Happy Jack

I've been asked for dimensions on this amp: W = 21" D = 9.75" H = 9.25" (+ handle)

Incidentally, I feel I have to point out that these were shot in September 2020, just before Lockdown #2 came over the horizon. The reason this matters is that I used Lockdown #2 as an opportunity to learn video editing so these two videos are pretty much the last I ever did before that. And they're both perfect, error-free "One-ers". Eat your heart out, Steven Spielberg ...

The rather 'arch' comment early on about rubber straplocks @ped was a then-current reference to something under discussion on Basschat at the time.

Oh looky looky looky what I've found - my original pair of NBD videos from five years ago!

Fundamentally, they're very closely related amps. The first AD200 was simply a re-badged Matamp. How closely this particular example compares with a selected AD200 rather depends on what valves have been installed - I'd be a liar if I said they sound the same, since I've never A/B'd my Matamp against a similar Orange.

Enough people have asked this question - or variations on it - that I should probably take this opportunity to reveal my God-like bass-playing abilities. 🙄 Grosman Piezo Jazz.mp3

You and half of Basschat, as near as I can make out. 😶

I'm really not good on diseased trees, Mick. 😂 OK, I can see it's not beech (I used to own a small beech wood), and I can see it's not pine (I've been to Ikea, y'know), but beyond that? Yup ... it's wood.

Thanks Steve - I really should have mentioned that.

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of gear for sale (really not wanting to sell any of it you understand) and once a few things have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my gear gets used very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of this lovely kit should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing an amp or cab that doesn't get used with a different amp or cab that won't get used seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, much of my kit is pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. Here's the original blurb from 10 years ago: The aluminum specialists at Alusonic are getting into the bass cabinet world with the ALU112. Housed in an aircraft grade aluminum hardshell, the cab is loaded with a 12-inch aluminum cast frame woofer with a neodymium magnet. The ALU112 has an 8 ohm impedence with a nominal power handling of 400 watts RMS and continuous power handling of 600 watts RMS. The cab, which weighs in around 20 pounds, has rear bass ports and a top-mounted, recessed handle. It can be ordered with or without a one-inch compression driver, which would also add a 2.5kHz custom crossover with a variable tweeter control on the back panel. Other features include a frequency range of 32 hertz to 18 kilohertz, input and link Neutrik Speakon connections, and an epoxy-polyester finish. The Alusonic ALU112 is built in Italy. The price list for the standard version is approximately $869 while the cabinet with a tweeter goes for $995. This one has been daaaaaahn the lockup for a few months. Time to move on.

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of gear for sale (really not wanting to sell any of it you understand) and once a few things have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my gear gets used very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of this lovely kit should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing an amp or cab that doesn't get used with a different amp or cab that won't get used seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, much of my kit is pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. Made for me years ago by those lovely folk in Huddersfield, my bad back was at its worst when I ordered it so they undertook to build me the lightest GT100 in captivity. When you're talking about old-school valve amps, "light" is a relative sort of word. This is absolutely not a disguised Class D. Even in super-lightweight form, this beastie still weighs about 15Kg and is an awkward sod to manoevre in tight spaces - those grab handles at the front aren't there because they look good. It's like stepping back 50/60 years, and there are settings that make my bassline sound like it's being filtered through melted chocolate to fill the room, any room. I paired it with a Barefaced 2x12. I imagine it would sound even more majestic with an old-school rig to match its own status. Comes with appropriate very heavy-duty Speakon cable. And an honest-to-God, f***-off flight case built just for it. Which weighs darn near as much as the amp, of course. The price is very low, I know, but that's OK. I just want to see it back in action in the hands of a highly-qualified weight-lifter who also plays bass.

Quite possibly the most under-priced bass in the entire history of Basschat, I had three offers to buy this bass with 30 mins of listing it, and the deal was completed within the first hour. Reckon I'll start adding 20% onto all my listings in future. 😂😂😂

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of basses for sale (really not wanting to sell any of them you understand) and once a couple have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my basses get played very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of these lovely instruments should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing a bass that doesn't get played with a different bass that won't get played seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, many of my basses are pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. Right ... you want non-standard? Then non-standard you shall have. Is this the only Danelectro twin-neck in the UK? Dunno, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. File under "there's something you don't see every day". Basically someone bought two Danelectro Longhorn basses, sawed off the bits they didn't want, and glued the rest together. Or something. The tunders are the original, completely shitty design. They work as well as any other Danelectro tuners but are a big step down from a Fender or similar. From this angle, it looks vaguely Klingon to me. Shortscale, obviously. All original, all in good working order. This comes with a custom-built, fitted hardcase.

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of basses for sale (really not wanting to sell any of them you understand) and once a couple have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my basses get played very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of these lovely instruments should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing a bass that doesn't get played with a different bass that won't get played seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, many of my basses are pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. Speaking of left-field ... I wanted a light-ish weight Jazz with a piezo pickup to make it easier at doubling gigs where I was switching between electric and double bass. This one is by Romanian luthier Christian Grosu, who trades as Grosman. But now, of course, both my frontline DBs have mag pickups. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of basses for sale (really not wanting to sell any of them you understand) and once a couple have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my basses get played very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of these lovely instruments should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing a bass that doesn't get played with a different bass that won't get played seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, many of my basses are pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. Great bass for a country band, but I haven't played country since Covid. I don't know the year but this bass is at least 30 years old. It looks the way a well-used bass should look and bears no resemblance to anything relic'd. OK, so my photography doesn't reach David Bailey heights. The neck is a J-bass type and very playable indeed. That says "Made in Japan", in case you were wondering. And don't forget the piezo under the bridge.

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of basses for sale (really not wanting to sell any of them you understand) and once a couple have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my basses get played very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of these lovely instruments should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing a bass that doesn't get played with a different bass that won't get played seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, many of my basses are pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. Lovely thing this, lightweight and comfortable. I bought it about 15 years ago when I first discovered that a great-sounding P-bass didn't actually have to weigh over 10lbs. The P-Retro is a perfect match for this bass. The finish is not perfect and there are a few dints and marks, but the colour and nature of the finish make it very hard to photograph those marks. It also means that they're invisible on stage.

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of basses for sale (really not wanting to sell any of them you understand) and once a couple have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time. I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that over half my basses get played very little, if at all. Common sense says that at least some of these lovely instruments should get back out in circulation. I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing a bass that doesn't get played with a different bass that won't get played seems like a complete waste of time and effort. On the other hand, many of my basses are pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated. I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option. This was spec'd by the original owner to the highest level and is a particlarly nice example. It's been strung E - C from new but could obviously be B - G if preferred. A very light bass and well-balanced too. Condition is pretty much pristine. I couldn't find any blemishes to focus on. Build quality is excellent, attention to detail second to none. Public Peace's own video of a fairly similar bass is here: Obviously the one I'm selling is a 5-string and active.