Recent content by Trevor Vallis

It's a Kahler Tone Monster and it's a keeper. £100 new, or sell it to me for £50.

I'm definitely influenced by the music of my youth. I started with a Vox bass, then a 60s Hofner Violin Bass (should never have sold it as it could have made up part of my pension), but I did because it didn't suite my emerging style of playing. In the 70s my dad bought me my first and only...

I was a teenager during the 60s, living in London, and back then you were either in the Mods or the Rockers camp. Mods were into soul so it always amused me that The Who were considered to be the vanguards of the Mod movement. So my chosen track is My Generation. I started work as a young tape...

Feel... Every time.

I would suggest placing it into a specialist vintage guitar auction. Make sure the reserve is no less than you want to sell it for, but remember that there will be the auctioneers fees to pay on top of the sale price. There are collectors out there and a good auction house will market it well.

Don't get stressed over silly offers. Ignore them and don't let them cast doubt in your mind as to the true value of your instrument. Some instruments will hold their price well, or even increase substantially. You will know deep down if you paid too much in the first place, so you can't expect...

Yes, I started at 14. I was going to play drums and then it was guitar. A few friends at school wanted to form a band. One was a drummer, one played guitar and the other claimed he could sing, so I started to play bass by default. My first guitar was a Vox through a 15w Futurama amp. It was...

Fender Precision, Fender Jazz Fretless, Gibson EBO or EB3. Then (for sound) you have to decide if you are going to DI, use an amp or a combination of both.

The B15 sound with a bit more poke would always be useful, but the word 'compete' is at odds with this amp. Used much more as a solid foundation for the rhythm section and the band, as opposed to entering into a battle with the rest of the band.

I repeat... Not for heavy rockers or speed freaks. But if you want to pump the beat, lay down a groove and are used to changing the sound with your hands then this a great tool... A very organic sound.

My favourite amp ever. I was a recording engineer / producer through the 70's, 80's & 90's and it was always my amp of choice. A very warm yet positive sound. The real soul sound. If I had the money to spare I would buy one in a heartbeat. It has a direct out of the amp, which is useful for...