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Get two with the BOGOF and set them to different lengths. 👍 No metal work within the adjustment mechanism on the strap means no scratches on the bass! No disagreement that they're not the easiest to adjust, but they sure are nice straps! 😁

Pinegrove and/or Italia Leather are the ones I use and fit your above requirements. Italian are up to 4" wide and really supple, good ability to adjust too. https://italiastraps.com/collections/4-inch-wide They have a constant BOGOF offer too.

Pretty sure I may have already posted this, but here he is again... Binky!

Honestly, they're not spectacularly different. I've owned maybe 3 Euro Spectors, all excellent instruments. The US NS6XL was a nicer bass, but not by a huge margin, and not to the extent of the price difference.

Go on then, show us the full beast! If you do downsize, give me a shout! I used to have a Spector NS6XL a while back, loved it.

Such a bunch of bottom of the rung basses... haven't you got any good gear to show us? 😆 Also, give me that Spector please... NOW!!!

Yup, changed cables and cut out everything from the signal chain and still getting the issue.

Unfortunately not - the Mesa was on for a good 3 hours last Thursday (the day I noticed the issue) with no gradual improvement.

Already done that and no, no leaks!

G75 on eBay for £99... that's a bit of a steal IMO. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155874481397?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Szg9cMcWSOW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=mojaVkKDRiC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I have a Line6 G75. It's a great set up, never missed a beat.

Merely £350 a pedal...

Definitely not a problem in the signal chain. I do run a Line6 Helix, but for the purposes of troubleshooting, I ran direct into both amp with multiple different basses using both heads with both cabs and the problem remained. The studio is nearing 18 months old, not had issues before, but I'm certainly not ruling it out. I think my first port of call will be to run the amps through a different power outlet, see if that has an impact - if it does, then that's the issue. If not, then maybe re-valve one of them and if that works then I'll do the other. I suspect now it may a power supply problem...

Could be... I didn't have the minerals left in me to move everything around yesterday (recovering from a few weeks of illness). That's definitely my next port of call before potentially re-valving. Might also look at getting a Furman power conditioner...

As a precaution, all batteries in the basses I used yesterday had their batteries checked and changed. The issue remains. Curiously, on the other side of my little studio is a Marshall JVM410H and a Blackstar Series One 100, both with plenty of valves between them and both functioning without issue.

Technical question for you technical lot... Why would two amp, both not played in 3 weeks, both not moved or touched since last played and both worked perfectly 3 weeks ago, suddenly now both seem to be producing much less power and making their respective cabs sound a little farty? I've tried different cables, basses, etc. the problem seems to lie with the amps. One amp is a Mesa Big Block 750 and the other a Purple Chili Phatt Bass 750. Both have matching cabs. Both are vavle pre-amps with solid state power sections. Without having much of an idea about anything, could it be possible that we had a power surge and it affected the pre-amp valves in both heads simultaneously? That's the only thing I can think of that might have affected both of them at the same time... Any insight would be much appreciated! Thanks, Russ.

I will fight you for that... 9 rounds of overarm 'grandad' style boxing!

I think the contents of this thread gave them a reasonable cross section of the goings on of Basschat! Anyway, back to the fighting!!!

I have a 6 string Alien, I used the Warwick Red Labels. Sure there are 'better' strings out there, but for the money, the Red Labels are really quite good indeed...

Oh yeah, well I think you're dreadless and the advice is worthful.