one and only speaker I've blown in 22 yeas of playing. After that i sold it all as I was a bit wary of something else going wrong - plus I absolutely hated the wooly, indistinct sound and the excessive controls on the shiny chrome head.

As a previous owner of an ABM EVO blah blah head and 2 ABM115 cabs I have to say that i thought that they were the wooliest, indistinct sounding cabs I had ever heard in my life. I've no experience of the Aguilars but I replaced both cabs with 1 Schroeder 1212L. It may not go as deep but at least i can hear the notes clearly

I'm selling my 800w 4ohm Schroeder 1212L

There's about 8 knobs too many for me, Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh Matron

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Rig-Ashdown-EVO-Trace-Elliott-4x10-Eminence-1x18_W0QQitemZ180399008547QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item2a009e6b23&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Rig-Ashdown-EVO...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] This is bonkers - wonder how it sounds?

Just spotted this on the Fender website - If they sound half as good as they look then they should be the mutts The pic of the combo with the single coil P next to it was especially nice

I bought a dozen paper-in-oil caps from a guy in Sweden for about £6 - Later sold 10 of them for £4 each I put PIO caps in any passive bass that I get - may be mojo, may be whatever but I do prefer them. I was using the big orange fellows before that take up half the control cavity

Originally entered a talent show and mimed with an acoustic that I borrowed from a friend when I was 11. Bought it off him form a fiver. I was really into Queen at the time and decided that I wanted a bass for Christmas so that I could play like John Deacon.

I got quoted £250 to route a musicman pickup in my gold bass from Jimmy Moon in Glasgow

[quote name='benzies123' post='571835' date='Aug 17 2009, 05:43 PM']Yeah it ain't that pretty but it might be quite a fun novelty one if it's any good. I don't know why anyone would choose something like bloody gold over natural finish.[/quote] Cos I'm a bloody show-off. that's why