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No they don't take the money until it's in stock, to be honest I had forgotten all about it until i spotted this thread. if yours turns up then maybe I'll cancel my Amazon order and go direct to Bassline. R.

I found this site tonight, sadly you can only pan the piano or the bass with the drums out not just the bass but if you need a cheesy backing track to practice your jazz soloing to it may be useful. it has the bassic chord changes to loads of standards as well. [url="http://www.ralphpatt.com/VBook.html"]http://www.ralphpatt.com/VBook.html[/url] R

I ordered it about 18 months ago from Amazon and still no sign of it

[quote name='Bottle' post='846373' date='May 24 2010, 11:38 AM']restring a 4-stringer with the lowest four strings of a 5-string set and tune it BEAD (trussrod will need some tweaking if you're using standard strings, because of the lower overall tension on the neck). Anyway, HTH, Ian[/quote] BEAD from a 5 string set on a 4 string seems like a good solution to me. R.

Met Wes today and briefly played one of his basses if it's anything to go by the Jazz will be excellent when it's done. R.

Generally it's a lovely looking bass and I would be interested in seeing pics of the 5 string, I really don't like the buttons or the huge price tag. R.

When I had my fretless Overwater made for me I discussed the option with Chris May but he was of the opinion it makes no difference to the sound and pointed to an artical in a bass magazine by Roger Sadowski saying the same thing. R.

Cheers Bilbo, PM on it's way to you. R.

I was wondering if anyone uses any MP3's or CD's they could recommend that have the bass removed so you can play along? I want to learn a few simple jazz lines and would like backing tracks to play along with. Cheers R.

[quote name='umph' post='805133' date='Apr 13 2010, 06:07 PM']transformers in that amp will be more than fine with bass and so will the rest of the components. Sounds like you've got a duff valve. My advice is get a new set of WELL matched valves stick them in it and pluck away since these amps have a set bias anyway so you can't adjust it.[/quote] Many thanks umph I'll give that a go, where would be a good place to get hold of a pair of matched valves? Watford Valves any good?

Am I right in thinking then that it would be OK with bass at a low practice volume but not when pushed hard and the label is just Selmer covering their r's? it's a keyboard amp so it must have to handle a certain amount of bass notes.

Wise words and my thoughts exactly, I'll get it repaired, try it out with guitar and if I don't fall in love with the sound I'll think about selling it. Thanks for the link, I like the look of those all white heads and cabs their sister company make.

It's good to hear that it's probably repairable. I have no idea what I would use it for, probably not a lot but I feel it needs to be revived. As it's meant for keyboards and has some buttons for Leslie effects etc. I was wonering if it would be best to have that section wired out. not sure if that's a simple thing or not. Thanks for the advise so far. R.

Added a couple more pics Bloodaxe

Some more advise/thoughts please folk. Finally got hold of an old speaker and wired this beasty up and it's really not very well! Only one of the two EL34's glow and only for a short while then the HT fuse blows, just before it goes there is sound (humming) from the speaker though. I guess my question is does this sound like a typical problem with a valve amp that could be cheaply repaired by someone who knows what they are doing or should I assume it's beyond repair? Cheers R.

Last summer I was thinking of having a Shuker made for me, never happened but I thought I'd share the Photoshop mock up. [attachment=45986:Shuker_j...t_5_full.jpg] [attachment=45987:Shuker_j...ody_blue.jpg]

An Aguilar Octamizer has just popped up in the Effects For Sale section if anyone is interested. R.

I have one, it's better at tracking then the OC-2's I have owned and sounds way fatter then the EBS I had. I would like to try the Aguilar one at some point. R.