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You can't deny, they are a fine looking machine these Handox amps. I really like the built in case. Very practical.

I use an Ashdown Little Bastard with the 2x12" Ashdown cab they make for it. It works great for me, a particularly nice feature is not needing a crane to move it...😆

The band I use it with has an acoustic drumkit and two guitarists who insist on not using any backline (hip, I know but I just can't warm to it, probably my age), plus a singer who uses ears. Onstage volume is never too brutal.  Everything is put into the PA and both guitarists and I use wedges. The drumer also has an IEM setup. I get a nice breakup off the amp with plenty of bottom end. All in all, I'm a fan.😃

Lovely bass for a very fair price. GLWTS!

First bass: Very dodgy P bass copy of inderterminate origins.

Go to bass: A 1977 Aria Precise  with a shaved down neck and an EMG pickup.

'Your' bass: 1984 Gibson T bird.

15 hours ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

That one looks nice too!

 

It's a 34" scale though, which will be quite a reach to the first positions. I briefly owned a white falcon bass which was a longscale also. It was awesome sounding, but a very large instrument. The shortscale feels way more comfortable. 

The one in The Gallery is a nice thing. I tried it the other day. Thin neck, nice tone, looks the part. My reservation is that  I think it might be a bit pricey for what it is. But I guess the gallery has overheads that we don't.  Your  shortscale will undoubtedly be nicer to play, and what with these both being quite 'thumpy' semi acoustic basses, I doubt the scale length will make any real diff to the tone. GLWTS!

They have a similar one in the gallery atm. A Country Gentleman bass, made in japan iirc. That one is quite a lot more money. This looks like a bit of a bargain to me. GLWTS.

Lovely looking bass. Great spec too. Someone will be very happy with this. GLWTS.

Thats lovely.  Pm'd.

Just found this thread. Well done. The bass looks lovely and those pickups sound great. What a result!

That Fafner is a lovely looking thing. Congrats.

Lovely job that. Fantastic work. Enjoy the bass!

I have a BBP34. Its a magnificent bass. I love it. Great sound, top notch components and build. Furthermore, as far as I can see, everything that Yamaha make, from mixing consoles to motorbikes are  well thought out and supremely workmanlike devices. They do what it says on the tin very very well for a very very long time. All that being said- and I hate to sound cynical- what the IRA treatment boils down to; They take the bass, shake it for a bit (albeit at various specific and pre planned frequencies), and that is meant to make it sound better? I mean, who am I to judge.....?

I'm interested, but sadly I don't have the cash! I hope someone bites. Its not a great time to be selling gear generally I think. There is a lot of nice gear on hear ATM which is just not shifting...

Pangbourne Warlord; John Birch Rickenbacker.

1 hour ago, ash said:

Mine was rewired by Martin Nash (RIP) who was on here some years ago. Martin and I became friends via a lot of Shergold and Hayman dealings and email chats. I bought the bass from eBay from the original owner’s widow. When I opened it up to have a look in the control cavity I found a note and wiring diagram…..from Martin! Must have been fate - I told the original owner’s wife who was amazed at the coincidence. She also told me her husband had been in a Joy Division/New Order tribute and that the bass had been played by Hooky at a local gig. Here’s a pic of Martin’s diagram…

That is very cool. I'll dig mine out at the weekend and have a look inthe cavity.

Many thanks.

3 minutes ago, ash said:

Pickup on mine is strong so it may be a faulty one or wiring issue. The Eastwood ones seem to have a generic humbucker. It didn’t sound like my original at all.

I'll have a look when I have a mo. You wouldnt happen to know what the resistance accross your one is would you? If its the same as mine then I might just be expecting too much...

45 minutes ago, ash said:

Shergold Marathon 6 only around 100 made  originally - most owned by Peter Hook 😉.
I’ve had four over the years and had an Eastwood version which I sent back as it was really heavy compared to my original one. 

I've got one of the original ones. Its a lovely thing but the pickup is a bit weedy I find. How does it compare to the Eastwood ones?

Also, I wrote to Paul Day (The Guitar Guru) in the pre internet age looking for some information on the bass. I seem to remember he said they made 73 six string ones. Which seems like a suitably bizzare number...😆

Greco GOB 700 and 900 (I think single and twin pick up models)? Headstock redolent of an eighties Ibanez. Excellent build quality. Mostly a Japanese domestic thing I think as they are like hens teeth in UK/Europe...

23 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

There was an Overwater 'original shape' on Bass Direct this morning.

Worth holding out for an early one with the Bill Lawrence Blades, IMHO. I have two with blades and a much later Artisan with Kent Armstrongs. I like the Armstrongs a lot and the Artisan is a fine bass,  but the blades are by some distance the best passive humbucker I've ever used.

20 hours ago, Wombat said:

I was going to say Manson. There must be JPJs out there but you never see them second hand.

Or the old Kestrel basses. I've been looking for one for ages. Plus of course my seemingly endless quest for a Manson Explorer... 

You also very rarely see Gibson Victory basses in  the UK. 

I must say, that remix is pretty damned good. Well done Red.

22 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

If you like the sound of 15s (and don't mind carrying them), the technical arguments are irrelevant, even if they are true

Thats the whole quote in context ⬆️.  Seems reasonable enough to me.

Thats absolutely lovely, GLWTS.

23 hours ago, crazycloud said:

Ditto. One of my fave basses, the ATK is 5.22kg and one of my SR 6 strings, just on 5kg. I haven't played a 4 hour set in ages, but I have stood practicing and writing with both on a strap for that long.

No, as I still have a 1x15 and a 2x15 from the 80s and 70s respectively, but I like the ease of air movement that larger drivers have. I agree with the earlier comments about dispersion, but for 40y I've gotten around that with multi way cabs as I've preferred a clean wideband speaker that I can EQ to my tastes, not just having it baked in and smothering like an old Ampeg. These days with multiFX and modellers, I can make my cabs sound like just about anything, good enough for me and anyone else except for maybe the one old tone cork sniffer I might run into every few years.

 

The cab currently under construction is a 15 + 8 coax, in 2 boxes so it will fit into the back of my sedan. This adds a little weight to the total, but it's 2 smaller boxes so each are easier to manhandle and the coax can be raised on a stick to ear height. I designed it for what I wanted as there aren't any commercial boxes available, new or S/H that do what I want.

I really like the idea of having the small box on a stick at ear height. I wish a commercial manufacurer would build something like this- actually they may do, but I'm not aware of it. Can you post pics when the build is complete?

54 minutes ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

Could be, but plugged in? the last time I saw ZZ Top they had two dozen or so Magnatones on the stage.  I asked their road manager how many they were actually using. He told me Billy and Dusty were using two apiece, the rest were 'eye candy for the kiddies'. 😄

Theres quite a lot about them (Asamovel) on Insta, Bill. They are obsessed by their wall of Marshalls and what drivers are in each of them. I completely take your point about the Magnatones. Not many making a noise but they certainly look pretty.  I'd love a Magnatone. What.a. machine.