Machines

Can't wait for the influencer reviews totally ignoring the literal elephant in the room. Shame this, definitely a missed opportunity.

Single pickups Satin painted finishes (as they always shine up, and are generally more fragile than gloss poly) Non-speed loading bridges aka 'BBOT' Batteries inside control cavity, rather than a quick access flip box Jack sockets in a funny place so my Boss Wireless unit doesn't fit Active basses without a passive mode n.b. amongst my basses, all of the above exist 🤣

Set your input gain lower or use the active input.

Been using Ashdown most of the last 20 years, never needed their repairs dept so far. N.b. I've recently become an Ashdown artist so any praise from me is most definitely be biased 😂

5/5

MTD Kingston Super is a good shout too.

Here's MTD Kingston Super 5 I got earlier this year, has been upgraded periodically and now is 10/10. It was perfectly serviceable stock, but I saw a few examples of these mods and they looked so much better. Biggest differences are probably aesthetic (no more easily tarnished chrome), but a few practical ones too (e.g. switching, and passive option). It did cost me a small fortune, but I can't see myself ever selling it. With the 3 way coil taps giving 15 sound options and this preamp, it can pretty much do everything. I am most pleased that I installed all of these myself, too (with only mild swearing). Bartolini DL5CBC Pickups Bartolini HR-5.4AP/918 Preamp (18v) Hipshot B Style bridge Hipshot Ultralite tuners MTD USA Knobs Dunlop Straplocks 2 x 3 way coil taps (Removed series option to have single coil/parallel/single coil) Satin finish polished to semi-gloss.

@Napalmnun Nice score. I don't want to know how much that cost 🤤.

There are some shocking underpriced examples where the item is collection only in a remote location.

Payson are not bad - but head to head I prefer Dingwalls every time. They seem to not have too much tension and that suits me.

No problems at all, are in phase.

It's the only cloud service I deal with 🥲.

Probably skimped on the SQL DTU but I expect the web dev company has made a suggestion on that, its Cloud based so scaling should be very easy. I'm popping down there tomorrow and will feedback as was OK for me during my unofficial UAT. I made a few suggestions regarding the filters but they are as I saw it a few weeks ago. Agreed - it has actual context around each brand and isn't just a list of gear that doesn't give any insight as to where it's from, or what's good about it (e.g GuitarGuitar).

Here's my RM rig with my NG2 from a recent band videoshoot:

I was more than happy with it for the price, but... Fender Marcus Miller Jazz with East preamp, was not going to lose.

Was the blue one still there ? If so I owned it for <48 hours, then returned it as a Fender Marcus Miller Jazz appeared in stock, and I did a very expensive swap. Agreed on top service, Gaz (manager) is a nice chap and has been in the guitar business a long time.