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Marty bought my DCX in a flawless transaction, excellent bc'er, thankee matey!

Right, I've taken the screw out of one of mine and can tell you the following about the screw: Size: M2.5 Thread: Metric Fine (0.35mm pitch - course is 0.45mm) Total length (including head): 18mm Now, I have a set of GB7 knockoffs which I was going to raid for parts anyway and I took the screw out of one of those. It is slightly longer at 19.75mm, and has a slightly smaller head, but I put that screw in my genuine GB7 tuner and it tightened up fine - there must be some tolerance built into the design to accept the slightly longer screw. Here they are side by side (and length difference heavily exaggerated by the macro lens - I measured them both with digital callipers) If you'd like me to send you this screw, noise me up in a PM and we'll get it sorted. But if you just want to take the info above to find your own screw, then no worries.

We will be playing anything from old school metal / rock to popular songs of the seventies onwards. The budget will be a few hundred quid ....towards a grand if I have to buy new. Would depend on secondhand values and what's about at the time. Also, do all the combos suggested come with a good and sensibly priced spares back up ? And are they repairable ? I'm just thinking that other non-musical electrical equipment that I've bought recently have no spares availability..or repairs are too expensive to justify !!

So the lesson is - if I could play as well as @knicknack I could play through anything and still sound good?!

I had one of these for a while, ticking both the headless and single cut boxes. 32" scale very comfy and got a lot of comments from peeps in the audience when I used to gig it. ACG Border Reiver.

We regrouped at Bela Lugosi’s Shed for a final pre-production rehearsal, ahead of our studio session tomorrow. We have three songs left to finish the next album and I felt they were sufficiently whipped into shape. Bass aside, I was actually quite pleased with my vocals. It’s always been a challenge for me but I have pushed myself in recent years.

Anyone who can message me the titles of the three songs I used in the video gets to know what the mystery box is…

Fodera didn't invent the single it bass, but they did popularise them. The Emperor single cut came out in 1989, and Anthony Jackson was one of the first players to embrace the single cut aesthetic. Fodera bring the totemic bass builders they are, single cuts became a trend, particularly for "advanced-level" bass players. Playing a single cut has become a bit of a statement of identity for a certain strata of bass players. My own personal take on them is, in most cases, "Crikey, this thing weighs a ton, it's like playing my front door with strings on, no wonder Anthony Jackson looks so miserable most of the time!" To me it's mostly a lot of lutherie looking for a reason to justify itself. I'm sure in certain instances a singlecut is a valid part of a design, but there's plenty of basses on the market that are single cuts just for the sake of having that option available for potential customers. If Fodera were looking to solve specific issues and improve tone and found a singlecut design achieved those goals, fair enough. However, lots of other manufacturers jumped on the bandwagon, made a singlecut and tried to make out that they were solving a problem by doing so, despite the reality being that most bass players were completely unaware of and untroubled by the problems that were being solved for them by the singlecut design.

Either one of the larger Fender Rumbles or I’d also suggest you have a look at Laney’s Digbeth range, perhaps their DBF200 combo.

Yes. I've started a build diary for one, including how to chop up a 1220 x 610 sheet with a circular saw should you not have a proper table saw. On a hiatus awaiting better weather at the moment so I can repair the latest cock-up.

A brilliant seller - friendly communication, took extra photos for me, cleaned everything up, packaged well and arrived very quickly. A very smooth transaction! Cheers, Oli!

I use a VTDI straight into my Phil Jones rig, sounds good to me and I’ve also had compliments from others.

For my tastes and questionable hearing, the Bassrig 15 was the winner. The Linden into the Luce was pretty good too. Like krispn, I’m intrigued as to the mystery box, as it sounds pretty good too.

@krispn Not £21, but very affordable and something I have a bunch of and use regularly!

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