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Just bought some nice Gold Grover tuners off Jez at a bargain price. Posted pretty darn quick and
great communication all the way. Great guy to deal with. Cheers Jez.

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Are you interested in trades? And what is the weight of it? Cheers.

Hi. Have you tried putting this on the Statii website "Basses for sale" Section
I notice it's been on here for some time. I'm sure you'd get some interest on Statii.

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Parcel force or have a look on Interparcel.co.uk. website. You'll need the weight and dimensions though.

Hi Mate. I'm sure the speakers in this are 10". Good luck with the sale. Good price for a cracking amp.

Recently acquired Trace Elliot 'T'bass Special Edition 1996
45 0f 100 Seafoam Green. Jazz ISH bass.
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Hi Jim. When are you putting that Mark King Jazz up for sale?
Good luck with the sale. Nice bass.

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This certificate doesn't relate to my bass but it may help. I do own a very Nice 'T' bass
here she is. A Limited edition version in Seafoam green.
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Not condemning it to be bad at all. I love my Ashdown gear but IMO the speakers are not as good quality
as the speakers in my early Ashdown ABM combo's.

The later stuff has "MADE IN PRC" on the back. Peoples Republic of China....

I have used Ashdown gear since 2000. Abm 4x10 500w combo was the first coupled to a Abm 1x15" 300w cab. Then I bought an Abm 2x10" 500w combo
to do smaller gigs with. Sold both and replaced them with the later Abm Evo II stuff (Still made in UK) Abm Evo II 500w head through two Abm compact cabs
2x10" and 1X15" 300w ea. Doesn't seem to have the bollocks that the combo's had... maybe i't's the cabs as JamesBass said.
the earlier stuff had Celestion drivers. Would like to try the Barefaced cabs that everyone is raving about or Aguilar maybe.
Still love the Ashdown Gear though. The later Evo III stuff is made in China I believe.

I have the TC RH450 head and to solve the lack of top end/treble/presence I purchased a Boss Graphic EQ pedal.
Seems to do the trick for me. But to be honest it does lack the grunt that I get out of my Ashdown ABM 500 head.

Not just me then... I couldn't get that Sparkling top end (As you put it) out of my RH450 so I bought a Boss Graphic equaliser pedal
Problem solved. But hasn't got the bollocks that my Ashdown Abm evo II 500 head has got. Would like to try a Mark bass LM head
to compare with the TC.

Any pics or dimensions or both please?

Any pics and Internal dimensions?

Bit of advice needed.
If I change the strings on my Jazz bass (or any of my basses) for a lighter gauge will I have to adjust the truss rod relief ??

Just bought Gareth's Trace Elliot 'T' bass. Great guy to deal with and excellent communication.
Would deal with him anytime. BIG Thank you Gareth.

Be aware that parcelforce will now only insure musical instruments up to £200.
Read the T&C's "MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS=NO ENHANCED COMPENSATION IS AVILABLE"
Just having a bass shipped up from Essex via UPS through Interparcel £29.39 insured up to £750.
Will let you know how it goes

The amp was purchased direct from TC in Denmark. Real Electronics Sheffield is the UK agent for TC
but they want £18 for postage of the amp to them for repair. It is easy to replace the buttons but it must be
carried out by REAL or the warranty is void.

Hi Guys.
Anyone else having this problem? I know the flat buttons are prone to cracking and mine is showing
these signs already But have any of your knobs started falling off (OOer Missus)
Three of the knobs on my amp have come loose due to the little fins inside the knob breaking off..
Mine is still under warranty till June 2014 but it is going to cost me £18 to ship it off to Real Electronics (TC UK Agent)
Sheffield. They will send me the knobs and buttons free of charge but they say if I take the front off the amp to fit them
my warranty will be void
I'm dammed If I am Going to shell out £18 to have something fixed that's still under warranty!!
I have emailed TC Electronic direct but they are not responding to my emails. Great customer service Ehh??
What is stopping this from happening again when the new buttons and knobs are fitted??

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The reality is these are poor copies, yet they sell for a vastly inflated price over other copies as they are a copy of a sought after instrument (debatable)
I have seen them at circa £500, if they were not a copy, they would be £150 instuments, they certainly have the build quality.
Just My opinion, but I would rather have a nice genuine fender badged precision at that money than a poor copy of a Rick,
Your still the bloke with the copy on stage and that is not worth £500 of anyones cash.
As for the price of Ricks, well they are a bespoke minor scale manufactuer of a quirky instrument and the market is purely supply and demand.
same with anything, I own far more other basses than Ricks including 5 Fenders, but I have never been a copy happy owner.
Bit like having a fake porsche .
At the price they shift these copies for they should at least take time to make sure they play out of the box.

The argument on Budget line, why should they, they have a 30 month waiting list, they are in proffit and they enjoy what they do.
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I have owned one Rickenbacker 4001 one 4003 and an early Ibanez lawsuit Ric copy back in the 80's. Don't know what all the fuss is about re genuine Rics. They are not the be all and end all....
The Ibanez was just as good as the Rics and the build quality of the particular Ibanez I owned was superb. If it had been fitted with a Ric TRC I doubt anyone would have noticed any difference. I don't now own or will ever own again a Rickenbacker bass as I think a certain CEO (We all know who I mean) Is totally over the top dictating who can and can't advertise any bass that remotely looks like the ones that he manufactures. Rant over

Dings give a bass it's mojo... I'd leave em.

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