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You've GOT to check out Chicago's version of I'm a Man, from the days when they were a proper rock band, it's got lary feedback guitars, a drum solo and a big smash-up ending, all in a 3 minute single! It totally smokes, hope you enjoy it! Couldn't find the single version on Youtube, but it is just the album version edited down, I think. Cheers Jules

Just out of interest, what was the electric sound like? Almost everytime I've seen him on telly it has sounded terrible, nothing like as nice as on record. Could that be just bad tv mix? I expect that close-up at Ronnies you hear exactly what's coming out of the amp.

"In which areas were they better built than the EB? " South east Asia?

[quote name='gilmour' post='896762' date='Jul 16 2010, 06:40 PM']Looks good, and I guess you like maple! lol It's gonna be one bright bass with all that maple, and the neck looks lovely with those black pinstripes.[/quote] I know what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. I have a US Masters bass which is all maple with a soft maple body, and that is fairly bright, but not overly so, and have had several Hohner Jack basses, also soft maple bodies, and they're actually fairly mellow and organic and woody sounding.

Bought a Washburn D10 Electro Acoustic, good price, as described, and good comms - what more could you ask? Good guy to deal with! Cheers Jules

[quote name='Clarky' post='883010' date='Jul 1 2010, 02:29 PM']Thx. Would this cope with being put through a Barefaced 2x15 Vintage cab? Or is it too lacking in power? I need something thats loud enough to deal with a club/pub/small hall sized gig (for which the AD200B is obviously overkill!)[/quote] I can't speak from experience but would think 300W through an efficient 2x15 would be loud enough for most gigs (the Vintage is 4ohms, right?)

I've raised this issue before re. the shuttle 3.0, but I'll happily restate it : when you push the power stage quite hard, it distorts in quite a nice valvey stylee, and it's not at ear bleeding volumes either. This is worth considering, as not all desirable distortion comes from an overdriven front end. It's just that the Genz's transition in to distortion is a lot more musical than traditional s-s amps. I'm sure the 6.0 does it too, but you'd end up playing very loud to get the same effect.

[quote name='squire5' post='880779' date='Jun 29 2010, 11:16 AM']I hear what you're saying MBA,but it's not just as simple as the surrounds simply coming away from the frame.That would be easy.The cones have actually fractured well away from the area where they attach to the frame.A different kettle of wossname altogether.[/quote] I can see that from the photos. The point is that you stick something on that bridges the break, in my case it was foam surround, but you could try several layers of tissue built up using latex with each layer, front and back. If the glue is really thick you can water it down a tad, just make sure you overlap the cone and the outer with something, as just butting the 2 edges together and gluing is unlikely to last long. You WILL succeed! (good luck )

I have replaced the foam surrounds on a couple of pairs of hifi speakers (AR18s) and it's not that hard, just a bit time consuming. These were 8" cones, and you buy the foams and stick it with something supplied that looked very much like Copydex, a latex based adhesive of some sort anyhow. I'd say the chances of a result are good, and found centring the cones fine, the cloth support behind the cone pretty much did it for you, you just have to make sure the coil doesn't rub in the magnet as you gently push it in and out.

their older material stands out as better than the current stuff. Nice shiny guitar!

Stan Tracey? Allan Holdsworth

It's a Performer DLX passive with 2v 2t controls, possibly not the curved body, but it's hard to be certain, as the curve is hard to photo. [url="http://www.modernguitars.com/musicgear/electric_bass_guitars/spector/Spector_Performer_4DLX_4-String_Bass_Holoflash_Black.html"]looks like this one[/url]

Good comms and quick posting, nice transaction, cheers Ian!

Looks really classy - love the corners, are they leather?

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='864270' date='Jun 11 2010, 12:54 PM']I had a Maine guitar head & 2x12 sealed cab for a long time - the cab was 16 Ohm & the amp produced about 65 w through it, but would go down to 4Ohms & round about 150w. Later, when I took up bass, I found an open-backed Maine Guitar & Bass 2x12 combo on Ebay with McKenzie speakers. The guitar channel was wonky but the bass channel was huge!!! So huge it blew the speakers after about 3 weeks of playing out. The other problem was it's weight - I was 15 1/2 stone at the time & could barely move it - I had to put a couple more handles on the sides & get help to move it. The guitar head I had had that constant 'suzz' underneath that most of the Crate Powerblocks exhibit & I wouldn't be surprised if the power amp chips used were of the same family. Certainly have a look at it, but listen carefully to the amp & beware open-backed cabs used for bass. Geoff[/quote] The Maine things wouldn't have used power amp chips, way before them! They'd almost certainly be 2N3055 type transistors, like most solid state stuff of that era (HH etc.) readily servicable. They were made in Watford, on Rickmansworth road iirc I Knew someone who has a job briefly testing the units with a guitar as a final QC check. I think they went down late 70's/early 80's, but I also remember them being solid reliable gear.