Hellzero

Nick ? Or is it too easy ?

Sad loss indeed, a great drummer for sure, never showing off...

Try finding a real luthier with electronics knowledge : http://ariabasses.blogspot.com/2010/11/aria-pro-ii-sb-1000-wiring-schematics.html?m=1 It's not a complicated preamp at all...

Indeed more B+ and way less current absorbed at starting by the valve rectifier (and loads of them, especially original vintage ones, are often faulty). I've had so many fuses blown by these valve rectifiers that the first thing I ever did was replace them by an SS one and the problem was solved forever. Really worth giving it a try. 😉

There's this Pribora in the ads that might be what you're looking for :

Try a Solid State Rectifier instead of the GZ34 as these valve rectifiers pump a LOT when switched on. Something like the good old Sovtek SSR or any other (or make one yourself).

Definitely ToneRider pickups that are quite cheap and will be as good as any high end boutique pickups.

Sad and terrible news. Will be missing the MB1 and the comment following. May he rest in peace.

Or Super Glue with accelerator. It will be harder than the original material. You'll then have to file it to the correct height and width. A new bone nut is certainly a better idea, that said. PS : I wouldn't say it has been filed too much, but rather slaughtered with a cutter or even maybe a screwdriver or a kitchen knife or a ... herring. 😆

Right and the fact that time is stretchable too...

Superb design, I agree. Too bad they don't make a sixer headless fretless with 18mm strings spacing at the bridge ... yet. Will we all end up playing cheapo basses ?

Do call the Customs to explain your issue as a private person, so not needing any business authorisation : they will be very helpful.

As I wrote, I've done a few times the other way, from Belgium, where I'm living, to the USA and Canada for repair purposes. Once all the documents are filled and that it's done the same way for the return, it's a hassle free operation. But bureaucracy meaning a delirious amount of paper, just play their game and everything will be fine. Also ask the the repair center for an RMA (Return Marchandise Authorisation/Agreement) number with the reason for it stated as this will be the first proof that it is indeed a repair.

Somebody stole my hair during the night and I've got an alien getting out of my belly.

Now, that's 12 ! 😁

Calling @Steve Browning ! I've done it the other way a few times, there's a lot of papers to fill, but you won't have to pay any exporting and importing taxes.

Plus 3 days every 10.000 years to be very precise. Bloody dyslexic mathematicians.

I feel for you.

You also have the 28 system based on the moon, the 60 system based on minutes and seconds, the 365 system based on the sun which must be corrected every 2 years, the 5 system based on your fingers, the 12 system based on the months and the delirious royal system that has been abolished in 1999 after a whole century to adapt to the MKS system (apparently it didn't work at all ). From now on, I shall speaks in halfhands for weight, in peenuts for time based on the time between two pees and semilegs for distance, so it will be very clear. All these new measures won't be fixed, but will depend on my mood, the speed of the wind and the amount of rain per day.

Measure twice twice (it's not a repetition) and drill once. 😉