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I've got a Cirrus BXP 4 with the same issue. I'd be happy to compare notes. I did find a wiring dagram for the Cirrus BXP 5 which might help - PM me an email address and I'll send it to you.

Bought a slightly strange Hohner B2A from him. Good info, good comms, good packaging. A pleasure to deal with. Thanks Paul

[quote name='charic' post='1252826' date='Jun 1 2011, 04:12 PM']Go secondhand, occassionally a rare bargain comes up on here [/quote] Indeed. This might do nicely: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=136716"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=136716[/url]

Bought some strings from PauBass. Good comms, prompt arrival, all went well. No hesitation in dealing with him again.

I bought some stands and a flight case from him. Useful gear, all as advertised, good price. All went very smoothly, despite me managing to arrive two hours early... (ask my boss how often that happens...) Nice guy, and makes a fine cup of tea. I'd be pleased to deal with him again.

Bought his Squier fiver upgrade project from him. Good deal, threw in the original bridge as well as the nice replacement, plus a superb vintage sock No hesitation in dealing with him again.

Model-makers' styrene sheet? Available in various thicknesses; BITD I remember it in thicknesses from 5 thou up to 60 thou (about 1.5mm). 5-thou is thin enough to bend almost like paper. And you could build up a laminate from pieces of 5 thou, if you wanted a wedge; use liquid styrene cement (from a bottle not a tube - apply with a brush) to fix the shimming pieces together. (I have NOT tried this! In particular, liquid styrene cement might damage body finishes, if spilt. So, YMMV.) [quote name='Nostromo' post='976339' date='Oct 3 2010, 07:46 PM']OK . . . any thoughts much appreciated . . . . . . . Just measured up my PBass up . . . . the neck pocket is approximately 95mm long . . . . and the scale length, nut to bridge saddles, is approx 865mm long. So by calculation we can deduce the following:- Assuming the shim is a wedge triangle tappered from 1mm to Zero within the neck pocket, then, (by the maths of similar triangles) assuming also that we maintain the relative action height of the strings relative to the fretboard, then, that wedge shim, of 1mm thickness, will raise (or lower - depending which way round you introduce it) the strings 9.1mm from the saddles at the bridge. This means that for every 1mm increase/decrease of clearance over the saddles that you wish to achieve at the bridge by the introduction of a shim, then, your shim wedge triangle taper needs to be approx 0.11mm thick at its fat end - privded that your neck pocket is about 95mm long to achieve that relative string height change of 1mm. If your neck pocket is different to my PBass then the ratios change obviosly. Funny thing about all this is though . . . . I still dont really have a clue what type/thickness of card shim material would be 0.1 or 0.2 or 0.3mm thick. For my project, I need to raise my strings about 2 to 3mm over the bridge . . which means I need a shim wedge somewhere between about 0.22 and 0.33mm thick ? . . . I woudn't have the slightest idea how thick a business card is and I've got no way of measuring one ! . . so I still dont exactly know what to use for my shim ! . . . ha . . All that work and not really much further forward ! ! ! . . [/quote]

I bought PaulKing's mangled Ormston-Burns upright from him (not mangled by him, I should note). Excellent bloke, lots of thoughtful and helpful comments. Good comms, good packaging carefully labelled. A star.

Bought an Octamizer from Pete. Good comms, prompt delivery, good packaging (in the original box!). Good to deal with. Thanks Pete

[quote name='charic' post='1233901' date='May 17 2011, 07:37 AM']Any chance of pics? Im no help but Im curious [/quote] Not very likely, unless I buy it... Unfortunately, if I explain to them what its actual resale value is (which is probably £150 tops, given this has to be a no-name knockoff), I'll then not be able to buy it, because they will not be impressed. What's happened here is that Teenage Sprog has prevailed on Parent to buy the thing to do GCSE Music with, then lost interest and decided to do a different course. Parent is now trying to recoup the cost. Sprog might yet actually learn to play, if left alone, but I suspect Parent is quite annoyed and has decided that Sprog can buy guitars with Sprog's own money. I have some sympathy with this position Just to add confusion to the mix, the bass is being advertised under false pretences, as something it isn't. I'm not quite sure why, but the no-name probably has a lot to do with it.

Hi folks I've been offered a passive, neck-through five-string, decently made, stamped 'Enigma' on the headstock; pups are two big humbuckers. No visible serial number, no model number. I've tried several web searches, and found pretty much nothing - a few copies of other designs (Precision, Strat, SG). The owner wants £250 for it, and claims it cost £350. I think it's probably a good deal, but I also think it would have zero resale value. So I'm a bit wary of it. Does anyone know anything about these?

I asked on the Ashbory forum at LargeSound, and it appears this is a real one.