Jono Bolton

It arrived, and it looks great; just the slightest hint of mint. I just need DPD to deliver my guitar (delivery after 7pm 😫) so I can see what it looks like in situ.

Sorry chaps, I found out that Vanson does 'light mint green' which looks just what I'm after. The plate should arrive tomorrow so I'll report back once I've got it.

Does anyone know where's good for mint green pickguards that have just a hint of green? A lot that I've looked at are far greener than I would like, border on mushy pea territory.

Here's Fender Modern Player SS Jazz that sold on here recently to give you a rough idea of the price: Don't know much about them myself but it's maybe worth sending 2x18 a message for his thoughts, although £300 sounds cheap, depending on whether or not the refin is good. The only thing I really know about the Modern Player series is that they came from the same factory as the top-end Squiers, like the Classic Vibe Range, J Mascis Jazzmaster, Matt Freeman P Bass and the Biffy Clyro sigs, so the quality should be pretty high.

A guy who used to come into our school to teach guitar had a Hofner Senator, and I've wanted one ever since.

Up to the start of the year, I was using a Peavey 400 Series Mark IV head; it weighed a ton, sounded huge and cost £100. If I was still gigging I would have kept it but I found a Peavey Century bass head for even cheaper so I sold it, but the Mark IV through a matching Peavey 2x15 is the best sounding rig I've ever owned.

My favourite pickup for a while now has been the stock pickup in the Squier Matt Freeman P Bass. I bought one a few years ago with a Duncan Quarter Pounder fitted, and requested that the seller include the original in the sale so that I could swap it out.

I'll be interested to see how the cab turns out; I've been thinking of doing something similar my Peavey 4x10 because it's ugly as sin.

I was sceptical at first, and I still am, but that particular CC has some really weird old basses in at the minutes, including Mosrite, Jaydee, and Hayman: https://www.cashconverters.co.uk/shop/bass-guitars/6438?orderby=date&max=48&order=desc&page=2

I've only bloody done it again; less than a week since the above post, and I've let an ABM 410 for £160 pass me by.

Could you not ask for both? Attach the steel grill to the wooden frame and then have the silver cloth over the top?

Emerald blue is very nice.

The LB100 is seriously tidy, although I'd like some more choices for finish, rather than just sunburst or red.

EDIT: I just re-read the thread and realised that the OP refers to single-speaker cabs. I really should read things properly.

Two of my biggest gear-related regrets both involve Ashdown. There was an Ashdown ABM 500 1x15 combo just 15 minutes away from me for £125 that I dithered on for too long, and the other was an Ashdown MAG 414 (4 ohm 4x10) cab for £100. Annoyingly, I had the cash for both. I need to stop sleeping on the stuff that's mega-cheap and just buy it, because for those prices I could have easily got my money back if I didn't like them.

If I had £3000 to spend on a bass, I probably wouldn't spend £3000 on a bass. I would spend maybe £1K, tops, but my tastes are simple and I only really like P Basses. In fact, I only really like the one I've already got. I'd probably just get it a decent set-up and spend the rest on something else. I may be tempted to splash out and buy the Fender 50s Precision in pink or the Squier Classic Vibe Precision in Sonic Blue that are for sale near me, but I'm not an overly GASsy person.

As said, it's an ET-280. I always liked these, I think they look pretty cool.

That Peavey was my first gigging amp when I was 18 or so. From memory it's about 130W, and would be more than capable for what he's after. Try and haggle the price down to £90 and use the extra tenner for a sack trolley to shift it about, because it weighs a fecking ton.