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If any one is interested in Bacchus WL-433....33" scale as pictured. I dropped down to 'The Guitar Den' run by Joe near Petersfield to check out this one. Very nice bass, well put together. Great wood work, frets, finish, sound, the lot. The tone pot pulls up to boost the neck pup, ( I think it cancels the bridge one). Not Gotoh parts I'm told but still Impressive for a 33" scale and the string tension felt fine. Made in Bacchus's Philippines shop under strict control. I read somewhere that Bacchus basses are all hand made. I should add it was played straight out of the box and did play very well, slightly low action so plenty to play with. Picture shows the same model/colour/maple board.

I would try a shim first before radically altering with a file! I always think there is a better string tension if the bridge saddles are higher rather than flat to surface and I’m sure you will benefit from the feel too. So filing the saddle may leave the saddle still quite flat and you don’t want to file the saddle away too much? Maybe put a narrow width shim wood under the top end of the neck slot. ( Old story....years ago we used to put an ice cream stick ‘shim’ in Fender bass slots). There are full size shims made by Stewmac (USA), some argue too costly or not necessary against a simple narrow width shim just across the top end etc but thats down to how you feel about it.

If its a bolt on neck, maybe take the neck off....if you don't have a dedicated case for the bass then the package will be smaller and far less likely to be prone damage.

Excellent dealings with Noah for my MB 2x10, all cashed up and delivered within twelve hours, both of us returning from gigs at 1am off the M25, cloak n dagger stuff, all under the watchful cctv eye of MI5! Thanks Noah, brilliant.

Shug has a Roland Cube 100 for sale that might do.

Markbass Ninja 2x10 500 watt combo (into an extension cab), very light weight. There is a 250watt version as well. Green amp to offset the yellow speakers, sort of an acquired taste!

I'm certain some places raise the prices pre 'black friday' to make 'black friday' deals look better. (My friend gave up with one shops' pre black friday price hike and got it cheaper on Amazon anyway).

A good result....my gigging mantra is to check wiring first before assuming the worst.

Looking at the headstock channel, it may be for the truss rod adjustment?

i recently plowed through U.K. customs website pages and I think you’ll be hit with around VAT rate 20% and 3.5% import tax. This is all on how much you have paid out though I’m not so sure about second hand stuff but definitely get a receipt.

Look up Delano pickups from Germany.

I don't know this particular bass guitar but it has two pickups so why not wire a separate output jack for each pickup. At first try soldering the wires of one pickup to its own output jack and leave it hanging off the bass, leaving the other pickup to the existing output jack. If it works to your liking you could then get it screwed/fitted onto the bass properly. Take one pickup output to the guitar amp (maybe the bridge pickup for less 'bass' end helping higher frequencies) and one to the bass amp (neck pickup for a little more natural bass end). You may just permanently damage a pickup by removing a single or more poles.

My first real courier problem from Hermes recently.....'parcel not collected/unsuitable'. I bought a PA amp and the seller was very helpful all along. Parcel WAS collected and a collection sticker applied by the Hermes driver as such, then 'lost' in the system of depots, apparently all because Hermes didn't put the large address sticker on, or possibly because the seller hadn't printed one off but that is for the Hermes agent to rectify at time of collection. Luckily my seller had photographed all details on the box which were used as proof direct to Hermes. Zillions of emails and live chats, (no real person to contact, where IS the number?), threats of ombudsman and police involvement finally led to my parcel being delivered safe and sound. My lesson learnt....get photos whenever possible as proof and make sure everyone stickers the damn thing.....and insure!

I think the DiMarzio I meant are the ‘Ultra’ series and a quick look at their site shows them as Jazz pups so no good for you

‘Natural scoop’? If you mean mid range scoop there is a DiMarzio pickup that is explained as having mid scoop....can’t remember the model number.

Ah, the old days of putting a flat lollipop stick under the neck end to get the angle!