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I really like it! (The Fenton Weil). I suspect it had the parallel stringing from nut to bridge that a lot of European instruments had at the time, which then converge at the tailpiece.

Well she's a heavy old girl, but there's that lovely creamy Trace tone you mentioned, all the headroom I need, the ability to compress the lows without stifling the highs, and (on the 600) the facility to bi-amp and send the low frequency output to the 1x15 cab and the mids / highs to the 2x10. Being shallow of course, the feature I love best is the UV uplighter - flicking it on at the start of a gig is the amp equivalent of wearing spandex......

I have the AH600SMX with the same preamp - fabulous amplifiers.... Only place I know of that does spares is https://britishaudio.com/collections/trace-elliot-parts - unfortunately in the US, so postage is rather a pain

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Suspect I've done this before, but - Simple Minds - New Gold Dream Siouxsie & the Banshees - Singles 1 & 2 Magazine - Touch and Go (best of) Mark Knopfler - Soundtrack from "Cal" Japan - Quiet Life David Byrne & Brian Eno - My life in the bush of ghosts Joy Division - Heart & Soul Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Kate Bush - The kick inside All stacked next to the CD player in the bedroom.......

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Back in the day I'm sure I blew out the puny speaker in my Binatone cassette player listening to that at max........

A small selection from the For Sale section: "Pre Sports Direct Wal bass, in rare non-fluorescent finish. No trades thanks" "Vintage Trump era Fender Precision, actually made in Mexico (now of course part of Greater California)" "1980's Peavey bass combo. 200 years old and the damn thing just won't wear out......" "Plectrum, 100% genuine plastic (still legal for antique items). Serious offers invited" "Marshall nano bastard amp, faulty thought-control remote link. Dodgy profanity filter, so it only plays f*cking loud. Possibly good for metal"

Just watched it There'll be far worse on Eurovision this Saturday......

Letting go.........of a bass.......

That takes me back - I had a 1978 poo brown one of those in the early '90's, when I was broke but needed a cheap 4 seater. Plus was that with the leather and walnut it really did feel like driving a tiny Jag / Roller - minus points were too numerous to list, not least the hydrolastic suspension regularly leaking out so you'd come back to your parked car to find it listing to one side, looking at you like a sad but ugly dog. The rusting body held together with filler and glassfibre patches would have probably gone on forever, but one day the driveshaft fell off. I now have a 1982 Triumph TR7 convertible (harvest gold with beige tartan interior....) - will I never learn? Back to the OP - I know nothing at all about Mr Hall, but have owned 4 Rics (only one now, but a keeper - a '72/73 FG 4001). I'd say Harley-Davidson are a better comparison - they stuck with basically the same agricultural, unergonomic, fairly primitive but iconic design for their entire history - but it does what it does so well, and somehow just outcools the rest.

Hell of a bargain, and they're superb p/ups. I'd agree with itu above that it's generally only 2 of the 3 coil switching options that get used, and as far the Nordstrand Bigman goes I''d say that's certainly single coil / both coils parallel. However, having done a bit of searching on Talkbass etc before wiring up mine, a popular 3-position switching set up for boutique MM type pickups (especially when in a single pickup bass) is single coil 1 / single coil 2 / both coils parallel. Apparently a noticeable difference between the 2 coils. Might be worth trying if you're using the microswitch.

Post some before /after pics here when done - sounds like you had a good score on the Nordstrand pickup!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guitar-Pedal-Amp-mini-micro-switch-double-pole-choice-on-on-on-on-on-on-off-on/370621677722?hash=item564ac6009a:m:m66MhJB9hRi9WyPwIyDvmmQ. + a dab of black enamel?

I literally just fitted a Nordstrand Bigman 4 to my Warwick Streamer Jazzman, and wired via a 3 way microswitch (conveniently there anyway for the original MEC MM humbucker) for parallel / single coil / out of phase. Very definitely worth doing; single coil (effectively a Big Single) is probably my favourite setting, although parallel gives that lovely big phat Stingray punch. If you don't want to drill, there is the integrated switch pot option as MoonBassAlpha suggests

Lol - like, yup that that's the truth....

I guess so, and you could hardly have two more different bassists Was what me?

Ah, but does it play like butter? If commercially successful, I foresee a "scratch n' sniff" limited edition......

Thanks for clarifying, Ashdown - makes sense given JJB's grittier core tone MK model is a great amp, the "harmonic emphasis" control is the most useful built-in effect I've found on an amp

Definitely a marketing opportunity for cat-owning bassists there! Yup - I've an old Trace 1x15 and 2x10 taking up space, but can't face letting them go for peanuts.... That's so cool! I'll def try to catch you next time you're down. A range of potential basses you could play if being closely authentic, but I'd really hope it would be the old Ovation Magnum (below) - plus the '70's satin suit of course Last time I was in Swansea Cranes (to pick up a Davidson mandolin sent over from their Cardiff store) they had several 1960's Gretsches and a couple of old Gibson guitars in plus a Wal bass - I could have spent ages there. The only PMT store I know is in Cambridge (where I have family so go over regularly) - nothing of interest there whatsoever....

Indeed; I used to frequent Cranes and they always had nice vintage stuff as well as new. Swansea has had a succession of music shops come and go, but at least it has a fairly healthy live music scene. You tour far afield casapete - what's your band?

Lol - when the sun shines (which isn't often), there's no better place on earth....... Unfortunately the junk shops and second hand musical instrument shops which every town used to have a couple of, have all but gone

I feel your pain - I did get a pre-EB MM Sabre for £400 (with a spare neck too), but the 'Ray would have been an even better score.......

Picked up a late 1970's Fender Bassman 135 head in a local junk shop for £50 a few years back. No output at all, but a reasonable guess was it was just one or more of the valves needing replacing - which turned out to be the case. More recently found an early '60's Broadway semi-acoustic 6-string with dual Fenton-Weil pickups in another junk shop (I can't resist passing one...... ) for £30 - in a bit of a state but restored into a nice guitar (it's somewhere in the Guitar porn thread) Absolutely mint USA Peavey Classic 30 (all valve) combo for £90 in a Crack Converters

It's all there bar the pickup and need for re-fret - wouldn't take too much to get it sorted, but price is way off the mark given the condition and respray