Mr. Foxen

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stunning-bass-guitar-collectable_W0QQitemZ230466682973QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item35a8e2805d"]Hondo with mods.[/url]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='818121' date='Apr 25 2010, 03:36 PM']Hell yeah - I wouldn't deny it for an instant. However a good part of what I do aside from buyin' & sellin' is renovation & refurbishment - and I absolutely [i]love[/i] pulling some horrific old relic apart, finding out what makes it tick, and doing my best to get it back to the way it used to be 35 years earlier. I'm currently pretty close to finishing some light cleaning & buffing to this (excuse guitar content): [attachment=48236:l6sorigcond.jpg] And I have to say I'm quite happy with how it's looking now - pics to follow if anyone cares. This will go back on Ebay (probably) when it's done - I doubt the original seller would recognise it, and any profit I make won't reflect the hours & hours I've spent on it. I really wouldn't feel happy about picking something up & just trying to flip it the next week for a lot more than I paid - I'd at least wait until the listing I bought it from had expired! J.[/quote] Amazing flame top under there?

Coulda had it for £100 if you bid earlier today. Temptation crossed my mind. Might be worth watching and dropping a bid in late (cause in this case, early bidding will just annoy anyone willing to BIN).

The on board stuff in the amp might replace your pedals, even less to carry.

If it is a preamp for adding to normal jazz pickups, should be fine, unless they are super hot. If they are 4 conductor, gonna have to choose how you are wiring it, so you just have 2 to connect.

Ashdown Lomenzo hyperdrive is a good start, leaves the lows clean so avoids the fart. Is quite a lot like guitar distortion + blend, which gives you huge options.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='805447' date='Apr 13 2010, 10:06 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4001-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ270563145415QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3efed1f6c7"]4001[/url][/quote] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4001-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ270568782343QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3eff27fa07"]Relisted.[/url]

Thread necromancy, but I'm really curious as to whether this is already pictured in this thread. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-SBV-550-Bass_W0QQitemZ120560921733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c11fdac85"]One of Paul's?[/url]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='816938' date='Apr 24 2010, 07:39 AM']Since it's unlabelled, how do we know it's a real Ibanez? I'm not doubting that it's a real Ibanez, just asking how you can tell.[/quote] The massive neck mudbucker. In all mytime watching this thread, only noticed them on the Ibanez ones.

For the price of a new combo, you could probably get second hand Ashdown separates, that have already been 'tested' for reliability issues, and give you more versatility. I found Ashdown to still provide good support for items you didn't purchase directly (in that they told me how to fix them). I've had the EB180-15 and have the EB150-12, the 12 is ported, but I preferred the 180-15, it was a later model though, significant improvements visible inside, guess the new one with compressor is better still.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Vintage-Early-70s-Bass-2388b-Japanese-Project_W0QQitemZ140401840155QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item20b09a101b"]Ashdigits strickes again with this nice looking Ibanez.[/url]

Lots of own brand speakers are Eminence, the specs can be modded slightly at request, but BFM suggested there is only about 10% adjustment. Eminence hint at what drivers are in some things with their 'recommended replacement for...'. The Aguilar GSx12 cabs use one of the Eminence Delta 12s for example (LFA I think). Trace and early Ashdown used Celestion, as do Orange. Eminence are top dog, but probably because their range is so huge. The early Ampeg SVT cabs are considered some of the best, but the drivers they used were rubbish most ways of looking at them, so that's something to consider.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='815414' date='Apr 22 2010, 08:23 PM']I offset the speaker a bit on the baffle in case I wanted to drop a tweeter in, but haven't found it necessary so far.[/quote] If anyone asks, you offset the speaker to smooth the midrange response. It means the waves reflecting from the sides don't reach the speaker at the same time, so you even out the bumps that they cause.

I can here it's little pleading voice saying 'I've still got that mojo.' Not quite as awesome as the old Fender body that had been infested with termites.

I've seen a guy use a drill one on a vintage Gretsch in a shop and stripped the gear. Fail.

Probably a bit specialist, ask Ampeg. Or get a pic of the back of one.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hudson-Project-Bass_W0QQitemZ180497622358QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2a067f2556"]Cheaper here if you want one/want to point out to him its overpriced.[/url]

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I just rocked one of these and it is great. Does all the stuff I am after (loud and bassy and horrible).