PunkPonyPrincess

Posh metal Trace badge arrived which is replacing the worn plastic one, it’s not historically accurate but hey... £15 inc delivery from U.K. supplier.

I tried it symmetrically top centred but but it didn’t look right, I tried it left in line with the border but again not right, so I shifted it right a couple of centimetres. Now it looks right. Weird but that’s my eyes... drilled 2.5mm holes and fixed with a bolster behind the sign/grille, some nail varnish as threadlock to hold the tiny screws from bass vibration loosening. I’m liking the flapper effect of rough paint/powder coat clearance... might just use a metal polyurethane metal sealer. I have time to decide on that.  

Stripped hardware one last time to put on three more coats of Tuff Cab because this is going to be my main rig so why not? Once the hardware is put back on this is pretty much a wrap.

If you are just restoring one or two cabs the 1Lit tub of Tuff Cab is plenty. Seriously, it goes a long way.

I have  replacement parts  (but which did not come with them caps). 

Yes the wd40 is temporary. I’m considering something  other than flapped and while Galvanised is nice I like raw metal: maybe a belt sander to get a brushed effect then possibly a matte polyurethane metal seal on top.

Awaiting  a new Trace cab logo. The new Shiny chrome to replace the plastic ones of old — which will limit aesthetic choices for me (in a good way).

I need to get two for my Series 6 130W head are these available in the UK?

Just stripped the corners with wire brushes then rubbed with wire wool while the grill was stripped with flappers on a grinder to bare metal. Both WD40ed and left alone. It won’t stay shiny but dull down to a grey metallic matte eventually - unless I seal them.

Yep

It’s an *amazing* cab... and amp combo — from sonics alone... i’d take something like this over anything new and full price these days

Keeping this short and sweet. I Picked up a lovely old Series 6 130 C7 Amp which bought from a basschat member. I am going to be pairing with this Trace 4x10 that I picked up for £50  on Facebook marketplace.

The amp is fine, will need s couple of EQ slider caps but the £50 cabinet was in a shocking state, painted tolex, several coats black then white then black then something, clear coat... got the speakers out, all happy cones no wear or flap, no fixes no sprays...

Everything was sprayed without any primer so rust got under and into everything and started making everything scabrous. Flappers, wire wool, sanding paper, scrapers all to the rescue...

It was reassembled last night and it works beautifully, sounds amazing. My only break with tradition is to foam line the cab — older trace cabs didn’t, newer ones did. From DIY restorations in the past, I like and believe in foam and despite adding £40 to the repair (you’ll see I have reused as much as possible) — even going so far as to clean the corner bumpers and flap off the old paint and powder coat back to bare metal — as well as adding some castors for £20, the general feeling is this is money well spent.

Just bought a Trace Elliot Amp from @Kevvo66 and all arrived super fast, well packaged and in good shape. It’s in a good home, it’s going to be used quite a bit.

Thank Kev,  and you were great In comms And fast speedy delivery, I just need to finish restoring my 4x10 TE cab and i’ll be ready to blow out some windows. A full Trace stack for a hundred plus time and a few bits... who’d-a thunk it possible?

Edit: restored and it’s an amazing amp

Ramones’ It’s Alive, is probably one of the finest live albums ever put out. The studio stuff was good rather than eh, but in places the production really held them down a bit, but the live versions of all the popular stuff like Surfing Bird, I wanna be sedated, Suzy is a Headbanger, Sheena is a punk rocker, happy family, here today, gone tomorrow... and so on really captured them at their best and at their height.

Now sold thanks

All music that exists as a reaction to a culture is significant

Hagstrom Viking Bass Guitar White. Condition is Used. Bought used to try the hollow body sound. With ding on the back by the strap peg it is invisible from the front and with strap in and all the binding is in good shape.

Beautiful bass with such a classic sound to it being semi hollow but I play black basses and have a need for prescision/jazz/aerodyne basses. Might consider other basses if they growl and snarl.

Superb sounding instrument but, sadly not for me.

...also interested in trades

If a bass is too heavy, try the Jah Wobble on Old Grey Whistle Test style stool?

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NOW SOLD (via eBay)

sorted. ta

That jaco shreds spoof on YouTube is frightfully close to some of his output. I am all for ambidigit virtuosity I am not so much into folk looking down with their 8 or 10 string burr walnut and Pau Ferro monstrosities going through boutique costabomb amps and implying there is something better than playing one string at a time in first and second position on a beat up Squier Prescision that is not even <gasp> active!

Punk is a style, it's minimalism is part of the aesthetic... I can play jazz noodle like every other Percy Jones wannabe but frankly? It's not my cup-a. Been there, tried that, decided it's not fun. Stripped back.

No one has an issue with Dee Dee Ramone and he was terrible in the early days... a few unknown gigs everyone forgets about a chance to practice not in the limelight and he's up to speed for a career.

Sid was in the full glare as a n00b from the onset. Sid wanted fame. Poor kid got it.

Just had a photo shoot.

I like the idea of a 2 string bass guitar. Krappy Guitars always make me giggle... Or maybe a 2 string (4 total) octave unison 2 string. Or a two string double neck. One string per neck. A fat one and a fatter one?


ps I don't always dress as a leather bondagepony, sometimes I get home, kick off my hooves and get into some serious slouch wear...

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Hello! I wonder if you might have some mutual friends with my wife, as she has some friends with somewhat related interests and I know it's not a huge scene in Scotland.
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Possibly... If on fetlife, look me up... Name's Bownose there, it's pretty much the same everywhere. Or PM... I'm a pretty normal human pony -- apart from being a bass player that is... That last bit I don't tell me mam about...

just a quick hello
I am a punk bassist and I dress up as a human pony in a three piece forming in San Francisco. S&M fetish theme.

Currently live in Scotland, but moving full time in 2016

Amps: Marshall Valvestate 8100h & 4x12 cab
Fender deluxe reverb circa 1978

I play bass guitar
I play both strings, the fat ones unsure what the other two are for, that's awful close to guitar area...

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