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Try Speaking to MB1, He knows his Ashdown gear very well

Sell out... Jealous as.

I played a load of the new Yamaha's at BassDay and really enjoyed them. I too under-rated them.

I think it might be something to do with their marketing weight being heavier on the cheap stuff.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1184056' date='Mar 31 2011, 10:55 PM']Oly White 63 arrives Saturday so it's NBW ( new bass week)![/quote]

Oh its alright for some...

Enjoy her!

I really like the position markers on that one Clarky! How's the precision hunt coming along?

Fair play to him tbh, He's been dead honest and is trying to sell his bass.

Each to their own.

OBBM.

That sounds really nice to me... and if they go for under £400 I might keep my eyes open.

[quote name='stevie' post='1178990' date='Mar 27 2011, 11:36 PM']I see what you mean. They might have an inductor on the bass drivers that would raise the impedance a bit above nominal, but it wouldn't raise it by a couple of ohms.


Not a bad idea, although I've already made the purchase.[/quote]

I would imagine that they're suggesting that TC cabs that are rated at 8 ohms are actually measuring 8 or above, and that other manufacturers may be below.

It makes sense that they are covering themselves with a sort of margin for error with regards to other cabs.

[quote name='chaypup' post='1178989' date='Mar 27 2011, 11:35 PM']Cheapest train - £170. I'd have to stay overnight too.
If it was in the summer I'd take time off and make a week of it but at the moment that's not really an option. Thanks for the advice though.[/quote]

Does the other basschatter have a feedback thread? Or maybe ask to see if he/she has en eBay account with feedback?

I dont think I've ever seen a used bongo without the headstock chip! I'm impressed!

I think there are a couple basses that are almost a right of passage for any bass player, whether you like them or not!

1. Musicman Bongo (although a big AL might suffice)
2. Rickenbacker, any will do!
3. Ken Smith/Fodera - as someone said, the birth of studio basses
4. Japanese Jazz/Bacchus Jazz - You can really feel good craftsmanship!
5. Sadowsky - I really do believe these are the best, most solid "traditional" style basses going.

It looks like someone broke a Ritter and glued all the salvageable parts onto a cheap Yamaha...

[quote name='nash' post='1176685' date='Mar 25 2011, 10:57 PM']isn't the V4 200 watts and the V6 and V8 400 watts? also these were around at different periods. the V8 was Gibson i think.

i appreciate the 3 BTA's will sound slightly different but ampeg have done well with just a 300 watt and 100 watts for 40 years. a good business model until recently. keep things simple. don't be a jack of all trades and master of none.

when people hear a bass on a 'rock' record it's more than likely going to be ampeg. they have their sound and ashdown do to a degree but they should keep it focused.[/quote]

I hear you on that one but I've had this argument about Markbass stuff as well.

Surely as a consumer having more choice is a good thing? It makes no odds to me what the business is doing, if I've got more choice then I'm happy. They all sound good, I know that much so I'm struggling to see a downside.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='1176458' date='Mar 25 2011, 07:59 PM']Its more of a "No one can agree what my exact address is" problem.

Its just different names for the same place, the council think its "Flat, 93 Insert Road name here" I think its "93A Insert Road name here" and Equifax thinks its just "93 Insert Road name here" Which is the shop downstairs.[/quote]

I had this problem a few years ago. Turned out it was actually to do with my national insurance number. Maybe go down down to your local job centre and make sure all is in line with your NI?

With all due respect Griffonite, the only thing that stops anything selling on a market like this is that the price is too high. Unfortunately its not a sellers market at the moment!

That really is something else beedster, Nice one!

Bass 2 for finger and slap, bass 1 for bridge pup.

Is this MIM or MIJ?

I actually wrote an article on ashdowns range a few days ago. I don't think that having a large range is a bad thing, especially as a consumer.

[url="http://blog.dolphinmusic.co.uk/index.php/blog/view/ashdown_catchup"]http://blog.dolphinmusic.co.uk/index.php/b...ashdown_catchup[/url]

Oh, and if that doesn't work, ask TIM.

If I dont get a sale on my Tecamp 500 212 combo in the next few weeks would you be at all interested in a trade on that?

For anyone worried, I'm pretty sure this bass needs a simple stereo jack lead to receive power from the DI box, So don't let you put that off, another bargain!

Edit, Seems its sold already, Nevermind!

Sue Who?

This has been done to death, Though I know you had no bad intentions Bubinga5!

All we say is that we dont allow commercial businesses to trade in the for sale section. If newbies want to join up just to sell then that just means more deals for the rest of us and that, ladies and gentlemen, Is pretty much that!