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I can see were it says 'Fender' on the headstock, but should it not also say 'Jazz Bass'? I think I'd want to check with the seller that it definitely is a Fender before paying for that.

You've got it in one - the amps output will be split equally between cabs.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='92663' date='Nov 22 2007, 12:21 PM']I agree with both of the last posts and the value of anything is down to how much it's worth to you as a buyer, but is there a case that says "well a late 70s Jazz is worth between 1200 and 1400 quid (for example) but that ones had the pickups replaced so I'd knock 100 quid off for that? or am i just saying the same things differently?! [/quote] I think there's a case for that but other buyers might disagree, especially if they really liked the replacement pickups. The difficulty comes with how much of a premium the buyer puts on originality. An early nineties jazz with SD's might fetch more than a stock item, but at some point in the future originality will start to become more important to collectors. Exactly when that time comes is anybody's guess. You also seem to get a tipping point, when condition or originality ceases to become so much of an issue. A battered non-original probably wouldn't attract the attention of collectors but still be of interest to players. In that case restoring the bass would probably far more than you could get for it in the restored condition. It wouldn't fetch as much as one in good condition (obviously), but it probably wouldn't be devalued by as much as the cost of replacing the parts.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='92605' date='Nov 22 2007, 11:11 AM']what I'm interested to see is not how they are to live with (there's only one way to find out and most of the time, it's down to personal opinion on something like that), but how to avoid buying a dog. There's only so much on the Fender website which allows you to date a guitar. I'd like to know what effect replacement parts has on value all the way from strap buttons to pickups. Does swapping out an original bridge for a badass and then changing it back to an original bridge again, which leaves marks and mounting holes from the badass have any affect? Not all bad basses bark at you when you spot them and sometimes you get bitten on the arse sometime later. That kind of thing really.[/quote] I don't think it's possible to make an exact science on valuing a bass solely on a part by part basis - it should be regarded as a whole. You could factor in the cost of buying a genuine period correct replacement, but I don't think that would accurately reflect the value of the instrument. A metallic pink refinish would probably lower the price of a bass more than an olympic white one, and an after market tortoiseshell guard might well find more fans than a damaged original. It can be a hard job to put a price on mojo.

The Hohner B2 and Jack are both passive headless basses.

There was some talk of doing a wiki for 70's Fenders just before Basstalk ended, with someone (I can't remember who) offering to kick the whole thing off. It seems like a good time to resurrect the idea.

Like this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1711"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1711[/url] ? Series 6, which dates back to 1989.

[quote name='tauzero' post='90932' date='Nov 19 2007, 04:46 PM']Incidentally, Roland seem to think that the Cube-100 puts out 100W (although they don't actually state that it's RMS). Where do you get the 28W figure from?[/quote] I'm assuming it's from the sticky about volume, where alex stated that given a nominal 1V input a 100W amp will produce a max output voltage of 28V.

If you were involved in a bidding war for it, what was the original price they were selling it for? Seems like a massive bargain anyway. Congratulations.

Confusingly, he's stating he will only take bids from the contiguous US States, but then goes on to say he will allow foreign bidders. Probably worth dropping him an email first, if anyone's thinking about sticking in a bid.

Since you like Markbass maybe the 121H might be worth a try. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5484"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5484[/url]

Just a thought Chris, but isn't the Turin Shroud actually a fake, dated to the middle ages? Surely any benefit that people get from it has to be down to a placebo effect.

Like Higgie says, the AC bit is important - most power adapters are DC. Maplins do a suitable adapter, as does a guy on ebay. Give me shout if you can't find him, as I've added him to my favourite sellers list.

Walter Benjamin had a few interesting things to say about authenticity, although he was looking at art in the age of mechanical reproduction. He pointed out that the aura of a work of art adhered not to the artifact itself but external factors which are attached to it by the viewer - it's entirely cultural. So just as Marcel Duchamp's ready-mades (mass produced objects sold as art) became 'art' once signed by the artist, the same principle can be attached to any mass produced object - in this case by sticking the word Fender on the headstock (or at least a '73 S/N). How would you feel about your '73 if you were to discover it was a cleverly made fake? Probably a bit p*ssed off that you've paid over the odds for it (which is an indication of the power relationships tied up with authenticity), but would it change it's usefulness to you or the value of any use you've already had from it? In the art world there are plenty of people who have discovered their works are fakes - placebos if you like - but I'd suggest any benefical effects they felt while thinking it was genuine were real. The only negative side to discovering the fake was entirely economic. Interestingly Benjamin also predicted the rise in importance of nostalgia - if he'd been into guitars maybe he would have predicted the Relic series as well.

[quote name='Adam.M' post='87775' date='Nov 13 2007, 10:36 AM']Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. That single pick up guitar is made of Korina (of flying V fame) which is quite good, and that's the cheapest one. The rest, the more expencive ones? AGATHIS! Agathis isn't a tone wood, it's mush, sludge, horrible stuff that is only for the cheapest of cheap guitars, and these guys are using 'em for £300-400 quid guitars... something ESP do and it pains me to see it. It really annoys me, as some of these basses look really nice looks wise, but the tone will never be there at all, even with EMG's. Though one of the ones I like a lot in the bass range is Korina, which should be fine. [url="http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_bass_guitars/imola_deluxe_4_5_bass_guitar.htm"]<a href="http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_b...bass_guitar.htm" target="_blank">http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_b...bass_guitar.htm[/url]</a> i really like that! A shame, i like the Mondial in black quite a bit too.[/quote] They do the solid bodied Mondial Sportster in Korina as well, though it's not on the Arbiter site. Maybe they're not importing that one.

I don't know about nowadays, but many years ago a friend of mine took a course at the London College of Furniture Making, which was just about the only course available in the south of England. Then again, I can remember a carpentry teacher knocking out a guitar in his spare time. So I suppose it depends on what you mean by 'luthier'. At the end of the day it's results that matter. If you can figure out how to make a decent instrument on your own, you're a luthier - it's just that some training usually makes a worthwhile shortcut

Doubtless someone who knows more about speakers will be along soon, but I do know from reading these boards that there's far more to choosing a speaker than sticking a 'good' one in the right sized hole. The boxer combos were quite small, and I think you'd find you might get better results out of it with a much smaller speaker. Since that would mean installing a new front baffle, I think you'd be better off just springing for a second hand cab.

I just thought I'd point out, for the benefit of those sitting with their fingers poised over the bid button in the final few seconds of an auction, that ebay gets a lot of traffic on the quarter hour (particularly on the hour). It's usually better to bid a few seconds before you might otherwise do if the auction you're watching ends at this time.

You don't have it until we see the pictures. But congratulations - £200 is a very good buy.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='84487' date='Nov 6 2007, 04:13 PM']Here's a bit of a mongrel according to the seller who sounds as if he know jack about guitars the neck is from the 1990's if i'm not mistaken. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260179217094&ih=016&category=4713&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=WDVW&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=WDVW&rd=1[/url][/url][/quote] That's a bog standard American Traditional - they were oddities produced before the MIM standard series. Made in Mexico using US hardware, though the neck was always a bit of a mystery. It says 'made in USA', but AFAIK US made necks of the time had the truss rod adjustment at the body end. Basically it should be treated as a MIM.

I usually use www.snip.pl for bidding - it costs about 10p for a successful bid, although you get 5 free credits for signing up. It'll put the bid at a default 6 seconds, though you can vary that if you want. Of course none of this actually stops anyone from shill bidding and driving up the price, though it does stop them from retracting a bid. If the person shilling is the highest bidder, no matter when you put your bid in you'll still end up paying more than you should have done.

[quote name='originalfunster' post='84367' date='Nov 6 2007, 11:10 AM']BFM?[/quote] Bill Fitzmaurice. I was referring to Bill's post about speakons costing roughly 4 times as much as jacks.

[quote name='originalfunster' post='84266' date='Nov 5 2007, 11:30 PM']So can someone answer why my ampeg svt3 pro has only 1 speakon output but 2 1/4" jacks???[/quote] I think BFM has probably covered that one.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='84238' date='Nov 5 2007, 10:06 PM']Lyte on sound - I found it lacked bottom, weight if you like Not tried a precision special but opinions from those that have were mixed. There have been a few if you can get the search to work.[/quote] Strange. A mate has got a couple of Lytes and I've not noticed they were light in the bass, but did seem to lack the typical low mid grunt of the P. Then again I've not used them through my own amp or A/B'd them with a precision.

Sticking 'Lush' into bandnamemaker.com comes up with lots of possible variations. Lush Union The Lush Conspiracy Dry Lush Lush Explosion Psycho Lush I thought Lush Panda was quite funny. But maybe not Aroused Lush and the Beaver. ^_^