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The price of the Warman was quite attractive, £19 delivered is half the Tonerider.

Ordered the Tonerider, oddly cheaper to buy it from North West Guitar Parts than directly but that seems to be the winner. Not much less than what the bass is worth but hopefully it should give it some more authority.

Cheers guys, I'll have a look at those. She likes Queen, Abba, Bowie etc but also modern pop.

My daughter is starting lessons soon and wil be using her old Tanglewood Elfin 30" bass I bought her a while ago, it's decent enough and is a good size for her but the pickup is weedy - low output and lacking decent bottom end. Is there a decent low cost upgrade, sorta up to £30 ish? The bass itself is worth about £50-£60 Seen Wilkinson, Tonerider, Entwistle etc but I'm not a P bass guy and don't know what's what really. The last P pickup upgrade I did was back in the Sue Ryder days!

I don't get why they recycled the old USA made SUB name for the new (presumably Chinese) cheaper basses, also why did they reuse the Sterling name for their entire cheaper line when they have a specific USA made model of bass already using it? So you can have a Sterling by Musicman SUB bass (the Ray4/5) which has nothing to do with the original SUB line and isn't the Sterling body/neck shape. Makes no sense.

These are the ones I have: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334539053705 If they're not the ones (they look slightly different) then just do a Google image search for "2 pin board connector" and you should see something that looks right.

I'll probably have one of those knocking about, wait a sec...

Collection only auctions for commonplace items are always a risk, seller would have been better off listing the amp with postage at a reasonable BIN and flogging the cab locally.

There's also another bridge which uses a roller system, tbh I've thought about this one for conversions where the bridge is placed quite far back on the body and regular headless bridges would protrude. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802039467162.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802700546368.html Just noticed this one as well, roller style again but doesn't need a hex key to adjust: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804119404535.html

Btw I hope you're using forum approved tone plastic in this build!

There's also this one: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805137334071.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805137478880.html Noticed it's been used on this custom bass I think, the builder is on here but can't remember his username: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166491723596

Best channel on YT!

We're still using Alto at the moment, 2 x Alto TS210 and a single (I think) TS15S, we downgraded from a full RCF735 setup (with two massive RCF subs) and the Alto stuff was meant to be a stopgap but they perform really well so we haven't upgraded yet. Crazy cheap for what you get and can handle a full band in decent rooms.

There's a few different versions of the Sinsonido with three body styles, two body wing arrangements (with two different diameters of foam, again can be on either style) and AFAIK two different preamps with the controls located either on the upper or lower side. Mine is an early one with the straight body, two thicker body wings, preamp controls on the bottom and the headphones used the 1/4" output jack. You get different arrangements of those as well so not like there were 3 distinct models or anything, just a random assortment. For a bass that didn't have particularly wide appeal or was available for a long time it underwent a lot of changes!

Do either of those solder points have anything written next to them?

Aria UK had no parts when I contacted them years ago, from memory a few people got replacements early on but I suspect those will be just as likely to show issues. @sandy_r I wonder if a company like PCBWay might be an option for your preamp? I'd be selling that on eBay for more bass funds if I were you!

I guess if you're using a passive cab as a monitor at the front of the stage it might be useful, or if you are doing pit work where you have a small cab close to you. Can't think of any other use cases for it really, probably better off saving your money and getting the smaller Gnome.

Same, sat at home straight into the desk with my IEMs, that's what I tried to replicate live for ages.

Old Peavey, Trace, Ashdown, Hartke combos can be had for not much, more recently the TC BG series. In fact yesterday I found a mate of mine a Blackstar U250 for £275 on FB, he picked it up and is really pleased with it. In terms of heads you aren't restricted to big heavy things, there's usually some TC BH and BQ heads going for around £100ish. If you're near Tamworth there's a TC K410 cab on Facebook for £100.

I had to tilt my cabs some of the time (well just the top one usually), some gigs I was playing right on top of my rig behind the keys player and being tall I wouldn't have heard myself without turning the volume up to a point that would cause issues elsewhere on stage as my amp was mainly for monitoring. It was one of the reasons I liked my Schroeder 1212r so much. Depends on your stage setup and height really.

I use a Gator Pro Go Deluxe guitar gigbag for my standard scale EHB1505, it has removable padding so the multiscale version fits as well. Has tons of storage options so ideal for me as I keep everything in there.

A bit off topic but how are you finding the Gnome cab? Also is it the 10 or 12?

I always thought the same about the Select J and humbucker pickups, people seem to like them but I thought they were a bit meh. The Select P I had was good though. There's a Hohner Jack on FaceBook at the moment for £200 in Lincoln, gives you £100 to spend on pickup upgrades.