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  1. Sparky Mark
    1008 Combo was 92kg, over 200lbs!!! Nobody seemed to consider weight then; in fact the heavier the higher quality we assumed it was.
  2. Sparky Mark
    You're welcome. It took me back when I found several 80s brochures. I think it was '84 shortly after the BC opened.
  3. Sparky Mark
    Found some stuff I picked up in my youth!
  4. Sparky Mark
    This is almost correct. Markbass cabs haven't been made in Italy for many years. All its cabs are now made in Indonesia. The Traveller, Standard and New York ranges are all built with the same quality of materials and components. The Travellers and NY are slightly lower cost than Standards because they are physically smaller and lighter weight and therefore use less materials. The Blackline amps and cabs are Markbass lower cost range.
  5. Sparky Mark
    Vintage thread resurrection to share my early 80s Status brochure that I picked up from Wapping.
  6. Sparky Mark
    Just found my G&L catalogue picked up 40 years ago when I was gassing for an L2000E. (I ended up buying a Stingray from Peter Cooke's instead which I still have).
  7. Sparky Mark
    Just found my 1983 Westone catalogue which includes the 80s pointy Raider as well as the better known Concord and Thunder basses.
  8. Sparky Mark
    "Has anyone bought a bass on a whim just cos of its looks?" Yes, loads of them! Possibly the most unusual one is this Tom Clement Ergo. I figured that it was called Ergo because ergonomics were a major design consideration and it'd be comfortable to play. It is BTW.
  9. Sparky Mark
    That's a very good idea. I can't even get on with Fenders with pickup covers fitted, so ditching the Ricky cover was absolutely essential to me giving it a fair trial.
  10. Sparky Mark
    Many thanks for this information but I think the sound of 4003 comes from the combination of pickups, through neck construction and maybe even the bridge and headstock designs. I don't think a bolt on FSO will ever get close enough to satisfy my Ricky tone goal.
  11. Sparky Mark
    That looks interesting but if it's a slab body with binding then it's worse than a 4003S. I can't see from the photos whether there is any forearm contouring?
  12. Sparky Mark
    Although fitting the pickup bezel was a bit of a trial in itself I found it made the 4003 a bass that I could play verses one that I really couldn't.
  13. Sparky Mark
    Sorry to see that you're moving your 4003S on now. I totally understand why; there's loads of Ricky users that find them really comfortable to play but I'm certainly not one of them. If there was an FSO that sounded like a 4003 I'd sell mine in an instant, but there isn't so I'll just have to continue suffering for my art (just like my audiences).
  14. Sparky Mark
    Ooh, you are a tease!
  15. Sparky Mark
    Might also be worth putting a photo of the cab somewhere too!
  16. Sparky Mark
    I had an LH1000 for a couple of years. In the end I sold it because I found the 3 band passive tone stack EQ section really limited the tones that I could achieve.
  17. Sparky Mark
    £50 price reduction and another £25 off so now only £300 the lot.
  18. Sparky Mark
    Brilliant rig. If this is the one I think it is, it was a little too far north (Stepps) for me. Plus it would've been my third AH200 and that awesome cab is too large for my car. The build quality of this vintage is amazing.
  19. Sparky Mark
    The ABM600 has that same "bounce" too.
  20. Sparky Mark
    Strangely, only the MB212 combo has neo speakers. The rest of the range still use ceramic. https://www.gallien-krueger.com/mb-combos
  21. Sparky Mark
    Yeah, get rid of the cover and you can move your right hand wherever you fancy. My reason to own a Ricky is for that picked sound. I find every other of my basses easier to play, but if I want that sound then there is no alternative.
  22. Sparky Mark
    With pick or fingers I tend to play just about where the cover was; I have bezels on both of mine. And how did the 4003S compare to your other gigging basses?
  23. Sparky Mark
    SOLD. Great condition Trace Elliott Series 6 130 watt 715 combo with matching classic 1153 extension cab. Comes with Roqsolid covers, XLR to jack speaker cable (jack to jack can also be used) and mains lead. Was £375, now only £300 for the lot or £200 for combo, cover and mains lead collected or delivery/meet-up within reasonable distance from Hertford. NB: These are the compact variety of TE enclosures at only 13 inches (33cm) deep and fit in my saloon car boot. Photo with bass added to show the whole rig is only about as tall as a bass guitar. Don't be fooled by 130 watts. TE amplifiers seem to have been rated conservatively; this is a powerful combo and seriously much more so with the 1153 added. Thanks for looking.
  24. Sparky Mark
    I used the excellent Eminence BASSLITE S2012 NEO speakers in those and I only moved them on because I didn't have space to store alongside my Bergantino single 12 cabs.
  25. Sparky Mark
    Hey that's great to hear. I made those to sit beneath my Ashdown MAG600 head so should be darn close to the correct width for your AH250SMX.
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