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Great gear you've moved on and wished you hadn't?


Al Krow

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So you are thinking about your current set up and personal bass or wider band needs and realise: 'Ugh!! If only I hadn't moved such and such on, that would be really just the ticket right now!'

For me it's two things this year:

My Yamaha BB425 traded for an Ibby SR1206. Totally love the Ibby, but should have kept the Yammy!

My Promethean 3110 300w bass combo. So portable and, as well as a doddle to take to rehearsals, would be just the ticket in terms of providing a powerful little stage monitor easily able to cope with the lows.

Zoom MS-60B multi-fx. Moved it on before I got close to realising what an amazing little multi-fx pedal this was and making full use of it. And then Zoom went and released their free firmware 2.0 update increasing the number of effect sims from 58 to 142!! Well I've just got myself a replacement

What would your 'I wished I hadn't moved that on' bits of gear be?

 

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Ashdown LB30, and a CTM30...
Orange Terror Bass 500, 3 times...
Tech Soundsystems 4x12. Best bass cab I've owned, lightweight but BIG. My knuckles thank me every day though...
An abused '83 Squier SQ P bass. One of the best P basses I've owned. Bought for buttons too...
'83 Wal Mk1. Not really my thing, but it'd be worth a fortune now!
Line 6 Studio 110. Great little thing to have around the house.

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My 1980s Aria SB 700. Never found a bass that had the mojo this bad boy had. Many gigs worth of sweat, beer and fag smoke ingrained in it. It also had a Powell & Peralta Rat Bones (skateboard company) sticker on it. I
Sold it when I decided my shot at rock stardom was over in 1989, and I used the money to buy a suit and get my hair cut short. Pains me to this day.

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[quote name='kendall' timestamp='1510052163' post='3403485']
My 1980s Aria SB 700. Never found a bass that had the mojo this bad boy had. Many gigs worth of sweat, beer and fag smoke ingrained in it. It also had a Powell & Peralta Rat Bones (skateboard company) sticker on it. I
[b]Sold it when I decided my shot at rock stardom was over in 1989, and I used the money to buy a suit and get my hair cut short.[/b] Pains me to this day.
[/quote]

So in effect, you moved your hair on. :D

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Some great stories, I'm loving it. Keep them coming! Clearly lots of Wal regret from folk of who have sold them on and what is it about Zoom multi-fxs that make them so under-rated?!

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1510052859' post='3403500']
Oh and the tecamp puma 2x12 combo I had for a while. Best combo in the world ever. And the local guy I sold it to won't sell it back...
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You do realise there is one in the FS section (albeit as two separate 1x12s, which should in theory be just as good?). My mate, Osiris, has a 2x12 Tecamp cab he plays his Magellan through and it's just divine...

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[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1510053955' post='3403530']
You do realise there is one in the FS section (albeit as two separate 1x12s, which should in theory be just as good?). My mate, Osiris, has a 2x12 Tecamp cab he plays his Magellan through and it's just divine...
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Ah but then you're missing out on the 4" mid/high driver which is SWEET!

Also 350w not 500w. Although that's neither here nor there really.

As an all in one gigging combo the Puma 212 is unbeatable IMHO.

Edit: Eich still make something similar, but I don't have twelve hundred quid just at the minute!

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My lightly reliced Sandberg California TT4.

I couldn't get it to sound like I wanted, and ended up trading it in for a jazz bass which i later sold anyway.

But listening back to a few snippets i recorded it sounds lovely, and probably would have just benefited from some different pickups etc. The rest of the bass was lovely.

I've kept an eye out for it but it hasn't come back up for sale again. Bummer.

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[quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1510055590' post='3403549']
Cherry red Epiphone Rivoli (now lives with the bassist from The Sea Pinks)

Vintage Sound City 200 (a mark 3 ones not one of the crap mark 4's) - now lives at Skyhammer Studios
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Awesome - every recording I've heard come out of Skyhammer sounds fantastic

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My Geddy Lee MIJ Jazz Bass. I always thought the neck was too slim and it sounded too twangy but in retrospect it was a dumb thing to sell it, as it was a beautiful and very well made bass


I will probably buy another and fit a J Retro in it.

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A nice Squier JV 57 Precision, black with a maple neck. Bought cheap, sold for a little more, now worth a lot!

Also my 70's Ampeg SVT rig. The best thing I've ever used, sold it too cheap to a guy who drove up to Yorkshire
from darn sarf in an old Escort van to collect it - he got a brilliant set up at a cracking price. Still miss it.

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