Jimbilly

I swear I posted about them here a couple of years ago... Their Boston and Def Leppard content is really good, the bassist on Hysteria uses the real Hamer bass. skip to about 1:50

for low wattage or if you're not playing super loud, the old readily available lightweight alnico speakers often sound really good (to me anyway), I just weighed an old cts 12, a spare for one of the U45Bs: 3lb 2.6oz.

I can do 'one trip' load-in from the car for bass on Sunday mornings, which surprises me sometime: DI to the house from a tech21 bass fly rig (still super happy with that), Roland bass cube 30 on my little 3pc wooden stand pointed at me, - the bass-cube is a surprisingly good sounding amp. I have a bigger bass cab, which is rarely needed but it fun sometimes: GK 212 Neo ii, I would have a really hard time buying a multi speaker bass cab that didn't have Neodymium magnet speakers. Pretty recently I found a nice Eden 210xlt for next to nothing, long ago I wanted one of those when I had the 410xlt, my 212 GK sounds much better/bigger than the 210 and is quite a bit lighter (a small variety of bass heads/preamps to choose from). I'm a big fan of the gk 212 neo. For guitar I'm usually 2 or 3 trips, it just takes a lot more stuff, but with a fly rig, a small amp (univox u45b would be a common choice) and a headless backup guitar I can do one kind of wobbly trip.

saw this at a pawn shop today, not staged/setup

before I was even into music, an older cousin had a large record collection, ELP 'brain salad surgery' was an intriguing and memorable title, and cover

like this one? - watch craigs and Fb marketplace as much as you can, this was under 'hfc friendly' priced about a year and a half ago

basses get a whole lot less love than 6 strings, I'd expect that one to sell for less than that, but I'm often wrong. I have a Gibson 'designer series' sort of similar to that graphic, let's see what it weighs... 9lb 6 or 7 oz, - also not terrible.

looks to be in very good condition, neat pickup arrangement, if you're into the emg's https://musicgoround.com/locations/fort-worth-tx/product/S000058542/Hamer-1992-CHAPARRAL-CUSTOM-IRIDESCENT-S?searchid=0&search_query=hamer

if it's closed back and small, or has a rear panel that would help with support, - I've been using this, - and found it fits in the pocket of a gig bag or under my pedalboard in the case. plywood would be better for the connector piece, I dropped the connector shown and one of the 'tabs' broke off, and now with a glued on patch it's a little thicker than ideal. I did 45deg for this 'prototype', and it's been working great

that shop is not far from me, I've never visited. Apparently they get some Hamers, and all priced for other people than me

Maybe you can solve this long running mystery for me (sorry for the thread hijack) : Why don't keyboards have dual/stereo xlr outs?

I don't know why the Iridium doesn't have an xlr out, I've wondered if the 1/4" out is balanced?, it's a pretty well kept secret if it is. I had a Nu-x Amp Academy for a few months, even that was a bit more complicated than I wanted, - but it was pretty neat, relatively cheap too.

someone should be building these, my amp builder friend put this together for me out of a '50s Magnotone chassis that had been previously re-wired and had an inappropriate transformer. I wanted a low wattage simple head: this is a "modded bassman" preamp, and a champ type single octal power section (going for a Marshall / Champ type thing). He built it so that I can use 6V6s or any 6L6, I've got a bunch of old 6L6GAs Bs etc that are unmatched and not robust enough for a more modern amp, so now I have an amp I can use those ancient tubes in, and it sounds great. My dad built the mahogany box for it, he's not really a 'craftsman' but it was a fun project for a then 88 year old. I drilled holes in the bottom board for easier removal of longer tubes, the keep the box shorter and keep it from being too top-heavy.

The older lesser well known tube amps can be real bargains, there's a couple on Craigslist and FB Marketplace near me I'm tempted to pickup, but I've reached full capacity for old amps it seems. I have a pair of '68 Univox U45's, those are fantastic and low price, keep an eye out for those. A while ago I got a little Hilgen 1x12 combo (2 el84s), a friend who fixed/built amps as a hobby rebuilt it as a 'modded bassman' pre and Vox type output, really fun little combo. I've always wondered about those Yellowjackets that would allow for my 2204 to run with el84s, but I've never tried them. My H&K Tubemeister 20 deluxe is a winner, those are relatively inexpensive, - I don't know what else one might want for a more 'modern' low cost small tube head. I have a pretty big pile of good used old EL84s, getting some of those in the HK is on my to-do list.

more mids in the V30 to my ears through the tv is most of what I noticed (I don't seem to have particularly picky ears), makes me wonder how similar Pete could make them sound with some eq adjstments

how low is the action? how's the neck relief? Since it's nearly new and this is a new problem, less likely the nut or bridge, more likely a truss rod adjust issue. I live a somewhat humid area, but I understand that in very dry areas the humidity packs, or something to keep the guitar from drying out too much, can be necessary to prevent damage. It could possibly be a bad string, I had a DR once where the winding was not tight from new, sounded dead/buzzy.

Did their bassist play a Cruise?

I had a mid/late 60s Twin Reverb for a bit with JBLs: clean and heavy! I should have weighed it to compare against my two 4x10 combos

Just because they have some 'pedigree' doesn't mean you have to get them fixed, - especially if they're too heavy and you won't use them. I recently gave a pair of EV Force 10s to a friend who might use them, they needed re-cone, I have no regrets about giving those away. 'Weigh' the cost of getting those repaired against getting a lightweight cab or some Neo 12s and save your back. I pretty recently had a Fender Bassbreaker 2x12 cabinet, it was really surprisingly light, and I liked how it sounded, $200-250 ish is used market value for those iirc. I have four old alnico speakers in a '72 Univox 412 cab, I got those speakers while scrapping out a couple of organs. They sound great with a low wattage amp, and the cab is light enough to actually move around. If you have a low wattage amp, you can do a little legwork and get old alnico 12s almost for free. I almost kept that Bassbreaker 2x12 to put organ speakers in, that would have been crazy lightweight

A thing Peavey did right was to make it user-friendly to replace the 'basket'(as I remember it being called) with just 3 bolts (3 bolts and you could pull the frame/cone/voice coil assembly off the magnet part), but maybe they somehow knew that would be done frequently? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has 're-basketed' a few Peaveys.

Not sure about nut width, I just have one Centaura and just had one bolt on sustainiac Chap years ago. Re the trem and routing: I'm going to guess that the early setneck Chaparrals had an above-grade mount (also found on set neck Steve Stevens models), and the later bolt on Chaps got the recessed routed trems, along with the Centaura, my bolt on Cali's also have the route/reccess

those stories keep me going to garage sales. I found a really early Magnatone solid body electric (like 40s or 50s) at an estate sale 20 years ago for around $300, saw it around 11 am, contemplated and called a couple of friends, went back around 2-3 and bought it, my friend sold it online for me for 'quite a bit' more than that. Apparently I missed a couple of lower value tube amps that had sold earlier, so someone else passed on the real treasure. I think of that everytime I pass that house. The only other thing I found garage saling was a late 60s crybaby for $5. And that's why I always carry cash I know a guy who once found a matching pair of blackface princetons at a St Vincent De Paul thrift store for a bit more than that, but that was quite a while ago

exactly I have an Ampeg VT40 that was reportedly owned by Nokie Edwards, I believe the story from when I bought it in '85. It's too new ('72) to have been used in any notable way. (further sidenote/rabbit trail) Some of the Ventures touring amps are fs locally https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/msd/d/tacoma-authentic-ventures-touring-amps/7907942103.html

Keep in mind that there was a recent story about the Beach Boys Dumbles (2) being recently located, is that also the "Dumble Sound"?

I just emailed their customer service suggesting they get World Tour to do a headless gig bag, they'd sell a bunch of those, there are no low price options that I can find