The Last Bass Outpost

Now back to $725, weird!

Yeah, I contacted the seller about it going from $650 > $725 - he said, "when I relist instruments, I put them back at their original asking price".  I don't understand that selling strategy, but it ain't mine to sell. 

Like I stated when I started this thread, I don't know anything about this (or any other Gibson) bass, but it sure is nice looking.
As usual, I'm learning quite a bit from the folks chiming in and adding their take.

Yes.  Cool as hell, Denis.
'36?

If anyone near NC is interested:

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/msg/5341335193.html

Hey all,
It was great! We all made a few mistakes here and there, but overall we had a blast.
I was being a bit rough on myself - these are all brand new originals, some of which were still being pieced together days before the show.
After the first couple songs, the nerves went away and just had a great time being on stage with my kids.

It was also somewhat rewarding to haul a truckload of gear and actually get to play - usually, I'm the roadie.

Thanks again for the encouragement and tips!
Steve

Thanks all...the kind words are very much appreciated.
I'm really looking forward to this.

Yup - got ~15.1 Ohms on the meter.
Works like a champ!

Hello all,
Trying to salvage my son's Vox VT120+ combo amp - the PCB blew for the 2nd time, and we're done soaking any money into fixing it.
I'd love to re-use the speakers (2x12) as an external cab, but I am confused about my options.

The cabinet has two 8 Ohm speakers.  The VT120+ specs show 150W RMS @ 4 Ohms. 
A Pair of black & white leads run from one speaker to the Input jack (of the now removed head).
That speaker is then wired (to the other speaker) with two B/W leads.

Here's what I did:  I connected the speaker leads that were going to the head to a mono input jack, giving me:
Input Jack -> 8 Ohm Speaker -> 8 Ohm Speaker

Just as a test, I then plugged in a unamplified keyboard just to ensure that I get sound out of both speakers, which worked fine.
I then plugged that keyboard into Peavey Mark VIII amp and ran the output to the new input of the speaker cabinet.
Both speakers work fine.

My son found a Vox NightTrain NT50H head, but I'm not so certain about whether or not it's going to work with the cabinet with 2 x 8 Ohm speakers.
The NT50H has 3 outputs:  1x8 Ohms or 2x16 Ohms & 16 Ohms.

To me (a complete novice), those NT50H head outputs should work with:
1. a single 8 Ohm speaker
2. a single 16 Ohm speaker
3. two 16 Ohm speakers

Am I correct in assuming that I can't use this 2x12 with that head?
Is the best I can do is wire 1 of the 8 Ohm cab speakers to an output jack and then to "1x8 Ohm" output of the NT50H head?

Hit me with any options or suggestions.

Thanks
-Steve

Well, I own it now - it sat in a closet for many years, so it needed some care and adjustments (trussrod was stuck at first, then freed after after some patient work) - all in all, a pretty cool bass: