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I'm definitely no where near you, but if you find yourself in Essex at any point, you're welcome to come have a noodle on the various 6+ string basses in my garden studio.

Bees don't have hooves. Everyone knows that. 😋

That's like saying a language simple if you already speak it. That diagram means nothing to me!

That is a 33" ACG Salace E-Type with a Blue resin/Buckeye burl top. Tis indeed a tasty beast!

You don't want to fit those! They're quite brittle and are specifically for cabs with 'cut holes' for the handles as they're recessed. They wouldn't be suitable. I'd listed them on the off-chance someone was perhaps wanting to add original parts to a project. In reality, they're not really worth using. They'll be in the bin this evening!

We did have a 7 hour bare knuckle fight followed by a battle with Rhodesian fighting sticks. But in the end, all was settled!

Before I toss these in the bin, does anyone have a use for 4 Marshall Jubilee bass cab handles? I've replaced them with official Marshall replacements, so these will be binned next week unless anyone wants them for any reason! See picture for condition. £5 postage (or whatever it comes to!)

It is indeed an ACG fretless bass (Alan Cringean Guitars) built by @skelf. He builds absolutely excellent instruments... I have 5 of his basses at the moment! How did you come across it if you don't mind me asking? You've got a very nice bass there.

Yeah, I doubt I'll ever gig the Marshall, I might once just for the sake of it, but the Epifini UL901 and Bergantino 410 cab are probably going to be the 'gig rig'. Easy enough to move about. The Marshall is an amp I've always wanted, so when it came up (with the cabs) for a pretty irresistible price, and at a location on the way home from a business trip, I wasn't strong enough to resist!

My 'journey' has been largely based on chopping and changing things over the years - a few single investments here and there and then it was just a matter of selling something and buying something else or trading etc. so not a huge total outlay, just a lot of swapping things about! Means you can try a lot of great gear for minimal cost. 👍

Truer words were never spoken! Reckon I've been through 150+ amps over the years and (without exaggeration) 2000+ basses/guitars. GAS fears me.

Mr Grezza sold me a speaker cable, it arrived promptly and does what I need it to do! Great communication throughout, a nice smooth transaction - would happily buy from again! Cheers sir! 👍

Added for anyone interested!

Yeah, us and two other bands. Don't have any kind of following to populate Chinnerys ourselves! 😄

We've played there maybe 4 times many moons ago, so they're 'aware' of us... loosely. I did send them an email about a gig months back and got no response (I imagine they get MANY such emails given they're the only decent venue for originals bands in the area). A few weeks back, they emailed me asking if we wanted to play, we said yes and the rest is yesterday's history!

It's been a LONG time since we've gigged... pre-COVID in fact. Babies, job changes, personal circumstances etc. got in the way. But we've never been a band for the purpose of gigging, (as odd as that may sound) we do it because we like writing music and having our weekly practice! It's a great way to let off steam, be idiots for a few hours and have a laugh. Finally however, we decided enough is enough and we should probably do a gig! So we did. It was at Chinnerys in Southend. A reasonable crowd of +100 people and it was good fun! Fully utilised my wireless set up and took to the crowd a number of times! Reckon we've got the lust back for semi-regular gigging. Shame there's so few decent venues in Essex that put on shows for originals bands... Backing for those interested: Band Name: Art Of Rebellion (album 'The Fire Ignites' can be found on Spotify/iTunes etc.) Bass: ACG Salace E-Type 33" 6 String Bass Amp: Epifini UL901 with Bergantino 410 Effects: Line6 Helix Guitar 1: Fender USA Custom Strat and Musicman Pattruci 7 string Guitar Amp 1: Freidman JJ20 with Marshall Vertical 212 Guitar Effects 1: Some boss stuff Guitar 2: ACG/Reiver Custom 7 and Musicman Pattruci 6 Guitar Amp 2: Blackstar Series One with Custom 212 cab (2 Vintage 1970s Goodmans speakers) Guitar Effects 2: Line6 Helix Drums: Mapex 6 piece kit with Sabian AAX Cymbals and Evans skins.

One added just for you!

On Tuesday I bought a Marshall VBA400 with a Marshall Jubilee 410 and 115 cabs. The handles on both cabs are pretty damaged and when playing through the VBA400 the plastic handles rattled a lot! (I was aware of this prior to purchase!) I gave Marshall a ring on Wednesday to ask them if they knew where I could get replaced handles for the Jubilee cabs (bear in mind these cabs are from 1987) and within seconds I was put through to a very helpful lady that arrange for 4 handles to be sent out to me for a mere £25 all in. They arrived today, very well package and exactly matching the handles from the Jubilee cabs. Great service! 👍

I had a CTM300 that I recently sold. Great amp, but not particularly intuitive in terms of dialing in a preferred sound. The Marshall was very easy to get a great tone from. Personal preference, but as it stands, I definitely prefer the Marshall to the CTM300. The Marshall is VERY close to the sound I had from my Mesa Strategy Eight:88.

I doubt I'll ever really move it unless I sell it. The Epifini and Berg rig on the left is the 'gig rig'. Might use the Berg or Mesa cab with the Marshall live on the odd occasion for fun, but those Marshall cabs are nearing 40 years old and deserve an easy ride at least while in my custody!