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https://www.banzaimusic.com/bourns-mini-kn-500k-log-xxl.html €3.47 each + postage Link to data sheet for a few other Bourns pots. https://www.bourns.com/docs/product-datasheets/PDB181-GTR.pdf

I'm really lucky in that I have a friend who builds amps for a hobby and seems to relish me bringing him something old and broken. I am frequently amazed by quite how quickly he can fix things - often just a component worth pence that needs finding and then switching out. You very seldom need to source something original from the manufacturer (even whole circuit boards can be remade). We then did the figures for setting up a repair service (and market on forums like this), but to be viable would need to be charging £60 to £100 an hour for labour alone. Problem is a lot of the second hand equipment is worth a lot less than the labour cost to fix it regardless of how cheap the components are and simple the problem.

Great. Thank you. I think that since the v4.5 update is going to include several new features that I will definitely need, My FI will be reserved for occasional home use until it is available.

I did wonder about the tuning. IIRC one of the competing electro-mechanical pianos from that era was tuned by adding or removing solder from the tines. I also wonder if they added some internal bracing at the corners to hold the case together without changing the external appearance. It certainly looked as though it could do with some. And agreed with the varnish. That glossy finish was nasty. Isn't there something less intrusive available? Even a matt varnish would have been better than shellac.

I've never had much luck with Ashdown. An ABM 500 chrome face. Sounded great, until the note decayed and it would hiss. No one could find the fault. I contacted Ashdown, they said take it to a tech. Which wasn't that helpful. And then, an Ashdown RM from a major music retailer was faulty. I sent that back immediately. I think I should stay away from Ashdown tbh.

My only real gripe with the repair of Dave Greenfield's old keyboard was that coat of varnish. They've done this before with old furniture when the owner wants to keep the scrapes and knocks, the character - but out comes the varnish! As soon as I see a brush and pot of varnish, I'm internally shouting, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Bit disappointed - after nearly a 4 month wait Anderton's charged me £3.80 extra for the refurbed pickguard. It arrived and was fine and looks better on the bass but I thought the charge was petty after the £1000's I've spent with them over the years.I guess times are hard and margins slim.

Hmm, No easy solutions then. I will first try to make a brass bush from stock pipe and scrape away to flatten the back face of the cutout with a chisel. If that fails I will saw out the cutout all the way through and have my local engravers make me a Trafflyte fascia with holes for flush mount pots to cover the hole.

Resale on them is alarming if selling one bought from new. If you're buying used they're one of the best bargains out there especially the neck through Korean ones. The quality of them is as a good as anything but the only way I'd be playing a new one is if I was on the artist roster, and I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.

Don’t forget this one…..

Even tuning up is going to sound sweet with that combination. Great to know you're back on the horse. Have fun.

Exactly what I found with the Mesa D800 Voicing control, at home, wonderful. In the mix, I had to turn it off.

Great to hear this news, Paul! 🙏 You're such a creative person, it must have been torturous not being able to play and make music for so long. Look forward to hearing what happens next.. 😊👍 All the best, Nik

Don't forget the old smoothie ... Arguably the best of the bunch , 😛 im not Bias at all gov This is the 40th Anniversary "Old Smoothie" StingRay, A reproduction of StingRay prototype #26, with a custom 2 band , wider custom humbucker , where the pole pieces are adjacent to Strings rather than directly under them , but uses the modern profile 42.5mm neck rather than the vintage slightly more narrow one from the "classic's" Basically a less barky stingray that can get pretty close to a P bass thump when you need it to

It reminds me of when I had been a Hartke artist for about 15 odd years and all of a sudden Sheehan, Wootton, Bello and a whole host of other top players joined the roster too. 😁 I liked to think I have inspired someone, somewhere on the planet.. Your bass looks absolutely fantastic! I too have a MIJ precision that will get the treatment and, although I adore candy apple red, even the candy cola red, I have a slight obsession with chameleon flip paint and have a very special red in mind! Thank you for posting, definitely solidified my plan!

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