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[quote name='JTUK' post='1170140' date='Mar 20 2011, 10:17 PM']I'd quite like to know how this all finished..as in whether more money was exchanged, but accept it isn't my business so if the OP doesn't want to say, that is fair enough. I don't use ebay so knowing how this works was interesting...what with 'evilbay' and all that ..[/quote] I assume the seller asked for £600 for it, dunno if that's the case. Original listing the OP won: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-valve-300watt-bass-amp-/330540667176?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item4cf5c25128#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-...8#ht_500wt_1156[/url] Relisted item: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-valve-300watt-bass-amp-/330540667176?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item4cf5c25128#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/trace-elliot-v6-all-...8#ht_500wt_1156[/url] Don't see why really, it sold for what people were willing to pay for it. That's the nature of eBay (and all auctions), sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Unless there's other mitigating circumstances the seller should have honoured the contract he agreed to in the first place.

Pay via paypal now, then go collect your new amp! don't pay any extra, he's entered a contract to sell it for that price, if he's not happy with it then unlucky, perhaps he should have set a reserve. if he's an ebay noob then inform him of the rules. It's not his choice whether to sell or not, it's already sold.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1168166' date='Mar 19 2011, 01:03 PM']I really miss seeing bands who look like this [/quote] Is the one 2nd from the right Eamonn Holmes?

[quote name='tomb' post='1168958' date='Mar 19 2011, 10:34 PM'].... but still, i wouldnt pay that much for an Aria[/quote] Why? They make some really good basses, by all accounts these models are extremely well made, play brilliantly and sound the nuts. People pay that sort of money for all the branded Corts (G&L, Lakland etc.) which are overseas basses with decals on.

Yeah it's one of their upmarket models. Carol Kaye played an Aria like this and she invented music! [b][size=1]EDIT: It's not the one i was thinking of[/size][/b]

[quote name='icastle' post='1168448' date='Mar 19 2011, 04:41 PM']That looks absolutely fab! I can hardly believe that's the same bass!!![/quote] +1 I think it looks great, seems like you had fun doing it too! The fretboard looks really inviting, bet it plays nice.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1167173' date='Mar 18 2011, 02:14 PM']From the same origin as the Peavey Zephyr/Grind ranges I'd say - I have a Zephyr C5 & the body/neck shape & laminations are pretty much identical, really only the headstock's different. Here's one - see what you think: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63842"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63842[/url] Age-wise it'll be 90s/early 00s and probably Korean-made. Jon.[/quote] That's what i thought it looked like, i think the OP's looks a bit nicer though and the sculpting around the body edges is a nice touch. I seem to remember the Peavey didn't have the rounded edges although i could be wrong.

Nice tidy Jazz all the same, i'm liking the colour

Nice looker, whoever made it. Looks like the fit and finish is quality too. Reminds me of an upmarket Peavey, although it isn't one.

Like i said last time this was on here, it's about 4 times the size a tuner pedal needs to be and will take up valuable pedalboard space. Ashdown and their bloody gimmicks, grrrr!

[quote name='SteveK' post='1165630' date='Mar 17 2011, 12:21 PM']Should've said, "Oh dear, I was told that it was a good sounding bass... Got anything that actually sounds good?" [/quote] "Have you got a bass that doesn't sound like someone's just dropped the jackpot on a fruit machine?"

The more i look at the red one the more i think that basses with F-holes should always have natural finishes. If that one ever belonged to me you'd have to lock away the sandpaper!

If it's just for practice then you won't need that much power and you have more options. Warwick do some small combos, as do Hartke with their A series. I have the A70 which gets very loud, even the 35 is surprisingly powerful and is both small and light. I'd check out that Line6 i linked to earlier though, that's a good deal and much cheaper than buying new.

I'd find the cash to buy both, swap the pups and keep the hollow body/nordstrand bass, then flog the other one. Not much help, sorry! EDIT: Actually, the blue sparkle one looks ace, get that!

Line 6 Studio 110 for sale here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125327&hl=line"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125327&hl=line[/url] Not that light at 24lbs but not heavy either and certainly compact. Also look at the Roland Bass cube series. The only other tiny lightweight combos i can think of are the Genz Benz Shuttles and the Ibanez Promethean, both of which are way over budget

I bought a CXL110 which sustained driver damage in the post. The price quoted for the recone kit for that driver was $80 plus postage from the USA, then after that i'd have to pay to have the speaker reconed as it's a pro job. Thread here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=112640&hl=ea+neo"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...0&hl=ea+neo[/url] As it was only insured for £50 (i'm a stupid tightarse, i know!) and i expected the eventual cost of repair to be about the price i paid for the cab in the first place i fitted a suitable neo driver in there instead. Might be worth asking some of the more technically minded BCers for a suitable driver for the cab, i emailed EA to ask them what they thought of my choice and they confirmed it would be appropriate. The drawbacks are that i lost the tweeter and i'll never know what it sounded like originally. The bonus is that it made the very heavy cab a true featherweight (those custom Eminence drivers make up the bulk of the weight btw) whilst still giving enough power handling for practices. Seriously, it's much less than a third of the weight now. Sounds great too!

Just for a bit of balance, i had one (the old carpet covered 100 watter) and really didn't like it! Decent enough for the money but the sound wasn't to my taste and it never seemed capable of delivering volume without being pushed too hard. Eventually crapped out and wouldn't stop blowing fuses so i swapped it for a black Big Muff. I tried one of the later ones at a gig and that actully seemed quiter

Tanglewood Elfin? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TANGLEWOOD-ELFIN-EB18-BASS-GUITAR-/320670279105?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa97025c1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TANGLEWOOD-ELFIN-EB1...=item4aa97025c1[/url] They're absolutey tiny!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1161402' date='Mar 14 2011, 09:18 AM']I feel a lot of slappers are like those chavs in their Saxos banging out D 'n B at high volumes, they think it's impressive and everybody wants to hear it but most people think they are dicks.[/quote] Apart from middle aged men with cardigans and Foderas don't drive chavved out Saxos!

[quote name='Marvin' post='1161204' date='Mar 13 2011, 11:19 PM']Anyone use one? Not sure my 32kg combo would fit on one:) but was just wondering as the guitarist in the band I'm in uses one.[/quote] I used one for a gig but i thought it took too much low end away as there's no floor coupling. It was one of the Giraffe ones and comfortably took the weight of my Schroeder 1212r, which is around 50lb i think. I got mine for about £40 off eBay, dunno if they're still available. One fault i did find is that the adjustment mechanism is only on one side, so that takes quite a bit of the weight. Tbh a bit of a waste of time and money unless you just want your cab pointing at you as a personal monitor, mine spent most of it's gigging life being used by our skint guitarist who seemed to like it, but not enough to buy his own!

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1160807' date='Mar 13 2011, 06:14 PM'][url="http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/T_Series.htm"]Get Mike Lull to make you one instead[/url][/quote] That's a much better idea!

I presume that for the amount of money this will invariably cost that they'll snap the headstock off and glue it back on before it leaves the factory?

[quote name='dougie' post='1158092' date='Mar 11 2011, 02:21 PM']Found this locally,was tempted then realised i cant properly use my current bass with 2 pickups nevermind eight,also a Gorilla amp with a growl button. [url="http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/41/75528141.html"]http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/41/75528141.html[/url][/quote] My first amp was a 20w gorilla amp, had the growl knob and a sticker on the top which said "hear this gorilla growl!" along with a picture of the aforementioned primate in a rather agressive mood. probably worth buying just for the sticker, just as well as it was a rubbish amp. Although it was all i could afford at the time it still made me cringe every time i took it to practice. Interestingly the guitar versiions had a scream knob and similar sticker.

[quote name='wesfinn' post='1156601' date='Mar 10 2011, 01:44 PM']I didn't mean he;d break it on purpose. He could very easily have leant the guitar against the wall and accidently broken it himself![/quote] Well it is a Gibson, maybe he sneezed and the headstock snapped off?