Merton

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.

More info...

The (original) all-valve V-Type head was 25kg, according to the TE manual the 1x15 combo was 30kg. I reckon this is about 18-20kg max but really don't remember feeling it was that heavy when I owned one!

It's probably about 18kg IIRC, not much heavier than my old Trace AH300-12. My V-Type combos are 32kg and 42kg (1x15 and 4x8 respectively).

[quote name='gafbass02' post='208064' date='May 28 2008, 02:50 PM']yup, Cass Lewis, or me, probably me actually. [/quote]
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(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!

Bump for Rich, sadly can't get this at the mo so someone else should snap it up!

Not bad thanks, got an interesting little project on the go at the moment which I'll keep you in the loop about before unveiling to the wider world

You doing ok?

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

Nik, try Fastway Couriers for cheap shipping, they beat EVERYONE on costs at my old company, by a million miles. And they were good, too!

Also like to add I've heard this cab being used and it sounded great with Nik's basses and GK head

[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!

PM'd

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.

No worries dude

Cool, cheers

Do you mean [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881888826/interactiveda3401-21"]THIS[/url]?

If so, call it £15 and I'll have it!

Does he do a compact 1x15?

Hamer Scarab (that was) for sale in America!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HAMER-USA-SCARAB-BASS-Explorer-Destroyer-Flying-V-Z_W0QQitemZ130222721188QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130222721188&&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177"]I want one soooo much![/url]

Good to see another positive comment about them!

See [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19656&st=0&#entry203554"]here[/url] for more

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='203861' date='May 21 2008, 07:45 PM']Man, just get a 1u Class D power amp and run it with your Trace V-type preamp. Personally I'd be looking at a combination of 10" and 12" cabinets though.[/quote]
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