BassBunny

@Bass Guitar Review According to Eventbrite, Earlybird tickets are on sale until 24th Dec not end of December. Difficult to know which to go for with no artists announced for Sunday. Any idea when you will have the full program?

Good man. Am curious as to what it is and if i need a weekend ticket or not. 😀

HJas the email gone out @ped? Not seen anything.

Excellent, glad someone is looking. If you are still stuck, just get in touch.

The 5 strings can be about the same weight. I've 2 and the are both around 7.75lb. Heaviest 5er I have is an ACG at 8.25lb. I had a nice Squires VM P Bass 5 string that was 8.7lb and that was great. I wouldn't want anything heavier due to a back problem.

Not sure if you need it sorting quickly but I'm in Altrincham area and more than happy to take a look. I'm familiar with that pre-amp, in fact I've got an XCTC hanging around somewhere. Having worked for BT for 42 years I also understand wires and can solder 😁 Trouble is I couldn't look at it until after Xmas. Maybe between Xmas and New Year. If you fancy a trip over, let me know and I'll PM my phone number and we can have a chat.

I presume you have tried the obvious, ignore the pedal board and just plug straight into the amp?

There are a number of posts on here about ways to straighten twisted and warped necks and I'm sure someone will be along to offer advice. Don't give up yet.

There's a list of Amp techs all over the country in the Repairs section.

I would just send it to Real Electronics. They are authorised repair agents and have all the spares. It's pretty modular in construction so should be an easy fix for them.

Personally I wouldn't bother with the splitter if the speakers have dual inputs. It's just introducing something you don't need and could go faulty. 1 lead from Amp to Cab1, then a lead from Cab1 to Cab2.

This type of issue comes up a lot and one of the fixes is to plug a jack plug into the effects loop, (both send and return), a number of times. The sockets can oxidise over time and plugging/unplugging a jack plug, or lead, can clean them up.

Submarine Pro will cater for up to 6 strings and you are obviously used to it.

I'd change the corners for the plastic locking type. That way you can stack them either way without any problems. My 2 1x12's have them and they are perfectly stable when stacked vertically. Likey So.: https://cpc.farnell.com/penn-elcom/c1539/square-corner-protector/dp/AR71011?mckv=sW49Y15oM_dc|pcrid|224685952259|kword||match||plid||slid||product|AR71011|pgrid|52699126931|ptaid|pla-608250286317|&CMP=KNC-GUK-CPC-SHOPPING&gclid=CjwKCAiA_f3uBRAmEiwAzPuaM9P8xff_reLZ1zsaasE8l3wIz61sXQ2BR1qdMU3quhLcsccX4b_3ZxoCc1cQAvD_BwE And these are better: https://www.speakerbuildersupply.com/Plastic-chevron-stack-corners-p/c156-asterisk-.htm

Used them a few times and no problems at all. Good Customer Service as well.

Spot on. I've done it a few times with Delano pickups.

Ooops. It's an age thing Peter or predictive text. Yep, I prefer predictive text.

It was collected by Peter on 7th January 2009. I know that as I was at ACG HQ picking the woods and spec for my Recurve and it was the day after my Birthday. Peter and Dave Perry turned up to collect the bass and helped me with my choice of woods for the Recurve. On opening the case it truly was astonishing.

That'll be Trevor Barry. I think he is a member on here.

I messaged G&L about a 5 string Kiloton Tribute and they said that although there are no immediate plans, never say never. Everything needed is already available, apparently. It's just the machining of the body that needs sorting so watch this space.

Agree with @jezzaboy. That would most certainly be my option to choose.

I would say they both do roughly the same job. Option "b" might be the better option depending on your amp. With the separate blender option adjusting the overall volume/sound is just 1 set of controls on the amp unless your amp has 2 channels and an overall Gain, in which case I would say both options are the same. If you wanted each pickup EQ'ing differently, then it's option "a"

That's the 64 thousand dollar question. You won't know until you try. Welcome to the world of swapping out bits of a bass guitar. It could be the preamp that is not giving you the sound you want in which case a pickup swap might not solve the problem.

Pretty sure the MM pickups are passive and as you say, the battery is for a separate preamp. You may be able to use the EMG's but would need to supply them with a battery feed and as they already have a preamp in the pickups, there may be a compatability issue. Do EMG not do a passive version of the 45DCX?

Shame you are at the wrong end of the country or this would be perfect.