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I don't own a own a TB5 but I have a Kiesel VM49K and it's a darn good bass! Be prepared to wait 3-4 months if you're ordering your own specs.

Thanks for looking into this. I saw those two websites too but would prefer to keep the ordering within Europe as the website in the first link is in the US and the second website does not ship Ibanez parts to UK. Headstock Distribution got back to me today and suggested me to contact Max Cottam at http://www.cottamguitars.co.uk/ as he's one of UK's biggest Ibanez spare parts dealer.

Thanks - just dropped Headstock Distribution an e-mail I did that last night but couldn't find anything, especially the stacked knobs in black

Hi all, Does anyone know where I can get Ibanez replacements parts? Looking for a gold replacement bridge, tuners and some knobs for an Ibanez K5. Cheers!

Bought a Dingwall NG-2 from them last year and they've been nothing but helpful to me. Answered e-mails very promptly and got the bass out to me within 2 days

Nice! I missed out on this bargain Let us know how it goes!

Did anyone manage to get one of these from this auction?

Someone has listed 8 of these pedals in unused condition for like half the price! Too good to be true? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TC-Electronic-Spectra-Comp-Bass-Compressor-pedal-mint-in-box/283983177456?hash=item421eb766f0:g:rPYAAOSw6EhfO9J7

Congrats @Ian McFly! Let us know how you get on with it.

Hi all, Thinking of pulling the trigger on a Kiesel JB4 choosing a selection of options from their catalogue. Quite surprised there isn't more talk about Kiesel basses here. Aware they were called Carvin in the past and since Jeff Kiesel came on board he decided to split the brand into Carvin and Kiesel. Has anyone had any experiences with them? Anyone ordered a their build directly from them? How was the experience? Cheers!

Is that for standard tuning on 4 and 5 string? I’m using 55, 75, 90, 110, 160 on a 34” inch scale Ibanez 5-string for drop G# tuning. It’s not bad but the G, D and A string is abit tight for my liking.

That’s precisely it. I have those exact gauges for drop A# on my Dingwall NG2 but the .40 and .80 strings are too stiff for my liking therefore too high of a tension. Apparently those strings have a high tension in terms of feel and vary in all sorts of Ibs of tension too. So I worked out with the specific gauges i’m looking to get I’ll need to buy the strings separately from Newtone strings and the recommended gauges give the right Ibs of tension too. So overall if all works out I should get equal tension across all strings with the right amount of Ibs of tension on the neck too that’s not too light nor heavy hence a balanced tension.

Hi all, I’ve recently been geeking out on the idea of replacing my current strings with some balanced tensioned ones. I noticed certain gauges are tighter when I tune to drop G# on my 5-string specifically with the G, D and abit on the A string. Found Newtone strings, a UK supplier of strings and saw they manufacture any sized gauges up to .200 After some research I found the gauges on what apparently is the perfectly balanced tensioned strings. Has anyone done this sort of experiment and what were your results? Doesn’t have to apply to drop tuning you’ve done this experiment on.

For the sake of delivering excellent customer service, I totally agree with this.

Agree with you. If you don’t want to return the bass then some compensation must be done with a few of these issues.

Strings don’t have to align over the poles as the vibrations of the string will be picked up by the magnets when you play. I have a jazz bass that’s like this and it plays absolutely fine :) The damages on the Maruszcyk is not good. I would ask Adrian to give you some money back for the imperfections or send the bass back for a 100% full refund. The customer service reply from him is absolutely terrible too. This puts me right off from wanting to order from him... might go with a Kiesel now.

This is worrying really. I've been pondering whether to order a Maruszcyk Elwood bass and been reading the bigger thread we have here that some users have received their basses with some defects. If this doesn't happen on a £300 instrument then it shouldn't happen on a £2k+ instrument. I've also wanted to order a Nitro finish on the Maruszcyk too. Not fussed if it's shiny or what not but I believe the finish should wear nicely the more you play it like some folks mentioned above. Be interested to see what Adrian has to say about that hairline defect.

It works now! Weird it just suddenly worked yesterday I guess I just had to restart my laptop as I gave up the night before then switched it on yesterday. Struggling to get a good tone from the pedal now though compared to what I've heard online. Messing around with the settings to shape something.

Hi all, Recently bought a used Darkglass Alpha-Omega Ultra pedal with the intention of recording this through my Focusrite Scarlett Solo. I wasn't getting great results connecting the Darkglass 1/4 output to the Focsurite 1/4 instrument input then plugging my bass to the Darkglass 1/4 input. So I read on another bass forum I could connect the Darkglass XLR output and run it into the microphone XLR input on the Focusrite. I purchased a cheap XLR cable, connected the two devices together (See picture) but as I loaded up Logic Pro I got no sound from this connected method. Anyone know what's up here? Or is this completely wrong? Thanks

That's really cool! How do you go about ordering one of these?

Hi all, Looking into an Ibanez Premium 5-string bass but I've searched high and low to see if anyone has any feedback on Ibanez's 'Low Gloss' finish but to no result. What sort of finish is this? Is it something between a high gloss and satin finish? As it looks quite shiny already do the areas where you play (forearm, thumb rest on top of pickup) get glossy/oily? What about cleaning it? Can I clean it with regular guitar polish and a microfibre cloth? Keen to hear how existing Ibanez owners get on with this finish. Thanks