silverfoxnik

Beautiful guitar @Owen and GLWTS! I just have a quick Luddite question for you though, if I may.... What's a 'grown up'? 🤔

PM sent re: Dave Hall preamp....

Yep, you can't say 'h#%t' on here anymore, otherwise the H#%t Police will come round quicker than you can say vintage 90s British Bass Goodness...

I recently bought a vintage Trace head from @King Tut and though not exactly the same series as this one, I'm amazed at how good it sounds, and how much 'clout' it has to borrow your word @Sparky Mark. Based on that, this amp must sound fantastic, especially with the matching cabinet! As Mick said, "... gear didn't get better it just got lighter." GLWTS 👍😊

Have to say that I'm really suprised this is still here given it's one of the Indonesian made models and it's had some very nice mods done to it... Gotta say, it makes me think of this, which is undoubtedly a good reference point (for those of us of a certain age and musical persuasion)... GLWTS 👍😊

Nowhere as a band, to be honest. But Eg has had a pretty stellar career since then, as artist/writer/producer. The reason I know this is that I was in a band at the time and we knew Yip Yip Coyote, went to the same gigs, clubs etc.. Plus, they were big BowWowWow fans, like my band were, so we shared common musical influences, tastes etc. I nearly bought an Odyssey bass myself back in the mid 90s (that was being advertised on Loot) , told myself I couldn't afford it, and then regretted it for months afterwards.. What a fool I was! 🤦😁

Wow, I was only thinking about this bass the other day @sambecker1. I bet it sounds glorious now with those Pino flats and new pots. As you say, the neck on this is lovely and, it definitely has an authoritative, funky character to it sonically, what with that one-piece ash body and maple neck... As I said in my for sale ad for it last year, this bass belonged to the late, great and very much-missed Nick Smith, so it has proper Basschat provenance to it... I think we can all agree that Nick knew a good bass when he played/heard one... And this lovely old, vintage Hardpuncher is definitely one of those! I'm sorry to see it up for sale again so soon, but it really is a 'players bass' that deserves to be played - so hopefully it'll find a new home on here soon. 🙏 Best of luck with the sale, Sam! 👍😊

Still usung my B3 regularly... Apart from the fact that it's so versatile (tuner/fx unit/drum machine for home practice/digital interface etc), it has some great sounding patches including some very good amp models. The patches I use most on it though are the compressors, in particular the DBX compressor which, in a gigging situation, is so, so useful! I bought another one on here last year so I have 2 now; one for rehearsals and gigs that's permanently packed in my accessories case, and the other just sits at home on my practice amp. For this price, this is an absolute bargain! Best of luck with the sale. 👍😊 Nik

That's a very handsome looking instrument you have there @eude And the soundcloud clips - 'Old Piece' - in particular, are great! GLWTS 👍😊