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New Year Sale!! Price now reduced to £1350 Amazing value as it comes fully set up, with internal improvements and top quality strings.

£1499 ono Lovely 'Zeller' 4/4 size bass for sale. All solid wood and varnish in pretty good condition. Made by the company Hora S A in Rehgin, the town known as the Cremona of Romania! This bass has just be repaired (a few minor rib cracks) and whilst the top was off various improvement works were carried out (top re-graduated, bass bar re-shaped, back braces re-shaped). With a new bridge and fingerboard shoot she is now sounding great and playing beautifully. Its a full size instrument so a nice big body and at 108cm string length still feels perfectly manageable. If you've ever played one of these basses and thought it was no good then it was most likely due to a poor set up. With a bit of care and attention and some decent strings these basses can both sound and feel like 'proper' instruments: if you don't believe me come and have a go on it! Far better value for money than any new instruments I've seen round this price. The bass will be earning its living at Canary Wharf for the next couple of weeks if anyone wants to come and try it out. After that it will be in Kent.

still available.... open to offers.... sensible ones, anyway....

I've had some interest, but the lovely laminate bass is still looking for a new owner....

Price or Trade Value : £200 Up for grabs is my good old series 6 AH200. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_11_2013/post-6335-0-30159500-1383271402.jpg"][/url] It's had a busy life -I must have used it regularly for about 6 or 8 years but it has been in the loft for over a decade now. Everything works as it should and it seems to pack quite a punch for it's rated 200watts. The case shows plenty of signs of use -there's a couple of scratches in the green paint on the front, a few of the screws that do the case up are missing and the end fin of the heatsink and the metal lug on the other side of the back have been slightly bent (from carrying the bass in its gig bag) but it's all cosmetic! The amp was serviced by Trace Elliot (admittedly it was about 18 years ago!) after it developed a fault but that turned out to be no more than a dry solder joint. Since then it hasn't missed a beat! I've been keeping this amp as a back up but as I'm about to retire my current head that will become the back up and this one is surplus to requirements. The amp is still in its original gig bag but that its pretty wrecked (though still serves as a means of carrying and offering some protection). I also have the original foot switch which I will dig out. The amp features: Fully adjustable input gain with passive and active sockets. Graphic selection switch and Mid shape switch (both selectable with the foot switch) 12 band graphic eq Graphic level control Transformer balanced DI out with switch for pre/post eq. Effects send and return Preamp In and Out Output level Headphone socket (1/4") 2 1/4" jack speaker outputs (min load 4 ohms) I'm not sure what this is worth but I reckon £200 is a good starting point for any offers.....

Sissinghurst, Kent

Ta!

Lovely 3/4 laminate bass (from the 1970s/80s) made in the German Democratic Republic. It looks like a Musima one. I took this instrument in part exchange and have thoroughly overhauled it. These instruments are well regarded, and rightly so, as compared to many modern laminate instruments they are far superior in construction, tone and playability. To return this instrument to tip top condition I have: Reset neck joint. Shot fingerboard. Re-cut nut. Fitted a new high quality bridge with adjusters. Fitted a new flexible tailwire. Opened the belly and re-attached the bass bar. Stripped the varnish from, and oiled, the neck. The instrument benefits from a carbon fibre endpin, ebony fingerboard and innovation (silver slap?) strings. It plays really easily and has a good strong sound. The bass bar repair is fundamental to the instrument's sound and longevity and it is a common problem on these basses for the bar to come loose. Everything that needed doing has been done and this bass is now ready to face another 40 years of music making. You can pick these basses up for less but you won't find one this nice! [attachment=165332:20140619_132936.jpg] [attachment=165333:20140619_132959.jpg] [attachment=165334:20140619_133331.jpg] [attachment=165335:20140619_133316.jpg]

No interest at £200 (or possibly just no interest....) so I'm open to offers! I'm pretty sure that I heard there's a 1990s revival coming soon so snap this up and be ahead of the crowd

Hi, Is the amp still available?

If you'll split them I'm interested in the amp.....

Up for grabs is my good old series 6 AH200. [attachment=147343:20131101_020120.jpg] [attachment=147342:20131101_020140.jpg] It's had a busy life -I must have used it regularly for about 6 or 8 years but it has been in the loft for over a decade now. Everything works as it should and it seems to pack quite a punch for it's rated 200watts. The case shows plenty of signs of use -there's a couple of scratches in the green paint on the front, a few of the screws that do the case up are missing and the end fin of the heatsink and the metal lug on the other side of the back have been slightly bent (from carrying the bass in its gig bag) but it's all cosmetic! The amp was serviced by Trace Elliot (admittedly it was about 18 years ago!) after it developed a fault but that turned out to be no more than a dry solder joint. Since then it hasn't missed a beat! I've been keeping this amp as a back up but as I'm about to retire my current head that will become the back up and this one is surplus to requirements. The amp is still in its original gig bag but that its pretty wrecked (though still serves as a means of carrying and offering some protection). I also have the original foot switch which I will dig out. The amp features: Fully adjustable input gain with passive and active sockets. Graphic selection switch and Mid shape switch (both selectable with the foot switch) 12 band graphic eq Graphic level control Transformer balanced DI out with switch for pre/post eq. Effects send and return Preamp In and Out Output level Headphone socket (1/4") 2 1/4" jack speaker outputs (min load 4 ohms) I'm not sure what this is worth but I reckon £200 is a good starting point for any offers.....

The time has finally come to clear out some gear that I no longer use.... [attachment=147341:swr.jpg] This is the highly regarded and sought after SWR Baby Blue Monitor speaker cabinet. These are really quite rare and are considered to be top quality units. They are often described with words such as 'studio quality' and 'reference'... It was made when SWR were a much less well known 'boutique' company. It features 2x 8" and 1x 4" drivers. Serial number is 0030. This is the original version (produced in the early 1990s) featuring Bag End speakers and a rating of 200w at 8 ohms. I gigged this cab for about 2/3 years, mainly on double bass, in the late 90s but since then it has been hiding in various lofts. When I purchased it (from a well known London sound engineer) it was 'as new' -I don't think he'd ever gigged it, just used it for practice at home so it's had an easy life. The two reasons I stopped using it were: 1. I picked up a FLITE cab on a trip to America which I preferred simply because it was far lighter! 2. The 4" speaker blew. I have recently replaced the 4" speaker with a Stage Line 60w PA Midrange speaker. This may not be the ideal replacement but it does the job and I include the original Bag End 4" driver for repair if desired. There is information out there on the web re. other options. The two 8" speakers are original and appear to be in excellent condition. The cab itself is in good order -there is some wear to the plastic corners but the carpet covering, grill and handle are in good condition. Measurements are: h 58cm w 36cm d 31cm weight -I believe it is a little over 30lbs The cab is in Kent but I am often up in London and travel to various other random spots so I may be able to deliver or arrange a meet up. £250 seems reasonable? but am open to offers..... Here's what SWR say: [b]BABY BLUE MONITOR[/b] Introduced in 1990 primarily for use as an extension speaker for the Baby Blue Combo (or as part of a modular system with the Electric Blue) the Baby Blue Monitor was the "speaker enclosure only" section of the popular Baby Blue combo. [b]Impedance:[/b] 8 ohms [b]Power Handling Capacity:[/b] 200 watts RMS Two 8" Bagend drivers One Bagend Cone Tweeter [b]Production Period:[/b] 1990 to 1993 [b]Final Retail Price:[/b] $559.00

A friend of mine is selling an AER Performer Combo -it's on ebay at the moment or if you contact me I can pass on his email. It's a really high quality combo with an output (I think?) of about 200W. The only reason he's selling it is that he bought it to try as a keyboard amp but has decided it doesn't really do what he needs. If you look it up on ebay there's a link to the manual with all the technical stuff!