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I had mine in a 1x10 cab and it was actually brilliant, blew it with a massive peak of high frequencies doing silly popping rather than over excursion with really low bass. It dealt with a full band practice but couldn't handle my p155 poor Flea impersonation. Managed to replace it with a Basslite scored for under £30 off eBay back when they weren't also crazy expensive.

I blew the same driver with a LMII (8ohm nominal load) and the volume at what I thought was a sensible level. Looked online to check how much replacements were (paid about £55 for it new back in the day) and had a bit of a cry.

100%, the existing ones don't look particularly bulky or heavy. On a lightweight bass 75g weight saving on the headstock might make enough difference though. Guyker do some open gear tuners they are 69g and work out at about £40 for a 5 string set, probably cheaper on AliExpress. Either way it would be a shame to lose those lovely stock tuning keys, Schaller M4 Light or BM Light might be a more suitable replacement if you don't want the visual downgrade of generic looking flat Y keys.

The most suspicious thing is the short timeframe between the bass going AWOL and it being put up for auction. I wonder if the auction house works with Porcel Farce directly of if there's a 3rd party buying unclaimed/lost goods?

That's bizarre. If you have a good reason to believe you've handled stolen property why would you hand the item back to the person/company you got it from, especially if the police are involved?

Not sure why ibanez chose those fret markers instead of proper Lumunlays which do appear on other Cort builds at that price point. The ones on my Modern 5 stay bright for ages.

Their engineers are superb as well, bands usually sound at their best on KEXP. The Mannequin Pussy set sounds incredible, better than the studio albums.

Just spotted this one on FB, Mexican Fender: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/781660624954291/

Saw a short video of these doing the rounds the other day, I like it!

Intrigued by their fret filing/crowning gadget. One thing I don't have is a good set of files and I'd only be using them for sorting rogue high frets anyway.

What type of music will you be playing and what's the budget?

Might be worth trying a Warwick Buzzard case.

I nicked one of my daughter's hair bands, attached it to my strap (threaded it through one of the spare adjustment holes to secure it) and just hook my Lekato wireless bug over that. Have an extension cable obvs.

There's an Elf 110 combo in the classifieds for £340: Bassbros have a 110 extension cab for £199: https://bassbros.co.uk/product/trace-elliot-elf-1x10/ Great little modular, tiny and lightweight rig you can gig with for under your budget.

Nah, Colin Furze would have attached a flamethrower to it. Nowhere near dangerous enough as it is.

Although when I list stuff it does come up with my town.

Says it's in N16 postcode when you click on it, might just be an eBay thing.

You can add your own IR files and NAM captures to it so just a case of finding one you like, loads here: https://www.tone3000.com/search?q=bass I did a thread about it here: It's pretty intuitive to control and you can also connect it to your phone or laptop and use that to configure it. I just bought it for silent practice really, I had two sets to learn for dep gigs while looking after my mum post hip operation so it released at just the right time!

It might just be knocking around a depot somewhere. Years ago I had a bass that went missing for a couple of days (my Zoot in a massive Warwick flight case) which was shipped via PF24 or whatever it was called then. The only reason it made its way to me within the same week was our Parcel Force guy (I worked for a mail order company that used PF almost exclusively at the time) spotted it leaning up against a wall, recognised he'd delivered waaaaaay too many similarly shaped boxes to me and checked the label. So really the moral of the story is the more basses you buy the safer you are.

I own this and it's great for silent practice. Bluetooth aux in, rechargeable battery, tuner, NAM captures, IR etc. It's also absolutely tiny: https://www.sonicake.com/products/pocket-master There's also these which look great, no experience of them though: https://www.sonicake.com/collections/multi-effects/products/smart-box https://www.valeton.net/product/gp-50/

The TGI bags don't have much in the way of storage btw, just a slim pocket on the front which is more for cables and other small items. I'd be looking at the Pro Go or even better the Thomann one with the separate accessory bag. Like buying a Mono Tick but you get a free gigbag thrown in.

Based on wot I own: If you're on a budget - TGI Extreme. Can't buy a better quality gigbag for the money. If you have loads of stuff - Gator Pro Go. I got all my cables, power supply, IEM setup, batteries etc in the main pocket, a 10" tablet in the dedcated inner pocket and my Fishman preamp in the top compartment. If you want a super premium but slim gigbag - TGI Ultimate. Not just an upmarket version of the Extreme, it's a superb gigbag and rock solid. I also have a Gator Pro Go X (now renamed to Transit) which is also good, possibly a little bit nicer than the TGI Extreme but unless you get it in a serious sale it isn't great VFM in comparison. It's pot luck what you get I think, a lot of shops still have older stock. I recently got another Extreme for my Parlour bass (classical guitar model) and it has the solid handle, was from Absolute Music despite them advertising the new one on their website and eBay store with stock pics. Agree it's nicer than the two piece version so might be worth asking.

That's a shame, can't flip it on eBay as "ex Searchers vintage Japanese Aria bass" now!

Frank was still active a year ago giving interviews and doing The Searchers' last show. He's done an interview with a smaller YT channel here which may be a point of contact: