[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1320411393' post='1426492']
Not very helpful but apparently they are a bugger to fix, 3 other techs down here refused to look at it when I told them what it was!
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Bunch of wusses - when I got my HA3500 the valve preamp was not giving any output, only the solid state one. Me and a mate fixed it ourselves - a resistor had burned out in the valve preamp circuitry. Replaced it and took the opportunity to replace the caps as well. The compressor control is on a stupid daughterboard which just relies on being in the right place relative to the tracks on the main board and we messed that up a little - ended up hard wiring it and it'll be all the stronger for it.
Bottom line is though two ordinary guys fixed mine. I'm no amp tech.
[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1320274758' post='1424839']
When you own an MR2 Turbo there is only room for one...!
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Bzzt, wrong - remove the passenger seat!
[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1320272622' post='1424788']
The main question though, do I bring my ACG or my Zon?
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Total non-question - the obvious answer is both
[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1320264901' post='1424646']
Some the Yamahas listed weren't available in 68. You can see which ones would be applicable [url="http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/archive/list/sb.html"]here[/url]
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Are you saying that the ones which according to that page were released in November 1968 (SB1C, SB2A, SB5A, SB7A) weren't in reality available until 1969? What about the ones released in October 1968 (SA17, SA70B)? I just read from the very page you cite, what did I do wrong?
[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1320247057' post='1424311']
Muzz to singer...."look it's just a sock mate".... ;-)
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... with a couple of snooker balls in the end of it.
You have spurred me on to have another think:
Yamaha: SA17, SA70, SA70B, SB1C, SB2, SB2A, SB5A, SB7A?
Hagstrom: HIIB, Concord, H8 (world's first 8 string bass, allegedly), Coronado IV?
From a recent gig in Banff. The first live outing for the Victory Artist, which performed spendidly!
Photo courtesy of katejames on Flickr - [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/semajetak/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/semajetak/[/url]
I really am going to have to try and stop my fingers jamming together like that. Looks like I've got a claw instead of a hand
[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1320165331' post='1423204']
You of all people should know what a kick at the top of the neck is Matt.
Although why the guy said it was common in Fenders (over any other make) beats me.
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I wouldn't have called it a kick, it looked like it had taken a few kicks though! It was more like a Curly Wurly which had been left in the sun
[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1319837619' post='1419295']
Buyers should look at the postage fees, if they don't they are dumb. This guy is a crook without a doubt, but he's up for crookin the big man not the little guy. eBay fees are extortionate surely we can agree on that and surely we can agree that a buyer should check the postage fees, and if we can agree on those two then is it not plausible that this crook doesn't mean us any harm.[b] Ain't you guys ever heard of honour amongst thieves?[/b] We are in this together, eBay is the enemy. We shouldn't be telling tales, or quotin the rule book. Please! Please! Will somebody think about the children.
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I'm not a thief though.
[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1319833233' post='1419241']
Reported? The bay is a poisonous labyrinth of deceit of rear end fingering, if this guy is getting one over on the man, then good for him.
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He's trying to get one over everyone though - by adding a gotcha at the auction end for the unwary and being fraudulent, dishonest. The rules (and charges) are the same for everyone, what makes this seller so special that they do not apply? If you don't like the rules, don't sell it on eBay. There are many other ways to sell stuff. I haven't sold stuff on eBay since 2008. I think they're a bunch of gouging so-and-sos. That doesn't give me the right to attempt to circumvent the rules that are there in black and white for all to see.
A wee bump to say that as an owner of a BB614 I can vouch for these basses. I wish I had started with one of them, it would have saved a lot of faffing around! If you're looking for a first dabble in five string land then you could do a lot worse than get this.
Stick with what you know seems to be the order of the day. Look at Gibson with their Les Paul and SG - fifteen million variants of the same 2 models. People keep buying 'em, so they keep making 'em. Gibson tried to be diverse and even sometimes a bit wacky in their bass department and look where it got them
Even if the stack was completely blocking my way in a corridor I would rather move it carefully or find an alternative route around it rather than clamber over the top of it. There is absolutely zero excuse for the kind of shenanigans highlighted, namely using other people's stuff as a lauchpad for on stage stupidity (sorry, I meant hyper cool flagrant disregard for equipment or personal safety of both perpetrator and those nearby) and throwing water around on stage.