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Guitar Guitar have a used Epiphone Jack Cassady for £449

14 minutes ago, Misdee said:

Well, there's no bad Geezer Butler bass playing, but for me the Heaven And Hell/Mob Rules era was his zenith. 

 

I have always thought the albums after Paranoid up until when Dio joined the band really suffered from Geezer's bass being way too indistinct and lost in the mix. You can hardly hear what he's doing most of the time. The first two albums and then the ones from Heaven And Hell onwards you can make out every note.

Agreed. Mob Rules sounds fantastic only Sabbath Album I bought back in the day.

Freebird. Lynyrd Skynrd. Interminable

Stairway to Heaven Led Zep  'ditto'

2 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

Was it cliched when it was released? I recall it was lauded as a breath of fresh air among the hair metal and shedder bands.

Nice guitar sound from the bloke from Stoke , but (always) Axl Rose is the fly in the ointment..

500 miles . Proclaimers 

Yellow. Coldplay

Superman. Laurie Anderson

Ideal for surf rock.

Vlad the Impaler signature. 

Turning Japanese. The Vapors

Mohini Dey.

Fieldy 

14 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

I would guess that not spending very much would mean rather less than £600-700.

Paid £300 for mine used

80s Kramer converted to lefty. Bought cheap sold cheaper.

Lefty Japanese Squier Precision with unknown make of very nice pickup.

Sold with the above 1993.

Pynk Moon - nick drake 

Second hand epifani ul212.

Love mine, fairly light. 4 ohm. Very very loud.

Beyond the Veil. Lindsey Stirling

Basses and Amplifcation group is OK. Founder member but didn't want to be a moderator / administrator cos I try to limit my Facebook involvement. Also trying to get away from being 'utilised' by Google.

3 hours ago, Bassassin said:

 

That's a really interesting read. In its own way, this weird/hideous bass is a proper bit of UK music history, as is its original owner. It should be restored & stuck in an (unfortunately non-existent!) museum!

Indeed. With the sad passing of Mo Foster and others the informative and funny raconteurs and authors are getting fewer.

Quite like the bass but I've a touch of neuropathy so no dice with the weight....plus I'm left handed.

8 hours ago, BassmanPaul said:

The Brothers have told us about how cold it is there. meanwhile we are still waiting for winter!!! We've had one decent snowfall but that didn't stick round for long. We didn't have to shovel any of it! Currently it's 9 Celsius here going up to 17C by mid week.

 

I had forgotten that the UK puts a water tank in the attic. I guess to allow gravity to move the water through the pipes. Over here the water is supplied under pressure so no holding tanks are required.

 

Keep us all informed about progress. 

It was actually a mains pressure supply, as you can imagine it's considerable in order to reach above a 4th floor flat. 

On 11/03/2024 at 02:37, agedhorse said:

Ouch, that's a mess.

Thank you for your rational advice.

Positive grid have said if I send it over in its original packaging they'll replace the power amp for $60. Fair play as I bought unit 2nd hand.

A central london tech has said he could check inside safely power it up and put it through a few cycles for £80 in the event of success and not destruction. He's 20 minutes away on the bus

All the rest of my absurd collection of amps & cabs unscathed. Have i mentioned 13 basses ?. As I have no immediate neighbours at present and a bare living room I've been checking my gear out at fairly loud settings and all is well.

Laney Nexus tubes are looouud.

20 hours ago, BassmanPaul said:

As I said before I'm truly sorry for your troubles. Your amp is a minor thing compared to the rest of your belongings. We're hoping that we would be unaffected by floods a we live basically at the top of a hill. Good luck. 

 

Thanks. 75 feet here (ironically not safe in these circumstances) might be sufficient when the Thames Barrier is overtopped, presumably the pedal cabs will adopt a pedal gondola sort of arrangement . Unaffordable most likely.

Look what the idiot contractors did to this heirloom / relic. Admittedly shoddily made 250yrs ago but Cuban Mahogany Veneer is/was beautiful. Maybe I should make some bass tops ??

Kinga Glyk last night . She's personally engaging and a virtuoso player but the music just seems a bit bloodless to me. Still she's only a youngster.

And Kitchen 

Living Room.

Floating shoes had been retrieved 

For your delectation 

My Hall while water was flowing away

I live in a top (4th) floor flat. The mains water supply in the loft fractured.!!!!!!

Unit was away from falling water, carpet underneath was flooded before I managed to grab amplifier up. I suspect/hope that water only went into the bottom of the casing. I never leave any of my eqpt powered up. Am in contact with positive grid who are being quite helpful considering I bought it used on here & it's discontinued. I'd need to send it back to USA , I have the packaging. Still 

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