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AI (de)generated description with a stupid "rich rosewood fretboard", when it's maple... It's not a Fender at all as everything is fake including the logo, maybe not even worth the starting price. Run away.

A trio of triumph! Spent the day with all 3 and the SVT. JOY!!!! Fairly confindent in the assertion that this will genuinely be the last bass I buy 😎😁

I'm in Belgium too but not close to Brussels as I live in the South in Gaume (Étalle) otherwise I would have proposed you to have a look at the bass as I used to have my own luthiery and repair shop. That said, the transfer of a warranty to a second owner is not a legal thing as the warranty is accorded to the first owner only, that's the law over here in the E.U. That said, there are few exceptions like car makers who accept this transfer, or some big suppliers, like Thomann, who accept this for some items, often expensive to very expensive ones. To prove a flaw in the design, you'll need to have the said flaw confirmed by an an expert to be legal, which will cost you more than the pickup(s) swapping. As it's a trade between private persons, there is absolutely no legal warranty, and having bought it wouldn't change a single thing: no legal warranty. Furthermore, if you have tried the bass before accepting the trade, you have absolutely no right to ask for any kind of partial refund, as you have done it accepting that the state (condition, if you prefer) of the said instrument is as is and known by the "buyer". There is always a solution to a problem, but here you're walking on thin ice, so better be diplomatic with the maker as you'll also have to prove that the bass wasn't modified. As others said, giving the brand name and model with a photo "describing" the flaw would help a lot.

This is Bev. She's a really good drummer and allows me to jam with her and wreck her timing.

Has anyone watched Geddy Lee’s TV show “Are Bass Players Human Too?”? I’ve only seen two episodes so far - the ones with Melissa Auf der Maur and Krist Novoselic - and was wondering what the community thought.

I’m no expert on the 5 string but to me the headstock is the wrong shape for a fender , truss rod adjustment is not at the heel, pretty sure the American pro ll has 2 string trees, wrong neckplate, wrong bridge, I think it’s as described as not a fender

Not sure if the principle is the same for bass as it is guitars, but where goes. I had the same issue with active guitars and distortion pedals. In the end I found the solution to be using a valve based distortion pedal or the dirty channel of my valve guitar amp. I ended up buying a Radial trimode which works great.

I bought a Mooer Power Supply for a pedalboard from Richard. Excellent price and was delivered really quickly. Updates were really good from Richard's end as well. Richard was the guy who sold me the fabled Valenti #042 way back in 2008 so for me will always be a top seller on basschat. Not quite a Valenti this time but will be using the PSU this afternoon at band rehearsal so all good. Many thanks Richard. Much appreciated 🙂

Ok, the gig at Capones. Interestingly enough, someone was talking about places that aren't consistent with live music. Well, Capones has a lot of bands booked, however it's not really a music crowd. We did the best we could. It wasn't a good gig. I mentioned we haven't played a bar in years. We felt like we had went backwards. The sound was awful. Boomy and and a lot of echo. We have another gig booked there on August 12th. We decided on the way home to cancel it. One good thing. It was an $800.00 gig. Daryl

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or you could use a plug cutter to cut the wood around the screw and then dowel the hole once you have broken off the plug with the screw still inside, cheap set about £12, smallest diameter 6mm can cut something like 25-30mm deep Last weeks twoodford yt video showed him using a home made plug cutter to extract a headless 3" screw from a previously 'repaired' guitar neck joint

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