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Yup. I have 2. Not bad at all.
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Pinegrove are my go-to. Exceptionally good straps.
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Another shout for these cabs... I had a WT800 with 2 of these cabs back in the day... it was an epic rig! -
I bought a brand new Juki HZL120 for my wife from Amazon US, cost just under £600 including shipping and 'built in' taxes, whereas the UK retail price pretty much everywhere is £975, all it needed was a US/UK adapter (which Amazon covered the cost of!) and we saved £375. Some things are cheaper to bring in from The States for some odd reason...
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Pending. Markbass LMK (spares or repair) - *SOLD*
binky_bass replied to Oldman's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Met Gaz in a shady Asda car park... We did a deal for his Mesa rig for my trickfish and a separate cash deal for his Purple Chili rig. All in a super smooth deal! Would definitely deal with Gaz again, another credit to BassChat!
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I'm debating (very much unsure of going past the 'debate' stage) of renting out my rehearsal space for the occasional weekend band that might want a full 2 days practice or to spend some time writing. I have no idea what a 'fair price' would be for a full weekend session including use of pro gear. (Say 9am - 6pm Sat and Sun). The space is 40sqm and has a tiny kitchenette, a loo and shower, a lounge area, a small gym, an office area with Cubase for recording, full WiFi, a substantial drum kit, plenty of amps, effects pedals, mics and stands, a PA system, and a selection of excellent instruments (ACG, Conklin, Fender, Musicman, Reiver, PRS, etc). Your band could simply rock up and get going, there's nothing I can think you'd need to actually bring. Any thoughts as to whether there'd be a market for any bands to hire such a space, and what do you think would be a fair weekend rate given the equipment that'd be available to use?
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I expect it would have been the one that was recently on here as only 4 of these 750w heads exist and only 2 of these cabs, so it's a rare beast indeed! Thanks! The man cave is a bit of a dream come true if I'm honest. The other end (behind where the photo was taken) has a small gym set up, my office/recording gear, a teeny tiny 'kitchenette' and toilet/shower so it's fully equipped and means I never have to go back to the house again!
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Picked these two bad boys up this weekend... Looking forward to giving them a proper run over the next few weeks. They nicely complete my home rehearsal space/man cave!
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@Cosmicrain A.K.A Mr Walsh did indeed build the Purple Chili rig. Only given it a quick test blast but it does sound pretty epic. It has a 750w class-D power section and a valve pre-section. Words from Mike: "I only made about eight heads, some were 450W and some were the 750W. They had hand wired point to point valve preamp boards based on the Trace Elliot V6/V8 preamps and the married to Digital power amp. They were extremally expensive to make and I only made a very low profit margin on them. Eventually I stopped making them for that reason. The cabs were made for Chris Chitticks (he worked for me at the time) this cab was indeed fitted with Celestions."
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So, out with the super lightweight rig and in with two rather tasty, more old skool rigs....
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£180 posted takes it.
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No issue with 2 string... the fact it was a 'Jon Letts' however! (BIIIIIG saga about Mr Letts some years ago on here...)
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I used to speak to Yves every now and then back when I had Facebook. Him and Jean Baudin are the reason I play ERB and really why Binky came into existence. He then ordered a 2 string bass from Jon Letts. He's of course dead to me now...
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Potentially interested in bass related trades, part ex or full ex... cash is best of course!
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If a 'Swapsies' area was open only to those that had already paid to use the 'For Sale' section, then I don't see the harm either way. Or... if possible, in addition to having to list a value, there could be an option that you need to select before you list your item for sale: SALE ONLY TRADE ONLY SALE OR TRADE There could then be a filter in the 'for sale' section where you can select ALL, SALE or TRADE and if selecting ALL you see everything, if selecting SALE you then only see items flagged as SALE ONLY or SALE OR TRADE and if you select TRADE you'd only see items flagged with TRADE ONLY or SALE OR TRADE. That way you can see everything if you want, sale items if you want or trade items. That'd get my vote.
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Is a 1978 USA Fender neck worth £200?
binky_bass replied to TheGreek's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Got to say I do agree with Ash! I'm not entirely sure on the point of calling attention to all these auctions with days left to go. The majority of the action happens in the dying hours so the price mentioned in the original post will never really be of meaning as price will climb as the clock counts down on the auction! Not sure it classifies as wierd or wonderful either! Subjective I know... but a neck is a neck. -
If this doesn't come with a footswitch... I have a Trace footswitch that'll work with this. Happy to offer it cheap to any prospective buyer! -
Hi all, So - that inevitable time has come to have a complete switch around with my amps! I bought this when they were on sale, frankly for no other reason other than to 'try' it. I was more than blown away by this amp... the build quality is way beyond its price point, as it the array of tones you can achieve. It is an excellent bit of kit that far exceeded my expectations. They are sold as 2000w, realistically its probably much closer to 1000w, but there is a HUGE amount of headroom no matter how you slice it. Non-The-Less, with potentially two new rigs coming through the door, this will be surplus to requirements and therefore may as well go on to do someone else a turn. It's been used by me for an hour or two tops, sounds epic. I have the original box so I'm happy enough to post it. These are around £350 new, so £200 seems fair at the current rate.
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There's two amps for sale on here by the same chap - I'm gassing for both! Deal is nearly done on those. My AT410+ is currently still available for those interested!
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(Will take some better photos later!) Hi all, I have powerful GAS... therefore in order to sate this GAS I am begrudgingly putting up for sale my GR Bass AT410+ cab. This is the 1200w version and weights in at a rather ridiculous 14.8kg! It comes with the official GR Bass padded cover too. (Useful to house one's guitarist too!) I'd potentially trade this for a bass of equal value... From Bass Direct this will cost you a little over £1300. I've used this at home mainly, it's not been gigged or in anyway abused in its year or so with me. It sounds absolutely epic, articulate and quite transparent. With it being able to handle 1200w it'll pretty much take anything you want to throw at it. These don't really ever come up for sale on the second hand market, with good reason, and may very well change my mind! But for now, the cab and cover are yours for £950 which I feel represents a great saving from new with no lead time for a cab that is hugely powerful and incredibly light. Collection from Wickford, Essex or we can discuss meeting.
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It's not a comparison to BF as that's probably one of the rare cabs I've not owned, so this is probably a moot post, but... out of all the cabs I have owned (Mesa, Markbass, Orange, Trace, Marshall, Laney, Phil Jones, among others) the GR cabs are right up there with the very best in terms of how they perform. I find my GR AT410+ to be more or less transparent, really articulate and obviously super light. They are excellent bits of kit IMO.
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I love the look of that bass - saw it a little while ago (on Jen's mailing list), but I completely agree on the tone... really quote poor to be honest, and the playing of that chap is a bit 'basic'. He might very well be an excellent player, but that video does not at all showcase how exceptionally good I believe that bass is in reality.
