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And another bump...

Bump for price drop - £375 if picked up from my flat in Edinburgh. I'm in the midst of a flat move, so I'm struggling to find time to get the packing materials I'd need to post it.

A little bump. I may even be amenable to some haggling, but no trades.

I'm selling my Fender Highway One Jazz, as I'm moving house and could do with the money! It was bought new in August 2009 and has done some gigs, but is in very good condition. This is one of the more recent Highway models with a Badass bridge, satin nitrocellulose finish and a graphite reinforced neck. The body is alder and the weight is reasonably light - I find it a very comfortable bass to play. I have fitted a Hipshot extender key to drop the E string to a D, but the original tuner will be included in case you ever want to put it back. It's currently wearing D'addario Chromes flatwounds and sounds like a good Jazz should! It's in a fender gigbag and has the original owners manual, truss rod and bridge adjusting keys and tags. New price is usually around £550. I'm asking £400, and pickup from Edinburgh is very much preferred.

Still around, so another bump!

[quote name='grumble' post='723821' date='Jan 25 2010, 08:33 AM']If this is still around at the end of next month then I'm deffo interested. Just two questions though. 1. I'm an upright noob, is this ok for learning ? 2. Is it amenable to respray/refinishing ? I like the look but the colour.... well it reminds me of my grans doors back in the 60's, a finish known as 'scumble'. Not a biggie I suppose, I could live with it.[/quote] The scale length and fingerboard/neck shape are pretty typical double bass dimensions, so technique you develop on this should transfer over to acoustic double bass OK. That's what I did, though I found I still needed to work a bit on getting good tone and projection once I moved over to acoustic double bass. I'm not sure what finishing materials were used, but the maker is still around at www.bassix.net , so I'd suggest you contact him and enquire.

Bassix electric upright for sale. This was made in late 2001 and I've had it from new. These were made in England from fibreglass and other synthetic materials. The scale length is 41 1/2", similar to most 3/4 size double basses. This is the headless model, with the tuners on the tailpiece. I have changed the electronics from the original setup - it now has the original Kent Armstrong magnetic pickup at the end of the fingerboard, a K&K piezo pickup on the bridge and a Fishman Powerchip preamp with volume controls for each pickup. The strings are Thomastik Superflexibles, which are quality double bass strings. There is a gig bag for it, though it's somewhat well worn. I gigged with this for several years, and it did a good job of being a more public transport friendly double bass substitute. I paid over £700 for the bass when it was new - I think around £300 is reasonable now, given that there are more options for affordable EUBs these days. It'll have to be picked up from my flat in Edinburgh, as it's a bit big to find packing materials for. I can post more pics if desired, but my internet connection is playing up right now and won't let me!

My bathroom scales say 18kg for the head and 27kg for the cab (or approx 40 and 59 1/2 lbs respectively). I'd guess that qualifies as heavy...

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='708436' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:58 AM']Any idea on the weight of this beast?[/quote] Hi Bob, I'll stick it on my scales tomorrow and let you know. All I can say is that carrying it 100 metres makes my arms go numb...

OK, as requested by umph, here are some shots of the amp chassis. Groovy 70s tablecloth will not be included!

The output is selectable for 4, 8 or 16 Ohms. I've never had to take it as loud as it goes, but with the master volume at about 10 o'clock, I found it kept up nicely with a lively drummer and a guitarist using a 1x12" combo, and that was without the amp distorting noticably. That was with the 1x15", so I'd imagine that with the extra speaker area of an 8x10" cab, you'd get a bit more out of it. I'm not going to open up the old valve vs solid state can of worms, but it does have more poke than I'd have expected from a 100 watt amp.

A wee bump...

Novation Bass Station keyboard, from the early/mid 90s. This is a true analogue synth (with digitally controlled oscillators) with 2 octaves of full size keys. Small and light, an excellent way to get some synth basslines into your band. It covers the classic monosyth lead and bass sounds very well, and has the ability to save 7 settings, something which older analogue synths lack. Good condition, with some minor scuffs but nothing major. It comes with a 9 volt adaptor (not the original), a padded Gator gigbag and the original manual. One of these just sold for £240 on eBay, so I think £180 plus postage could be a bit of a bargain.

Carlsbro 100 watt valve PA head, likely to be early 70s, possibly late 60s. Although this was built as a PA amp, it sounds great for bass or clean guitar. The preamp valves are old Brimars (possibly original) and the power valves are a matched quartet of EH 6CA7s (an EL34 alternative). it's built in the traditional way on eyelet board (no PCBs), which you'll only find in pricey boutique amps nowadays. The condition is fairly good for its age, though there are a couple of non-original knobs and some wear to the tolex. The filter capacitors have been replaced and channel 1 has had its tone stack replaced with one based on the classic Fender style. Channel one is now brighter and somewhat mid-scooped, while the three original channels are mellower sounding with more mids. Note that the work on this amp has been done by myself, and I'm a keen and careful amateur rather than a qualified tech, so you may wish to have it checked over by your local amp tech. Having said that, it is properly grounded and fused, and I've been using it without problems. I have kept the original tone stack components from channel one, so it could be put back to original if desired. The cab is a Peavey 1x15", fitted with an older cast-frame Celestion speaker. It's not in amazing cosmetic condition, and there's no handle, though it works fine. The speaker is rated at 100 watts, 16 ohms, but it copes well with this amp and allows for a healthy, giggable volume. Together, they make for a good sounding old school setup. Headroom is pretty good; i've never needed to crank it to the point of distortion. I'd like [b]£XXX [/b]for the amp, and[b] £XX[/b] for the cab, which I feel is pretty good for a giggable valve rig. Collection from my flat in Edinburgh is preferred, though I may consider packing and posting the head, but not the cab, if there's no interest locally. EDIT; I'VE JUST REALISED THE AD IS STILL HERE, AMP IS WELL AND TRULY WITHDRAWN FROM SALE!

Which model is the valve pre, 2x10" combo, and what sort of price would you be looking for? Cheers, Martin