tonybest

Evening all, following Casapete's suggestion I contacted Jono at the music Locker, he's made me what I think is a fair offer (considering it's probably an 8 hour round trip for him!). Thanks for all your advice . Be Good

Using the weigh myself, then with guitar I made it 6.6kg or 14 1/2 lbs (ish)

Evening all, by some quirk of fait I ended up too busy at work to find time to ring a local Herbert with an O level in electronics and an 18 watt soldering iron! As is always the sensible option I’ll heed all of your advice and do a bit of research (seems every body advertising in the Yellow Pages is an expert in amp repairs!) Deffo worth a chat with music locker before I do anything. Thanks again. Ta

Thanks for all replies, I’ve dug out a couple of local businesses that do amp repairs so a few phone calls tomorrow I think. And thanks ajkula66 I’ll take your advice and see what happens with the app and then get in touch with the music locker. Have a good evening. Ta

Evening again. Have just posted in amps section about my dad's old amp here are pics of bass/guitar any information from yourselves would be amazing Ta very much.

Afternoon everyone. Long story short following the passing of my dad, my mum has decided to down size from a large place to something more manageable, have found these whilst having a rummage (he was a bit of a hoarder!). Now I know he was in a band probably from early 60s' through to I reckon early 80s' as I only have a vague memory of him disappearing to gigs on a Saturday night. Now we weren't overly close so didn't talk much about bands, one time he did reveal his band had the contract for the Radio Caroline roadshows back when they were a pirate station, he reckoned they had to do a 3 to 4 hour set so House of the rising sun used to be dragged out for about 20 minutes! Pics are of what I assume were his bass rig of the time(also have a bass which I'll post in the guitar section for thoughts). The two cabs both work, have tried quietly using my Ampeg although one does need the speaker lead pressed slightly for it to work so thinking nothing more serious than a dry joint on socket. The amp is a non runner, the slo blo mains fuse was missing so I replaced and this blew straight away, the slo blo HT fuse is fine, I think it could be a transformer failure as there is a dead short between the windings of the transformer and the chassis (I'm an electrician by trade so a little bit of knowledge but realise amps are a completely different ball game!). So questions are. Is amp worth repairing? If so a recommendation for someone in the East Sussex area would be appreciated. And would it be worth moving the cabs on? For those that are thinking I should keep them, I already have a head, a 6x10, quarter of a PA, 2 basses, mic stand and general paraphernalia stacked in a corner so extra stuff could meaning be sent to the shed to sleep!! As always thanks in advance for the collective knowledge always found and freely given on here.

Sorry Bassasin. Misread your name Must find my glasses!!

Thanks again every body I'm thinking elite 2 myself now In answer to your questions Bassasassin, there is no serial no on the head or anywhere else I've found. And yes I bought it new mid 90s Cheers

Thanks for all the replies guys. Been so long since i played it cocco I can't really remember what does what. A couple of years after buying it one of the pick ups failed. I took it back to the shop, they ordered another pick up but it was slightly thicker than the original. They had a nightmare apparently changing it as it was pre internet days and they couldn't find any info on fitting the copy, hence the dogs dinner inside the body. I wasn't overly happy with the result but was just glad to get it back as I was gigging most weekends, and my mate who loaned me his bass was getting a bit tetchy to say the least!!

Hi all Been playing live about 30 years now, mainly covers bands, during the 90s'was a Blues Brother/Commitments covers function band which was all the rage back then, especially for wedding receptions, Then in the mid Noughties joined a covers band doing 70s 80s 90s covers in pubs and social clubs. I've never been an overly serious player, i'd say I'm competent but naturally talented i certainly aint!! I do it for the fun to be had playing live with a group of your mates, and watching people in the audience who are probably perfectly sensible in their normal life make complete arses of themselves after too much beer. The point of my visit is to see if anyone one of you learned gents or ladies recognises this bass. I bought it mid 90s from a local guitar shop, can't remember how much for or what it was purported to be. Ive had a go at researching it but a little stumped as i doesn't quite seem to match anything i've found. My best guess is an SB 900, but this seems wrong as there's no serial No on it. Could it be a copy, in which case I was diddled a bit as I think it was a fair amount of money. Hopefully attachments worked, Im not fantastic with internet stuff Many Thanks Tony [attachment=221392:IMG_0325.jpg][attachment=221393:IMG_0326.jpg][attachment=221394:IMG_0327.jpg][attachment=221395:IMG_0328.jpg][attachment=221396:IMG_0329.jpg][attachment=221397:IMG_0330.jpg][attachment=221398:IMG_0331.jpg][attachment=221399:IMG_0332.jpg]