FlatEric

[quote name='Norris' post='899925' date='Jul 20 2010, 12:58 PM']I could never afford to buy from there. I got it second hand from Humbucker Music in Leicester (if you remember that place )[/quote] Ah, yes, I remember it well!!!! Green Lane Road - Bridge Road - Some really great gear. John always prided himself on GOOD second hand stuff. Great shop, sadly gone and so is John. Used to meet up with him at a small bore pistol club - he was a VERY good shot. Would like to see some "shots" of your SB, when it is done. Cheers.

[quote name='razze06' post='899806' date='Jul 20 2010, 10:56 AM']Fellow T-40 players, what roundwound strings would you reccommend? I have had rotosounds on for a while, but i'm not too impressed. Anything else I should try?[/quote] I've got Stadium Elites 40-100 on two, they're not bad - I have Picato 735 LHY on one Toaster and two blades, around £8.00 a set, cracking job. I've got some La Bella, Hard Rockin' Steel on my RD, sound very good - I am going to try them on a T-40 - they may be worth a go. For my money (oops, it's not. . . . it's yours! ) I would try the Picato - I've got them on several other basses - all sound good. [url="http://www.stringmail.co.uk/bass.htm"]Picato strings @ £7.95!!![/url] Cheers.

Oooo, I bet when you opened the case it was a bit of a shock. OUCH! Hope you get it sorted. Keep us posted. Sound Pad. . . . . Ah, those were the days!!!!

[quote name='joegarcia' post='895242' date='Jul 15 2010, 12:00 AM']First time I've ever had all my electric instruments together in one place so thought I'd take a picture. Left to right in the order I got them: 70's Japanese P copy 'Joodee Performer Bass'. My first bass and I still love it. Has a 1/4 pounder in it now. 1979 Ovation Magnum IV. Amazing bass, love it to bits. Ridiculous neck humbucker (four coils!) and beefy bridge pickup. Nuts EQ. 80's Kramer XL-8. 8 string bass with aluminium neck. Currently with a reversed aluminium nut for my weird playing. Dimarzio soapbars. Gordon Smith 'Rickenblacker'. Have this strung with half rounds and down to A. Huge Dimarzio Model One neck humbucker gets really growly and crazy deep, never really use the single coil in the middle. With Hipshot Supertone bridge. 1977 Guild B-301. My current go to bass for my band. Beautiful to play and sounds really amazingly versatile and edgy. Tuned down to A too so gets really deep but still has loads of bite if you play at the bridge. 1979 Guild S-300. Yea, it's a guitar but it's awesome and goes so well with the B-301. In an open A tuning for my clumsy bass hands.[/quote] In a word, Nice! Very Nice! Oooeer, that's three words! I have a Magnum of that period but without the eq - bit of a rare one, yours! When I first got my 301, it arrived downtuned for the journey to me - I know what you mean. DEEP, very deep! Don't see many of those, either. Love the 300 - on my list but never found a good one. Great collection! Any risk of a single shot of the Gordon Smith? Cheers.

[quote name='umph' post='894118' date='Jul 13 2010, 08:07 PM']could i borrow for a scan for my personal collection of schematics? pretty please[/quote] Hi. Reading some of the previous posts, it appears that the book is still in print! Didn't know that! [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tube-Amp-Book-Aspen-Pittman/dp/0879307676"]Amazon Site - Tube Amp Book[/url] Perhaps because of copyrights etc, best to refer to the new book - I only posted this up thinking that as it was so old and I've never seen another one, it may be of help to someone. Umph, I'd rather not send it anywhere, for the reasons mentioned above and it really is falling appart. I shall contiue my rumage of old stuff, there may be things that I will put up for sale. Cheers.

Hi. A full scan would take me forever - there is a lot in there, I am happy to help if there is one in particular - perhaps do one or two a week. As I said, means nothing to me but as a piece of rare info I am happy that I have it, so it is staying with me. If anyone needs anything, let me know and I'll get round to it. Cheers.

Jon, welcome on board. Liked what you said - the neck is wide ish but the profile makes it very comfortable. I take almost all the relief out of mine and with 40 - 100 strings, the action when measured flat on it's back is 2 to 2.5mm. I'm sure one of us can get a TR tool to you. Almost all strings will do - depends what you want out of it. My prefered sound is brightish with an attacking "BOWW" the other extreme is a deep thud or "Wump". My favourite at the moment are Picato but I have had them with flats on, when they came to me and these give a really smooth sound, if you like that sort of thing. If you trawl through T-40, in Gear Porn, started by kingforaday, there is a full detail, direct from Chip Todd, about how the electrics work. Get it soted out, clean up, new strings and I think you'll find that you have found a new friend. Cheers.

Hi. I am sorting through a load of my stuff at the moment and have recently found this again, a Tube/Valve Amp Bible. [attachment=54020:Tube.jpg][attachment=54021:Tube1.jpg] [attachment=54022:Asvt.jpg][attachment=54023:Asvt1.JPG] I am electronically blind, so it means !"£$%^&*() to me but the information may be of use to someone who knows more about this sort of stuff. The book is donkey's old, about 8mm thick, most of the pages showing curcuits, with all the pages falling out but all the info is there. Makes include Ampeg, Hi-Watt, Laney, Messa Boogie, Marshall, Orange, Park & Vox. If anyone needs anything, let me know. Cheers.

Hi. As one of our resident Japanese experts has ventured into T-40 land, I thought I would give this slot a bit of a bump and post up a couple of things I had filed away. First off is an interview with Hartley Peavey, which I have cut and pasted - some odd places to put question marks. . . . and below that is a link, which shows a T-60 prototype - bit slow to start but well worth a look. With guitars it's very frustrating because we seem to be stuck in a time warp. A lot of people think that the best guitars that will ever be were invented back in the early-'50s. And they actually believe that the guitars made back then were better than the ones that are made today, and that's not true. I remember asking Mr. Fender one time - I always called him Mr. Fender, out of respect - and I said, ?Mr. Fender, do you really believe that the guitars that you made back in the '50s are better than the guitars you're making today?' And he said, ?No Peavey, but I'm not gonna tell anybody any different.' He said, ?Our problem was consistency, or more correctly, the lack thereof. We made some great guitars, but we also made some dogs.' And that's true. If were just having a general discussion and I told you I had a '57 Strat, you'd probably say, ?Wow!' But you know what? There were some great '57 Strats, but there were a lot of them that were far from great. And the reason for it is the way that they used to make things. It was all a hand-made process. As a matter of fact about the only thing that I can claim that I invented, is I invented the way to make guitars by computer. Nobody had ever done that in the music industry before. Guitar.com: How did you do it? Peavey: I went out and did a little research. I've always been a gun collector. And I've always been impressed that you could mass produce rifles - and if you know anything about firearms, a good rifle, which is mass-produced, you can't stick a piece of paper between the metal and the wood. And I said, ?Boy, you know, whatever machine they use to make these rifle stocks, I could use to make guitar necks and I could just mass produce them.' And I came to find out they mass-produce these things using what's kind of a rotary pentagraph called a copy-lathe. So I went out and bought one. And they're not made in the United States, they're made in Europe. So I started doing that, and as far as routers, the furniture industry had been using a thing called a computer controlled routers to cut out furniture. So I said, ?Why is everybody using hand tools? Why don't we just go out and, instead of putting the guitar up on a band saw or pin router, you just put this thing up. And if I had multiple stations, I could be cutting three at one time, and off-loading three. I had six stations; three under the cutter at any one time. And I could make 300 or 400 bodies with one man in one eight-hour shift. And everybody said, ?You can't do that. Oh, you can't do that, there's no way.' In fact, Mr. Fender went in one of the magazines and said, ?You can't make guitars with computers.' Well, to a degree, he was right. But you know what? I wasn't making guitars with computers, I was making guitar parts. And they make diesel engines, by the way, on computer controlled machines, with tolerances of plus or minus ten-thousandths of an inch. So guess what everybody is using today to make guitars? Guitar.com: It's all computer controlled at the big manufacturers. Peavey: And when I did it back in '75 or '76 everybody said, ?It cannot be done!' Well, you know what? I did it. At that time a Stratocaster was selling for about $800, and a Les Paul was selling for $1,000. And I was selling an American-made guitar, in a case, for $350. And I ran one of the most controversial ads I've ever run. I took a Stratocaster and Les Paul, with prices under them. The Les Paul was like $999, and the Stratocaster was like $795, and mine was $350. And the ad had one word: Why? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7oCiMnvXUE&feature=channel"]Peavey T Prototype - Number One[/url] And finally. . . . . Chip Todd, the father of the T Series, is once again taking an active part in Peavey Forums, so if you want to ask the man himself a question. . . . go here. [url="http://peaveyt40.forumotion.com/forum.htm"]T-40 Forum[/url] There are a few of us on here who are already members and it's easy to join but if you don't fancy signing up, ask me the question and I will forward it on. Cheers.

Hi. It seems that the scans (to those who were around then) have brought back a lot of memories, the same thing that happened to me. Some brilliant posts. BigRedX - glad someone else apreciated his work - always went straight to his articles as soon as I got it - wonder what happened to him - anyone know? Jon, one of the lads in a rival band had one - two pick-ups and switches!!!! WOW One evening managed to borrow it for the night, we did a swap. EUCH! No thanks. I think younger people just bought stuff, never set up and changing strings was something you only ever did when they broke! Keep them coming, there's some very interesting reading - I'm thinking of starting a Nostalgia Spot. Cheers.

WOW, what a lot good memories out there. As several of you have said, things are so cheap now, relative to then. Looking at them reminded me that in almost every small town there was a music shop that specialised in second hand gear, as the new stuff was so flamin' expensive!!! Here's a couple more - check out the prices of the Revox!!!!!!!!!!!! Just think how easy home recording is now. You can do your own demo's, record song ideas, cheaply. Just to get the tape machine would have taken a lot of saving up!! Here's one for Biggles in Bristol. I have got loads of these. International Musician's from about 1974 and various other Guitar Mags up to around 1989. Anyone remember Stephen Delft, the guitar builder - always had a spot in the IM? Some of the interviews from the time are priceless. The other thing that I remember from that time, it was "let's rip out these naff pick-ups and put some DiMarzio's in. Oh yeah, baby!! How things have changed! That's all for now. If anyone has memories of their favourite shop at the time, PM me and while I am going through them all, I will keep my eye out. Cheers.

I am scanning some old magazines/trade press releases for a project, some dating back to 1974. Very entertaining reading. What you have got to bear in mind is that if you were still at school at that time, bussing it into town to press your nose up at the Guitar Shop window, an almost weekly event for some of us, a Saturday job would give you £1.00 to £1.50 and according to a house valuation site, the average price for a house, in the period that this scan was taken from, July 1978, was. . . . . . £15000.00! In July 1978, I was earning £19.00 a week, £4.00 to my mum - bus fare to work, about £3.00 ish, leaving me £12.00 disposable income. Beer was around 25p a pint!! It's all relative. Right at the back of the magazine is an interview with Lou Maccari, featuring a pic of Phil and the boys, with him playing a Ric. Ahhh, those were the days. Anyone here buy a brand new instrument in the summer of '78 - what was it and how much did you have to pay for it? Do you still have it or know where it is? Cheers.

[quote name='fenderbender82' post='888894' date='Jul 7 2010, 08:26 PM']Has anybody tried them? What do they sound like? I don't have very much experience with half rounds in general, but some people seem to think they just sound like old, worn, rounds and that's not what I like. I am a long time TI flats user, but now I feel like trying something else, and since the Picatos are very nicely priced I thought of giving them a try.[/quote] I am a huge fan of Picato 735 LHY. Power, tone, harmonics and a fair amount of brightness. The Roundwounds are cracking, so the half rounds may be in the same ball park. As you say, not expensive, so IMO, well worth a go. Cheers.

While I am sorting out some pics, an addition for EH. Peavey Fury, Made in USA. Peavey Foundation Fretless, with Super Ferite pups, nice - very nice. Cheers.

So good, I bought another one! If you ever see one of these, Aria Laser Heritage, give it a go - £ for £ one of the best. Gigged the one on the left on Saturday for the first time since February. Nice.

Hi. Some nice Classic Ibanez - keep 'em coming! Here's the brother of the other one I posted. Simple but very effective actives. I am fixing up my battered old blazer, thanks to some parts that Jon collected for me. Thanks Jon, soon you'll get to see the old beast. Cheers.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='883724' date='Jul 2 2010, 09:54 AM']I think FlatEric has one, so he may be able to say how much they usually sell for. Very nice bass![/quote] Yes indeedy!! As with anything, depends how much you are willing to pay. I have seen one or two go for around £5-600 over here (USA cheaper) which were in fair nick - you'd pay less for something that had been thrown around and more for a "Mint & Boxed" This one has been up before and I posted stuff about mine then, so I won't go into any lengthy detail but they are a nice bass - rehearsed with mine last night. I also have the later one, in a sort of grey/blue colour, which is a more Fenderish shape. I am always curious about how values are put onto anything like this. Many are very happy to rush out and buy the latest this or that, or a re-issue, or Artist limited edition and pay more than double what this guy is asking. With something like this, it depends how much you want one. Made many years ago - a talking point - something different on stage - different sounds - away from the herd. If you paid £1200 for a re-issue or Artist edition, there are loads out there - to the World and his Dog, look the same as all the others and in some cases, you would struggle to recoup half of your outlay. It is a nice one, could probably do with a gentle set up but it is perhaps a little above what your average Joe is willing to fork out, as it doesn't even have the original case. I'm sure another one will turn up but as Shaggy says, the values are creeping up as people are re-discovering them or, just fancy something different from "The Norm" Let's put it this way - when I turn up with a Jazz or a "P", sit down and have a quiet beer in the interval. Take something like the Magnum. . . . . . . all of a sudden, a handful of bass players want to buy you a beer! Nuff said. Cheers.

I have a Shark - really nice neck profile and so light, you would hardly know it was there. Nice! I also have a Groove, which is one of my favourites. Even Nicer! Cheers.

[quote name='absolutpepper' post='882335' date='Jun 30 2010, 07:51 PM']Hey fellow BCers. I while ago I toyed with the idea of staring a blog which would comically and nostalgically look back at my life of basses - the equipment and the events so to speak. I never really took it further. . .[/quote] Great thread! I had the same idea, started and then realised that to do it properly, it was going to take a long time. I decided to stick with it but have found my postings have been sparadic, to say the least! I think the idea of a seperate section would be good, so if you want to keep up with the stories, you don't have to hunt around to find them. If you want to have a look at my humble attempt, look here. [url="http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.com/"]Flat Eric's Bass & Guitar Collection - Blog[/url] At the rate I am going, it is going to take a while to work my way through it, so don't expect too much to happen. Some of the posts took me 3 lunches - saved as a draft and then published. absolutpepper, I look forward to more. Right, lunch over - back to the grind. Cheers.

[quote name='Dusty' post='879450' date='Jun 28 2010, 05:18 AM']It was a gamble !!! I knew it had been in the shop for a while and they need to turn stock around. It was marked up when I first saw it at £399, when I saw it on Saturday is was up for £325. I just thought I'd make a cheeky offer of £290, the guy went to check with his boss and said they would take £295 !! I ummm'd and arrrd for a bit and said I'd think about it..... then he said he throw in a hardcase (as new) that another bass was sitting in. It was to good an offer to walk away from [/quote] I've got one of these - almost identical - different pups. [attachment=53147:C.jpg] [attachment=53149:E.jpg] [attachment=53148:D.jpg] Nearly sold it but chose to hang onto it after fitting a new battery. The old one worked OK but what a difference a new one made! I assume yours is active - it doesn't have the Urge details on the head. 32", light as a feather and very fast to play. Sure you will enjoy it. Cheers.

My main interest, as some of you are aware, is the Classic Peavey era - The "T" series. I also have one of these. ..[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peavey-Zodiac-BXP-Bass-Guitar-/330445347320?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cf013d9f8"]Peavey Zodiac[/url] I have just started playing it again after a long term loan to a friend, who has done a couple of gigs with it. Very nice to play and well worth a punt at this sort of money.

[quote name='dr1' post='875217' date='Jun 23 2010, 11:22 AM']hi chaps! i got a chance to get one T 45 from '82. what would you say what is it worth?[/quote] Difficult one! They are a rarity anyway. If it was in the UK, cheapest around £225-£250 ish and at the high end of cost around £400. I got one for less than the the figures above but perhaps wished I had gone a little further, as mine is . . . . . Well Worn!! Ah well, nothing that two whole days of work can't sort out!! Won't do that again, I hope!! Different to the T-40 - did post something somewhere that described the T-45 but can't remember where. There is a Volume, a coil select/tone (as per T-40) and a second tone. Genuinely, some good sounds can be had out of it. When these were made as a single pup T-40, they were roughly the same price, not cheaper, as you would think. Cheers.