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Surplus to requirements I have three (3) brand new and unused Transcat Transparent Cat Doors.





These are designed and manufactured in New Zealand for fitting into glass.

Details are [url="http://www.transcat.co.nz/catdoorclear.htm"]here[/url]


£16 each inclusive of postage.

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='32471' date='Jul 16 2007, 12:48 PM']curly leads rock!.... why don't you see them much these days?[/quote]

I just treated myself to one of [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Retro-coiled-guitar-Cable-Lead-20ft-6M-Cables-curly_W0QQitemZ160136376221QQihZ006QQcategoryZ47075QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem"]these[/url]. What a deal. Changed the plugs to Neutriks. It's great.

[quote name='jimbartlett' post='32355' date='Jul 16 2007, 08:33 AM']Hello,

I wondered if someone could answer a question for me? I want to run a DHA rackmount unit from a Power Conditioner. I was thinking of making a cable which has a normal socket on one end and plug the other end into the Power Conditioner. I could then plug my normal 12v adapter into this then into the back of the DHA. Would this work ok? I think it would work I just wanted to check I wasn't being stupid

Cheers,

Jim.[/quote]

No problem with that at all. You could either use a flying 13-amp socket or get one mounted on a plastic wallbox and secure it inside your rack. Run a cable from the socket to an IEC plug. Plug in your 12v adaptor.

The other alternative is to find a 12v dc supply that has a captive mains lead, rather than a plug-in wallwort type and just fit an IEC instead otf the 13-amp plug. You can secure that inside the rack with tie-wraps or velcro.

[quote name='misrule' post='32229' date='Jul 15 2007, 10:00 PM']Rudgwick Music Festival is the same day as the South East bass bash -- but I'll say hello if I get there

Cheers

Mark[/quote]

Rudgwick is great event. I played there with Old Blue Moses a few years ago.

The Bash starts at 10:00am so there will be plenty of time to come there and go on to Rudgewick later.

Joe Cocker's Unchain My Heart. Not quite a bass solo but very bass driven by T M Stevens.

Substitute - The Who
Nivram - The Shadows

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='31921' date='Jul 14 2007, 10:05 PM']The Watkins Rapier is a fairly well-known 60's guitar, widely used as a first 'serious' guitar by quite a few of our [b]parents / grandparents[/b].[/quote]



........ and us and our contemporaries. You forget there is no upper age limit on BT.

Lead guitarist in my 1963-67 band had a Rapier and played it through a VOX AC50 amp and T60 cabinet. Great sound.

I recently acquired a WEM 2 x15 cab from a fellow BTer. Nice bit of history.

[quote name='Rayman' post='31119' date='Jul 13 2007, 10:10 AM']I believe OBBM has one.[/quote]

Correct.



Unmistakable a Stingray but with overtones of carbon fibre. Loads of sustain. Very punchy. Rarely needs adjustment. This one doesn't have the standard factory pre-amp or pick-up. They'd been changed before I bought it so a direct comparison is difficult.

(BP if you read this maybe you can help me try and get the electronics back to original)

As a DJ5 owner I'm with Homer on this one.

1. No-one sells at list, not even The Gallery.

2. Bass Central after shipping and duty, etc. equates to about £870 delivered.

Both those are new bass prices. Used will take at least a 25% hit.

Good luck with the sale. I'll be following with interest.

[quote name='Toasted' post='29581' date='Jul 10 2007, 09:07 AM']I dont think I'd be able to resist the extra £500 for Status neck and Nordy pickup tho...[/quote]

Well that ones easily solved because you can't get a Status neck for a Sterling.

[quote name='Subthumper' post='28959' date='Jul 9 2007, 08:34 AM']Maybe its your speakers.If you need more power than that you must be playing at ridiculous volume.[/quote]


That's right. You haven't given us the whole story. What speakers are you using.


I did an outdoor thing recently using an ABM-500EVO, Trace 1152 (1x15) and a Trace 2103 (2x10). It was loud. The volume never above 10 O'clock all day.


BTW I'm looking for a Trace 2102 to partner the 1152.

[quote name='kjb' post='28385' date='Jul 7 2007, 07:53 PM']I ended up buying an Epifani UL502.[/quote]

Welcome to the club.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='28254' date='Jul 7 2007, 11:24 AM']I'm not talking about a £50 or £100 premium on the US price. I would be tempted to pay that. It's reasonable.

£400, though? Nah.[/quote]

My comments were regarding distrbution of US products generally. Having had a trawl through AI Focus prices in the US, Europe and the UK I must agree that in this case the UK distributor is without doubt taking the p*$$. Why not complain to AI directly.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='28198' date='Jul 7 2007, 09:01 AM']No I don't, but consider this:

If the UK dealer did as I did, and bought it from a US dealer, paying full import tax etc., at the price they were charging they could still have sold it for around £400 profit.

No matter how charitable and pro-UK trade I'm feeling, I'm not falling for that.[/quote]

This is all very nice in theory but international trade and commerce doen't work like that.

Reagardless of wehether you are buying a guitar, an amp, a car or a TV, manufacturers appoint country or regional distributors and dealers to handle the business, set up distribution chains to handle their products because it is impracticable to deal with every customer, or even dealer, directly.

Distributors are required to provide sales forecasting, stock purchasing, warehousing, sometimes set-up, local modifications and QA, distribution, warranty support, marketing, advertising. He also requires them to forecast sales trends are so the factory can manufacture the right products. For example a manufacturer, based in say California, has no idea what is going on in the UK market. He is reliant on the eyes and ears of his distributor to provide that information.


They are required to buy and pay for the stock that they are going to onward sell to their dealers. This requires premises, people and money and, money costs money.

Finally the dealer, your local music store has to make a living.

That's the way it works and no amount of bitching about it will change things.

The only reason you know about price differentials is because of the internet. For as long as I can remember, over 30 years, there has always been a significant price difference between the USA and the UK. It is not a new phenomenon. If you don't like it then complain to the manufacturers directly. It is they who set-up the networks and invoke rulkes about cross-border trading. Don't take it out on the local dealer.

I'm with MoJ. If you buy cheaply from abroad, don't expect the local store to fix it for free. It's your problem.

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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='28051' date='Jul 6 2007, 07:41 PM']£729 retail at the BC so unless I'm mistaken this looks tidy at BIN £300 + shipping & taxes!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ken-Smith-KSD-604-Proto-J-Bass-Guitar-Mint-NR_W0QQitemZ110146534828QQihZ001QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ken-Smith-KSD-604-Pr...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote]


Even allowing for tax and shipping I would think that's a good price.

It is a shame that the seller hasn't done his homework. It looks to me like a 604 which is based on the 60s Jazz, but the spiel is all about the 704. It makes his rambles a bit of a joke.

Quite amazing. This [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-vintage-bass-cab-200-watts-pre-1980_W0QQitemZ170128675686QQihZ007QQcategoryZ58719QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]cabinet[/url] and this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vintage-trace-elliot-ah-250-g-250-watt-bass-head_W0QQitemZ170128674259QQihZ007QQcategoryZ58719QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVewItem"]head[/url] were allegedly used at Live Aid over 4 years before the concert happened.

Epi UL502 is very clean. I hardly need to touch the EQ. Usually about +1 division on all the controls. Works well with the UL310, as you would expect.

[quote name='ShaunB' post='24487' date='Jun 28 2007, 03:33 PM']hmmmm.... central southern get together...?
cheers
Shaun[/quote]

Guildford is not that far ......

I think I'd like a Lakland DJ4 in black with a maple neck.

I'd also like a Trace Elliot 2102 cab.

The perennial problem is what to sell to fund the gas. '80 Stingray? 05 Stealth 2? Pink Jazz? Sound City L200?

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='23260' date='Jun 25 2007, 10:24 PM']Of the37 of us that have expressed an interest (so far), we have 13 definites & three probables by my reckoning (I'm keeping a list). 16 who originally expressed an interest have yet to pipe up.

Pete[/quote]

Well done. That looks quite promising. We'd better start planning another for those who can't make it.

Dropping like flies. Is anyone coming?

It's fine to run two channels using a Y splitter cord. Some power amps, like QSC have an input selector which routes channel 1 input to both channels. Some have a loop out from each channel so you can daisy cain them together. At the end of the day it will dpend on the input impedance of the power amp.

If you parallel too many then you will get a loss in level and frequency response. If you want to run lots of power amps then get an audio distribution amplifier. They split the signal, adjust the level and provide buffered outputs. No need for transformers.

If you ever get the chance read [url="http://www.mofoster.com/books/index.html"]this[/url]



To quote Mo, "[i]Around 1960 my school band, The Tradewinds, upgraded its back line of little 5 watt amplifiers with the purchase of a wedge-shaped, blue and white, 17 watt, 4-input, Watkins Dominator amplifier which, at £38/10/-, we could just afford between us. But the band was divided by the prospect of such awesome power: did we really need 17 watts?".[/i]


The Dominator used 2 x EL84. The Vox AC30s used 4 x EL84 to get 30-watts and they are a loud 30-watts.

[quote name='nick' post='22779' date='Jun 24 2007, 10:05 PM']Finally got my amp. Some photos (not the best I'm afraid) here:

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729274/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729274/[/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729326/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729326/[/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729780/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729780/[/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729610/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/9336149@N08/614729610/[/url]

Cosmetically, it's not as bad as I expected. Just really needs a good clean, some sticky residue on front fascia, scuffed corners,..but nothing too major.

I haven't yet got a cab, but I wired it up to 15" inside my Trace Elliot 150w combo to test. Crikey, it seems incredibly loud!
Lovely warm growl to it, just the sound I've been after, & trying to get with various driver pedals. The bass & treble controls on both channels do actually alter sound quite a bit - variety of different tones possible, from 'dubby' to 'clanky'. However treble boost switch doesn't actually seem to do anything, at least to my ears - no problem.
Valves inside are old (dusty) Mullards: 2 x EL34's & 3 x ECC83'S

Only thing...is that it has some kind of earth problem. Whereby, hum goes when bridge or anything else earthed on guitar is touched, etc...(?)
Also, mains lead & speaker cable are fixed. Was considering putting IEC connector & jack socket on back, along with corner protectors. Though on the other hand; I quite like keeping things original, especially if it is a rarity - not sure yet(?)

Thanks Oxblood for all the info - you're a star!

Very happy with this find. ^_^[/quote]

Nice bit of history. Those output valves look like EL84s not EL34s. That would give the amp an output of around 15-17 watts.

[quote name='NickThomas' post='22621' date='Jun 24 2007, 12:37 PM']There's obviously a cost involved in the venue. Do we need to be sending donations, or will it be sorted out on the day?[/quote]

I will be collecting the usual £10 from each person on the day. If we get enough people this should cover the cost of hiring the venue and anything over gets donated to charity. I am proposing that this time it goes to the Meningitus Research Foundation. Our local Jam organiser lost his teenage daughter to it a few years ago and he and other musicians do what they can to raise money for research.