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    It's why I have no desire for a 60's Precision Bass. Thank the Lord !
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    £2.5k would have bought you one maybe two or three years ago. My '73 was £2.6k exactly two years ago. I do think this is a nice bass for a decent price right now. It should be a B neck, mine is, at 41mm. Rob
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    Not surprised at all at that price.
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    Bargain ! I love mine! GLWTS
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    What you see here is a vintage 1973 Fender Pro Reverb. It has all the right parts, but not necessarily in the right order, as you see. I bought this with restoration in mind, but in three years, I have only stripped it down and removed the tolex from the cab. This was a working amp when I bought it, albeit in need of a full service and restoration. I'm supplying it with two reverb tanks, on the off chance that one of them is working. I'm also selling two faceplates with it, one is the original and a bit tatty, the other is one I bought to use in the restoration and is much cleaner. The speakers are working, and the cones are intact. The mains transformer is changed, current one make and spec unknown. There is no such thing as a dead Fender, someone will be able to restore this and have a wonderful sounding amplifier. I would suggest new tolex & grillcloth, cabinet hardware and new mains transformer (correct parts widely available), full service, recap and revalve. This amp does not come with a "roundtuit", I could never get one anywhere. Collection or meetup preferred, for obvious reasons. Rob
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    Removed from a vintage Fender 6G3 combo. Fully working, sounding good. no damage to cone. Reduced to £10 Price does not include postage, I will need to get quotes. Rob
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    These came on a Precision, but I was informed they hadn't been on it long. Hence, they are cut for P bass, and I have included a pic of them fitted so you can see the number of wraps available. I have used them a little, but not much, just enough to play them in. They feel great, just like La Bellas should, I just prefer the lighter gauge of the LTFs. Price includes postage to UK mainland. Cheers, Rob
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    No, never. It does make me twitch a bit.
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    Andy bought my Babicz bridge. Paid promptly and then was patient to wait over Christmas for delivery. Nice guy to deal with. Rob
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    Shug! Good luck with the new year sale! Jan sends her love, Rob.
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    So, given mine does the same, maybe to a lesser extent, I don't know. My first thought was to investigate whether the socket is wired directly to the board or if it is chassis mounted then wired to the board by flying leads. Looking at some pics available on the internet, it's the latter, in which case the lateral movement should have no effect on the connections inside. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/internal-photos-of-trace-elliot-elf.1306639/ Rob
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    I just got mine out, confident that mine didn't do that, but in fact it does. It does move side to side a bit. I've never noticed it before. Rob
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    I think the decision whether or not to take a spare depends quite a bit on the basses that you have/use. Mine are vintage 70’s for the most part, and very recently I had a pickup spontaneously expire. If I had been on a gig, with no backup, it could have been awkward. It was a Jazz bass however, so I could have got away with just using the other pickup for the rest of the gig. In the case of a Precision pickup failure, it’s game over. Since the pickup failure happened, I have bought a double gig bag, and always carry two basses. The chap who rewound my Jazz pickup (Ash from Oil City Pickups) told me that pickup failures in 70’s Fenders are becoming much more common as they hit that 50 year milestone. Rob
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    Alegree pickups do some good ones, I’ve got them in a couple of basses. https://www.alegree.co.uk/products/precision-bass-height-foam Rob
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    I've not tried their bass pickups, but I have a set of his Cirrostratus Tele pickups in a partscaster Tele and they look, feel and sound decent quality.
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    Why didn't you just say that before ! It all makes sense now !
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    I was also made in 1965, so I'm fairly sure I'm right.
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    Full disclosure. My name is Rob and I used to be a guitarist. I also used to buy and sell amps, and have probably owned 100’s of them. I now have just one, a 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb which a got in trade from a dealer in Texas in 1992. It was only a 27 year old amp then, and it’s now 58 years old and I’ve owned it most of its life. I have done hundreds of gigs with it, and many friends and acquaintances have tried to buy it off me. I have owned maybe a dozen of this model, and almost every other vintage Fender combo ever made, but none came close to sounding as good as this one. I will never sell it, despite me not having used it in anger since 2015. Rob.
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    I'm glad I read this thread. I had thought it was just me being stupid. I'm still befuddled though.
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    Yep. Even switching between Thomastik and LaBella Low tension flats needs a tweak on my basses.
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    So sorry for your loss. I live in Morecambe and know and play with a lot of musicians in Lancaster. I saw a tribute to your Dad on Facebook yesterday from a guitar player I know called Tim. He put up a video of a few people playing, including your Dad on bass, at a party in Lancaster a few years ago. He certainly touched a great many people’s lives. Rob
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    Bass Bros use Parcelforce 24. I've had two from them in the last year and it's been very good.
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    This would go well with your Traveller 102P! But it’s a loooong drive.
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    I had it in my dairy for Sunday May 12th ? Anyway, Saturday 18th is ok too. Rob
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