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Pow_22

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  1. Bear Leather Guitar/Bass strap. 2.5" wide and extends from about 50" to 57". This is their Classic #2 model in a lovely deep brown colour with brass hardware. Very little use and smells amazing! Has had strap locks fitted which will be removed for sale. £40 posted or can be collected from Bolton
  2. Didn’t think id ever do this but it just isn’t getting the use since I used it to record the bass lines for our album 6mths ago…… Here we have an absolutely amazing sounding Ampeg SB12 from 1966. Ive owned this for around 18mths and in its time with me its had two full services at renowned amp guru and ampeg specialist Roland Lumby – once immediately after I bought it which involved several caps being replaced and once again around 8mths ago before recording the album where the 2 x 7868 power valves were replaced with new Electro Harmonix ones and the 2 x 12ax7’s replaced with NOS RCA’s. The 5AR4 rectifier is a Japanese one. Original speaker and tolex that shows a few nicks given its age, grill cloth has no tears. Ampeg metal scroll logo complete and the light up Perspex logo hasn’t been modded with someones name like a lot of these and B15’s tend to have. In its life it looks like the top handle has been replaced and there are tiny screw holes on either side where it looks like side handles had been added in the past. It also comes with a crudely modded roqslid cover. If you hear this with my flats loaded 78 P bass you will see why it’s the ultimate recording amp. Its basically a smaller B15 and sounds glorious! Surprisingly loud for its rating too! As its an original USA amp it also comes with a step down transformer. Price at £1,500 has small amount of wiggle room but posting is not an option on something so special. Im based in Bolton but can arrange meet ups. More pics to follow asap
  3. Have been doing some recording recently with my 1978 Tokai P bass with flatwounds plugged directly into my 1966 Ampeg SB12. This amp (coupled with being sat in close proximity to it) seems to have really highlighted a shielding issue with my bass. The usual hum/buzz that disappears whenever any metal component on the bass is touch. I have figured I need an hour or so to gut the bass and copper tape the internal cavity as well as the underside of the pickguard to get a more silent axe. However, the question I have is that currently I have an earth wire running from the underside of the bridge to the pots. Some suggestions ive seen suggest id should, instead, run an earth wire from the pot to an eyelet screwed into the newly shielded cavity bottom. Is this a preferable/more effective way that using the bridge as a ground point? As part of the work I also plan to fit a new harness as the volume pot is a tad scratchy. Being an old jap bass the cavity is tight to say the least so full size pots are probably out the question (I don’t want to start routing!) so will probably look to build a new harness from mini CTS pots or such like. Any further hints/tips on shielding very much appreciated
  4. Im after an amp sleeve rather than the usual rackcase type offerings but all I can find on the likes of eBay etc is ratfur covered efforts. The tolex ones seem to go for an absolute fortune. I know I could go to the effort of buying the rat fur ones (which are around £25) and recover it but im surprised at the this seemingly big gap in the market. Anyone ever comes acorss the tolex sleeves at all that aren't in the sort of £75+ bracket?
  5. Major GAS for the Squier 70's P Bass.  Black/black/maple with black block inlays mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  6. Didn't think id ever see a less convincing roadworn than a Limelight!
  7. Ideally id like to swap this for a like-for-like speakon to jack cable for my new amp rather than sell. Excellent build quality and in perfect working order. Based in Bolton but will post
  8. Also a bit of a fan of ashdown (bar the terrible CTM15!) Always LOVED the tone from the old Spyder series heads, never understand how they weren't a bigger success and continued
  9. Hmmm, an Ashdown CTM 30 through an Ampeg 410he, giggable for small/medium pub gigs with no PA support?

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    2. Roger2611

      Roger2611

      I used a 30 watt rated Ashdown Little Bastard with my Markbass 2x10 and 1x15 cabs for a single gig, I found it was nowhere near loud enough and switched back to the Markbass head at half time, I have to say I was disappointed as we were much liked by pub landlords as a decent covers band who didn't play too loud! So the fact it couldn't even manage a pretty restrained covers band gig in an estate pub meant it was not going to be any good at all for bigger gigs

      The amp went back the following day!

    3. TJ Spicer

      TJ Spicer

      If you don't mind it being gritty it may do the job. You probably want more like a 50w amp to not sweat about it though. T

    4. goonerjoe

      goonerjoe

      Like Roger2611, I tried using my LB30 on a few gigs but it was nowhere near loud enough. I have a CTM100 (for sale on this very forum) that does the job admirably though.

       

  10. Red dots are wipeboard marker so will rube straight off
  11. Would consider trades/part ex for Warwick Tubepath 5.1, Ampeg SVT III non-pro or At a push Ashdown Little Bastard
  12. UK made Ashdown ABM 300 Evo II Head in excellent working condition. Only "issue" is the VU meter is missing its glass front, I didn't even notice till a few weeks ago and ive had the amp a while now! Still lights up and works, just no glass front. Lovely valvey vintage type tone when used with my flats loaded P bass and Ampeg 410HE and the valve drive on using the 12AX7. Will get pics up as soon as I get into our rehearsal space. Collection from Bolton or if I can get enough packing stuff together I could potentially post within UK. £125 is the collected from Bolton price
  13. If I had the cash and you were local id snap this up, marry it up with the Mesa BB 750 im watching on ebay and be in tonal nirvana :). Good luck with the sale
  14. Aidan bought some used flats off me in an effortlessly smooth transaction. Nae danger here
  15. Had a long interest in the warwick tube amps - obviously they aren't technically all valve but im looking at the likes of the Tubepath and the Pro Tube. I did get a lemon of a Tubepath on ebay that put me off but im still interested in getting a full working one to try out. For some reason, and in my head only, I envisage them having a sound similar to a mesa BB 750, this is based purely on the little playing time I had with my bust one. Does anyone use either the Tubepath 5.1 or the Pro Tube IV regularly and can comment on their core tone? Im after a lively, gritty, driven, valvey type sound when using my flats loaded P and j basses through my ampeg 4x10he
  16. Dan bought some used flats off me in an effortlessly smooth transaction. Nae danger here
  17. Definitely agree with the ABM recommendations or even the Sypder series heads. Cab wise is the difficult one, ive yet to try a truly lightweight cab that didn't sound.....er.....lightweight.
  18. Came out of my 78 Tokai P bass. A little to dark for me, I wanted a more woody tone. These would be ideal to beef up a weedy sounding P bass. Come with original brass shielding plate attached. Plenty of wire left, will need to dig out the screws tho, they have gone awol £40.00 inc UK P&P, can knock a few quid off if collected in Bolton.
  19. Elites Detroit Flats - 45-105. Silks in decent condition. Plenty of life left. £13.50 inc UK P&P La Bella 760FS. Silks frayed up at tuner end. Still plenty of life and lively. £15.00 inc UK P&P Original Fender Flats (not 9050's). Need to check guage but id say 100-40, certainly light. No silks at tuner end, light green at bridge. Still very lively and not broken in. £15.00 inc UK P&P All are cut for 4-in-row fender type headstock.
  20. Anyone in the Northwest after a GK 2x12 cab?  Im after a head but the seller wont split the rig and I don't need another cab :(

  21. Sold Brian a tonestyler type P bass loom. No problems and very straight forward
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