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06-01-2012, 02:26 PM
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06-01-2012, 03:01 PM
| | | | This is a 1962 - I recently found the hang tag and original purchase receipt! |
06-01-2012, 03:39 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Sweet! A little worse for wear but I'm sure it still sounds awesome.
I still have not rebuilt the member list or added the new members who joined shortly after my computer crash a couple weeks ago. Apologies for dragging my feet, but I'll try to get it done later tonight or tomorrow.
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06-01-2012, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 66Atlas  posted this in the show us your basses, my pride an joy'67 B18N and '72 Rick. A great pair...
| Looks great. I was just looking at a '67 B-18 at guitarbroker.com (Weston, FLorida), they are asking $2500. Not as nice as yours.
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06-01-2012, 04:58 PM
| | | | East Village music in NYC (evmnyc.com) has what they are calling a 61-62 head for $700. The image isn't clear so I can't see if it is really that old.
Shows what a deal the one in PA is.
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06-01-2012, 07:57 PM
| | | | If anyone here is close to that B15 on craigslist (Nazareth), and is willing to pick it up and ship it, please pm me. 100% serious. it would be very happy living with the NRF cab I bought from Bass45.
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06-01-2012, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by spacebassed If anyone here is close to that B15 on craigslist (Nazareth), and is willing to pick it up and ship it, please pm me. 100% serious. it would be very happy living with the NRF cab I bought from Bass45.
Thanks | Talked to the owner today. I'm picking it up this weekend.
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06-01-2012, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDialog Talked to the owner today. I'm picking it up this weekend. | Wow, nice of you to do that for the guy, bro. 
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06-02-2012, 06:17 AM
| | | I'd love to take the Martin factory tour in Nazareth. Perhaps even have a chance to play one of these Klaus Voormann basses. It's bound to sound great through a portaflex amp.
This Martin bass sounds nice. I did a gig with an acoustic Godin bass through my B-15 and loved it. The neck was thinner than a Jazz bass, really fast, and felt perfect.
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06-02-2012, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDialog Talked to the owner today. I'm picking it up this weekend. | Well done, that thing is awesome, 1961 NRF, please take an "s" load of pics! Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinsdale8 This is a 1962 - I recently found the hang tag and original purchase receipt! | Nice, man I'm gone for a day an the Navy Random Flair is everywhere, loving it! Quote:
Originally Posted by 66Atlas posted this in the show us your basses, my pride an joy'67 B18N and '72 Rick. A great pair... | And a sweet B-18, need to get off my butt and start the work on mine.
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06-02-2012, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDialog Talked to the owner today. I'm picking it up this weekend. | Given his track record with B15's, I suspect it's still very much for sale, just not for the $900 (or less!) that he will have paid for it
Be sure to post lots of pics when you get it! |
06-02-2012, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by RutherfordBrave Given his track record with B15's, I suspect it's still very much for sale, just not for the $900 (or less!) that he will have paid for it | Ya, no doubt!
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06-02-2012, 12:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Diego | | | how flex is portaflex
Hi folks,
I have an old portaflex, (from the early sixties I was told when I bought it 8 years ago), which has a 1/4 TR connector labelled "ext amp". I assume this is a line output connector. My question, which I hope has not been asked a zillion times before, is: can I use the head as a preamp, (i.e. without connecting the poweramp output to the portaflex cabinet)? I'm just wondering how it would sound through one of my other rigs, but don't want to damage it...
Jim
BTW, when I bought the amp, the connector to the cabinet had been moded to a 1/4" jack. I had it converted back to the XLR type of connector.
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06-02-2012, 12:29 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | You can absolutely NOT hook up a tube amp without hooking up the cab, unless you want to buy a new output transformer. You could, however, get an 8 ohm dummy load and hook it up instead of the speaker and use it that way.
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06-02-2012, 12:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | My brother bought me a 1970 B15 today. I'm headed up to go play it/pick it up next weekend.
That lucky sob had his mortgage paid off, so now he does stuff like this for family.
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06-02-2012, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by I-play-bass My brother bought me a 1970 B15 today. I'm headed up to go play it/pick it up next weekend.
That lucky sob had his mortgage paid off, so now he does stuff like this for family.
I'm so excited, why can't it be next weekend yet? | Cool brother! |
06-02-2012, 12:50 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | To make you appreciate it that much more! Cool brother...my brother once bought me a hamburger...that's about it.
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06-02-2012, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Vancouver | | | how much play should there be on the shockmounts? i was playing through a different b15 and realized that mine really doesn't move an inch. |
06-02-2012, 01:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Diego | | | porta-pre
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Originally Posted by JimmyM You can absolutely NOT hook up a tube amp without hooking up the cab, unless you want to buy a new output transformer. You could, however, get an 8 ohm dummy load and hook it up instead of the speaker and use it that way. | Thanks Jimmy. I thought it might switch off the internal power amp if I connected up to an external power amp. I can get a 100watt 8 ohm resistor for about 15 bucks on ebay, so if I do decide to try it I'll go that route...
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06-02-2012, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jsbarber Thanks Jimmy. I thought it might switch off the internal power amp if I connected up to an external power amp. I can get a 100watt 8 ohm resistor for about 15 bucks on ebay, so if I do decide to try it I'll go that route...
Jim | I'm not sure, but you may just need to pull the output tubes in the B-15, but get another opinion before you try this. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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