Shaggy

This has been listed for ever. A 4005 is about the only bass I still GAS for, but I think "you can't polish a turd" sums up this example.......

I'd disagree. Once Leo had established the basic template in the early '50's, the next main innovation was in the mid '50's with neck-though construction (Ric, and later Gibson) and then the humbucking pickup (Gibson). Then IMHO all the major innovation was during the 1970's: muti-laminate body / neck construction and onboard low Z active EQ / IC circuitry (Alembic), use of other materials than wood for construction (graphite in necks - Ovation and Alembic, aluminium necks -Travis Bean, and later with synthetic fingerboards on Kramers), onboard modular effects (Electra), not to mention a range of radical body / neck designs. '80's was more a period of refinement and mainstreaming of these Edit - actually my last sentence was wrong: the Steinberger headless bass was a genuinely fresh and original concept - not much else really new in the '80's for basses though (plenty for amps....)

Now that we've lulled Europe into a false sense of security for the last 30 years, we get Led Zeppelin to re-form as our entry next year......

The usual entertaining guff, mainly worth watching for the Cyprus singers costume. Mrs Shaggy always correctly picks the winner, I never can. I personally liked the Albanian entry best, but of the contenders and from a performance point of view thought it should have been Australia. Shame about Madge - she's easy to knock, but an artist I've a lot of respect for.

My reply - to quote a warning on the front of a Derek & Clive album, is "Not to be played in the presence of miners......"

Very stealth, lovely pair! Needs something else in full carbon now.....

Ah, apologies - I was reading posts faster than my brain could process (as usual ). Must have been a bit strange for Bill Wyman going from a Vox Wyman bass (probably the lightest bass that I've ever picked up) to the TB, which as you say is rather a weighty old beastie. Blimey, I never knew that and I've got 2 of them! Thanks Not great is it - but sometimes that's where the bargains are, especially when the key word is mis-spelled in the listing title. That's why Daleks have no sense of smell. Honestly

Proper lush, that is.......

You're lucky to have one! I have a TB2000 too - most of the weight is the solid koa body, plus the neck is solid alu (rather than a T Section with wood inserts like Kramer necks) and continues into the body almost like a neck-thru, with the p/ups and bridge mounted directly onto it. Fabulous basses, mind.... Advantages of alu necks are (1) the stability (no truss rod), and (2) the sound - produces ringing harmonics that are different to a wood or carbon neck in a way that's hard to describe! As 3below describes above. Disadvantages (with the Kramer necks) is (1) even with the wood inserts they are a tad cold on the hand at first, and (2) they can bend with heavy / high tension strings - ok if you're careful with string type.

I think they're 32" (medium scale). It certainly won't be a direct fit for a Fender neck pocket, but there would be a way of doing it - worst case by gluing a block of wood into the existing pocket and then re-routing for the new neck

True, cheap ones are much fewer and far between than they used to be, although I still think they're one of the more affordable vintage marques that are also actually good If this one doesn't go much above start bid price (which I doubt it will) it could be worth putting a R/H body on it. Strange bridge though! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cramer-Custom-Bass-Guitar-L-H-Strung-R-H/293087580917?hash=item443d6192f5:g:8~0AAOSwfRhc0H88&frcectupt=true

Old Kramer necks do occasionally pop up on Evilbay, may be your best bet. Is this to fit a body you already have? Otherwise I'd just buy an entire cheap Kramer

Unkind, skank, unkind........ But very funny

I really like it! (The Fenton Weil). I suspect it had the parallel stringing from nut to bridge that a lot of European instruments had at the time, which then converge at the tailpiece.

Well she's a heavy old girl, but there's that lovely creamy Trace tone you mentioned, all the headroom I need, the ability to compress the lows without stifling the highs, and (on the 600) the facility to bi-amp and send the low frequency output to the 1x15 cab and the mids / highs to the 2x10. Being shallow of course, the feature I love best is the UV uplighter - flicking it on at the start of a gig is the amp equivalent of wearing spandex......

I have the AH600SMX with the same preamp - fabulous amplifiers.... Only place I know of that does spares is https://britishaudio.com/collections/trace-elliot-parts - unfortunately in the US, so postage is rather a pain

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Suspect I've done this before, but - Simple Minds - New Gold Dream Siouxsie & the Banshees - Singles 1 & 2 Magazine - Touch and Go (best of) Mark Knopfler - Soundtrack from "Cal" Japan - Quiet Life David Byrne & Brian Eno - My life in the bush of ghosts Joy Division - Heart & Soul Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Kate Bush - The kick inside All stacked next to the CD player in the bedroom.......

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Back in the day I'm sure I blew out the puny speaker in my Binatone cassette player listening to that at max........

A small selection from the For Sale section: "Pre Sports Direct Wal bass, in rare non-fluorescent finish. No trades thanks" "Vintage Trump era Fender Precision, actually made in Mexico (now of course part of Greater California)" "1980's Peavey bass combo. 200 years old and the damn thing just won't wear out......" "Plectrum, 100% genuine plastic (still legal for antique items). Serious offers invited" "Marshall nano bastard amp, faulty thought-control remote link. Dodgy profanity filter, so it only plays f*cking loud. Possibly good for metal"

Just watched it There'll be far worse on Eurovision this Saturday......

Letting go.........of a bass.......

That takes me back - I had a 1978 poo brown one of those in the early '90's, when I was broke but needed a cheap 4 seater. Plus was that with the leather and walnut it really did feel like driving a tiny Jag / Roller - minus points were too numerous to list, not least the hydrolastic suspension regularly leaking out so you'd come back to your parked car to find it listing to one side, looking at you like a sad but ugly dog. The rusting body held together with filler and glassfibre patches would have probably gone on forever, but one day the driveshaft fell off. I now have a 1982 Triumph TR7 convertible (harvest gold with beige tartan interior....) - will I never learn? Back to the OP - I know nothing at all about Mr Hall, but have owned 4 Rics (only one now, but a keeper - a '72/73 FG 4001). I'd say Harley-Davidson are a better comparison - they stuck with basically the same agricultural, unergonomic, fairly primitive but iconic design for their entire history - but it does what it does so well, and somehow just outcools the rest.

Hell of a bargain, and they're superb p/ups. I'd agree with itu above that it's generally only 2 of the 3 coil switching options that get used, and as far the Nordstrand Bigman goes I''d say that's certainly single coil / both coils parallel. However, having done a bit of searching on Talkbass etc before wiring up mine, a popular 3-position switching set up for boutique MM type pickups (especially when in a single pickup bass) is single coil 1 / single coil 2 / both coils parallel. Apparently a noticeable difference between the 2 coils. Might be worth trying if you're using the microswitch.