Steve Browning

If you have 300 quid to spend, have a trawl through the classifieds here and see what takes your fancy. Buying second-hand from here will mean a better amp and the chance to sell (to trade up) without losing any money later on.

I would certainly concentrate on the advice provided by Cliff. His is based on actual experience whereas I am using related experience, so he trumps me by some margin!

Have a read of this. Hopefully, what you need is in there, in addition to the help already offered. Not hugely sure that a private transaction document will carry much weight as any document provided could have been created by you. A commercial invoice can be checked and has a number of legally required elements to it, which are traceable. That's not to say that you shouldn't take up the offer but never volunteer anything that is not being requested (a general rule of thumb). Not trying to be difficult but just raise an awareness. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transfer-of-residence-to-great-britain

Yup. Rubbish it appears. Amps equals watts/volts so my TT is 250/230 = 1.2. They seem to view the UK as 230V for the calculation.

I'm trying to find the link. I had a recollection that the square root of 2 had some significance but I'll be Jeremy Thorped if I can see it now.

Minor derail but kind of relevant to the discussion as it's evolved. If a Mesa TT-800 states it's rated at 250 watts (consumption) then the amps being drawn will be 250/230x1.4 = 1.5 amps. Is that correctly worked out? Just trying to get a feeling for the total draw of the band and the number of sockets required. Does it also mean that that is with the thing running flat out? I run mine at about 3 and that's truckloads. I guess that begs the question, does running at 30% (approx) consume 0.45amps?

Not an isolated bass but some lovely rhythm playing from Danny Kustow. I wasn't aware he was dead. Shame. Apologies for the derail.

Yes. My understanding is that a carnet is still required. In some ways, the visa was the easy bit.

I would hate to hear Yngwie Malmsteens version of Albatross!!

Everlasting Love would be a good one.

I actually do like that but can't see how to select it. Can you let me know how please?

This, to me, is what being in a band is all about.

Ah but you have retained a signature that is more than the 3 lines the rest of us are permitted.

A Retrovibe Stinger pre-amp. Decided to keep the stock pickup as a result.

I recently bought a red one and am also mighty impressed with it (having also owned an old Stingray). One modification and it sounds just as I remember my old 'ray.

I don't really think that I could have given a young me any advice. Mainly because, at the time, student gear wasn't that great. Had there been a Squier I'd have bought that. Apart from a Fender from the outset (5 times the cost of my s/h Columbus) I didn't have any other option. Knowing now, I would have jotted down Merry Christmas and Bohemian Rhapsody before Nod and Freddy!!

Maybe one more thing. You are replacing a Jazz. Have a look at a Fender Japan PB75-US. They are the same build quality etc but have the B profile neck which is between a Jazz and a '62 Precision.

Fender Japan every time. Build quality is top notch. Personally I would change the pot etc for CTS and change the pickup but the instrument is a brilliant platform for such changes. Your cheapest option and the best value by far.

A 1959 Les Paul Standard. Maybe 2.

I get the impression that you will be massively disappointed if you do read the thread. We tried 4 different cables and @rumblefish subsequently bought the same cable as I had, based on his experience that evening.

No such data available. The test equipment was 4 ears. I described the results as we perceived them. The difference was clear to our collective lug'oles. No science was involved.

Another Columbus Jazz starter here. Bizarrely, I have no memory of what became of it. I played it for about two years until I bought my first Precision. I can see from that invoice that I p/ex'd a Hondo bass (which was a Ric) but just no idea where that first bass went. Maybe my late Mum hid it in retaliation for the basses I used to try and hide from her (which never worked).

$ods Law dictates that whichever decision you make will be wrong, so do as your gut tells you and just wait for the realisation that you were, indeed, wrong.

If you had concerns about the bass I would be inclined to include more pictures so other evidence could be considered. The experts on here have little to go on (accepting that your query relates to the serial alone at this point).