JohnR

Empress bass compressor. Six months old and in mint condition with box. £160 delivered in UK. 

Some of you may be aware there was a technical issue with the first batch of these compressors affecting up to serial number 260. This one has a serial number of 376 which means it does not have the issue. 

I have owned a lot of compressors and this has been the best so far. Only selling as I'm curious to try the new Source Audio Atlas pedal. 

On hold pending sale.

Boss OC-5. £90 delivered in UK. Fully boxed, as new condition and only a few weeks old.

Sounds great but a recent purchase of a Source Audio C4 means I don't have a use for it.

I was the second owner of this gorgeous bass and bought it from its first owner in Montreal so it made a trip back to it's birthplace in Scotland. I only let it go because it inspired me to have an ACG built to my own specs. A truly lovely bass which I would buy back in a heartbeat if I had the spare cash.

I buy three sets of Hi-Beam 30-90 at a time from http://www.stringsandbeyond.com/

$22USD per set and I haven't been hit with any import charges yet. 

Oops. I meant to send that via PM. 

Thanks Ian, I just sent payment via PayPal f&f.

Cheers

John

Still 4 available at guitarguitar. Three now as I just bought one. 

They are amazing. I’ve had similarly superb service in the past and glad to see it’s their standard practice. 

Hi Phil. Lovely bass and at a good price. GLWTS.

Now sold. Thanks to everyone who showed interest.

On hold pending sale.

Vanderkley Spartan amplifier in pristine condition with flight case, gig bag, powercon power lead, and rack ears. £1,100 delivered in UK. No box but will be well packaged.

Bought here at the start of the year for a project that isn't going to happen. A truly amazing amp and the best I have ever had the pleasure of playing through. Price is firm-ish.

Anyone interested is welcome to a trial in Glasgow.

Blurb from the Vanderkley website: https://vanderkleyamp.com/spartan/

• Input with 0/-12dB selection and mute
• 5-band active tone control, boost/cut with centre click;
• Low -18dB/+18dB @ 40Hz
• Low Mid -15dB/+15dB @ 90Hz
• Mid -14dB/+14dB @ 600Hz
• Mid High -15dB/+15dB @ 4kHz
• High -18dB/+18dB @ 11kHz
• Master volume
• The pre-amp is built up from high-end, audio op-amps
• Transformer Balanced DI out (mic level), Pre/Post Eq, Ground lift
• All signal switching is done with relays
• Output A: 800 Watt @ 4 Ohm, 400 Watt @ 8 Ohm
• Output B: 800 Watt @ 4 Ohm, 400 Watt @ 8 Ohm
• Total output: 1600 Watt
• High-end OEM two-channel class D power-amp
• Switch-mode power supply
• Universal mains, 100V – 240V
• Ultra silent cooling fan
• Weight: 5 Kg
• Dimensions: h x w x d = 9 x 30 x 23 cm
• It is two rack units high and comes with rack-ears for 19″ mounting
• Gig-bag for the Spartan is available

I have one of these and much prefer it to my previous Strymon Zuma. Amazing PSU.

This is lovely. I keep coming back to look at it. GLWTS.

Now sold. Thanks for the interest.

I have owned both and the tone circuits are identical with the SBP-1 having additional features such as DI and Tuner out. I went with the SBP-2 as it has a smaller footprint and takes up less space on my pedalboard.

I have a Vanderkley Spartan and GR Bass cabinet. I recently switched from 4x10 to 2x10. My rig is very transparent and adds nothing to the tone. When practicing at home I mostly play through an ancient set of Event TR8 studio monitors and still get the same tone. 

I also found dropping down a string gauge worked for me. I now play 40-100 Hi-Beams which give a bit more snap than 45-105 strings.

That is exactly the tone I was looking for and I feel using the SBP-2 with the stock pickups got me most of the way to my desired result. Strings will also be important. I use DR Strings Hi-Beams but Newtone Strings were also very close. I wanted to try Dunlop which Marcus uses but had two strings break during installation in the two sets I tried so gave up.

Edited to add that I found having the pickup height much lower than the Fender specification really helped get the tone I wanted.

I have the same bass and had the same requirement. I tried different pickups and internal preamps but nothing worked for me. The eventual solution was using the stock pickups with an external Sadowsky SBP-2 preamp pedal. Sheer magic. 

Further price drop to £80 including UK delivery.

Sold.

Price drop to £90.

Price drop to £850.

I've messaged him several times through his website contact form to ask a question about left handed compatibility and heard nothing back. I've given up and gone back to sticking a bit of foam under the strings.