Lfalex v1.1

Purchased a K&M stacker & table adaptor.. Moderately expensive, but properly heavyweight. Was expecting a box of bits. Came nearly fully assembled. Hardest part was positioning the feet upon which the keyboards rest so as to properly support them. Delivered as promised by Thomann.

As a left-field idea; Have you tried sourcing any NOS pots from the correct year or production era? A long-shot, and doubtless expensive, but you might get lucky.

But... I don't like the colour?

Yeah. Got my Is, IIs and IIIs mixed up. Fortress has an original brass I. Infinity started out with a II, and now has a brass III..

I've an '97 Fortress and an '02 Infinity SN. The 2nd fret on the Fortress B string (C#, metal boys!) is a little flattened and could do with reshaping. Other than that, it's great. The Infinity, less so, but only because Warwick were using lower quality parts. I had 2 E- string tuners strip their gears and spit out their tuning posts, and the JAN III fell apart like they all do. Tuners replaced with licensed Hipshots. Brass JAN II now on nut duty. In summary, hardware more of an issue on 00's basses, but nothing beyond the realms of DIY.

Same here. I was serially unlucky with hardware synths. Anderton's put it straight when the one I ordered from them was also faulty.

I have a FatFinger. It removed the dead-spot on my Fender Jazz (now gone) completely. They don't have any noticeable effect on some instruments (Vigier Passion ignores it) Some instruments it makes worse. My Warwick Infinity just sounds lifeless with it fitted, and it didn't have any dead-spots to begin with. Yet on my Fortress and NS EUB it firms up the bottom end nicely. Weird. Definitely a try-before-you-buy item.

The Hofner and Ricks would be a flat "No" from me, so I guess it'd be the Hayman, then.

Since I'm utterly incapable of any act of self- promotion, it's never a problem I've encountered. I try to delegate such things to other, more enthusiastic people. 🙃

No.

Hmmm. There seems to be a couple of forces at work in Internet product pricing; Inflation, driven by increased labour costs (including the supply chain), raw materials and parts costs. Dynamic pricing by retailers- having seen upward and downward movement in item prices, I'm fairly sure that prices are adjusted (manipulated?) in relation to demand, supply and current inventory at any given retailer.

^^ I try to think of channels A and B as being "Modern" and "Vintage" respectively. I don't know what bass(es) you're using, but I agree that A is the better channel for aggressive grit/dirt, whatever you're playing. B really comes into its own for me using very modern, lively-sounding basses. Works a treat toning down and warming up my Warwicks in particular in a way that their own EQs can't. It sounds even better through my Ampeg SVP-PRO. Bypass- just the Ampeg A - Grrrrrr B- just a gentle push to drive the Ampeg to do the dirty work. Can't say I need the fusion modes much though. Bypass, A and B are enough for me.

Missed adding in a Line 6 Variax system! Oh, and Lightwave pickups!

Almost anything from a "major" manufacturer would be overpriced rubbish for my YOB ('73) I don't really care for Precisions or Gibsons, so that'd leave Jazzes, customs, and maybe some of the earliest Japanese efforts. Maybe Burns or Shergold, also? Edit- A quick search reveals a plethora of Ps, a smattering of Js and a Gibson Grabber. All at prices that elicited both laughter and tears at the same time. I could buy a new [better] MIA Fender AND something else half-decent for that. Better still, a nice condition S/H Roscoe Beck...

Almost perfect. Needs DR Neons on it, and lose the dot markers for that sleek look.