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Pretty much exactly my experience. A good old P bass or at a push a jazz fits me just fine, especially the MIJ ones from the 80's. My main squeeze if a MIJ 57 RI from 1985 that is the best p bass ive ever played. Back up is a cheapo Squire VM 77 which is lovely in itself. Doesnt stop me going off piste every now and again and GAS'ing over Rics, semi hollows, Spectors etc

I do. They are definitely more ‘valvey’ but id caveat that by saying the ABM’s are far more flexible EQ wise

The Spyder series are the more valve like. They have genuine valve pre's (2 x 12AX7). The 330 has a MAG power section and the 550 is an ABM power section

Thats a stunner!

Hopefully somewhere gets the Walkabout gigbags in soon too!

To end this sordid tale…. @wateroftyne was right. A spirtz of contact cleaner, wire straw brush and a good clean of the effects loop and jobs a good un. Leave this here for any future Mesa players with similar issues 👍

Even though you would be mainly paying for the neck alone this seems like a reasonable price *bitsa warning* https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/fender-hybrid-1

Cheers, will give it a try

Bit of a strange 'fault' has appeared with my walkabout head. When i first power on and after the 'click' that means its been through its power up procedure the amp has little volume and what is there is very fuzzy. I have to move the volume knob a few times before it booms into life. Obvious thing i though was a good pot clean so i blasted it with some electrical contact cleaner and gave the pot a few spins but the issue seems to remain. Short of a new pot is there anything obvious i could be missing here? Once its fired up after the above issue it is faultless in operation

100w valve head and flight case for seemingly not many beer tokens?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276462801291?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=LpDT7UjhSqC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=oN5XbKSRQjS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Trying to get into my walkbaout head to give the volume pot a blast of deoxit and the screws appear to be made from cheese?!?! Any turn of the screwdriver just seems to mash the crosshead up. When i eventually get them all out im looking to replace them with something with a bit more backbone. Does anyone know if these little black screws are of a standard size so i can just pick some u from a DIY shop or are they 'mesa specific' as it were?

Didnt expect this from Nash! They are usually pretty authentic looking unlike builders like Limelight who just seem to attack things with a sander

All Tube SVT - if it wasnt for the weight id do EVERY gig with one Mesa BB750 - When you want the all tube sound and feel but without the full weight Ashdown Spyder - Best 'budget' amp around for fat clean valve tones

I've always been under the impression the valve in ABM's doesn't do much. When I was valve rolling in my old ABM400 it sounded the same even when no valve at all was in the socket! Unlike my Ashdown Spyder where both 12AX7s had a huge affect on the tone and gain stage

Fenders are definitely green but unless they have changed they are usually a much lighter almost fluorescent type green than those?

Afternoon all. I recently noticed that the tone control isn't doing much at all on my 57 RI P bass. In the off position it has the expected nice deep, muddy 'Motown' type tone but within the smallest of turns it is a brighter tone that I would more expect at the end of the sweep and from that point on not much changes. I'm reasonably OK with a soldering iron and p bass controls are very basic but would my first point of call be the tone pot itself or maybe the cap? Pretty certain the controls are original so would be around 40 years old so absolutely that wear and tear could be at play here

https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/fender-jazz-bass-gloss-black-1972-pre-owned/ Newly advertised Jazz over a BD. Certainly seems to have calmed down on his vintage fender pricing recently albeit still way out of my price zone

So, this is a bit of a strange NAD as i was actually SELLING amps rather than buying but this came up at a decent price and a few Poretti beers later i clicked the BIN button!. I play in a indie and rock covers band, i used flats loaded P's and J's and like a slightly driven/valvey old school tone with a bit of hair to it whilst retaining plenty of bottom end. My recent amp has been the fabulous Ashdown Spyder which i pair with a 4ohm Eden 4x10. Gig day arrived on Friday and in the morning the Mesa Boogie walkabout head landed leaving little time to mess with the settings etc. I chucked it in my car and off to the gig.....WHAT A SOUND! Initially it was a little TOO drivey with a very clanky distortion but i tamed the gain and used the para Mids EQ to add in my bottom end/bloom. For the first time i had comments off the rest of the band on the tone, main one being it was much deeper yet somehow clearer than before. Im still to fully tweak the para EQ asect of the amp as normally im a plug n play kinda guy but i can tell this is going to work so well with the band. The lightweight nature is just an added bonus! Pics to follow and open to suggestions on EQ, hins, tips etc.