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Here's what's on GAK's site: [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/vintage-est96-5-string-bass/7264"]http://www.gak.co.uk...tring-bass/7264[/url] Here are some pictures of mine: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wcw0azuz0aqr1r0/z2OQRNq2Wj"]https://www.dropbox....r1r0/z2OQRNq2Wj[/url] I bought it in another attempt at giving 5 strings a go. No change. They're still not for me... The condition of this bass is [i][b]not[/b][/i] A1 - there are a fair few dings here and there, but nothing that affects the playability - which is so-so, but nothing that a competent set-up wouldn't make better. Build quality/hardware is pretty typical of the cheaper end of the market. The biggest issue with this bass are it's electronics. Without a 9V battery it functions quite happily in passive mode (although the tone pot[b]*[/b] makes very little discernible difference to, err, the tone) pop a 9V battery in and you get what I can only describe as an unusable noisy signal. If you're happy to run it passive with not much control over the tone then it's good to go. If you want what it's meant to have [i][size=3](according to the blurb: powerful 3-band onboard EQ, controlled by active bass, mid and treble rotaries)[/size][/i] then you'll need to be prepared to install new electronics. I'd like £90 for this please. Collection, or I'll deliver in the Manchester area (within reason). Busyness and/or laziness mean that I'm currently not able to post this. w./ [b]*[/b][b]E[/b][b]DIT:[/b] I assumed that the active level pot functioned as a tone when no battery was present - being an electronics buffoon, I'm not even sure if this is at all possible - maybe it's just me hearing things if indeed I hear any change to the tone - like I say, it makes very little difference (if any). Just be aware that in it's current state this bass is passive and (in all likelihood) has no tone control. Hmm. My ad really does this bass down, doesn't it..? It's actually not as sh*te as I'm making it sound. It does play and makes a reasonable sound. Here's a quick demo recording I made last night. Sorry for the agricultural rendition - my technique is poor..! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN6bovee5Io[/media]

Hi all. I'm selling these on behalf of a colleague who has had them in his possession for a while. Despite their age, they are in good shape and have essentially been mothballed since being hung in a studio for a few years back in the 90's. I'm led to believe that the 15" Tannoy 3805 dual-concentric drivers being used in these PA cabs are well regarded in the audiophile community and since they're full range, it's not uncommon to find the odd pair sat in hi-fi speaker systems, however, the drivers in these cabs [i][b]should not be confused[/b][/i] with the highly desirable (and much more expensive) dual-concentric 'Gold' drivers which are identifiable by a gold plastic cover over their alnico magnets. The upload feature doesn't seem to be working, but you can see some photos of what's for sale here: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ergmddeauf05va6/BTB6b3wNGb"]https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ergmddeauf05va6/BTB6b3wNGb[/url] A bit more information on the Tannoy Wildcat series is available at these sites: [url="http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=1729"]http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=1729[/url] [url="http://www.hilberink.nl/codehans/tannoy125.htm"]http://www.hilberink.nl/codehans/tannoy125.htm[/url] (The latter link includes a fairly detailed specification chart at the bottom of the page). From the limited amount of research that's been done on these, a reasonable asking price (so I'm told) is around the £500 mark. Collection only (Manchester) on these - they're big buggers. w./