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Just come across the Xvive wireless system. Anyone like to comment on how they hold up after a few months' use? Are people even still using them?

Will check out Gorilla stands, thanks. These EVs came with the additional stand adapter (as well as all the cables I'll ever need and a padded bag for each speaker). I won't say how much I paid but I think I did very alright, and don't want anyone to get jealous

Picked up a couple of EV SX-80s for a very decent price, and just need some speaker stands. They need to be fairly solid, but lightweight, easy to put up and robust enough to spend a week at a time in a school cupboard. Any recommendations? Budget is around £100 for the pair but would go higher if necessary.

I think I've had mine too long for anyone to be willing to look at and declare it A1 Oh, well, looks like I've got an excuse to try out a Smooth Hound

Got a genuine Fender fretless for sale - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/303520-fender-p-bass-fretless-kinda-bitsa It's a bitsa but everything apart from the tuners is genuine original MIM Fender

I've got a Line 6 G30 wireless setup that I use every week. Yesterday I was getting intermittent drop outs - up to a couple of seconds long, happened three or four times in under an hour. Batteries were fresh in and I was standing right next to the receiver. I mainly use the wireless for sound checking... so, I could switch back to a cable for actual playing, but I like the freedom of wireless to wander around anyway. The previous week I'd had a couple of very short glitches but had just put it down to bad batteries. No such excuse this time. Is my Line 6 on the way out, or could there be something else? Everybody else who was playing/singing was wired, though the guitard had a TC Helicon "Play Acoustic" rig that was putting out some strange 70s vibes...

Have bought a DHA VT1 EQ from Paul - wasn't on my original list of pre-amps but it's a winner. Fast delivery, well packaged and excellent communications - buy with confidence Thanks Paul!

Ah well, mailed the seller for either return/refund or enough of a partial refund that I can get the truss rod sorted. Would £100 for fitting a new truss rod be enough? Is this something I could do myself with the money? As it is the bass is pretty much a (large) paperweight so might as well experiment... Having looked at it, I'm supposing that gluing the split back up *will* change the neck's relief because you're putting that part of the neck back under tension, hence the need for a functioning trussrod (above and beyond the fact that a functioning truss rod is a fairly basic necessity...)

The good - took the strings off and the nut fell off so readjusting won't be a problem. It is actually just about the right width when moved to the correct position. The bad - truss rod "hole" for the allen key is totally stripped round No way to adjust it at all. The ugly - the scarf joint is actually split which is why the neck stands slightly proud of the fingerboard on the bass side. Pressing it in does nothing... So, could probably glue and clamp the fingerboard without too much hassle butu I'm feeling annoyed that this bass was sold as "good condition" when the truss rod is, basically, screwed, the scarf joint is knackered and I'm having to sort it out myself. Oh yeah, the condition of the fingerboard is worse than I thought at first glance - string tracks from roundounds all the way down - like silvery slug trails through to the maple. Thinking I might just contact the eBay seller and either send it back or ask for a significant refund... would that work now I've taken it apart a bit? Or do I just write the damn thing off?

Thanks Andy. Will procure me some super glue, remove the nut and have a go at it this weekend (unless life intervenes... always a risk)... Pictures will be posted and you can all laugh at how cack-handed I am when it comes to DIY

Further research suggests that Stradivarius violins had scarf joins on the necks - so my Aria is in god company Wouldn't lean a Stradivarius against a wall either...

As far as I know, from doing minimal research that particular "level" of Aria Pro IIs (i.e. bottom of the range) used a scarf joint on the neck which leads to that rather odd looking line. I used to have a Westone from the mid-80s that had the same feature. I think it means they're somewhat weaker than other typical neck/headstock joins - the advice I've read being: "put it on a stand, don't lean it against a wall" The slight difference in colour would come down to ether hand-grime or the grain of the wood I guess. I'll have a crack at removing the nut and re-aligning it... I've fixed nuts before based on advice from here so I suppose I shouldn't feel too worried

Just bought an Aria Pro II Magna series bass off of eBay for what seemed like a decent enough price. It's a fretless with maple neck and maple board - black 'n' maple... Considering its age it's in very good nick. It arrived today and... there's a problem. The board, up near the nut has split away from the neck. The gap is probably less than 1mm over about 8cm on both sides of the neck (slightly worse on the bass side) from the nut down. On the righthand side the board is flush with the edge of the neck, on the lefthand side the neck is about 0.5mm proud of the board - i.e. the board is narrower than the neck. The nut is also slightly mis-aligned but doesn't affect playability. The bass arrived detuned so I'm willing to accept that the seller didn't know there was a problem prior to selling the bass if it's reasonable to think that the lack of tension could have caused this in transit. The bass was otherwise very well packed. For the money I paid I'm not looking for a big payout... or a battle - would prefer to sort the neck myself. Plugged in the bass sounds very very nice - good tone and range of sounds from the PJ setup - it's a good cheap, very usable fretless. Is this just a case of a bit of wood glue and a clamp - or do I send it back, ask for a partial refund? (Edit to add: there's one bit of wear on the board through to raw wood - under the E string at the third fret position - it's had roundwounds on it... any suggestions for a cheap/quick patch material?) Piccies: [attachment=241975:aria_fretless-1.jpg] [attachment=241976:aria_fretless-2.jpg] [attachment=241977:aria_fretless-3.jpg]