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One of my usual ‘’Feelers’’ this one . Ive got an old Sound City B120 all valve bass amp that im considering replacing with one of a few Fender Bassman’s ive seen dotted around. Whilst mine is fully working AND comes loaded with Mullard EL34’s (all six of the power valves!) it is cosmetically tatty. The tolex is ripped in several areas and a previous owner has taken it upon themselves the remedy the missing tolex but painting the while thing black (well the bits that are meant to be black anyway). This has resulted in some of the exposed wood also being painted black. Dosent in anyway effect the usability or sound, purely cosmetic. Also the back ‘Sticker’ that denotes what all the switches and various sockets do is rather tatty and worn (again purely cosmetic). I have been using the amp with a Fender 2x15 cab and the sound is fantastic. With my flats-loaded P bass it gives a good vintage and breathy thump. Ive only ever cranked this at one rehearsal. I say cranked but I got it to about ‘6’ on the volume before I drowned out the drummer and guitarist. Good old vintage tone with plenty of depth and warmth. Pricing – I thought long and hard about this. Wooks recently advertised his for £500 on here if I remember right and his is immaculate. Given that as a bench mark ill say £350. Purely due to the Mullards it comes with (6 of these costs a fortune). P.S I don’t know its ‘service history’ so I would certainly recommend any buyer gets one done. It works fine and ive NEVER had an issue with it but old valve amps do need a bit of TLC from time to time. Of course you are welcome to bring your own bass down/up to Manchester for a test of it. Pics to follow. No trades at the mo (other than a Fender Bassman 135). Collection only from Manchester – though could be travelling to see a few Bassmans so delivery might be an option. Again its only a feeler, im not desperate to get rid and will happily keep on using it as my main amp. Any questions? PPS - As the pics will show i have replaced the usual 'Multi coloured' Sound City buttons with Hiwatt Style chickenhead buttons
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Ive got one of the MkI reissues and abolutely love it. The mark II's are a bit poorer build quality and the more recent ones seem very flimsy. Its my main bass and is the coolest looking bass ive had (mines the all black version)
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What's the most over-rated bass, or bass related product???
Pow_22 replied to silverfoxnik's topic in General Discussion
Orange Terror Bass - Bog standard hybrid amp. Valve amps - proper amps -
Would have one after trying one. However, im far too sold on valve amps now to consider going back to solid state/hybrid amps
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Anyone know of the top of their heads what size alan key a Squier Affinity P bass takes for truss rod adjustment?
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A fender bassman 135 head? Been after one of them badboys for a while. Ive got the matching 2x15 cab
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Fender Moulded Hardcase**SOLD**
Pow_22 replied to phsycoandy's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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Squier P Bass Bits
Pow_22 replied to Pow_22's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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Good call. I emailed the seller for measurements as being for guitar i wasnt sure it'd fit and low and behold it was nowhere near big enough to house my original bridge
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Ive been after a bridge cover for my bison bass for some time. It needs to be semi circular in shape to resemble the original burns covers. Ive come across this vintage bridge on the bay... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-Guitar-Bridge-Spares-Parts-Chrome-VINTAGE-/220814778387?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3369962013"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-Guitar-...=item3369962013[/url] and wondered how easy it would be to cut the string slots off to leave that side fully open and just use it as a bridge cover? Ive emailed the seller with my bridge measurements and asked him to measure the internals on this but was thinking if i could just cut the slots of and file down the remnants?
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Squier P Bass stock pickups (can include just pups at £7 posted or the full harness at £10 posted) Squier P Bass stock Tuners - £8 posted inc screws Squier P bass stock chrome knobs - £6 posted (they have the grub screw but wont fir my new CTS pots) Thats all for now. As always any offers will be considered. Only trade would be for P Bass style knobs that fit CTS pots
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Bought some wizard pickups off Tim. Arived well packaged and lightening quick - just in time for my rebuild day. Pleasure to deal with and good comms throughout. Have no problem at all recommending fellow BCers. Top bloke! Cheers Tim!
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P bass wiring also bought off John. Looks a quality bit of kit, really good components and soldering that puts me to shame. Very quick delivery too. Defo recommend. Cheers John!
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Just bought some P Bass Trads off here. Couldnt decide between them and the thumpers but a good price coupled with a fair few reviews i opted for the trads. Cant wait to get them. Booked all day off tommorow to rebuild a Squier P bass (i say rebuild but really its a re-wire with one of Kiogons harnesses, adding the Trads, adding some old vintage looking tuners and thumb rest and finally a new decal. Might even do a build diary
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Very sturdy cable bought off Dave. Arrived super lightening quick and is an excellent bit of kit. Amazing what a decent cable can do to your rig/sound. Cheers Dave
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Bought some old tuners and a thumbrest off Pete. Arrived very fast and very well packaged. A pleasure to deal with. Cheers Pete.
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Ive checked closely and it is down to the crappy camera. It is just the inside of the valves glowing and not the plates. The is a hole in the middle inside the valve that is why the top is glowing. It does seem to be purely the inside wire so im much happier now. Thanks for everyones help on this. Will be phoning the tech tommorow to get it booked in for a services and once over. I assume the two valves that i have switched places dont matter? Ive had it on standby for 30 mins since swappin and they all seem fine now