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[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1171224' date='Mar 21 2011, 08:17 PM']Buy from a UK store.[/quote] That doesn't mean there won't be errors and poor customer service. Far from it IME

Thomann have a no questions returns policy. Send the items back, get a refund and let them know about it. They're usually really good though, dunno why this is dragging out.

Is that likely to be an expensive repair? Also will it damage the amp in any way? It used to be fine, he's only noticed it in the last day or so and has had the amp for a while.

Yeah like a metronome. Should probably leave it really, he could do with it!

Hi all I wonder if anyone could shed some light on a problem my lodger is having with his amp, a 70s Yamaha B212 combo. It's developed a "clicking" sound, more noticeable when treble is turned up, the rear pickup is selected or when hands aren't in contact with the strings/hardware. We've swapped leads and it still does it. Also plugged my bass in and it does it when the treble knob is anywhere but rolled off. The amp also has 2 seperate channels, each with seperate high and low inputs (making 4 total inputs) and it does it with all of them. Sound clip attached. What do we think?

IIRC they did a similar thing with ther Ampeg copy. It was a plain old budget bass styled after a very distinctive and individual bass. The only thing it had in common with the original was the body shape. Also i seem to remember the price seeming way too high, don't know if they've come down since then though

[quote name='burray' post='1170426' date='Mar 21 2011, 10:36 AM']Had a look around at the weekend for one of these but I'm guessing they're long gone. I saw one in our local SR Retro shop, but that was before I got back into playing bass and I ignored it after a quick glance. Bugger.[/quote] Well Tom up there /\ has some for sale in his sig.

£46 + postage already with 13 bids. Shoulda bought all of them and parted them out!

[quote name='JTUK' post='1170140' date='Mar 20 2011, 10:17 PM']I'd quite like to know how this all finished..as in whether more money was exchanged, but accept it isn't my business so if the OP doesn't want to say, that is fair enough. I don't use ebay so knowing how this works was interesting...what with 'evilbay' and all that ..[/quote] I assume the seller asked for £600 for it, dunno if that's the case. Original listing the OP won: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-valve-300watt-bass-amp-/330540667176?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item4cf5c25128#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-...8#ht_500wt_1156[/url] Relisted item: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-valve-300watt-bass-amp-/330540667176?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item4cf5c25128#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-...8#ht_500wt_1156[/url] Don't see why really, it sold for what people were willing to pay for it. That's the nature of eBay (and all auctions), sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Unless there's other mitigating circumstances the seller should have honoured the contract he agreed to in the first place.

Pay via paypal now, then go collect your new amp! don't pay any extra, he's entered a contract to sell it for that price, if he's not happy with it then unlucky, perhaps he should have set a reserve. if he's an ebay noob then inform him of the rules. It's not his choice whether to sell or not, it's already sold.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1168166' date='Mar 19 2011, 01:03 PM']I really miss seeing bands who look like this [/quote] Is the one 2nd from the right Eamonn Holmes?

[quote name='tomb' post='1168958' date='Mar 19 2011, 10:34 PM'].... but still, i wouldnt pay that much for an Aria[/quote] Why? They make some really good basses, by all accounts these models are extremely well made, play brilliantly and sound the nuts. People pay that sort of money for all the branded Corts (G&L, Lakland etc.) which are overseas basses with decals on.

Yeah it's one of their upmarket models. Carol Kaye played an Aria like this and she invented music! [b][size=1]EDIT: It's not the one i was thinking of[/size][/b]

[quote name='icastle' post='1168448' date='Mar 19 2011, 04:41 PM']That looks absolutely fab! I can hardly believe that's the same bass!!![/quote] +1 I think it looks great, seems like you had fun doing it too! The fretboard looks really inviting, bet it plays nice.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1167173' date='Mar 18 2011, 02:14 PM']From the same origin as the Peavey Zephyr/Grind ranges I'd say - I have a Zephyr C5 & the body/neck shape & laminations are pretty much identical, really only the headstock's different. Here's one - see what you think: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63842"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63842[/url] Age-wise it'll be 90s/early 00s and probably Korean-made. Jon.[/quote] That's what i thought it looked like, i think the OP's looks a bit nicer though and the sculpting around the body edges is a nice touch. I seem to remember the Peavey didn't have the rounded edges although i could be wrong.

Nice tidy Jazz all the same, i'm liking the colour

Nice looker, whoever made it. Looks like the fit and finish is quality too. Reminds me of an upmarket Peavey, although it isn't one.

Like i said last time this was on here, it's about 4 times the size a tuner pedal needs to be and will take up valuable pedalboard space. Ashdown and their bloody gimmicks, grrrr!

[quote name='SteveK' post='1165630' date='Mar 17 2011, 12:21 PM']Should've said, "Oh dear, I was told that it was a good sounding bass... Got anything that actually sounds good?" [/quote] "Have you got a bass that doesn't sound like someone's just dropped the jackpot on a fruit machine?"

The more i look at the red one the more i think that basses with F-holes should always have natural finishes. If that one ever belonged to me you'd have to lock away the sandpaper!

If it's just for practice then you won't need that much power and you have more options. Warwick do some small combos, as do Hartke with their A series. I have the A70 which gets very loud, even the 35 is surprisingly powerful and is both small and light. I'd check out that Line6 i linked to earlier though, that's a good deal and much cheaper than buying new.

I'd find the cash to buy both, swap the pups and keep the hollow body/nordstrand bass, then flog the other one. Not much help, sorry! EDIT: Actually, the blue sparkle one looks ace, get that!

Line 6 Studio 110 for sale here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125327&hl=line"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125327&hl=line[/url] Not that light at 24lbs but not heavy either and certainly compact. Also look at the Roland Bass cube series. The only other tiny lightweight combos i can think of are the Genz Benz Shuttles and the Ibanez Promethean, both of which are way over budget