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To be fair, the SimS pickups may be able to do what they say, but they'll always be compromised by the positioning and the preamp. If the pickup is located to do the P-bass thing it won't QUITE get the J-bass single coil sound, though it'll do the job. I think there are those Fishmans that use modelling to get specific sounds, though that doesn't appeal to me for some reason.

If only they'd known about NAMM and Christmas and stuff before quoting a build time, these things are so unpredictable...

I do think people get too hung up on wanting a bass that sounds like specific other basses though. You can do a lot of clever stuff with pickups and preamps but for a bass to sound like a precision it really speaking I think it will have to have a split-coil pickup in the right place and for a bass to sound like a 'Ray the humbucker needs to be a certain distance from the bridge and the preamp must be just so. What you CAN do though is get a bass to do the job of a P-bass or 'Ray but in its own way. That's just my opinion.

You do see the odd Yamaha BB435 come up at good prices. My old bass teacher had one and it was a proper gigging workhorse for him. Sounded lovely too.

I tried one in The Bass Gallery and I really didn’t get on with it. Absolutely gorgeous but I just didn’t like the painted neck and I don’t know if the strings were dead or the amp was rubbish but I didn’t dig the sound at all. Incredible build quality and look though.

Bums. Just had an update that the team is focussed upon n NAMM and delivery date is three months away. Boo!!!

Terrific!!!

I may have been a bit excited at nailing an arpeggio run when I wrote that. I wasn’t drunk…

What kind of squirrel? And what LP bass?

that's all

Having 3 pickups it’s just too much of a temptation to see what you can achieve. Me? I prefer just 4 selections otherwise I’ll get obsessed messing around with configuring!

Try the Dingwall facebook group. Sheldon and his team are often on there so if you’re looking for a d-roc solution to expanding 4 to 6 pickup selections that’d be the first place I’d go to ask.

Just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who commented on here. @lemmywinks - cheers for the links, the part worked an absolute treat. So simple to solder in and the board went back nicely. It's working like new! Cheers all. Now. ..... Who wants to buy a small Hartke kickback 120w amp! Lol!

Update - we have a serial number! 6862. Apparently it's marked as "in production" Not sure what that means in terms of timelines but it's something!!!

I bought a Hartke kickback amp with a dodgy input jack to fix up. Great communication, easy to deal with even though David was just about to move house! I’m just waiting for a replacement jack but have Jerry-rigged a fix in the meantime and am enjoying this little amp. Many thanks for being such a good person to deal with and I hope the move goes well. Cheers!! Kim

It’s clearly a common component tyen. Thanks for the link. I’ve fought some from aliexpress tho so will see how that goes. Cheers tho, really appreciate the info

You are a star! I've been searching but didn't find anything looking for 7 pin headphone but that's exactly what I need! Cheers! Don't know what I'm doing to do with the other 9, though they seem to be likely to fail so good to have a spare... Really appreciate your help and I'll let you know when they arrive and I can get my soldering iron out again!

Aww, thanks anyway. Do you think I coudl make a stero jack work in its place?

This is pretty much it, but it's the stereo version. It's got all the switching, but it's not mono. I wonder if it would work? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384309567042?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=43YsHyVtRtG&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=KfK81-euT2O&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Yes, absolutely, I'll have a good dig on the website. Much appreciated and I'll have Hal Leonard a call tomorrow. Cheers!

Thanks. This looks like it does the same job but it's not configured the same way so there's no way it'd just drop onto the PCB. I guess I could contact the UK Hartke supplier. I wonder if that'd work? https://www.actionhardware.co.uk/parts-online/index.php?route=product/product&path=34_84&product_id=604

OOh. Thanks! This is what it looks like from the top. CH2. Is that the manufacturer? It's not a part number!

Hi. I'm looking for a parts supplier to get a replacement for this specific 6.35mm input jack that was soldered directly the PCB. I've bodged a fix that works ... as long as there's an instrument plugged in! There's clearly some kind of switching taking place that I've not got duplicated on my fix so I'd really like to get a replacement part. I've tried ebay and RS but this seems a bit more specialist. Any suggestions gratefully received!

Phwoaaar!