JohnH89

The Yamaha is half the price of the Bose . lighter and louder by a noticeable amount . There is a BTR model that has a battery included so can run without mains . About another £60 . It has a yamaha bag available or aftermarket from Terralec . I bought aftermarket for £20 and it fits perfectly . 

Just bought a Yamaha Stagepas 100 for use as a monitor for small band . FOH is taken care of by Yamaha DHR10 . The Stagepas is a great and easily transportable monitor with 2 channels , one can be used as a Hi impedance for instruments and also has aux in . I just feed channel 1 from the monitor feed on the mixer . Can be stood on floor and tilted or mounted on mic stand . Also bluetooth .  Worth a look and works a treat .

Loving the look of that . It could be a stunner . Here's one I made earlier .....

Sorry , my bad . The Burns has LaBella LTFs , the 760FX are on the Yamaha . They have snot green silks .

Labella  760FX . Got em on My Burns Bison and just had a look .

4.5 x 45mm screws every time for me . Straight through the neck plate . Never had a neck fall off yet Rob .

It fits fine . A bit of space around the neck but I'm always super careful with my basses . If you want a bit of extra protection , go for the FB1225 .

I have a Fender FB610 which fits mine JC fine . The FB1225 or FB620 are both a step up in quality and price but still reasonable enough . 

Burns Bison . Found one local to me last year after a long look . I love it . 

I have bought PA equipment from them . Great prices and decent delivery . 

Carbon brushes from a motor to earth the rails ?

I still think you will probably get away with not needing an earth . 

Off the top of my head , I would say don't worry about an earth connection at this stage and address the problem if it arises . I will give it some thought and get back to you . Is this another 3D printing exercise Rob ?

For that sort of money I would take a drive down there as you are in South Yorks . You will find they are lovely folks to deal with . 

As recommended above . The only case I found that would fit my Burns Bison . Same length as the Bongo . You will have to remove the additional cushion at the bottom which is attached by velcro . Not tried it but the Fender FB1225 was the only other one that may have fitted . The Gator is a fantastic case . 

I would seriously check out a Sterling in person . The one I bought brand new was one of the shocking QC fails with a busted truss rod and tuners made of toffee . It was returned to the seller in person . Never again for me .

Bought one of these to use for background music at Xmas street party between sets . Battery lasts 8 hours . Music straight from phone playlist . Straight into spare channel on PA .

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Are you gonna cite some sources evidencing a systemic problem, or did you just get a bad one and extrapolate out from there?

Over on the other forum there is a thread that runs to 39 pages over the last two years plus . Many reports of problems . I did get a duff one and I will never buy another . I don't know if I can post a link to 'the other side ' here but if you search for Sterling ray34 sparkle basses over there you will find what I mean .

They had better up their QC . A repeat of the ongoing tuner/truss rod issue could well be the end for them . 

I agree about the ports . Have a look here ...

https://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?browsemode=category&category=Hardware&masthead=Case_!amp!_Speaker_Parts&subheadnew=Tuning_Ports

Not going to break the bank and I have used these on a few builds without any problems .

I'd contact Maruszcyck first to see if they can help .

10 hours ago, SH73 said:

I have called East Street today and spoke to Tim about an amp repair, he sounds like a nice chap.

Aye . He's a good 'un . 

2005 Burns Bison '62 reissue . Love it .

Just as an update . Gator G-PG Pro Go fits the burns bison '62 reissue if you remove the velcro pad at the bottom . Its snug to zip up but it aint gonna move in there . Thanks for all your input .

There is lots of stuff on the action hardware site but you will have to do a bit of research as to connections etc . The Hartke agents for the UK are

Hal Leonard Europe Ltd
42 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 2RY
T: +44 (0) 1284 705050 (opt.2)
E: [email protected]
Web: https://www.halleonardeurope.com/

Got to be worth a call or email 

I built one a while ago . I used a system from Nova guitars

https://novaguitarparts.com.br/produtos/

Superbly engineered parts . Andre is a gent to deal with and may even be a member on here . I think he is on the other place . The system is now with @rwillett who can probably give you a few pointers .