Soledad

Very good review, thanks - decent user reviews are invaluable.
I wonder if you tried any alternatives in a similar price range - Vanderkley 210, Berg, Aguilar etc?
I admit I've been biased somewhat against BF cabs - having used/tried a 110 and later a 112 and deciding they were loud but very coloured.
I suppose I come from the other end of things - previous 2 cabs being a Genz Uber 1288 (1 x 12, 2 x 8s and a rotary-attenuated horn) then a PJB 6B. I think both these cabs are very neutral, almost 'technical' - so the jump across to the BFs I've tried is quite a jump.

I really need to get myself to Bass Gallery and try a Vanderkley against a BF.

If anyone has done A/B comparisons of the other high-end 210s please share experiences.

And btw, that very excellent Genz Uber is for sale here - I have to say it's a blinding cab... and it's 250 quid. In have seriously considered buying it back from Andy, but I do need to go a little bit smaller.

Can't comment on the basses as I have no hands-on experience, but I hear good things. There's a fair choice around the price range though.
But concerning flats, I spent years using rounds (D'Addario) without giving it much thought, but then tried some flats looking for more weight at the lower end. What I really wanted was that elusive 'punch' we all speak of.

My absolute favourite (after spending hundreds on various brands of flats, which is quite easy when they cost around £30 - £50 a set) - Ernie Ball Cobalt flats. Beware as they do cobalt rounds too ( very good!) and it's easy to order the wrong ones.

They come in various tensions/gauges and I settled on 45-105. They deliver the elusive punch of flats BUT with the option of dialled-in high mids/top end crunch or snap. Also the mids are more controllable, I mean you can add a bit of higher mids say - it's like the whole frequency range is there, just use your bass and head EQ to profile the sound. NOTE they are not rounds and will not deliver the full brightness, but the grunt in the critical lower frequencies is absolutely worth it. What they do (I think all flats do generally) is deliver real power with focus.

There are as many opinions about flats as there are choices, so just my own experience.

As for the E on the Elites wrapping round the post - considering most Bass Centre basses are Ps and Js, this is surely stupid.

Absolute stunner - these Original 60s are already quite rare. Fender so completely nailed it with these, best VRs I've ever come across.

Another reminder what a huge success Brexit was!
Love this bass - the smaller body (always felt the Jazz was just a little larger than need be), ash too, should be warm and resonant.
If it was in the UK I think I'd need this one.

Please don't break it up, far too good.

On ebay at the moment, Oxford collect only. Currently £93 !! (OK, it'll rise but how far). Also on ebay at the mo, another '84 Westone Thunder fretless, 1200.

One of these 2 is worth a look.

here's the fretted 100 quid one

Bumping this very fine cab as I can't commit right now.

Quick review: GB gear is VERY well built. This cab moves significantly more air than a 210 and is v close to a 212 with the huge benefit of discreet drivers for bass (12 + front ports); 2 x 8s for mids and a horn that fires shards of glass (back it to about 9 - 10 o'clock).

Just over 20Kg, easy lift into boot etc. If you want light get a BF10... prob cost you more than this cab. But big cabs beat small cabs, and headroom is what we need. And it's not even big.

If it's still here next week I may well be back, but this cab really is that rare thing: a genuine one-cab 'solution'.

Well now Andy, if this isn't gone by early next week I may nick it back. Got a line to a ShuttleMax and this would go lovely.
Fabulous one-cab option. Still in good nick I trust?

Trust me gents, you don't want this 😂

Is that an Original 60s P @Ander87 ? In LPB... and selling the 60s Jazz.

And getting a WHAT??😂

On 23/12/2022 at 11:46, Ander87 said:

It is indeed, I’ve a strong feeling I’ll regret selling it but like I say, I only have three hangers and probably about the only bass I haven’t had is a Ric, so there we go…

You will. Briefly owned a CAR and was scared to gig with it, stupidly georgeous it was and absolutely the best detailed '63 imaginable.
New owner's in for a treat 👍

Joel bought my spare Gator case - sorted courier collection, all very smooth.

Top Basschatty trader 🎛️‼️

Good to know what they were called. Got mine from Bass Direct and they listed it as a Precision Special but that clearly wasn't right as no such thing of the period exists.

Been through a few Precisions over the many years but this one is an absolute keeper! (Selling the '64 was maybe a mistake...) 

Stunning basses IMO - outstanding late '90s build quality, standard P 1 5/8 neck (the 2016 run had the Jazz neck). Rare and georgeous. 

Underpriced I reckon though I would say that as I have one!

GLWS - someone needs to grab this quick.

1 hour ago, ASW said:

Is this one?

 

 

Sure looks like it!! I've had mine about 4 years and never seen onother, particularly for sale. Don't need 2 but someone needs to grab this, fabulous basses IMO and I rate the mid-late '90s Corona builds very highly.

Far as I know this was the first time the Corona factory made production P/Js. There was a limited 500 run of USA Standard P/Js in 2016, and various MIM and Squier iterations later.

Got a bit interested when I needed a replacement tone pot- original is a CTS mini 250k and I couldn't find one with the 1/4 post anywhere so contacted Fender in the States. Their email back told me they had no detailed records of build as 'very few were made'.

There's no doubt it's a straight Corona '98 and it came to me many years later in virtually unplayed condition.

It's a real cracker and a certain keeper, but anyone else own one or know more about them?

Just got the Hall of Fame pedal from Steve - very fast, arrived next day. Brilliant service, a great Basschatter.

Thanks, Steve.

We should be awarded badges for good ads., they don't have to be boring. Enjoyed this one. 5 star quality advertising so shopping's more fun 👍

pm sent

14 hours ago, cetera said:

Don't suppose you're popping around the south west of the M25 anytime soon or heading over Guildford/Woking/Camberly/Basingstoke way at all?

No plans that way, sorry. A BCer is currently looking at organising a courier to collect.

I'll keep the listing updated with news.

Only got this to ship a bass to me, and even then the case was packed super-well - so it is really as new. Around £80 new.

Surprisingly the bass isn't included, but thanks for asking😂

Given it's 30 quid, I don't fancy shipping. There is a shipping option if I put the '96 MIJ Fujigen Strat in there and you pay me £600... so there is that.

(The Strat is on Guitarchat at the mo).

Good things these are - as light as a decent gigbag but much better protection.

It's black. 

Thanks Paul. Never thought to look on Ebay. Funny it's Northwest listing the Alpha one. Just ordered one 👍

2 hours ago, KiOgon said:

If you use the wrong knobs, for 1/4" shafts - yes they will go eccentric - but if you use the proper knobs for 6mm shafts the alignment of the screw with the split makes them fit concentric and tight.

OK, on my Precision I will keep the original knobs and want a straight replace new with old. So I need a mini 250k with 1/4" solid shaft. Seems Northwest list said item, may have just sent the wrong one (split shaft). Also theirs is like £2.50 which makes me suspicious of quality. Do you have any mini solid 1/4"?

1 minute ago, PaulThePlug said:

Or... just use the split shaft, but align the knob so the grub screw goes in to the shaft gap to force apart for grip, rather than on the splined halfs, squashing the gap...

I tried using those before (on KiOgon's Jazz harness a while back), wasn't happy as the knob becomes eccentric and it made my head hurt!! (OCD-ish).

I'll ask KiOgon. Thanks for tips.

Having a run around with this. I have a '98 US built Precision Special (a P/J as it's known). The original tone pot is duff, signal drops, earth buzz etc.
Ordered what I thought was right from Northwest, but it was just a standard size version which won't fit cavity (tone pot occupies space originally made for the jack on a std Precision so needs to be smaller size than standard).
So I'm looking for a source of a decent quality mini pot (250k I believe) with the solid 1/4" shaft (to take std Precision knob).

I sent wrong one back to Northwest but they have now shipped a split shaft pot... utterly useless.

Anyone know where I can get a decent quality replacement for the tone pot - can't be so hard as Mexico make P/Js these days I believe, not like it's that rare.

Help appreciated.

Mick (Formerly Marleaux 62 with feedback) bought my PJB 6B. Quick decision, no messing and payment ahead on trust.

Excellent Basschatter - trade with confidence. Thanks Mick, & enjoy the cab!

Lifelong bass player but guitars have been a close second. Always fancied a Tele - particularly fond of the bridge p/u with a bit of scoopy eq and maybe a hint of delay, even a touch of chorus. Very happy with this one, a MIM vintage reissue in faded Fiesta red. The original very white scratchplate has been replaced with a parchment one. Waiting on Strings Direct to get my 10-46s to me (overpriced and slow, one star review for them).

The other thing is a mountain (or appalachian) dulcimer, which I built. Back & sides flamed sycamore, top spruce, board ebony.

It has a nice sound - they are a bit odd. I added 2 frets where the purists don't have them (min 3rd and maj 7th). The trad mountain ducimer is basically fretted for a mixolydian scale if you played all frests up to the octave. It's normally 4 strings in 3 courses, so a double top string. Tuned (most often) DAD so the lower A & D act mostly as drones, with quite a few chords available.

Can be heard on Joni Mitchell - a Case of You and one or two others. Also on the Plant Krauss album - the track 'Long Journey'.

Fun to build, fun to play for a short while. Like when I got a tenor Uke during lockdown. Got bored fairly quickly.

The Tele however, well that is mighty fine and packed full of challenges.

(just mention I bust one of top strings on dulcimer, easily done. So it's currently a 3 stringer, which some serious US players use anyway.)