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    COMPLETED

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    Posted · Edited by Merton

    Nothing exciting, just the first one I ever had with my first bass. Fits standard Fender shapes easily. Probably not up to abuse of a flight but good enough for general transporting of bassage. Intersting feature is the hose for a handle coz the original one broke and me and my dad improvised with rope and a garden hose!! Got some stickers on it but nothing offensive :)

    Akai Unibass Harmonized Bass Distortion

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    [quote name='Toasted' post='91560' date='Nov 20 2007, 03:52 PM']I think you're all chasing hopes that aren't there, personally. But what do I know? :)[/quote]
    +1. Admittedly I sold mine cheap for a uick sale but I reckon anywhere between 70 to 100 is fair. You can still very occasionally find 'em on the bay for 75...
    Joe, btw, cheers for the PM, hopefully it'll pop thru my door tomorrow :huh:

    Guaranteed dancefloor fillers

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    Interesting Hard to Handle is credited to the Black Crowes... :)

    We find that singalong stuff like Heaven is a Place on Earth, Living on a Prayer and Don't Look Back in Anger work well, bit like the Reef song coz they're "fist pumpers" I guess.

    We're about to unleash Footloose and Wake Me Up before You Go Go so I'm interested to see how they go down.

    Trace Elliot AH300-12 SOLD

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    [quote name='overwater#1' post='87948' date='Nov 13 2007, 04:48 PM']....:huh: :huh: :huh: !!!!

    Hey, if your sticking to the green stuff, then you are still sane!

    I must say that this is a bit of a bargain!! Buy it!! :)

    Will the flight case fit my AH400SMX? I need one desperatly!! I cant remember what your head looked like exactly.. Let us know, and I may have to have it!!

    Cheers! Matt :huh:[/quote]
    Cheers Matt!

    Unfortunately the flightcase will be too small for the AH400SMX, your head is a bit taller than mine I'm afraid :-(

    Trace Elliot AH300-12 SOLD

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    And so the time came to pass when Merton decided the 12-band was no longer his main weapon of choice and indeed that he needed the cash to spend on his flat. So he ventured forth to Basschat to speak unto the masses and preach the wonders of the amp, thus hoping someone would purchase it for the sum of £275:

    Trace Elliot AH300-12
    Built Jan 2000 afaik, which is right on the cusp of The Gibson Years- I think it means it's Gibson era but probaly built with pre-Gibson era quality and components. it's certainly never let me down except the EL panel
    Carpet covered, got the proper red and green knobs on

    Features:
    Harmonic Emphasis
    Trace Pre-shape
    12-band graphic EQ
    Valve Drive
    Dual band Compression
    Noise Reduction
    Serial/paralle FX loop with level control
    Pre/Post EQ DI
    Tuner out
    Line out
    2x 8-ohm speaker jacks
    Electroluminescent front panel (mmm green!)
    5-way footswitch

    This is bloody good nick, perfect electrically and cosmetically. The only issues it has are:

    1. The EL panel
    2. The EL panel.

    1. The EL panel isn't original - it's actualy a replacement from a 122H combo. When the original one died, Gav at GM only had the combo ones left and no more have ever been made.
    2. THe new EL panel is a bit intermittent, but doesn't affect sound quality at all.

    Price is [b]£275[/b] including footswitch, excluding delivery
    Or, for [b]£400[/b] you can have the custom made flightcase for it too. Again, excluding delivery.

    Reason for the sale? My main amp is the V-Type combo and I love it to bits, this barely gets 2 gigs a year, plus I need the money for my flat.

    [b]It's so sold it's with it's new owner, hooray![/b]

    How was your gig last night?

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    [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='83671' date='Nov 4 2007, 08:03 PM']Last night we were at The Crow's Nest in East Grinstead; again it was 1st floor but thankfully, they have a lift which makes a lot of difference when loading out at 1am in the morning![/quote]
    Oooh, we play there a lot. What's yer band called? Are you on their Facebook page?

    Have you been loving the fact that everytime you seem to go back there's suddely an extra half hour on their damn licence?!!! Hehe. I think the bar shuts at 1 or 1.30 now.


    Anyhoo, back OT, I didn't gig this weekend, I moved into my flat and started painting and sorting the little electrical and shower problems!

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    Lights were on

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    Yep, my mate's band supported Busted once and saw exactly that happening.

    As for McFly, I'm embarrassed to admit to auditioning for them. Well, it was an open audition with no band name mentioned so I popped along, thought "ug, pretty boys" and played [i]terribly[/i] for 30 seconds (some people got less than that!). Needless to say 6 months later I spat out my coffee when I saw them on TotP for the first time. Close shave.

    2x10 Combos

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    [quote name='crumpet_tramp' post='81710' date='Oct 31 2007, 01:18 PM']Cheers I am probably going for the marshall cos it has the EC38 in there!

    Gig sizes would be a maximum of 200

    I play punk-ska

    Although...Has any seen or heard a place to get marshall jubilee heads

    all i really want is the sleeve but the actual head would be nice![/quote]
    Be the first one on here to get the Marshall and you can tell us all what it's like :)

    2x10 Combos

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    How long is a piece of string? :)

    What style of music do you play?
    What sort of sound are you after?
    Gig sizes?

    Probably discount the Laney based on what I've heard about them but it might be right for you! Just remember, the opinions you get here are probably biased towards what we all like and your opinion may be different!! (I personally wouldn't have any of them, I'd try to track down a Trace or an Eden Nemesis combo 2nd hand instead) If you can, go try them all...

    Big Muff Pi + Akai Unibass

    in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Merton

    As it says really.

    [color="#FF0000"][size=3]Big Muff[/size][/color]

    It's in pretty rubbish cosmetic condition becuase I lent it to our g**tarist and he threw it around in his gig bag for 6 months but it works fine. Comes in the stupid wooden box with the mains adaptor (a tenner separately!)

    [i]sold pending payment[/i]

    [color="#FF0000"][size=3]Unibass[/size][/color]

    Less than a year old, bought for £75, perfect condition coz the g**tarist hasn't got his grubby mitts on it. Can't post this til the weekend tho.

    [i]sold pending payment[/i]


    [size=1]EDIT: I'm a dick and put this in the wrong place coz I wasn't concentrating, sorry! Can a lovely mod move it please? Pretty please? Thank you![/size]

    My fiendish plan

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    [quote name='Deep Thought' post='80553' date='Oct 28 2007, 07:43 PM']Ok forgive me if this is a silly question, I was never any good at this sort of stuff. I have two combos, an Ashdown Mag 300 4x 10, and a Trace Elliot 7215 SMC 1 x 15, which was originally intended to replace the Ashdown. However since I still have both here to hand, I have hatched the plan of hooking them up together to give me some more wallop onstage. Both are 300 watt (although I'm told the Trace only produces 200 through the onboard speaker and 300 when a cab is used, although there's no mention of that in the manual) and both take a minimum 4 ohm cab. Can I do this, how exactly, and is there any disadvantage other than the obvious weight/size issues? Thanks.[/quote]
    Both the Ashdwon and the Trace will be ~200W into the 8ohm internal speakers, 300W into a 4ohm load. So to ge tthem both operating at 300W you'd need two extention cabs anyway. However, using them both at 8ohms will already be increasing your air movement so will certainly help!

    To link 'em together, take the line out from one and stick it into the input of the other. Or split the signal before the amps... Have fun, should sound nice :)

    Farty rattle

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    [quote name='shaundixon666' post='76340' date='Oct 19 2007, 09:18 AM']Glad you got everything sorted :huh:[/quote]
    Cheers. Here's hoping my crap soldering skills hold up now!! Can't wait to try it properly in a rehearsal room to make sure the F# woof was caused by my environment at the time, or else I'll be having to do some maths to change the port sizes :)

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