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[quote name='Andy Cleaver' post='1314659' date='Jul 24 2011, 12:26 PM']Yeah I was! I was sitting over by the corner where the Fender/Laklands are playing through a Hartke 4 x 10. I was wearing a blue t-shirt, where were you when I was playing (if it was me...). Thanks for the compliment though if it was me you saw .[/quote] Yes that was you! I was just perusing the basses,went in there with a friend who wanted to look at the guitars,think he was in the booth to your left shredding arpeggios and crazy train!

sounds awesome,liked your baker street as well

With the sort of battery they recommend you get about an hour and a half, but if you were to get a deep cycle 12v battery rated at 20Ah then you will get about 4 hours......probably a bit longer if i remember right,as far as leads go to connect it to the rear of the amp you can make one up from bits from maplins for about a fiver, and i got the battery from ebay for about £40. I don't think i will be using mine again so may sell it with the lead thrown in but i wouldn't have thought the postage would be cheap,and all couriers seem to ban battery's from being sent.

I dont know much about these but this seems cheap? [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/trace-elliot-twin-valve-bass-amp/84676391"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/trace-el...ss-amp/84676391[/url]

Any fender experts out there?

[quote name='Andy Cleaver' post='1313999' date='Jul 23 2011, 05:46 PM']Tried an Ultra Vintage 5 Sadowsky Jazz at GuitarGuitar, came away thinking although it was a nice bass the £2k plus they were asking seemed a bit steep, the Fender USA Deluxe 5 Jazz I tried was very similar and much cheaper.[/quote] Were you there with your missus per chance? (nice chops btw)

My phil jones briefcase started making a popping cracking noise,as i brought it second-hand and it was out of warranty I took it to an amp tech who found out it was something in the digital power phase, he could probably fix it but phil jones wouldn't give him the schematics and do all their repairs in house so i have to send it to their distributor for repair..... apparently about £200 - £250 so I'm not sure if I'm even going to bother. The moral of the story is a lot of manufacturers wont give out these details so a lot of gear will ALWAYS have to go back to them for repair which will undoubtedly always be expensive.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' post='1313571' date='Jul 23 2011, 09:47 AM']Depends which way round you hold them! Most jazz sets have one pickup reverse wound and reverse polarity, so like faces will attract each other.[/quote] Hehe,yeah but I'm holding them face to face which I always thought should repel?

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' post='1313563' date='Jul 23 2011, 09:37 AM']That looks like it has ceramic magnets on the bottom. I thought the US Fender pickups (the standard ones, at least) were all alnico magnets. I could be wrong about that though, as I'm not a fender expert.[/quote] Hmm you may be right,also these pickups attract each other,aren't they meant to repel?

Had a jazz harness from john,superb pots and jack,and soldering that makes samsung look shoddy,comes highly recommended

Anyone?!

I recently brought a set of jazz pu's from another bc'er that were advertised as U.S fender jazz pickups but i have no idea where there from They have raised pole pieces at the A and D strings and seperate magnets at the base,i had a meter on them and the bridge measures 5.6k and the neck 5.3k any ideas?

Check his feedback: 2x BLK 11 ROW H JUSTIN BIEBER TICKETS I know its a bit off topic but the world knows he's been to see Justin Bieber

I wouldn't pay a penny over £146 for them

[quote name='dc2009' post='1303432' date='Jul 14 2011, 12:34 PM']Hehehe, my combo is too heavy to gig with, i can just take my trace to most gigs therefore, is my plan anyway. I would say the head doesn't look like it comes out. I'm sure you can get it out but it's rarely ever meant to![/quote] Ah I see,I saw one of the heads on itself on talkbass which made me curious was all.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1303132' date='Jul 14 2011, 01:50 AM']I can't vouch for it, as they are rare, but I'm willing to bet your assessment is spot on. My Hartke arrived today, really don't wanna say goodbye to my head, think it'll be for keeps if I can[/quote] just give it to me no need to be sentimental! Any idea if the head comes out of these combo's btw? really struggling to find info on that one on the bay.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1303123' date='Jul 14 2011, 01:27 AM']Make sure you search item and description, and remember some people don't know what they're selling. A quick look yielded these: Never remember what series these are but they're fairly common on the bay and do the job well: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trace-Elliot-GP7SM-300-Bass-Pre-Amp-Head-Unit-/170666491305?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item27bc83fda9"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trace-Elliot-GP7SM-3...=item27bc83fda9[/url] a beaten up cab currently at £2 (pickup only) and this gem: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trace-Elliot-Valve-Bass-Combo-/320727862074?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item4aacdecb3a#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trace-Elliot-Valve-B...a#ht_500wt_1156[/url] - series 6, valve, she be tasty and mighty rare - if you're thinking of a new amp though, a regular series 6 like mine or more powerful (not that you need it) is worth waiting for, when i was looking for mine i'd say you got a new one on ebay every 1-2 weeks. I also got mine as a bargain because the guy put preamp in the listing title, because it has the GP12 preamp as part of the head unit - i think this dissuaded some buyers. You see this done relatively often, worth looking out for![/quote] Strange considering what time it is that I was literally just this second looking at that combo....really like the look of that and I'm betting it sounds sweet as a nut!

[quote name='dc2009' post='1302670' date='Jul 13 2011, 06:16 PM']As the man said, series 6 are golden, mine has all sliders and knobs working and all caps and knobs present which isn't always the case, I also have the footswitch which isn't often present This adds to the value and usability, but is probably worth the extra[/quote] Sorry my bad,did a search on eBay and got nothing back for "series 6 trace elliot" so thought maybe the product codes didn't include it,think there's just no series 6 stuff on there at the minute.