MattW

Last chance before it goes on eBay - £55 posted in the Uk

For sale is a refurbished Limited Edition Epiphone Wildkat. Made in August 2012 this was a limited run in metallic black (Black Royale) which looks fantastic. When I got the guitar it hadn't been played for some years and I have carefully recommissioned it as a project. After an initial inspection I installed a brand new high quality jack socket as the original had failed, and then cleaned up all the electrics which now work without fault or crackle. Jack failure isn't uncommon on these types of guitars and the new socket should give years of hassle free service. I then stripped all the hardware and cleaned and polished the paintwork to a high shine. The bodywork is virtually mark free - the only blemish is a small hairline crack where the binding on the underside of the neck at the cutaway meets the paint as pictured in photo 6. This can't be seen or felt when playing and is purely superficial, otherwise this is in absolute stunning condition for a 9 year old guitar. After this the frets were then polished, the fretboard cleaned and oiled, all metal work cleaned and polished, and then the guitar was reassembled with Ernie Ball slinky strings (9's). I then did a final set up, adjusting the truss rod to which moves easily and works perfectly to set the relief, and finally set the string height and intonation at the bridge. The guitar now looks great and plays brilliantly, and as a bonus comes with a factory hard case (worth £100 alone) which again is in really excellent condition, and does a great job of protecting the guitar. The P90 pick ups are really versatile, they obviously do the hollow body 335 type thing really well, but also dirty up really nicely for rock tones too, and the Bigsby is a lovely addition. I have photos of the restoration should the buyer be interested in seeing them. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Cash on collection from Chelmsford. Factory specs are as follows: Model: Wildkat AN Archtop Collection Top: Flamed Maple Back & Sides: Mahogany Neck, Maple, set Neck profile: SlimTaper "D" Scale: 628mm (24.75") Fretboard: Rosewood Fretboard radius: 305mm (12") Nut width: 1.68" Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo Inlays: Dots Neck pickup: P-90R Dogear Classics Bridge pickup: P-90T Dogear Classics Bridge: LockTone Tune-o-matic Tailpiece: Bigsby B-70 Vibrato Tuners: Grover, 18:1 Hardware: Nickel

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I don't need it.......but I want it 🤣. Got too many amps as it is though 😬

Great pedal, but recently replaced on my board with a Funk Face. Velcro fitted, some knocks and scrapes but full working order and sounds great. £65 collected from Chelmsford or will post at cost.

Edit:. Withdrawn. Grabbed this for a rehearsal last night and it sounded so good I can't bring myself to sell it 😂 I bought this a while back in a fit of nostalgia for my old EVO II that started my love of Ashdown. A chap up the road was selling it for his grown up daughter, who played this in a band while at school, had since been to uni and then migrated to Japan and this has been sat in their garage ever since. It was untested but looked hardly used, so I took a punt on it. I was really lucky, on taking the head out it was immaculate inside. I tested it and other than a slight crackle on a few pots it was perfect. I took it to Guy at Ashdown for a service and he gave it a once over and replaced the valve drive pot, and it's sweet now. However I've then only played it a handful of times since and am trying to raise funds to buy a CTM200, so am tentatively putting it up for sale. Cosmetically there's a few minor scratches and small knocks in the tolex, but it's probably as clean as they come for a 19 year old UK made Ashdown. The board was printed by Clive Button on 30/04/02 (see pic). Interesting it's labelled as a 500w amp. When I asked Dave Green about this when I had one before, he told me at one stage they were selling 500w amps labelled as 300's (under-promise and over deliver was the idea), but I can't confirm if this is indeed 500w. It is blooming loud though! Priced to sell at £295 - this is a lot of amp for your money, especially one that is UK made and recently serviced. Collection from Chelmsford, Essex.

As per my other posts I have gone "all valve" and so my ABM600rc is for sale, complete with flight case and footswitch. If you are looking at this you'll probably already know how great these sound and how flexible they are. £450 gets you a lot of amp - new the footswitch and case would be £120+ alone! These are a huge step up from the EVO III. Bought new from PMT about 2 years ago, not been pushed hard and hardly used over lockdown as I've been using my CTM300 almost exclusively. I took it to rehearsal last week to make sure all was in order and it sounded great (and was I almost convinced to keep it 😁). Could possibly be tempted to trade for a 5 string Ibanez or Jazz, but sale is preferred as I am trying to raise funds to get a CTM200rc - as I really want something a little more portable than the 300 (which is for sale on another thread). Also available are two ABM210 cabs with covers for £325 each. Also very also very lightly used and come with Roqsolid covers with £60+ each. One or both of these would be an ideal match for this head - it's like a modular 410 and much more transportable - plus the two allow you to run the ABM at 4ohm for maximum omph! I've just gone down the Barefaced route and so these are surplus to requirements. More pics of the cab are available on the CTM300 thread. Collection from Chelmsford, Essex.

Finally managed to get some more pics done in good weather!

Will consider splitting: £325 for each of the cabs (including covers which are £60+ each) £1100 for the head and cover. Also potentially open to swaps or PX.