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The ones I bought aren't currently available but I'm sure you can find others : Hihaha 5pcs Self Adhesive Tire Wheel Balance Weights Strips for Motorcycle Durable Material https://amzn.eu/d/01TOnM0D I bought 2 sets - filled the control cavity and stuck the others to the cavity cover as I didn't want to put them on the body. Has made the dive much better albeit they are little unsightly. Ed.

Got asked to turn down last night at rehearsal. Job done 🤣 The Bluetooth really comes in handy. There are those that have to 'have a listen' to the recording because they didnt do their homework. Streaming to the Alto from my phone is a lot better than someone holding a phone up to a mic.

I think it is a bit unfortunate that Boss have virtual pedals available but instead of charging something reasonable like £10 each as a one-off payment they are charging $49 for 3 months subscription and that is the only option. Apple are charging £5 per month for iOS Logic subscription and subscription is the only option. If virtual pedals are the future then it looks like the big companies will want you to pay monthly...they don't want you getting stuff you could sell second hand, which I do always think is a big benefit of hardware - buying a pedalboard of second hand Boss pedals might cost >£500 initially but then you could probably sell them all 5 years later for a similar price, it's basically a refundable deposit if you look after them. Whereas that $49 every 3 months for 5 years = $980 and once you stop paying you have nothing to sell.

Try fresh boxers or slips, my friend.

This was my solution... Lekato WS-50 bug + Levy's pouch with a hole punched through the bottom strappy bit + Designacable "Guitar Instrument Extension Lead" https://www.designacable.com/un-balanced-guitar-extension-lead-van-damme-xke-cable.html with a D'Addario Dual Lock combined cable tidy / strap lock to keep it neat. It's a bit chunky, but seems to work well (by which I mean the locking female socket hasn't dropped off yet!).

Good points made Sean thanks. I wouldn’t have considered that the quality might vary within the brand. The ones on my V96 are poor, I’m not overly fussy about tuners being Hipshot smooth, but they all vary in terms of smoothness. I took them to bits and cleaned them, then lightly lubed them all in the hope that that would help, but it never, they are just poorly made. I also discovered the Hipshot HB1 seems to be pretty similar but I don’t want to spend that much on new tuners. Guyker is a make I’m not familiar with, I will check them out thank you. Nick dive is not something that has ever affected me. I’ve had 60 (approx) basses over 45 years and I’ve never experienced it luckily for me.

Certainly works very well with the Big Twin 3 - a bit of amp tone to go with the Hi-Fi sound of the cab.

I blame the dead spot halfway up my g-string on age.

I contacted Ernie Ball just before christmas and asked about having a EBMM Sterling 4HH exactly like the one I already have made. They would only quote me in USD ex works. (FYI was $2,899) They refused to quote me shipping, taxes and fees, insisting I would have to arrange that myself.

Gotoh GB350 or GRL510M-9 are available in black.

A fine pair. Enjoy buddy

Hey Everyone - Wow! I've had this poster stored away for the past 41 years. The store I worked for at the time became a Trace Elliot dealer in 1985, as soon as the amps became available in the U.S. We had a few of these posters on display. I was looking for this specifically, and am glad it was where I thought it would be. It's actually vibrant Trace green (not sure why it's not displaying properly.) Question - was this poster available in the UK as well?

Ashdown are second to none on customer service and have just damn fine gear! ABM600 is a class amp too

To give u some perspective. Marcus Millers Jazz bass has a dead spot half way up the G string. He mentions how on all his recordings he's had to compensate as he considers whether or not to use that note.

Welcome Oscar.

I just wanted to share a very positive experience I had with Ashdown, following purchase of a second-hand ABM-600 IV. The unit I purchased was used from Gear4Music. Unfortunately, it had a few faults... broken VU meter lamp and some distortion that shouldn't be there. To make matters worse, the distortion appeared to be intermittent, so when I returned it to Gear4Music they couldn't replicate the fault I spoke to Dave Green at Ashdown Engineering service team to get some pointers and he suggested that I send it to them so that they could see what the issue was. Unfortunately the problem didn't manifest itself while it was with them, and it showed up again when I was using it, so I sent it back to them for another look. Within two days, the amplifier was returned to me fully working, with a complete set of replacement pre-and power boards. Of course, is working fine as it is essentially brand new. This unit was just out of manufacturer's warranty, so this work was done FOC as a goodwill repair. I think this is an exceptional level of service and care for end customer satisfaction that is very rare nowadays. I understand that Ashdown have repatriated their manufacturing to the UK from China, so they are in a position to continue to provide long term service and support for their products. I did choose Ashdown, because of their design and construction, having been burnt by a Class D amp that was unrepairable out of warranty because the repair process for the ICEPower module was to replace it, no component level repair was supported and the boards were obsolete!. If you want to get long term value and service out of your gear, bear this in mind. Anyway, wanted to share this with the Basschat community and thank Dave Green and Ashdown Engineering for their customer care and integrity as a company!. Best regards, Alex

Do Not Look Down - Meshuggah

Was there ever an EBMM SR5 with 19mm bridge string spacing? Someone on here once said it was a thing briefly before being discontinued.