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I think he meant these ones: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CELESTION-300-WATT-RMS-BASS-BINS-Pair-/260819061503?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item3cba070aff#ht_500wt_1156"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CELESTION-300-WA...f#ht_500wt_1156[/url]

Check this little slice of rare groove: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uxQkqmXOjQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uxQkqmXOjQ[/url] No idea who they were but I did see a copy of this on 7" sold for $735 to a collector in Japan!

I'd buy from the States - plenty of dealers will 'quietly' ship CS basses to the UK for way less than this, at least £1,000 cheaper (even after taxes & duties!). Officially they are all banned by Fender from selling new basses outside of the USA but quite a few of them have 'ex-demo' or 'used' stock they will sell

Nice story Nick - As a recent convert to trusty old P basses I can see why this one is special for you. I used to drive past Don Mackrill's all the time and often stopped outside to peer through the window (it was usually a Sunday & they were always closed!). Often had something interesting in the window & always some great saxes

[quote name='JTUK' post='1306983' date='Jul 17 2011, 07:37 PM']If you only want to take one cab, then it has to be the 210 for a quiet gig. A 15" on its own is a terrible cab, 99% of the time, unless it has a horn, IMO.[/quote] The Bag End 1x15's are amazing, definitely a standalone 'gigging' cab

Bought an Aguilar rig from Nick yesterday and had a good old natter about all things bass as well. Seriously nice guy and a fantastic person to deal with

For my last similar gig I took a 1x15 and a 1x10. Tried them both and the sound was quite boomy, this was a room issue more than anything with the cabs. Tried the 15 on it's own and still a bit over-powering so switched to just the 10 on its own and it sounded great Easily loud enough and sat perfectly in the mix of a 7 piece soul/funk band.

[quote name='kingofthestuntmen' post='1306565' date='Jul 17 2011, 12:18 PM']I had a quick (unamplified) play and, apart from the [b]uncomfortably high action[/b], all seemed well.[/quote] Might be worth taking an allen key to see if the trussrod is functioning OK - fixable if it isn't but a pain & a fair bit of cost if it's knackered

Obviously depends on a whole stack of stuff - not least whether it's 'playable' or not! Lowest price I've seen a, mostly original, late '70's P sell for on EBay was about £950. Did you get a chance to check if the neck was true and could he guarantee that all the electrics worked OK? Worst case scenario is that it's a genuine Fender neck but everything else is replacement (which would obviously massively reduce the value). Best case is that it's all original, in which case it's gonna be worth up to £1500+ (I've seen them go for more than this if there's something particularly 'desirable' about them).

I get a near unlimited free supply of Mars bars (and most other Mars products) - should I set up a shop here if there's enough demand?

I have a few sets of twins (but none identical!): 1963 & 1972 Fender Precisions in sunburst (soon to become triplets with a '64 on its way) 1978 & 2010 Fender Jazzes in chrome blue & olympic white 1986 & 2010 Fodera Monarchs in zebrano & yin yang finish A pair of Celinder J's, one is 90's vintage shape in sunburst and the other is a a newer J update in trans red I really need tog et the camera out now don't I!

My '78 J has a set of these - sounds like an 'active' bass without actually having an active pre

The '71J deal has just fallen through However, the '64P is completed I was going to get it finished over in the USA but might get it over here first & then decide. It doesn't have a pickguard so I have lots of choice! Sunburst is probably the only option that's out as both my '63 & '71 P's are that colour already.

I see these are a frightening £250 new in the States! Wonder if there might be room in my case next time I'm over there. . .

[quote name='Clarky' post='1304076' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:14 PM']As they will be re-fins whatever colour you choose, it makes no difference whether you go original colour or not IMHO. Forget that they were both oly white and go for whatever colours you like best. I vote for a fiesta red P (a la Pino) and a sonic blue or seafoam green J [/quote] Ah Clarky, you know me too well, that's exactly the combination I'd first thought of! I have to admit that Oly White with a tort guard on a J is a really nice combo as well (and it has the original tort guard already).

So I've been looking at a pair of old Fenders in need of some restoration and thought I'd ask for some thoughts from the BC massive about colour choices One is a '64 P and the other a '71 J. Both have been stripped back to natural wood, one looks decent but the other has a nasty poly finish over the top of the natural stain. Based on some colour remnants on each bass it looks like both were originally Olympic White. I'd been thinking of some Fender pastel colors like Sonic or Daphne Blue, Fiesta Red, Seafoam Green etc. However the painter I spoke to thought that if I was restoring them then I ought to consider trying to get them back to their original finish. I don't have anything against Oly White but not sure I'd want to go for two old basses in the same colour. So - what does everyone think?

Looks cool - tried the Purple Chili 2x15 cab in the BassGear sale recently and thought it was pretty funky. Hadn't really heard of their stuff before.