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Not an EB2 user these days (had one in my youth, long gone) but use my SG bass a great deal. It came with Pyramid golds on - these were instant Jack Bruce / Andy Fraser. Due to a slightly odd E string imbalance (to my hearing) I change to regular TI flats (long scale). I really like these, with that bass they give a great compressed thick tone, plus plenty of 'twang' if needed. OTOH TI flats less successful on an Aria Pro II LP style bass I have. In my EB2 days I ended up using RS66 swingbass most of the time. They devoured the frets in no time

The unmentionable John Hall bass. I used a 4001 for about 8 years in a very successful ceildh band. It was the late 70s early 80s If the EBMM works stick with it. You could always go to the dark side and get the big acoustic double thingy

Having owned the real thing (100w and 200w) in the late 1970s I find the Hiway 100 and 200 models are fairly sound. They remind me of what the real thing was like. I wish Tech 21 Sansamp would do a Leeds deluxe pedal - or even better a bass deluxe pedal. This would have SVT, Hiwatt, Marshall in one bank, Fender Bassman, Acoustic 370 and something else modern / clean in second bank. Covers most bases or basses

Camera bags? Laptop bags as mentioned above - my last two name brand laptop bags, bought used but like new for £2 or so at boot sales.

Good news above I was about to suggest the other possible DIY fix is with the power switch. Depending on the switch, you may be able to squirt a small amount of contact cleaner into it. The other strategy is to replace the switch.

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1466026066' post='3072950'] If you get hooked, at some stage you are going to want to spend £2k+ (+++) on a decent solid wood bass, perhaps an older one that has settled in properly and been well set-up. When that day comes, you are going to want to spend a few hours in a room with a good number of nice old basses, trying them all to see which one is really right. But to choose the right bass, you need to be able to play the damn thing reasonably well, so that you can get the best out of them and see if they can make the kind of noises you like making. So you need a temporary bass, good enough to get your skill level up but cheap and battered enough that you can do pub gigs without getting stressed, and not new so that you can sell it for something close to what you paid for it after a year or two when you buy the really nice bass. On that basis you might look for an older Czech or Hungarian plywood or solid top bass for under a grand - Golden Strad, Boosey and Hawkes 400 or similar, maybe. [/quote] +1 on this advice. You might also find that you have the initial enthusiasm, get reasonable (or even good) then as with many things interest diminishes. Every so often I get fired up with my DB, use it a fair amount, then get fed up with lugging it around (with car so not a real effort). At this point I realise I bought fairly well: hybrid Czech bass in fair condition at a fair price. I will have had my money's worth when I move it on, will not lose and have enjoyed it.

[quote name='highwayone' timestamp='1465849185' post='3071620'] ........... I took it for a repair and he said the fuse had gone and that there may be an underlying issue. He changed the fuse and I have used it at practise tonight and it has f@@ked up again. The power is still there (maybe because he put a higher rated fuse in) ......... [/quote] Replacing a fuse with a higher rated one does not inspire confidence in your repair person (unless a particular fusing issue is well known with the bassman 500 amp). My take is that there is an underlying problem, just needs the right person to find out what it is and rectify.

I am lost for words other than methylated spirits will remove permanent marker. Stubborn marks may require acetone but try on an unimportant part first. Impress your other half, take one polyethersulfone (yes I know it should be sulphone in English but the new IUPAC names...) microwave dish , dab nail varnish remover on, await spectacular results .

A good s/h db will be better value, someone else will have paid the initial depreciation and if you purchase wisely it will have been setup well at some point. The downside is that this bass takes time to find.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1465787584' post='3070949'] The caps are the black can looking things and smaller blue ones. But keep away from the large ones. Is it me or does the resistor between the heatsinks look a little burnt on the board?? Since you didn't know which were the capacitors then I advise you fasten it back up take it too a tech as you really can get hurt. [/quote] +1 and the 2nd resistor above the inductor (greeny-blue coil) on the right hand side above big smoothing capacitors also looks a little 'charred'. (might be shadow in photo though). The big plus is that your Hartke is traditional discrete components on 'big' PCB. This means repairable at sensible costs. I doubt the components that need replacing cost more than £5, this money will be in labour costs, diagnosis and time.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1465630622' post='3069711'] [b]Hubris + Hutzpah[/b] .... if anybody is looking for a new band name (1% royalty non-negotiable) [/quote] [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1465635935' post='3069772'] But what if you were to spell Chutzpah correctly? [/quote] Chubris

Glue failure with a peavey Black Widow - age approx 25 years. The sponge 'air filter' inside the magnet / coil structure had also crumbled to dust / gunge.

Warwick Corvette - ash body. Not out of the ordinary but mine seems to weigh nothing in comparison to G&L and Kramer.

The similarity of names, business carried out (music) and operation within the same locality may constitute the common law tort of 'passing off' At this point seek some friendly legal advice as to what to do next.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1465569891' post='3069364'] I just finished up recording an album at home for a singer, I simply plugged my Precision with flats into one of our (I work for Focusrite) Clarett 2Pres and it sounded fantastic. This isn't a sales pitch at all, but just an example of getting the right instrument, strings and interface for the project you're doing, and you don't need much else. When I sent the completely un-produced stems to the mix engineer, he commented that all he needed to do was to put on a light compressor on them and it sat in the track wonderfully. Si [/quote] Very similar to my experience. Gibson SG bass (with flats) direct into Focusrite or Sansamp then Focusrite. As per Sibob's engineer a small amount of compression is all that is needed. Joyo American pedal also works really well using same method for guitar recording. The biggest mistake I made to start with was recording with too much input level (it is not like my youth on tape). Record with low levels since there is virtually no background noise.

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[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1465417271' post='3068111'] This might sound stupid... Do you have a screwdriver you can change the ends on, you usually get the bits in a case with the handle and the bits pop into a hex hole at the end. I've found one of mine is a perfect fit (sans driver bit) for Rickenbackers... If not, it's a box spanner you're after. Try to measure it and look on eBay. They look like a little smoking pipe. Taylor, ric, Gibson and a few others use this type of adjuster. [/quote] +1 a 'box' spanner of the appropriate size. Mini (1/4"?) sockets sometimes fit but the socket walls are often to wide. Thin wall box spanner is the way forward, no mre than a few £.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1464898197' post='3063699'] Weird. I just wiggled the bridge pickup around and it's fully restored. Good you might think. No, not good. This harks back to an issue I had when I got the bass initially. Hmmm. [/quote] This suggests a faulty solder joint at the pickup might be the cause. It is fixable if you are skilled with the soldering iron. It might be a failed winding as neilp suggests. This is not fixable without a rewind or replacement.

Some very nice looking kit in super cosmetic condition, too good to use Silverface Bassman 100 (obvious), [url="http://www2.fender.com/support/articles/amplifier-product-dating/"]http://www2.fender.com/support/articles/amplifier-product-dating/[/url] and [url="http://www.ggjaguar.com/fendamp6.htm"]http://www.ggjaguar.com/fendamp6.htm[/url] will help dating the year of manufacture. Your spine hurts, my wallet is feeling the potential pain

Having owned both, the 300W version made the TNT series seem lightweight in comparison. Both did a fair bit of damage to the wheel arches in the boot space of my Citroen(s) at the time

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1464689163' post='3061377'] Warwicks aren't popular at the minute. Some of the prices i've seen some German made ones go for are ridiculous. [/quote] Agree, cheap as chips and bargain basement value As stated earlier, for the money you are looking at you will have far too much choice. I have the same problems buying toothpaste and a toothbrush these days - am overwhelmed by choices. Looking at the tribute bass, get a Gibson SG bass (also 'cheap as chips' since they seem unpopular) and have the additional pickups fitted. I am finding my SG bass the one that gets most use these days.

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The Yamaha is super value, it will take quite a price hike to improve on it. Even that can be avoided with improved pickups (if needed). I have a Chinese Warwick rockbass corvette and the German version, there is not much in it. When you do feel the need for a 'better' bass BC is the place to look and buy. It might be worth asking a local BCer to give the Yamaha a lookover and setup - I am sure someone will free-gratis. Youtube is your friend, search for bass lines that you like and learn from the many, many talented people on it who explain / demo how to play. In my day (old man here) you listened to the 7" single and tried to work out what was being played. Explains why I am still learning