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[quote name='lowdown' post='58530' date='Sep 11 2007, 12:41 AM']Has anyone here got or used one..?? [Avalon] I am thinking of getting one for recording purposes and Thomman seem to be the cheapest by a mile. Read plenty of reviews , which all great... but a bit of hands on experiance in use would be good. Garry[/quote] I've got one and it is fantastic. And I've tried every DI box you can think of - all of 'em. But this is in a different class. I can see now why this has become THE industry standard DI box for many of the top 'name' bass players & big recording studios. If you want to hear exactly what your bass sounds like - every last detail of the tone - with no colour (or noise) from the DI box itself then get one of these. You will not be disappointed. For some people it will be too much to take to gigs (it's a big, heavy box!) - but if you just want the best then this is it. And for recording? Wow. It will even take a speaker input (up to 400W). I did also look at getting a REDDI - but they are crazy, crazy money(!) & never had even a sniff of one 2nd hand + the Avalon is much more useful for a variety of recording scenarios. I paid £275 for this on eBay (UK) - it's mint/good as new (bought from a top pro session guitarist). They are VERY rare 2nd hand - that was a BIN price & had only been up for a short time (had an auto search saved) - so I didn't mess about. I had almost given up hope of finding one used & was about to drop £400 on a new one. But...they do have a switchable mains supply (this is pro kit!) - so you could buy one from US eBay & it would work here with no problem. But there tends to be a 'bun fight' for them on eBay from UK buyers. If you know someone in the US - get them to buy a 'ship to US only' one for you & I bet you could snag a bargain.

I had the same problem - but you don't need to roll back to an earlier version of OSX... You just need to run the '[url="http://www.paceap.com/prebind_script.dmg"]prebind script[/url]' & it will be sorted. I am now running the very latest version of Pro Tools LE on OSX 10.4.10 on a MacPro Dual Core Xeon.

[quote name='paul, the' post='59567' date='Sep 12 2007, 10:30 PM']Try not to dance. The first track I assume is a flatwound Precision, the second - I'm not so sure (semi?) would love to hear your ideas: [url="http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul%20&%20Rare%20Grooves/3-02%20What%20So%20Never%20Th%23BABBF.mp3"]http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul...0Th%23BABBF.mp3[/url] [url="http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul%20&%20Rare%20Grooves/2-21%20Engine%20Number%209.mp3"]http://ftpcryo.free.fr/carloz/Funky%20Soul...0Number%209.mp3[/url] Enjoy the niblets, the paul.[/quote] Ron Baker used a Fender Precision with heavy-gauge flatwounds, DI'd or through (it had to be of course) an Ampeg B-15. Some more info here: [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/bad-luck-harold/apr-07/26410"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/bad-luck...ld/apr-07/26410[/url] I nearly bought a Sigma Sound DI recently - they wanted a lot of money though...

[quote name='David Fenwick' post='59657' date='Sep 13 2007, 07:33 AM']Is that Bootsy Collins playing in the first track? D[/quote] Oh yes indeed - & according to the man himself he's playing a Fender Precision through a Kustom rig on this wonderful House Guests track: [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/william-bootsy-collins/Jul-05/10770"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/william-...ns/Jul-05/10770[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='59549' date='Sep 12 2007, 09:53 PM']The pickguard looks like a repro, too.[/quote] Yes - I reckon you're right...

This seems to be all the rage at the moment - anything older than a year or two has now become 'vintage' - or 'rare'... And because the really valuable old Fenders are commanding high prices sellers like this guy seem to think their crappy bass surely must be worth thousands as well. Dream on muppet!

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='59032' date='Sep 11 2007, 11:17 PM']Can't go wrong with the Glolsch straplocks. The 500ml bottles cost about £1.50 in my local corner shop, so £3 gets you a set of straplocks and nearly 2 pints of drinky. I got a set of schallers years ago, but don't use them as the Grolsch ones are top. There's an old ashdown advert with Pino playing a sunburst fender, and what straplocks is he using? Here's a clue: Glug Glug Buurrrp! It's not just the rubber seals that you can recycle as well... [url="http://ecotopia.co.uk/goblet-grolsch-bottle.ir?cName=eco-gifts-all-gifts"]glass[/url][/quote] And another vote for Grolsch straplocks - these are used by loads of other pro players... especially good on vintage basses where you don't want to mess with the original strap buttons. A no-brainer!

[quote name='paul, the' post='59062' date='Sep 12 2007, 12:46 AM']This is 30miles from me. What do I do? What do I do? *flails arms zanily*[/quote] Do nothing...especially not buy it for £2K. In my humble opinion I think that bass is barely worth half what he's asking for it - if that. Why?[list] [*]He's managed to break the truss rod (WTF?) - so the neck/fretboard has had to be repaired [*]The pickups /wiring aren't original [*]Sounds like there's been some re-routing to fit the EMGs & wiring [*]The bridge is replaced & then it's not even a real Badass bridge! [*]Someone's carved their name into the back of the headstock & this guy thinks 'great idea - I'll carve mine on top!' [*]Who knows what else has been messed with? [*]It looks in pretty poor condition & has been abused & chopped about rather than cared for & cherished [*]No ashtrays, or case [/list]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-March-1969-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ290159535213QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-March-1969-Ja...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

It looks like he's dropped it down a flight of stairs!

[quote name='Brother Jones' post='55058' date='Sep 4 2007, 12:59 AM']"Build number is 357973 as you can see, which will relate to 1972, Which is also known as the CBS era for Fender guitars" Huh? [/quote] I've not heard that period in Fender history descibed like that before - but I suppose he's quite correct... If pre-65/66 is seen as the 'pre-CBS' era - then 65/66 to 84 would be the 'CBS' era. And 85 to now(?) the 'post CBS' era!

£1,800 would be close to its top value I would think - though I personally don't like this one at all because the front is so badly faded, that you can't see any red remaining in the sunburst (this is pretty common on Fenders of this era & the reason why you have to be careful how you store vintage basses - leave them on a stand & sunlight/uv will continue to fade the colours & damage plastic parts). That really spoils the look of the bass for me. The missing fret would be easy to fix - as long as the binding isn't damaged too much. But if someone has been happy to keep using a bass (for who knows how long) with a fret missing then it says to me that they haven't cared for it very well - so there may be other problems waiting to surface? If it was me I'd pass on this one & look for a better early 70's Jazz instead. There's a much better one on eBay now from a seller in NYC. Just my 10p worth of opinion though!

[quote name='Marcus' post='54597' date='Sep 3 2007, 10:05 AM']That's insane..... ! you could pick up a used custom shop 64 for that ![/quote] Oh yes - very insane! But it looks very much like it was bought by another dealer - so either he's thinking he can re-sell it for even more money(!) - or he's close to putting together an all original early 60's Jazz bass that needed this part to make it complete - or he could use it to convert a transition 3 pot version (with mutes), to a stack knob version - which would make that bass worth much more to a collector...

The final price? [b]$2,577.01[/b]

[quote name='paul, the' post='54530' date='Sep 3 2007, 02:20 AM']I'd much rather have a cigar box and a stick. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ZGQVv9TBA"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ZGQVv9TBA[/url][/quote] Awesome!

[quote name='Hamster' post='54070' date='Sep 2 2007, 01:19 AM']I'll have to keep me eyes peeled at the car boot sales for a set of these! Hamster[/quote] And I bet a fair few 'originals' start appearing on eBay over the next few weeks - once the scammers see how much punters will pay for them...

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='54126' date='Sep 2 2007, 11:33 AM']Just think how much of bargain your bass was. There is no quarantee these will actually work either.[/quote] Yes - this really has brought it home! I knew an all original 1960 Jazz bass could fetch as much as £15K - but I didn't expect individual parts to generate such a 'feeding frenzy' on eBay. And you're absolutely right - the electrics could be unusable on that set... I recently got a really nice original 60's t-shell pickguard for the bass (& that was far from from cheap!) - so it will be very close to being all original. The restoration still has a bit to go - we're waiting for exactly the right vintage formulation nitro-cellulose varnish to arrive from the US. Then it will take a month (minimum) to dry properly. That will be torture!

As some of you guys may know I'm currently restoring an original 1960 Fender Jazz bass - the Holy Grail of Fender Jazz basses... One of the original parts missing from the bass when I found it on evilBay was the stack/concentric knobs. Everything else but the pickguard was original (the body & neck needed a complete re-finish/restoration after enduring a horrible re-finish sometime in the 70s). Original Jazz bass stack knobs parts are incredibly super RARE - I have never seen any come on to the market before & had assumed I would never get any - so I sorted out a nice Fender reissue set, that I added the correct 250k pots to, with a hand-made set of caps to exactly match the original spec... Then, unbelievably, a complete original set of the knobs, pots, plate & wiring surfaced on eBay this week. So I naturally prepared myself to bid pretty high to make sure I got them. Well......that was until the price started to go higher & higher & higher! There is less than 24 hrs to go - and the price has now reached an unbelievable [b]$1,525.01[/b]. That is not a typo. And I bet it goes well over $2K by the end. For a set of old guitar knobs on a chrome plate. Just a bit over my budget for parts!!!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180153237365&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=008[/url] Update: Still got 9 hrs to go - & now we're at [b]$1,852.50[/b]!!! The final price? [b]$2,577.01[/b]