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I anticipate that the guitar community might take notice of BF now, considering Rob has SO many devoted followers. If Andertons take interest, we might see more of these. 

Lovely bass! Congrats. Nice to see Sadowsky is still thriving. 

To be honest, that is poor show that they've not send it in ANY kind of case....at all.

I know it is Roadworn but it still needs to be a softcase for posting. 

I've had a few issues with Andertons....they are usually decent but when they have messed up, it isn't that great at all.

I would send them photos. That shouldn't be there. Might be courier damage. It looks as though the strings also took a hit...at that price I'd want another fresh from Fender.

Cool bass. It should arrive in a gig bag.

Re: the fretboard/neck marks. My Roadworn Flea bass is in storage, but I don't think (cannot confirm!) it had any major markings like that near the frets....the back of the neck was roadworn.

Your best bet is to check with another owner - maybe try Talkbass. 

Any little dings to the headstock are intentional.

Leeds is cool. I'm happy with this move. 

NORTH. 

😭

Stunning!! That 5HH wow! 

If this is an unhelpful distributor in the UK it further proves why they shouldn't exist. It just costs us more for the end product. When the distributor became involved, Aguilar products went up by £170-200. 

Id get involved with Aguilar's social media asap. 

Aguilar DB112 or 212... Superb. 

Yayyyyy glad to hear this. 

13 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

I hasten to say, I don't subscribe. I'm puzzled by the lack of rock/metal stuff. All the content I've seen is jazz or fusion based and is just too polite for me and much too clean. However, my indifference to the genre probably has a lot to do with this viewpoint.

I agree. Whilst I do enjoy some of the more intricate funky stuff, there is a lack of good old rock/metal/alternative. A lot of big players in that world of music are very interesting and have some cool intricate bass lines.

Example - Matt Freeman - Rancid. 

Personally I don't like the way SBL constantly markets in an aggressive manner.

I never signed up to payments but I signed up by email and decided the emails were annoying me so I unsubscribed.

He is very talented but I wouldn't want him to teach me. 

I'd encourage Ashdown to give us their stance on the pedals....I assume they are made in the UK for £250 + (custom shop?).

1 hour ago, thodrik said:

I have never bought an Ashdown product. I actually really rate the amps highly, however the footprint of their pedals have always been far too big compared to the features the pedal actually delivers. I remember the massive double sized tuner they marketed for ages. The Lomenzo Hyperdrive or whatever it was called was massive as well. 

I can't see there being a demand for three different bass large size compressors. When it comes to a compressor, I just want something that works and takes up the minimum of space on a pedal board. The Keeley Bassist I bought serves both purposes and is much cheaper. 

The controls on the Tripe Shot Drive Pedal look a bit incomprehensible at first glance ('Dark = bass, 'Light' = Treble, 'Roast' = ?), however it looks like a fun mess around pedal.

As an aside, I find the Andertons guitar demos to be a lot more in depth than the bass demos. The bass demos are fine but I never leave them going 'hmm, I think I want that'. 

Yeah....I agree. Nathan is a great player....on guitar and bass....but something just doesn't work in terms of wowwing me with things....

Do Cort make the new Markbass basses?

To be honest, bass players like a nice fuzz pedal that's very flexible, and yes, compressors are useful to us, but I'm not sure those compressors are demo'd correctly or are necessary.

They could have worked with a niche boutique fuzz builder/collaborated and come up with something awesome fuzz wise. Maybe with Thorpyfx.

1 hour ago, Bigwan said:

Meh...

Exactly....

By the way, I've seen full on puncture holes (very small ones) in many brand new old school style cases, normally Fender.

Some of them are actual manufacturer holes (G&G cases can have these) for the tolex application, or so I'm told. 

I honestly can't believe they sent you the same knackered case out like that.

If it were my business I'd be embarrassed, write the costs of it off, refund you and let you keep it. 

Mine are all in their hardcases / gig bags and stood upright. 

Just now, bridge said:

Lesson learned sadly, but would still love to know what may be causing the volume issues.

Aw sorry man...still not working correctly?

On 04/03/2019 at 17:13, agedhorse said:

Sorry, but I'm afraid I have some bad news for you here. The WD-40 is one of the substances that I have confirmed through lab testing will damage your pots and will also migrate over the surface of the high voltage PCB and can cause additional problems there. WD-40 has no business inside ANY amp, especially one with high voltages present.

Yes, I handle the factory authorized service for your amp here in the states, but by doing what you have to your amp, the cost will increase well beyond the simple flat rate charge that it would otherwise cost because I won't touch it without replacing all the pots and removing and properly cleaning the high voltage PCB of residue. Because of this, I think your otherwise economical to repair amp is probably going to cost more than you can get a good used one for once shipping is involved. 

Why won't I repair it without doing the additional work? Because the repair won't be stable enough for me to have confidence that there won't be additional problems cause by the WD-40 down the road. Sending the amp back for the additional repairs would be impractical, and I don't want there to be bad feelings that could have been otherwise prevented.

Makes total sense. I remember when the Shuttles were extremely popular and you guys at Genz said please don't use WD40 in this way! I never will after that advice.

1 hour ago, ped said:

And every single person will sound like they’re playing a P bass, despite HOW they play it. 

Well yes, but you can get vastly different types of P tones from it depending on how you play it...IMO. 

Both are clearly towards the top of the lightweight high powered bass amp market.

I'd love to try both to be honest.

I'd also like to see what Genzler have in their plans....