ogri

[quote name='obbm' post='409069' date='Feb 13 2009, 09:32 PM']Considerably more than you imagine. Have a look at Ebay "Selmer" completed listings. [/quote] lol..thanks for that mate.. i reckon about £140 -£150 each for a reasonably quick sale, i'll see how that goes down tomorrow..

just dug two out that have sat in the outside shed for nearly ten years, plugged em in, waited for the valves to warm up and... they both worked! faultlessly..not even noisy. thats handwiring for ya..christ they built things to last back then..i used to use em as a pair with the jolly old rick-o-sound stereo jack in me '77 bass, miked up..what a palaver. anyway, left em in our local music shop this morning, by this afternoon a few guitarists are creaming theirselves over them and wanting to buy em(they do sound berluddy good), but i have no idea what they are worth. i gave fifty quid each for em but that was about fifteen years ago. theres two on ebay, one is at about a fiver with the back missing, the other has no valves but the bloke still wants £245 for it!! so not much of a guide there.. ..anybody got any idea what they are worth? tenner..? fifty..? a ton..? cant really see them being worth all that, but they sound better than an old marshall plexi, more like a '45 or a good vox

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='405741' date='Feb 10 2009, 09:02 PM']I'll have a look if I go past there some time, I guess you are from around here, what band/s do you play in?[/quote] used ta be in the setting sons and citizen smith, now in the mighty quinn with johnny rockanroll quinn and blanty

i struggle like buggery, always have. my hardest one hadta be when i was in a jam tribute band(the setting sons) trying to do the piss easy bass line an the harmony to "start.." the vocal suffered... its,not.... importantfor... me,too...knowyourname...

like most things you love, if you love your fender, as i do, you cant really put a reason to it. sure, both me jazz and me precision, look, sound, feel and play how i think a bass should. but theres more to it than that, and anything that has heritage or nostalgia is always hugely attractive. if you play a fender, your walking in the footsteps of so many bands and players before you.

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='405338' date='Feb 10 2009, 01:38 PM']Open for a covers band as well if any need a bassist to play the local pub circuit![/quote] thers a couple of ads in live music mate looking for a bassist (01733 555505)

buddy, i hadta look up GAS in the acronyms before i understood what the hell you was on about. i thought it was some sort of drugs related term that had yet to filter its way down to us fen weasels i have the answer to your problems. but you wont like it.. dont buy either ..for now, hang on to your hard earned, roll the volume off the back pick up on your jazz when you want a precisiony sound. and wait. either 1) summat nice, exactly what you want and possibly vintage will come up on here at the right price eventually or 2) your gas will pass. of course you will completely ignore this advice, the same as i would have at your age but you know it makes sense rodders....

[quote name='Kubs' post='401925' date='Feb 6 2009, 12:25 PM']HATE YOU!!!!! thats perfect rig!!!!!just one tone played through this can kill all those digital mark-nano-bassists :-D[/quote] lol...christ on a bike thats a helluva rig buddy, i'd havta name that one "cloverfield" if it was mine..the rest of the band must love you, bet they havta use summat like a 2k min PA as monitors ...just beware of diaphramic convulsions standing in front of that bugger

[quote name='Pentode' post='400376' date='Feb 4 2009, 08:10 PM']Not everybodys' tone - but my SVT CL & 2 X 15" Classic cabs leave that little tell tale stain in the front of my pants every time! [/quote] yup im the same, me groove tubed SVT classic still does it for me after all these years..(though if i could ever find one at the right price a mesa diesel 2x15 to go with it would make it me ultimate personal combination i suppose.... ) i remember even with the standard valves using it for the first time at a gig, tentatively plugging in and hitting just a simple low E and thinking"ohhh lordy, that.... is ...just..so.. authorative.."..lol

..and killed every speaker in my much loved old gallien kruger 2x10s...so much for tranny heads being more reliable than valve.. still got the cabs, can anyone recomend/supply some good replacement speakers? considerations are 1) want to be able to use just one cab as a half stack at acoustic gigs and some of the small pubs we play in peterborough(lugging the mesa boogie cab into them venues is overkill and then some) 2) cabs must be 4ohms each (2 ohms paired)as have got an SVT which will only run at 4 or 2 ohms 3) some heavy chassis speakers wont fit into the openings as they are quite close together(will take photos got some cheapies in both cabs presently as i been using them as practice cabs for last two years, one at home and one at the drummers house, but i dont think they would handle the ampeg and gig volumes. was thinking of saving myself time and energy and just buying some of the cheap 1 x15s that come up on here but there always millions of miles away :-) btw i was glad when that amp died, it always sounded bloody horrible, just wish it hadnt taken me GKs with it lol

[quote name='Shaggy' post='401081' date='Feb 5 2009, 02:48 PM']Cetera's old one - best full-range cab ever IMO, happy doing modern hi-fi or old school thump, and can bi-amp it too. Even fits cross-wise in the boot of my Modeo estate without putting the seats down, but pretty sure a solid month of gigging with it thru December gave me elbow tendonitis! [/quote] thanks guys lol..yup black grille.. cream mesa boogie badge...sounds fantastic.. heavy as a house...thats my baby..:-) mines flightcased as well(h duty packhorse with big castors), and as im the one with the van i get to lift it in and out on my own every weekend along with the SVT..one day i'll bust me farting clappers i just know it..

anybody know, am i right in thinking my Ev loaded 4x10 is what they called a "diesel" cab? and does anybody know when mesa engineering stopped using Ev speakers?

lol i had a 1450 fatboy for a year, but missed corners and roundabouts too much....even had my own bastardized Ogri plate onnit saddo that i amm...funny how we all yearned to have a "fatboy", but steered well clear of a "badboy", harley didnt quite get that one right lol..issit true the fatboy was named after the bomb the yanks dropped on hiroshima?(the idea being a parallell to the USA decimating jap bike sales with their bike) seems a bit of a norty by willie g if so...

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='399285' date='Feb 3 2009, 07:12 PM']Dunno about you lot, but ogri looks a hard bastard to me. When it all kicks off over Jazz or Jesus next time, I want him on my side. He'll knock 'em out, I'll lay the cowardly boot in.[/quote] buddy your confusing "looking hard" with "looking ugly, old and f*cked", courtesy of still doing this for a living at 49 years old..its an easy mistake to make

[quote name='Linus27' post='398680' date='Feb 3 2009, 10:35 AM']Thank you, that would be cool. I did actually try one when I was looking for basses and I thought it sounded amazing. Really nice angry Fender sound. Very impressed.[/quote] the offers there my friend. lurvvve the black jazz incidently. and as much as i really like me new 'un, my jazz(with just the neck pick up turned up which is how i only ever use it) will always be my favourite bass, both for playability and sound. it does feel damn cool playing a tele though, dunno why, it just really does..

[quote name='bluesparky' post='398683' date='Feb 3 2009, 10:38 AM']Ouch! All the best, and speedy recovery![/quote] get well soon old friend

[quote name='molan' post='398670' date='Feb 3 2009, 10:27 AM']It's changed a bit since these (only really obvious thing is a lower leather seat) but these give you an idea anyway [/quote] lordy!!! gruntosaurus rex!! nice...

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='398628' date='Feb 3 2009, 09:41 AM']Welcome from another bass playing biker (98 VFR800)! [/quote] excellent another biker, lets be having some photos blokes:) i'll start the ball rolling with one from twenty years back and another from last summer..

my first was a ricky copy, in 1976,a cml i think, from a club book (ask your mum/dad) . it was godawful. my second was also from a club book, but it was great, a westone thunder 1A. the 18v active circuitry made up for my crappy backline, andi was hooked on getting a good bass thump for ever. i started playing at 16 for the noblest of reasons, that girls would hopefully let me "tit them up" in the bike sheds at the back of ramsey youth club. a boy can dream...

lol..blokes..have had the nickname ogri many years now, cant think why, he's such an ugly bugger an im so pretty... mitzi is still about, we got a house together eventually, thats when it went tits up, now we are only in touch by cheque( the reason i only run one bike nowadays) but thats real life for ya.. gixxer thous an old triumphs both rock in their own particular ways, nice one dudes

[quote name='lee_remedy' post='387465' date='Jan 21 2009, 01:21 PM']i used solid state amps for about the first year of playing when i got a bit cash i decided to go buy a new amp. i tried a ampeg b2re and hated it took it back to the shop after 2 days. moved onto a ashdown abm and again hated it. so i ended out splashing out on a marshall vba 400 with 4x12 cab and have never looked back. sound is absoloutly amazing imo valves rock[/quote] my fifty pence worth.. ive had an all valve ampeg svt classic for nine years now, and have learnt a couple of lessons i will gladly pass on based on my own experience. 1) buy something with a good established rep, do whatever you have to do to find the money..(i had to sell a bleeding motorbike!! for a bloody bass amp!!) 2) find a really, really good valve tech who will do your servicing and repairs, someone who genuinly knows what they are doing, and only ever let him touch it, and whatever he suggests let him do. 3) buy a good quality well padded flight case, made slightly higher internally so you keep a spare amp base shaped square of foam on top of it inside the cab, and take that out and put it on your cab before sitting the amp down onnit at gigs, to stop the cab vibes transmuting to your valves(dunno if thats a word or not but i like it ) err, thats about it i think. my amp is trouble free, gets as hot as hell at some of the venues we play and gets used every weekend, hard. it always provokes comment on how good it sounds, though the ev loaded 4x10 mesa cab is a big part of that too. i'd like to think it will be the only amp i ever play for the rest of my life, though the weight, especially flight cased, is immense. and the last time i saw colin hodgkinson, even he had given in and was using a markbass... one last thing, ive only had to have a total revalve twice now, but both times using decent matched valves it required a second mortgage.. enjoy..

[quote name='Linus27' post='398230' date='Feb 2 2009, 07:37 PM']Apart from the original, which I have owned one and sold on, which of the four models is the best? In fact, is there any difference in the three models in terms of quality, tone, playability etc. The four I am thinking of are, 1. 1990's Japanese Fender re-issue 2. Current 51' Japanese re-issue 3. Sting Signature 4. Mike Dirnt Signature Apart from the obvious like slab body, rosewood neck, pickup configuration, sting inlay on the various models, Is there really much in it between the four models? Any thoughts on any differences or which ones to avoid or go for would be really appreciated.[/quote] i would love to vote for my obvious choice buddy, but as i havnt played the other three i a unqualified to comment really..however if you live anywhere near me your welcome to try my tv yellow beauty (It is so NOT vintage white lol) for a gig and see what you think..

[quote name='OldGit' post='397949' date='Feb 2 2009, 03:11 PM']Ha ha, nah mate, Can't be ... I use mamy-pamby wimps strings .. Hey, you could fight orange with yellow and save your back too ... [/quote] i'd love a markbass rig they make a lotta sense, but im stuck in my ways and adore me ampeg/boogie rig lol. besides playing bass to a neanderthal like me is like building or shagging, if you wanna knock a big nail in you need a big hammer.. gawd, im glad i dont ever have to back that one up on here......

[quote name='High score' post='397967' date='Feb 2 2009, 03:32 PM']ha ha ha at least you are down to earth and have a sense of humour......... What's it like working for a mag then? Who else do you journo for?[/quote] only them buddy. i got the gig three years back, EMAP (now Baur) are based at peterborough and use the same local tuning guru(mark brewin bsd) as i do. they had a big test coming up, hayabusa, blackbird, zx12r and the new fast beemer thrapping around the isle of man for a week, needed a fourth rider, asked mark if he knew anyone the criteria being 1) wont fall off 2) can keep up 3) knows loads of dirty jokes naturally, lol, he put me forward after that, i got called in everytime they were short, or needed a sort of "real world rider" test, the highlights being the nurburgring on all the sports thou's and the then new 1098 ducati, and best of all, calais to north africa, on my own, on a new zzr1400, in twenty four hours.. by the time i was on the ferry to morrocco 24 hours after leaving the hotel in calais i was buzzing so much that even after riding 1500 miles non stop i did another 500..that was a proper old adventure that was the job is fantastic, its just a shame i dont do it all the time, but there you go. i get paid well, but the best perk... it costs manufacturers two grand for a half page advert in "bike"..so instead of that they give the road testers there gear as its free advertising for them! have got leathers, winter suits, heated gear, helmets, boots etc all gratis..my favourite freebies being my lovely orange/black retro helston jacket and the black arai viper i got on the last job.

[quote name='High score' post='397826' date='Feb 2 2009, 01:24 PM']Hello - I am new as well but enjoying the forum loads.... Yep, impressed...........not just riding but road testing........you going to tell me you got all your own hair as well aren't you??[/quote] buddy, dont be too impressed, i freelance road test fairly infrequently (am in it this months daylight robbery feature but probably only do six issues/tests a year or so) ..and yes i do have my own hair, though its going verrrry grey now, and along with my ageing labrador, two basses and cb1300 is just about all i do have..