DannyBrerro

Hi Rich

Yes still for sale! 

Dan

It’s currently on hold, sorry I should update the thread title!

Ill update here if anything changes

Some more close up photos showing some of the bits and bobs mentioned in the ad

Seeing it in the flesh again.. I won’t be gutted if this doesn’t sell, it is rather cool

The valve is fine as far as I can tell, when the tube is engaged it still works at least (not sure that if the tube was knackered it would just stop working with the tube channel on!) and it does change the sound a bit, I've never really found it to be a night and day difference. 

That's all I can say really!

I’ll box it up to check tomorrow and PM you 👍

I got this in the Black Friday sale Barefaced did in Nov 2019 and received it at the end of Jan 20.

Since then it's been used in anger probably less than 20 times, I'm sad to let such a good cab go but the simple fact is it's no good to me gathering dust at home.

The cab itself is in 9.5/10 condition, even no sign of the dreaded tolex peel! I really can hardly find any fault with it at all. The cover is in 8/10 condition it has a couple of markings of where it has had other stuff sat on top of it but really you can look at this as an almost as new cab without the wait.

Collection preferred from Wallasey on the Wirral or possible meet within an hour ish for petrol money.

This Ashdown I have had for years but it has a lot of crackly knobs, I don't have the time or inclination to sort it and I don't really use amps any more anyway I'm mostly going straight to the desk from my Pod.

Quick run down of the problems.

Gain knob crackles

Tube drive knob crackles when it's engaged and you move it (if you leave it over to the right it can be a little bit intermittent in certain positions)

Compressor knob crackles when it's engaged and you move it (also seems to be a bit crackly in general when its on)

Sub Harmonic knob crackles when it's engaged and you move it

.. other than that It works great!

I don't know if it would be an easy fix or replacing the knobs or what. But if you want to use it as a beater amp to put in the practice room or something it would be fine for that, once you've set the levels it actually does sound amazing like all Ashdowns do.

Collection only from Wallasey on the Wirral due to its vast weight.

Also if you want to come and give it a try to see what you think just let me know.

I got this as it had a lot of things I was looking for at the time but the simple fact is I almost never use an amp with any of the bands I gig with so it spends most of it's life sat at home.

It has a very versatile tonal range, I've managed to get almost Ampeg type tones from it as well as clean modern tones, its nice and light and could make a good back up amp for someone who actually uses them!

Comes with fabric case.

Should be able to post this if needed if you want to discuss that.

Great little combo that models loads of different amps cabs and effects, I'm not much of an effects person but I was pleasantly surprised by the amp sims in here, has bluetooth connectivity to change parameters and models through a phone app and send music to the amp.

A practice amp on steroids! 

I did take it to a couple of rehearsals and in the smaller more relaxed environment the 40W could keep up with the band but I did also use it on a pub gig, wondered if it was up to the task. I just wanted it as a monitor really but it did struggle to keep up In that situation even just for on stage monitoring.

If you're doing coffee shop gigs it might be enough but it's really a posh practice amp or interface to your computer.

Collection preferred from Wallasey on the Wirral, any trial also welcome.

Bought this new from Thomann in 2018 and used it a lot over the following couple of years but it only shows a few minor signs of wear, the most annoying of which is crackly volume and blend knobs, I did buy replacement knobs direct from Sandberg but don't trust my soldering skills to put them in, of course they will be included in the sale, but a bit of contact cleaner or just use over time might get rid of it anyway.

Other than that the bass has a couple of tiny dings on the bottom that are hardly noticeable.

The bass has a very forward punchy middy tone that I used to love but I find myself moving away from now in search of more vintage sounds. It's lovely to play with a beautiful satin neck that has a bit of flame to it and it's a nice light weight too. Comes with Sandberg gig bag that I never took out gigging it was just used to store the bass at home.

If you have any questions just ask and I will also get a few more photos over the next couple of days of the small dings when I get a chance.

Bought this to use for a bit of noodling on the couch but I find the ridiculously short scale too restrictive, also I have a bit of tendonitis in my thumb and counter intuitively the short scale also seems to aggravate it worse than a full scale!

I put some new Aquila thunder blacks on and has since seen about an hours play so they're not even worn in yet. One tiny chip on the very middle top of the headstock I havet attempted to photograph.

In great condition, comes with strap, bag and a couple of felt picks.

This is a bass with a bit of story..

Bought from here with some damage, looked like it had been dropped and landed on the control knobs so there were some quite nasty cracks the wood. It came up around the time I was lusting for one of these like mad so I pulled the trigger with a view to repairing it.

Long story short it didn't go so well and I ended up stripping all the paint off, taking the bass apart and leaving it in bits in my spare room for about 3 years. I was mentioning it to a mate at a gig who sprays cars I'd showed him the Fender Boxer precision in green and told him that's what I had envisioned for it, colour scheme wise, and he offered to take a look at it for me. So I gave it over to him and got it back about a week later with an amazing refinish. I think it's done in Ford's blue wave colour which is one of those colours that's a bit tough to photograph but looks great. 

You can still slightly see between a couple of the knobs where the damage was but its solid now, and a few other bits and bobs aren't completely perfect, there is a couple of chips from the end of the fretboard where I got the truss rod cover out.

I still have the scratch plate somewhere I'll have to dig it out but I left it off at first to save the screw holes going back in.

It's working fine and sounding great, could do with a set up and a new set of strings but if you're looking for something a bit different this might be for you.

It's currently at my parents so next time I'm there I'll grab a few more photos as I only have the one at the moment.

BB735a with Hipshots to help it balance better.

Fantastic bass that I bought from here just before the lockdown then subsequently played most days through the lockdown, and a few gigs when things got back to normal.

Sad to see this go but I'm moving away from the PJ thing and into jazz basses.

It's been played a lot so shows some wear but nothing drastic apart from one small chip on the upper horn that's gone through to the wood and a couple of small ones also pictured.

Comes with the original tuners and gig bag (really nice quality) in unused condition.

I'm reluctant to post but I think I do still have the box this was posted to me in in my loft so could possibly sort something if you want to discuss cost etc.

Bought a Smoothhound wireless unit from Rick, everything was nice, easy, smooth and quick

Cheers 👍

Didn't know they did them in black!

That is extremely nice at an extremely nice price too. 😨

It's a bit of a wrench to do this but selling this fantastic bass. I spent a while thinking this was 'the one' and still is in terms of playability and looks, but I find myself lately wanting that 2 pickup sound, so with this being my 3rd P bass and the one with the least sentimental value - going to see if I can raise funds for something else.

4 things to note:

- I have fully shielded the cavity with copper tape as it seemed to pick up a bit too much noise when I first got it, shielding it completely sorted that.

- Even though the finish is a light relic, a little bit of extra paint came off just under the neck pocket, makes no difference to the look or playability of the bass.

- I bought it second hand but in pristine unplayed condition, over the year or so I've had it the finish on the back of the neck has worn away. From what I could tell the neck is sprayed with a thin lacquer finish designed to do this to give the '30 years of playing' look within about 3 months.

- I kept a plec in the top of the scratch plate so it's ever so slightly warped but barely noticeable

Other than that it's in the condition it left the factory. I have the gig bag unused in my loft and also the other FF neck plate + case candy in my loft which I will grab and photograph when I get a chance, I'm hoping the original strap buttons are in there too but if not I will leave the strap locks on. 

With the current situation I can only offer postage at the moment but I have a suitable box to send it in. (Incidentally, looking for courier recommendations)

I've got my eye on something else on the forum at the moment so if that sells I'll be withdrawing this.

Any questions just let me know.

This is a great cab that if you're reading this you will most likely already know about but here's quick tech specs from Barefaced:

14 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

I applied, filled in the stuff, hit continue, didn't get so much as an email reply. Will wait and see

I'll hang on then, I'm in no rush really. My £15 plugs off Amazon that I've been using for about 3 years will keep serving me just fine in the meantime. 😁

I filled the form in last Tuesday, it says they will take 5 working days to get back and I haven't heard anything yet.

Now I'm a bit worried that I might have typed my email in wrong as I never got confirmation that they had recieved my form or anything. Can anyone remember whether they do send an email out saying they recieved it?

Just wondering whether to chase them up or sit tight for a bit longer.

19 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

Order a second and send the first on 30 day return. 

I've contacted Andertons for my return, shouldn't be a problem I hope as I've kept all the original packaging and only used it once at a rehearsal last night so it's still like new.

But then I went to the Barefaced website and couldn't resist the allure of the Two10 instead, so I've ended up spending more. Thought I was above it all but I've proved I'm a bit of a sucker for black friday!

Just got my One10 through Andertons on Monday, made up with it and looking forward to using it on the weekend but I can't turn down a 70 quid saving so I'll have to return it! 😫

I bought a set of double bass strings from Marc, came quickly in the post and the strings are ace, nice one 👍

Cheers

Dan

I’m convinced classic vibe basses from around that time are going to be future classics, they’re a nightmare to get hold of already. Considering how many of them must have been produced in the first place they come up for sale quite rarely!

1 hour ago, lee650 said:

Massively lucky for whoever jumped on that!! I wonder how long it'll take before it's in the classifieds at £900 😂

Funny you should say that, I wasn’t going to mention it because I didn’t want to start the usual debate over reselling at a profit, but it did actually get relisted on eBay..

Think it still got snapped up even at a £800 profit 😳

2 hours ago, Little Dragon said:

'Need tuning' may have put people off!

Just think of the guitar tech cost to get that sorted!!

58 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

Good (from a blagger's POV) to see this sort of thing still happens!

I've had more than my fair share of very, very silly Ebay bargains - typically when the seller had no idea what they had, or from errors in the listing making it hard for most people to find. Really very unusual these days.

Yeah I got a decent ‘Squire’ bass a couple of years ago for £45, collection only helps too - less chance of a bidding war starting.