Gareth Hughes

More PM's replied to. Thanks, Gareth

Not to put anyone off buying this but, why don't you sell your Epifani cab and get another GS112? I had two and loved them. Heartbreak to sell them, and only did because I also have two Epifani UL112's. I honestly never had a gig that two 12's couldn't cope with (within reason). Still, having said all that - SOMEONE BUY THIS CAB - IT'S A BARGAIN AND A BLOODY GREAT CAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As is the Pulcinella!! Good luck with sales - these are beautiful instruments.

Happy 4th of July Bump!!!!

Thanks Pete. Twas quite a nice gig indeed. And here's a bump for free

The 'it's been a while since I looked at this' bump.

Cheers for that Ian. Indeed, here's the bass itself in a video on Youtube, recorded in Dingwalls in London last year: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw&feature=related&fmt=18"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw...ated&fmt=18[/url]

Rorshach!!!!!

Well, if you buy it I promise to take the pictures down. Deal?

Hey All - Here's one of my custom basses up for sale: It's a Jazz Bass, made by a luthier, Ernie McMillen, at the Lowden Guitar factory in N.Ireland. (If you're not familiar with Lowden Guitars do a Google or ask a guitar playing friend, they're VERY highly respected instruments plus Lowden built Goodfellow basses from 1992-1996). It's a standard J shape, with a custom headstock. This same luthier built many of the Goodfellow basses when they were commissioned there. Body is maple with an ebony cap on the front and a rosewood cap on the back. It has a brand new set of Wizard Hammers and an Audere preamp with stacked Vol and passive style tone control, stacked Bass and Treble and Blend. Bridge is by ABM and sunk into the body. Bass has a Nigel Tufnel worthy amount of sustain. Neck is a 5 piece: Maple Walnut Wenge(I think, or possibly Rosewood) Walnut Maple, with an Ebony fingerbard. Scale is 35inches. Strung last week with a set of Ken Smith medium gauge strings. I had this bass made about 5 years ago and as much as I love it, I have 3 others made by the same guy, so something has to give. Tone wise this bass has a very bright and strong mid-range and is quite fast speaking - due mostly to the maple I imagine. Naturally, without any preamp tweaks, its sits in Wal/Goodfellow land. With the preamp you can get a lot of variation -from modern burp to classic P-Bass to fat dub. All in (with extra parts like the Audere, together with a set of Chrome Knobs, cost $220. That's about £150, plus shipping and whatever import duty I got stung for), this bass cost about £1400-1500 to get made so I'd be looking at around [s]£950[/s] [s]£800[/s] [b]£750[/b] with free shipping to mainland UK. Open for offers and trades. Will also include a Hiscox Hardcase. Cheers, Gareth AND NOW WITH ADDED SOUND: All tracks recorded with the Audere set flat, straight into GarageBand via an MBox Mini, and no-eq alterations/compression, etc. STRUNG WITH GHS BRITE FLATS: Audere Hi-Position: [attachment=51740:MIx_HP_Fingers.mp3][attachment=51743:Mix_HP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51746:Neck_HP_Fin gers.mp3][attachment=51747:Neck_HP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51741:Bridge_HP_Fingers.mp3] Audere Mid-Position: [attachment=51744:Mix_MP_Fingers.mp3][attachment=51745:MIx_MP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51736:Neck_MP_Fin gers.mp3][attachment=51737:Neck_MP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51742:Bridge_MP_Fingers.mp3] STRUNG WITH ROUNDWOUNDS- a set of worn in Ken Smith's (can't remember the type). Same as before, no alteration to tone, except on the Jamerson track, which has some bass boost and reduced high end. Audere Mid Position [attachment=51874:Bad_Marc...P_Mix_SL.mp3] [attachment=51875:Forget_M...MP_Nk_SL.mp3] [attachment=51882:OK_Jamer...ipOff___.mp3] [attachment=51877:MP_Mix_F.mp3][attachment=51879:MP_Nk_F.mp3][attachment=51876:MP_Br_F.mp3] [attachment=51878:MP_Mix_Pk.mp3] Audere High Position [attachment=51880:HP_Mix_F.mp3][attachment=51881:HP_Nk_F.mp3] [attachment=28077:DSCF1336.JPG][attachment=28078:DSCF1338.JPG][attachment=28079:DSCF1337.JPG] [attachment=28081:DSCF1374.JPG][attachment=28084:DSCF1373.JPG][attachment=28083:DSCF1377.JPG] Edited to correct my dodgy spelling

Honestly, even with just the one 900w power amp running -into either 2 1x12cabs (600w total) or a 3x10 (750w total) I've never had to run the volume higher than 3. There really is something glorious about a seemingly unlimited headroom from a power amp. I did hook up 4 1x12 cabs to this once for a Jeff Beck/Joe Satriani-type trio and it was laughably amazing - just to feel that whack in the knees and the gut, and clarity in the ear. Obviously £1400 is a lot for an amp, but it is a saving of £500 for a brand new one. So half a grand isn't a bad saving me thinks.

Yes for the first question, no for the second. The limiter on the 902 was on the earlier models and was dropped shortly after introduction. The current 2009 catalogue shows the 902 with no limiter.

Hey Barrie, Looks like a lovely bit of kit. If I can move my Epifani UL902c I may well be back for this. Bump for a great amp. And a sound bloke to deal with.

Hey all - Selling my Epifani UL902c amp that I bought brand new in July 2007. Lived in a rack case since day one and has never been used past '3' on the volume, so consider it practically mint. Brand new from The Bass Gallery these are just over £1900. Given the mint-ness of mine I'd be looking for about £1400 [i][b]*NOW £1300*[/b][/i]. Given that the economy sucks I'm open to offers. Trades too, particularly of the small amp + cash to me variety. I'd put up a photo but trust me, it looks just like the one on the website, with a rack case on it. Here's the skinny from the Epifani website: The Epifani UL 902C is a 2 channel, 1800 watt professional bass amplifier designed to deliver studio quality audio and road worthy performance. Described as "sounding like the channel strip of a high end vintage recording console" and powered by a pair of cutting edge, 900 watt class "D" amplifiers run in a parallel/mono configuration, the UL 902C offers superior tone shaping via the unique 2 channel design. Channel 1 features a 3 band, shelving EQ with a mid-cut option that is accessible by a front panel switch or by the optional footswitch - effectively giving the user two equalization parameters at the flick of a switch. Channel 2 features a bass and treble shelving EQ and a semi-parametric midrange equalizer for dialing in more precise EQ settings. Manufactured from the highest quality components, the UL 902C offers a full complement of professional features including channel switching, effects loop, Balanced DI out, Pre-amp out, Neutrik Speak-On connectors, silent tuning mute, selectable voltage and pedal control input. With the optional footswitch a user can toggle between channels, activate the mid cut feature and mute the amplifier Power Rating: 2x900 watts @ 4 ohms Inputs: 1 Active, 1 Passive Signal to Noise Ratio: 90 dB Output Impedance: 4 oHms Input Impedance: Passive 470 KoHms Active 200 KoHms Pre-Amp Mute Sweepable Midrange Dimensions/Weight: - 19"W x 11"D x 3" H (2 RU) 18 lbs[u][/u]

Well, if you sell this give me a shout Of course, I could be tempted if you take up my offer on another trade..... mwah ha ha hahh hahh ahahhaha (it's Sunday and I'm bored. Ignore me. Little amuses the feckless)

And a bump from me. If I didn't have the exact same model/year/sunburst bass I'd be trying to trade you a lovely custom jazz of mine. Ah well.

Hi Nick - Might sound silly to say but try roundwounds on it. As much as I loved my 2008 P with D'Addario Flats on it -sounded amazing at home or in the studio - I could never get any definition from it live. Switched back to roundwounds and I'm a happy man again.

Bump from me - Ian is a great guy to deal with. (And that's saying something, given the Ballymena thing)

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The two different woods are used much in the same way you'd use laminates - only having them vertically instead of horizontal. As to how much this affects the tone relative to the strings that are on each piece of wood - I guess a side to side comparison with a traditionally made instrument would be the only way to know. This bass has a very solid, tight and controlled sound with a smooth high end. The rosewood cap is there simply because I didn't like the look of the two different woods on the front. I didn't have this bass made for me to begin with, but did have it changed to suit me. Story is that I wanted a 6 made and my bass tutor recommended a luthier that had built him a beautiful fretless J-Bass. As it was he had a 6 already made and on sale in a local music store. I played it, loved the neck, the feel of the body, the sound - but didn't like the two tone front. So after talking with him we decided that rather than make a new instrument from scratch, and seeing that I liked the neck, it would be easier and more cost effective for me to just have the existing body changed.