Hodge

Worth every penny.

One of the things I love about these Mark I versions is the fact that you can flip the impedance switch on the side and get the full 500W into either 8 or 4 ohms.

It's a nice feature that the Mark II doesn't have.

Good luck.

A pleasure to do business with.

Even threw in a few extra bits and bobs, for free.

What I love about these Mk I versions is that, at the flick of the impedance switch, you get the full 500w into 8ohms.

No need for an extension cab.

Plus, they sound really good.

Like....*really* good.

Bought his nicely restored SR500 project bass.

Lovely bass for an excellent price and just all round a pleasure to deal with.

Cheers.

PM'd.

Bought Rosie C's Slimline Double Bass.
Very happy: lovely bass, excellent price, outstanding communications and generally, an all-round pleasure to deal with.

Thanks!

Bought Martin's Acoustic Image Clarus amp.

Had a good chat when I went to collect.

A good chap and a pleasure to deal with.

As others have stated, Dominic is a pleasure to do business with.

Prompt, easy communication, quick delivery, well packaged.

Item exactly as described.

Just all round smooth and hassle-free.

I'd have no hesitation dealing with him again, with full confidence.

PM'd.

Bought a set of used strings from Geoff.

Quick, easy,  hassle-free transaction. 

Well packaged too.

Thanks Geoff.

PM'd.

That's interesting.

I'd seen a video on Youtube where a bloke took the scratch plate off one of these and found that the grain stopped part way up the body.

It was a photoflame grain that only seemed to cover the area visible when the scratch plate was fitted.

That's clearly, based on these pics, not the case with all of them.

Maybe he just got a duff 'un?

Renewed my interest in these somewhat.

It's all been said before, but just to reiterate...

A straight-up bloke and a pleasure to do business with.

Buy from him with confidence.

As a bonus, if you happen to go and collect your purchase, he's a nice chap to chat to for half an hour.

Hmm... go on then.

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Bought some strings from Matt.

An easy, hassle-free bloke to deal with.

Thanks Matt, it was a pleasure .

Hodge

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A couple of years ago I aquired a Harley Benton Jazz for the princely sum of £60, just to see, really.

I had a neck I really liked from an old bass kicking about, so I threw that on and then spotted some Lindy Fralin Jazz pickups going for £90 for the set...  by that point it seemed a shame not to take it further.

Bought a set of CTS pots for £27 and a scratchplate from someone here on Basschat for, I think, £12.

I gave the body a bit of a light sanding to take the extreme glossiness off the finish.

I still need to get some knobs that fit the fatter posts on the CTS, some more screws for the pickguard wouldn't go amiss, and I have yet to do anything with the tuners or bridge.

Also, apparently, looking at the photo, it could do with a bit of a clean.

All in all it stands me at less than 200 quid and I love how it looks, how it feels and, above all, how it sounds.

Used it a lot in pub gigs where, as Sam said, you don't feel comfortable leaving an expensive instrument on stage while you nip out for a smoke.

I didn't really know what to put on the headstock. I ended up opting for something that looked vaguely Fenderish to the casual observer, but on closer inspection.... 

I read somewhere that Leo intended the bridge pickup on an SB-2 to function as the tone control, rather than being used as a stand-alone pickup in its own right.

I have an old, mid-90s US SB-2 and the bridge pickup is significantly lower in output than the neck pickup.

I can well believe that it's purely there to add some bite to the P-style pickup.

Either way, I've never missed a tone control on it.

Bought a bunch of leads from Chris.

A nice, smooth transaction: items as described, great communication, prompt delivery, good price... can't ask for any more than that.

All in all, a good bloke to deal with.

Thanks mate.

Bought Clarky's Orange Terror.

As smooth a deal as you could wish for and an absolute pleasure to do business with.

Thanks very much mate.

PM'd.

I had one of these back in the '80s.

I seem to recall it had a really nice, fast, easy playing neck on it and sounded pretty good too.

Sadly, recent purchases prevent a nostalgia-buy, but good luck with the sale.

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Bought Josh's Greenboy F112.

A pleasure to deal with.

Speaker cabs are always a pain to post, but he went out of his way to save my poor old car a 500 mile round trip.

On 17/06/2018 at 21:07, owen said:

Umm, why is this still here?

It's not anymore...sold.