alanbass1

Used the Celinder at a gig last night and wound what I believe is the passive tone control fully anti-clockwise (hard to tell whether this is truly passive as it's directly coupled to the 'board) and got a wonderful old school sound - deep but with definition. Make me decide to keep her as she is a truly wonderful modern jazz and also, as I have just discovered, has a great old school tone as well. I know I should have tried earlier - but I never before wound passive tone controls fully anti clockwise as the loss of definition is something I can't live with and never thought to do so on this bass before. Obviously there is a little more going on in the circuit than just a straight capacitor sucking out the treble - wonder what it is.

Title says it all really. If you are looking to move one of these PM me. Thanks Alan

It's the 1x12 version. I purchased this amp new from Charlie Chandlers Guitar Experience in 2005. I used it at home for the two months prior to my going to the US on a 3 year assignment, during which time the amp was stored at my mothers house in her spare room. When I was in the US I picked up a Kingsley Deluxe 30 (with a dual voltage option) and since returning to the UK last year I have not really used the Badcat. To be honest I don't use the Kingsley that much as I'm a bass player first and foremost! As such, the amp is just sitting unused and is in immaculate condition. So I thought I would put it up here to see whether there is any interest. Ideally I would love to trade for a quality Jazz Bass. I reckon the trade value of the amp is around £1200 (these sell for over £1700 in the UK). Other guitars/basses considered and cash adjustment either way would be an option. I'm located in Richmond (Surrey / West London)

So the story is that I have always fancied a Rick because I started playing bass in 1974 and my idol at the time was Chris Squire. I never got round to picking one up until a few months ago when I popped into Peter Cookes Guitar World and they had just taken delivery of 8 4003's, 4 Black and 4 Mapleglow. I played each one as they unpacked them and there were two that stood out from the pack (one of each colour). Prefering the look of Mapleglow I ended up with the one you see here. It's been my intention to get to use the Rick live, but as yet I haven't played it since bringing it home from the shop - even at home! Not a problem as I would have got round to it sooner or later until......I just did a trade with the Spector NS5XL Redwood that I picked up from Molan. Although an excellent bass in every way I just couldn't get to grips with 5 strings. So I put it up on the forum and traded it for a 4001 Chris Squire (thanks Peter), hence the reason that my totally immaculate, and as new, 4003 see's itself on this very forum. Rickenbackers aren't for everyone, but if you do fancy one this is a particularly nice one. 2009 model with the push pull vintage setting and full width inlays - and probably as untouched as you will get save picking one up direct from factory. I'm still on the look out for a real nice Custom Shop passive Jazz bass with rosewood 'board (preferably Brazilian), so if anyone has something they are looking to trade drop me a line. The other thing I would consider in a trade is a Bergantino IP112ER active cab (must be immaculate).

Well, I purchased this superb bass off Molan a few weeks back for the band I'm currently playing in as we thought that a number of songs would benefit from some low B action. But, after 33 years of playing 4 string basses, I'm just not gonna gel with any 5 stringer. The reason I bought this particular bass is that my main gigging bass is a Spector NS4 (shown in my avatar) and I just love Spector basses - so if I was going to get on with 5 stringers this would be the most likely. The action is superb and the bass sounds fantastic, which makes it all the more of a shame that I don't think I will ever get to use her properly. So, my thoughts are that I stay in my ludite comfort zone and see if there is any interest for a trade with a high end 4 stringer or an old Fender Jazz bass (cash adjustment either way considered). TRADED Some details: The Spector Limited Edition Redwood Burl NS-5XL is crafted with 75-to-100 year-old, water-cured redwood burl. The burl rests on a platform of Spector's legendary hand-selected, premium exotic woods: maple for the neck and black walnut for the body wings. Water-cured redwood is harvested from the stumps of redwood trees cut down 75-100 years ago that fell into streams. These trunks were submerged in water the entire time, which washed all the resins out of the wood and replaced them with dissolved minerals. This natural mineral enrichment process is what gives the wood its unique color and density. This natural water curing is very similar to the method that has been used for curing violin woods in Europe for hundreds of years. The Spector NS-5XL 5 string bass guitar is constructed with 3-ply maple neck-thru construction with graphite stiffening rods and a heavy-duty truss rod. It has a 35" scale rosewood fretboard with Spector's abalone crown inlays, dual USA EMG-40DC humbuckers and Spector's Two band pre-amp with Treble and Bass cut/boost. Those of you who know your Spectors will know that it plays like a dream, super low action & very easy to zip around the fretboard. Personally I love the sound of Spectors and it's absolutely become my #1 gigging bass sound. It's in damn near 'as new' condition, I can't see a single mark on it anywhere! Some pictures (hope Molan is OK using some of his snaps):

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