Merton

[quote name='mr pablo' post='207634' date='May 27 2008, 10:11 PM']I kinda regret selling it on as well mate twas a great sounding head just didnt really get on with the 12 band graphic, still sounded ace with the valve drive on full with a wee boost around 300k. . . . . . . . . .[/quote] Same reasons I sold it and I liked it!

You're right, they were Celestion afaik. I had a MAG cab with the black Celestions in and I loved it, much better than the same cab with Bluelines which I have also used...

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='208519' date='May 28 2008, 11:29 PM']If we get any of those gigs, I'll let you know and just a thought, but can I say we were recommended by your bands? Cheers Nik[/quote] Yes. Given Ben wants Tony to be his dep if ever needed I have no problem with that at all!!

Sad to say it happens all the time. If I borrow someone elses rig I will always offer a drink or two as a thank you, common courtesy. I've done gigs with my rig just used without question before and not a single please or thank you, inlcuding one asshole who almost blew all the speaker f**kin about with his fx pedals. Thesedays if it's not organised in advance then it doesn't happen as far as I'm concerned.

Haywards Heath - Bar None (or is it All Bar One?) Ah bugger, one or the other. We're gigging ther ein April off the back of a recommendation from the Crow's Nest.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='208089' date='May 28 2008, 03:17 PM']Apparently he used to be pretty popular up north.[/quote] Can't say the name rings a bell with me.

[quote name='gafbass02' post='208064' date='May 28 2008, 02:50 PM']yup, Cass Lewis, or me, probably me actually. [/quote] +1 (I've never knowingly heard you play but you must be good coz you used to have the patience to cart around a massive Trace rig!)

If I had: a. the arms b. the money c. the storage space, and d. the musical need I'd buy them. But I don't. For anyone seriously considering this (really? are your SURE?), I bought a V-Type head off this dude a few years back, he drove down from Derbyshire to Gatwick and met me to hand it over, for the princely sum of £10. Good guy, very interesting stories!

This has come up before, but I can't find it right now... Personally, I wanted a Status neck, PUps and hardware and their version of the Jazz shape is a bit sleeker and sexier (IMHO). Can't talk for anyone else tho. EDIT: plus 1 to bass_ferret's comments too

[quote name='coasterbass' post='207871' date='May 28 2008, 10:33 AM']Is there a drumchat forum where our 'other halves' chat about the same topics?? [/quote] Would they be able to construct sentences properly?

[quote name='Tengu' post='207674' date='May 27 2008, 10:47 PM']Our drummer has suggested doing this one. Reading your post has made me more inclined to learn it [/quote] Same here. Hmmm, maybe there's something in the water...

Yes, my Retroactive makes me all grinny from ear to ear! Actually beginning to find more and more that I don't like the Groove as much coz the Retro is so much better, but.... ah well, I need a five string and it's nice to play i guess!

Put it this way, I use combos at the moment (and love them) but I'm always toying with the idea of going back to a head+cab set up. Make of that what you will!

Oh, and I regret selling my Trace AH300-12 too!

My MIM Jazz V, I'd heavily modded it (Barts, J-Retro mainly) and it was a great sounding bass, but just not as good to play as my Groove.

[quote name='Musky' post='205893' date='May 25 2008, 11:37 AM']I'm not sure how much more information is about really. The manual for the preamp is available [url="http://www.britishaudioservice.com/trace_operateinstru.shtml"]here.[/url] As for the date it was produced, the serial indicates March '99. The dates on the circuit board appear to be on the power amp section - I can only assume that Trace used the power section of an already existing amp, as the v types weren't announced until Jan '98. Value is probably in the region of £350, give or take a bit.[/quote] This V-Type was around 1994-1998 actually, it's the precursor to the V4/V8 and I remember seeing literature about them when buying my first real bass amp c.1995 I sold one of these for £370 about 2 years ago which was about £100 more than I was expecting.