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    Another year, another deal with Chris, rather as usual involving swapping the same stuff back to each other! This one involved me acquiring a particularly special old bass; and again as usual nothing was too much trouble for Chris - he made a long train trip from Canterbury to Cambridge and back to make the deal happen. Thanks mate - until next year then!
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    Explorer now traded
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    Aaaaaaargh....... PM'd
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    PM'd
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    [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1462185128' post='3040829'] [url="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiBntj1l7vMAhWLI8AKHasMAooQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avsforum.com%2Fforum%2F155-diy-speakers-subs%2F1051400-how-wire-4x-8-ohms-4-ohms.html&psig=AFQjCNEIJCrj3aO_Jb4RbVcHHqFS2dfmQQ&ust=1462271471337547"]http://www.google.co...462271471337547[/url] [attachment=218351:series_parallel.jpg] [/quote] Nice one KiOgon, thanks - thought it had to be achievable! I'll get me soldering iron out........
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    Sorry if this is repeating a previous thread - I did a search on speaker impedance and only got more confused! Is it possible to wire up a 4-driver cab, each driver being 8 ohm, such that the net cab impedance is 8 ohm? Cheers! Greg
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    Just bought a couple of Ashdown cabs off Jim - smooth easy deal, great communications, and he even delivered them to my brother in Hampshire the morning after we agreed the deal Top fella - thanks mate!
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    PM sent
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    Beautiful looking 'Ray, that quilt top is gorgeous...... Bump and PM
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    Bought a truss rod cover off Simon - easy deal, and always the sign of a top BC-er when they take the same trouble with the small deals as the big ones
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    PM sent
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    Still using my Halfords imperial set bought in 1982, so I can vouch for their longevity........
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    [quote name='W1_Pro' timestamp='1458317087' post='3006599'] Hello Shaggy, Is that the same T bird you did a Fenderbird conversion on? If it is, do you still have the neck and would you be interested in selling that? Many thanks and GLWTS. Best Stuart [/quote] Replied via PM
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    [quote name='evilLordJuju' timestamp='1458073256' post='3004487'] Has that Explorer bass still not shifted? [/quote] Hope you're well Jules, and Lol, no - not even Flyguitars loves Gibson Explorer basses! Think I'm now contending with cetera's Spector Rex Brown sale thread as the longest running, but actually not too sorry as I've rediscovered the Explorer again, as it suits some new band material - it's surprising the extra speed on runs achievable on a medium scale neck compared to my usual long scale
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    [quote name='4-string-thing' timestamp='1457868208' post='3002434'] Really Free by John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. (yes, I know Otway had a second hit 25 years later, but I count that as MY hit, not his ) [/quote] Saw them play in in Cambridge back in the day, great live act My choice - "Feels like heaven" by Fiction Factory; takes me right back to a particular time in my life
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    PM sent
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    Used to be quite a high profile company; I really wanted a Hamer Explorer like Martin Turner's back in the day Didn't realise Fender had killed them off - damn shame
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    Went to see Turin Brakes play an excellent gig at Pontardawe Arts Centre last night - the bassist (Eddie Myer) playing some lovely melodic lines, although mixed far too low Got me pondering once more on why the bassist is almost always the coolest looking dude in the band - seems to be the rule for rock and pop, and invariably the case for soul, funk and jazz bands. Just bias on my part? And is it bass attracting the coolest musicians, or does bass transfer coolness on the player, ultimately into a permanent state? Apologies if done on previous threads.....
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    Excellent latest twist to the story Chris - that bass has your name on it alright! I look forwards to trading it back........
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    "I thought I was The Fender modding king But I just handed my bitsa crown to him......" Absolutely fabulous - I feel quite inadequate having only one bass project currently on the go (though a couple of other instruments too) That Ric is going to be a monster
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    [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1454003040' post='2965304'] That has got to be the worst name for a colour description ever!! Nice looking bass though [/quote] A lot better than the alternative "turdglo"! Lovely, good score
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    I haven't slogged though all 4 pages of this thread, but definitely Simple Minds "New Gold Dream" for me - so many superb others though
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    Gobsmacked to see this up FS. This was mine for over a year, I had it restored to original spec by Electric Wood (Wal) and can supply the buyer with the invoice for the work done (£1300 worth!), which they did to their usual fabulous standard. Technically not totally original, though on the other hand it's golden era mid-80's Wal - I was told the handwriting on the control panel label was Pete's - but with the benefit of brand new p/ups and preamp, and 100% of the work has been done by Wal. I've played a good few Mk 1 Customs and this is in all honesty far and away the nicest playing and sounding. Can't say I remember it being particularly heavy, though no Wals are light. Only moved it on to Chris as I had the chance on a 1914 Gibson F4 mandolin, that I'd have done anything short of murder to acquire .... I'd predict fairly confidently that this is likely to be the last reasonably priced Wal that we'll see FS anywhere, and I'm currently counting my pennies to see if I can buy it back!
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    Just finished building this from scratch from separately sourced components, but I'll post on here rather than the build diaries forum as forgot to take photos of the build. Always fancied a '70's white P for that Sid Vicious / Dee Dee Ramone / Paul Simenon vibe - taken me years to get around to it, but really pleased with the result......[list] [*]Solid alder body with Oly white finish [*]One-piece flamed maple neck, Jazz bass width / profile [*]Lollar vintage spec split P pickup [*]Celluloid vintage-spec tort pickguard [*]Solid brass (lacquered) hi-mass bridge, through-stringing [*]heavy solid brass neck plate and control knobs [*]Schaller gold tuners [*]CTS pots / Switchcraft jack / cloth-covered wire circuit with solder-less p/up connections [/list] Tiny bit of touching up to do (old screw holes by bridge) but she's def the new gigging bass!
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    Takes me back - only bass that I ever bought new, in all the 100's I've owned..... Lovely example in great nick with fabulous grain - if you didn't know it was stained ash it could almost be cocobolo Bump for Ibanez's finest
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