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Well the Cort GB Short scale bass arrived, I bought it from Jimmy Egypt in Glasgow last Monday and they set it up and posted it Tuesday, express 24, due to the ineptitude of Parcelforce it was delivered on Friday afternoon. I should add that the family at Jimmy Egypt were great chasing up the parcel and getting things sorted even though it was parcelforce at fault. I didn't get a chance to look at it Friday evening so not much time with it before our gig Sat, initial impressions were very good, the fit and finsh is perfect, fret ends smooth & lovely feeling roasted neck. The controls feel solid and have centre detent's for the eq knobs. bbot bridge is adequate and nut slots filed well. Tuners are smooth and do the job well. It was set up before delivery so just needed a few minor tweaks to get it perfect for me, the truss rod adjustment wheel at the heel of the neck is a joy and it was easy to get the action low with no fret buzz. The bass weighs exactly 7.5lbs and balances perfectly on the strap, it feels solid and the neck is comfotable, I did roll the fretboard edges as it is a fairly flat board with 15"radius which helps with the feel. The stock strings are not great so I changed them for a set of D'addario nickel round wounds. I used it for the whole gig, the Markbass preamp is great and the humbucker is like a small musicman pickup, positioned a little more forward from the bridge than a Ray. It has a 3 way switch for series, split and parallel, series is a big fat slightly edgey tone great for the rock covers we do, the split coil uses the rear coil of the humbucker and has a similar tone just a bit cleaner and brighter, the parallel is a clean tone with less mids. With the 3 band eq a lot of tweaking is available, I played throuh a Trace Elliot motion b preamp set flat into an Ashdown ABM600 again everything pretty much flat using the series setting on the bass and the preamp for minor adjustments for different songs the cab was a Laney 4x10 with Celestion Neo drivers. I was very pleased with sound I was getting, it was fat, powerful and smooth and sat well in the music and was easy to make small adjustments on the go. The black side dots are difficult to see on a dark stage so I will fit some luminlays For a bass that cost £299 the quality and spec are really quite amazing, I will use this bass a lot, it is an equal to my more expensive basses and the short scale is great for playability and the smaller pubs we play in.

Well I'm in, it seems interesting enough for a punt. I flirt with short scale every now & then, I got a forest green (drab green) one from Jimmy Egypt, they promise a set up before delivery which should be tomorrow. I'll give it a try for Saturday's gig and let you know my thoughts

Another very satisfied Ashdown customer here, my 18 year old ABM 900 had developed a bit of a scratchy sound at times, I thought it was the volume pot, I called Dave Green, he spent 1/2 hour on the phone going through diagnostic checks with me and then said box it up and send up to me and I will sort it out. Less than a week later the amp was returned with numerous new parts including new pots, new VU meter, knobs and slider caps now looking and sounding brand new. What an amazing company, great amps and such customer service is so rare in todays world

I have just listed one of my Yamaha BBV1s in the basses for sale ads

I've had a couple of them, both tobacco burst. Great easy to play little basses, for me the most comfy neck, 31 1/2" scale slim front to back and a 40mm nut width. Usual made in Japan Yamaha bb quality and heel access truss rod which I always like. I can confim the weight at 3.5 kg. Yamaha adjusable tuners which are quite heavy so there can be little neck dive, lightweight tuners took 150grms off the weight of mine and cured the slight inbalance. Great sound I would say a slightly refined P bass which seems to sit within the music really well.

I have an Alusonic 1x12 with a 600w Faital Pro driver which is great for our pub rock band, a welded aluminum cabinet so super tough and just on 10kg https://www.alusonic.com/aluminium-cabinets.php

I bought a Trace Elliot Elf from Chris, top man, it was well packed in excellent condition and quickly delivered. Many thanks

My Ampeg 2020 PF500 developed a fault which was uneconomic to repair, the fault light showing just after switching it on, the repair company said it was a common fault on 350w & 500w models and the only solution was a new main board £280 + carriage. On the other hand my experience with Ashdown has been excellent, I have 5 of their amps, Dave Green has always been super helpful with advice, a repair on my 20 year old ABM300 was completed and returned free of charge, a rare thing for a company to stand by their products in today's world and something which now keeps me loyal to the brand

Ian bought my Yamaha BB300, perfect transaction and a great guy to deal with. Thank you

I bought Andy's Yamaha BEX, smooth transaction and a pleasure to deal with. Lovely bass, Many thanks