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More to the point if you did have a spare £250K for a guitar......... would you really be looking on the Bay to but it?

[quote name='MB1' post='110005' date='Dec 27 2007, 07:37 PM']MB1. Good Job! you didnt ask him for the shirt off his back then! [/quote] One too many beers that night..... only just able to stand when I asked him for it......lol I was convinced I was getting the Fender at the end of the gig though when he came over to us............... and then handed me the plectrum. Really enjoyed from the jam the other night, but there was something lacking................ Weller!!!

It looks like the same P bass he used whilst he was with SLF.........off to see them at the forum on the 19th which is where he gave me his plectrum after I asked him for His Fender....

Hi All, I am in the market for a Fender Jazz, should all the MIA's have strung through bodies? Cheers

If it has made its way to the ebay links, and it is something you are specifically after, the chances are you have already seen it on ebay. I check the for sale section quite often, if for nothing else just to browse at what other BC’ers are selling. I always look at the ebay link, just to see what is on offer, but I have never thought “oh wow look at that bargain I am going to buy it for the sake that its cheap”. And I doubt that there are many people that would, unless it was a little old lady selling her husbands all original 1962 MIA P Bass for £25.00… However if it is something specific like a MIJ Jazz that you are after the chances are you have already entered Fender Jazz or Fender Jazz Bass into the search bar of ebay and have already seen whats on offer. As several members have stated “BC is a community” so as a community if I see a bargain Ampeg V4B with 2 hours to go at £100.00 should I keep it to myself just on the off chance another BC member has also spotted it and wants to bag a bargain? Or as a member of that same community should I pass on said bargain to other members?

and whats worse is that in a few months it will be back on there as an original Fender with a buy it now of £1200.00

I think we should all bid on it and get it upto about £10,000 he will think christmas has come early......

oh ok and there i was looking for a topic titled BFM.... doh

[quote name='Musky' post='84296' date='Nov 6 2007, 02:06 AM']I think BFM has probably covered that one.[/quote] BFM?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='84353' date='Nov 6 2007, 09:55 AM']Both pulled, they are on the ball for some things at least.[/quote] I sent the bay an email saying that the same one that sold in US last week was being sold again by 2 seperate people???? and that perhaps they should look into it

And here we have yet another, looks like Leo must have had a stash of these that someone has found and decided to flog the lot on the bay...... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1965-Fender-Precision-Bass_W0QQitemZ170165758045QQihZ007QQcategoryZ33039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1965-Fender-Precisio...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Looks like that buyer collects MM Subs..... check his last 2 buys

Just to add my bit....... I do not think this was a shill bid... Bidder 9 was actually the leading bidder untill 30 minutes of the auction ending. and the guy who won the item bid again with 30 minutes to go, just my opinion on this one...... Oh and insult to injury......... it sold on the bay tonight for £409.89............... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MusicMan-Sub-5-string-bass-USA-made-by-Ernie-Ball_W0QQitemZ330181727828"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MusicMan-Sub-5-strin...emZ330181727828[/url] [quote name='warwickhunt' post='81999' date='Oct 31 2007, 11:13 PM']Point taken in return Andy but it's not hard to spot 'possible' cheats. I'll pluck an example out at random [url="http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=170162813144&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:BIDN"][url="http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...=STRK:MEWA:BIDN"]http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...=STRK:MEWA:BIDN[/url][/url] Here's a private listing/hidden ID sale that ended today. Please note that bidder #9 places a bid at just below certain thresholds, now ask yourself this! If you 'genuinely' wanted to buy that bass (which I would have had I an account) then would you place a bid £1 or £10 below a given threshold? Be honest if you did want it you'd at least bid a straight £800 and the wise ebayer would stick a £ or two onto that. Decidedly odd to say the least that bidder #9 actually bid a measly couple of quid (euro) less than amounts that you or I would identify as crucial amounts... or am I just a little jaded? Who knows[/quote]

So can someone answer why my ampeg svt3 pro has only 1 speakon output but 2 1/4" jacks???

Why would you want to buy anything from there in the first place, unless you have more money than you know what to do with?

Hey Sparky, if you want new stuff, try here [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/2x10_bass_cabinets.html"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/2x10_bass_cabinets.html[/url]

HI Ob, So would the ashly pre-amp give any benefit being attached to the Ampeg, or am I better off just sticking with the Ampeg on it own? Cheers Gary

my mate has a 20+ year old hiscox that was held together with 1 hinge and 1 clasp, so went to the Hiscox factory with his case and they went to town on it a gave it back as good as new. Lifetime warranty honoured....... send yours back to them.. [quote name='NJW' post='79385' date='Oct 25 2007, 02:02 PM']my fender moulded logo case has lasted 4 years now and is good as new. my hiscox case lasted about a year and fell apart. both did the same tours and shows in that year. however, the hiscox provides a lot more protection (when its in one piece).[/quote]

Hi OB, Yes it is a twin channel, but for the purpose of testing it I was just using one channel (it is connected to the ashly via the ashly crossover which is 1 high and 1 low) but i did alternate between the 2. both amps were going to a Trace 4 x 10 300w 8ohm cab. Errrrr bridged mode???? will pass on that one(psssst whats bridged mode?) what is more amazing than anything else though, is when I read back this reply to myself, it makes me sound like I know what I am talking about (apart from the bridge mode bit) where as in reality even though I have written it, it makes as much sense to me as the bridge mode bit. I should have also said I bought the whole trace rig (cabs, amp and preamp) from a friend who left it set up for me so that I just had to plug the bass in and play. he even wrote on the XLR's for me so I knew which lead to plug into the 2 x 10 and which to plug into the 4 x 10 [quote name='obbm' post='80088' date='Oct 27 2007, 12:42 PM']Firstly how are you operating the Trace power amp. I believe it's a 2-channel device. - Are you just using just one channel? - Do you have each channel connected to separate speaker cabinet and if so what impedance are they? - Are you running it in bridged mode and if so what cab are you driving and what impedance is it? A pre-amplifier provides the inital amplification stages to raise the instrument output (a few millivolts) up to a voltage level suitable for driving a power amplifier - in your case the Trace RA-300. Pre-amps also have tone shaping circuits and sometimes a compressor, a direct output stage for sending a balanced line signal to a mixing desk, etc. The Ampeg is a complete system and includes a pre-amp and a power amp. You could use the Ashly with the Ampeg power-amp stage by connecting it into the effects return jack. You might be able to connect it to the input of the Ampeg as long as you set the levels accordingly. Controls are not linear and half way up on one piece of equipment is not necessarily half way up on another so your comparison is not really valid As previously said the Ashly is a pre-amp and only serves to increase the signal level. It has no effect on output power. The only true comparison is to run both amps into the same dummy load, monitor the outpout on an oscilloscope and measure the voltage at the point where the signal starts to clip. That would give you a comparison of output power. Any other differences are down to settings and internal levels in the two amps being different.[/quote]

Hi all, Complete novice playing out of my depth here....... I have a trace elliot RA300 twin channel power amp and an Ashly BP41 pre amp, however I have just got hold of a 2nd hand Ampeg svt3 pro (you have to understand I am a bit of a Bass Junkie... Isee something and just have to have it.......) anyway getting back to the point the other thing you need to know is that I have only been playing about 16months and do not know the first thing about anything to do with amps etc. so first off what is the purpose of a pre amp? and could / should I use it with the SVT3 Pro? what I have noticed is that with all the knobs ie: gain, tube gain, master etc set at the half way point on the SVT and doing likewise with the Trace and Ashly pre amp, the trace is approx twice as loud I know the Trace is 300w and the Ampeg is 450w so is the Ashly providing all that extra power? or am I just being a complete muppett not understanding how amplification actually works??????? as always advise greatly appreciated..

Cheers for the replys, just wanted to make sure before making a very expensive mistake