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Always had great experiences with Ashdown, going back to when I had my first ABM in 2003. I've had several of them since, and on the rare occasions they proved not to be completely bulletproof, they've always been fantastic in either replacing or repairing them, and doing it quickly. And Dave has always been very responsive.

Thanks Ped, will get deleting

You can see all your attachments here mate https://www.basschat.co.uk/attachments/

How do I find old photos to delete when I don’t know what posts/topics they’re on?

Waiting on those pics …

Can't help with the schematics but as a temporary work around drop the volume to zero before engaging the EQ.

So new (to me) bass day, a rather nice Sandberg SL. Been looking for one for a while due to back issues and when I saw this up for grabs, in my favoured black/black/maple it just had to be. Just played it for about an hour and even without being set up as I like, and without my favoured Elixirs (currently has Elites steel rounds) it’s simply a dream to play. Not usually a fan of matching headstocks but I think it really suits it, plus - and shows my levels of OCD - it matches our guitarists Ibanez like this so I’m more than happy. I’m giving up gigging so this will be used at home and with my non-gigging classic rock band, this 6lb bass will make 4hr rehearsals a lot easier. Looks like I’ve got to delete some pics before I can add one, trust me, it’s a beauty.

For me the standout Ozzy performance is War Pigs on the Paranoid album. I can still remember the first time I ever heard that song on my record player when I was ten years old. My nephew bought that album on vinyl recently and he's thirteen. That's a time gap of going on for fifty years and he's into Sabbath just like I was. Black Sabbath are still the best to ever do that style of music. No one can get near them, even after all that time. Ozzy might (quite understandably) have been a bit shaky at the final gig but the rest of them were still a formidable unit. As far as I'm concerned they are one of Britain's greatest ever exports and something to be proud of.

Poor Old Steve Howe looks like he turned up for the wrong gig but they let him play anyway.

Prodding a nest of vipers there. Which of the three versions of the riff do YOU think is correct? 🙂 Arte you with Duane Eddy and ELP? The Ventures, Blues Brothers and Henry Mancini? Or Jimi Hendrix and the Art of Noise?

Not bad. It's very Stranglers.

Well it 4:4 breaks down into two simple parts D C G D for the verse. A simple walk on root notes but playing some passing notes such as c-b-g and g-b-d will lift it up. Maybe slide up from a to d at the start of each time round. Use the rhythm of the guitar strumming. For the chorus just go between d and a. Actually, this bassline isn't a bad fit for most of it in terms of not choices! https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/small-faces/all-or-nothing-official-3951920

600 quid. You get a discount on the tools too My luthier that I've always used has retired now, although he still does a few jobs for his mates (I have a neck reset that needs doing on my hofner) I have decided it can't be that hard I understand how to level frets and know that they have to be crowned after levelling. May as well learn to remove frets, plane the board and fit new ones etc you can buy tools that show you when the neck is dead straight, so you can start levelling etc Crimson guitars down Dorset way

I just had the extraordinary pleasure of a phone chat with Dave Green. I left him a note on Ashdown's webform, and received a pretty much immediate reply of 'Give me a call let's chat'. I think I learned more about tube amps in 10 mins than I have in the previous 25 years, and also had at least three belly laughs as he described the logic underpinning his choice of EQ curves for the tube amp in question. Sdaly I had to take the girls to the edntist or we'd still have been talking! What can I say other than thank God there's still guys like Dave and businesses like Ashdown. Many thanks Dave, hope to be buying some more stuff from you soon 👍