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I think the only other hybrid was the VA400 shown at the bottom of this catalogue page, although I think there may have been a 300 or 350 version too:

The pairing of an 1153 (1x15) and a 2103H (2x10) always sounded superb to me with whichever Trace head I used (SM, SMX, MkIV). Best sound I ever had actually, to my ears at least.

Terribly disappointed that this thread isn't about Blondie ☹️

Welcome Corto. I too should have only one bass and focus my attention on studying. Alas the aforementioned GAS took hold a while ago and refuses to let go.

Hope you manage to get it sorted as there does appear to be a nice bass hiding in there somewhere. I do love to see battered and bruised basses being brought back from the brink. Although "whoever owned it was a bit rough" has quite probably already won you the 2019 BassChat Understatement of the Year Award. Best of luck with it, looking forward to seeing the finished article. 👍

Anyhoo, if anyone does know of another for sale please let me know. I'm loving mine and fancy making a pair.

Great work again Gary. 👍

Superb! Great work.

A beautiful bass. Congratulations to you, fabulous work.

That’s a shocker 😡. I think I’ll message him too EDIT - It now appears to have been pulled

Well I bagged the Gillingham one, it arrived today and very nice it is too. In great condition and sounds fab. Has anyone ever gigged with a couple of these? I think they'd do the job pretty well (small gigs or larger gigs with PA support).

Sold a head to Nigel. Prompt payment and great communication throughout. Trade with confidence. 👍 Many thanks again.

Very nice. I bought my daughter an Alvarez acoustic a couple of years back. Lovely guitars.

'62 everytime. I recently purchased another Steve Harris precision (Blue Sparkle) after regretting selling the first one I had a few years ago. Again I've replaced the stock SPB1 with a CS '62 just as I did with the first one I had. To my ears it just sounds far better, has a lovely break up quality to it and really comes into its own in a band mix.

Yes, I've noticed that. An original (non-fan) AH250 SMX just sold for £200.

Another day, another great deal concluded with Gary. Many thanks again.

Compact and bijou. Good to see the head's still being put to good use 👍

I'd like to give one of these a go for a small home setup. There seems to be very little info available. I have several old brochures from around the time with the BLX combos in but the 1 x 10" cab doesn't appear in any of them.

Apologies for very belated feedback. I sold Gary a couple of pickups a while back. An extremely smooth transaction with great communication thoughout. Trade with confidence. 👍

There are a surprising number of players who do this. I think the theory used to be that left-handed players could only get hold of right-handed basses when they started playing, so therefore just spun basses around and played them left-handed ‘upside down’. Or of course he just felt that he wasn’t being challenged enough with the more orthodox string arrangement. 😁