Moos3h

Will give that a go! Dont have meths but wonder if baby wipes would do it? Ideally don't want to wreck the coating but perhaps that's what's coming off!?

It did! Mercifully the original finish was a weird kind of varnish more than paint, and was flaking already - came off fairly easily in the end!

An Aria IGB something or other! The preamp is excellent...very powerful and tweakable. The new Wilkinson machine heads do the job but are a bit 'creaky' so will try some goop on them to loosen them up a bit.

Hi all Bought some of these from Amazon (sold BY Amazon, not a third party). They are leaving black grot on my fingers after playing for a few seconds...suspicious? They sound and feel fine but surely this is not normal? Cheers!

Okay, so not quite £60. It was up for £110 delivered from cash convertors (a seller I often follow) and I had a £50 voucher. To say it was minging was an understatement. Covid would have been the least dangerous thing lurking on the fretboard of this bad boy. Took the sander to it and hit it with some Danish oil. A new set of tuners and and strings are we are in business. Sounds phenomenal! Check out the before and after pics! Hopefully you'll be able to work out which is which!

Solid fella! Met up for a smooth transaction done at super quick speed at a petrol station. Shady dealings indeed Top bloke.

That is a hideously written article. Interesting subject matter but by God it was hard work!

Pass, but they are 'universal' so I guess it's possible. Maybe someone here has one?

Buy a foam case off Gear4Music? £45 delivered?

Yeah I'm OCD about that sorta stuff, it would bother me.

I know these get a lot of love here, so posting in case anyone fancies it! https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/product/yamaha-mij-bbp34-broad-bass-sunburst-w-hard-case-2nd-hand-yyamaha101827/

Reminds me, band I was in we used to put music on via a phone before, between and after so that it wasn't a shock when we began playing. One wedding gig our singer left his iPhone on random...we went out for a drink and when we came back we found the bride and groom desperately fiddling with the PA in an attempt to turn off chapter four of Harry Potter audiobook! Set the tone for the rest of the gig, that one did...

Enjoyed it, and the show that was afterwards...god Rumours is something else!

Thanks Stevie, it's not a big cab - i'd say it's not THAT shy of the size of a BF Compact, but not as deep so perhaps the Faital will not be ideal.

Hi folks, I've an Ashdown Mag 420 Rootmaster 1x15" combo and would like to lose some weight and eek out more volume so am considering a speaker upgrade. I'm thinking go for 4 ohm to squeeze out all the power and something relatively efficient so have been looking at the Faital Pro 15 PR400. Anyone experience of doing this upgrade in the Mag combos and have any recommendations? The speaker is nearly the cost of the amp when j bought it so that gives me confidence it's probably better than what's in there but is it a good match for the cab? Thanks!

Funny, I find Amplitube to be pretty universally awful for guitar, but wow that SVX pack has some great tones in it for bass. Thanks OP!

Very true...I'm out of the loop, what's the nearest equivalent that won't require me to re-mortgage?

Problem sorted! Dug out my old Bass V-Amp Pro and it's instantly a million times better. Done! Spectracomp going back

Hi all, I've just bought a Spectradrive which I use straight into our PA and I'm a little disappointed, perhaps. However I think it's my lack of understanding at fault... I was expecting the pedal to simulate a good DI/Preamp so I could plug in and hear (through IEMs) natural sounding bass, but I think maybe what I actually need is an amp/cab SIM and not a preamp/DI? If I run it into an amp it sounds great but into the desk (or my interface) and it sounds flat and lifeless. Can anyone recommend a simple to use plug and play pedal/box that basically just works without too much fiddling? I appreciate tone is subjective etc but I think I'm after a good approximation of that classic Trace Elliot sort of tone, chunky and authoritative but with real presence and bite? I know this post is frustratingly vague but I suspect it's entirely my fault I don't like the Spectradrive and thus some knowledge from you chaps would doubtless help! Thanks in advance, James

I'm mid way through a Harley Benton PB-50 project and now deciding what to do re the bridge. The current one is a generic (and unremarkable) mid-way between high mass and BBOT so that's going in the bin, but it's larger than your normal BBOT. I am thinking of going for something beefy to replace it so that I don't have an ugly mess where the old one was. So, all things being equal - does string through body really impact the sound? Most high mass bridges I'm looking at seem to top load. Does it make a difference? Cheers, James

Cheers! I figure it will almost certainly be loud enough, it's just whether it will be deep enough to give the feel of the bass...I suspect that is where it will struggle, but it's better than what I do now (one IEM, one out so I can hear 'the room'). What I was HUGELY fed up of was huge bass speakers that you could hear from Grimsby, but stood right next to it, I may as well have unplugged...having a monitor firing back at me just for the bass tone should cure that at least.

I've just ordered a Yamaha DBR12 for sort of this purpose. We are now 'ampless' as a band so I'll use the Yamaha as a monitor/amp when I can't be arsed with the IEM setup. Main signal will still go via the FOH but should mean I hear more of what the tone sounds like to the audience - that's the plan, anyway...