BassBunny

All jack sockets do the same job so just replace with either a Switchcraft or Neutrik one.

Here are Real Electronics, MarkBass approved repairer, charges. This is from 3+ years ago so "may" have gone up. £35 to diagnose the problem, which you get back if you go ahead. £69 fixed labour, £18 courier fee to send it back + parts. VAT needs to added to the final bill. I am pretty sure they don't repair to component level so they just swap a board out. MarkBass won't release circuit diagrams of their amps so it's difficult for independent repairers to track what the problem is. It's also a Class D amp, which a lot of guys won't touch. I was looking at North of £200 when my MarkBass went on the fritz so I just scrapped it.

If you check the EMG website, it has the installation instructions for the HZ range and it looks like they are humbuckers so there will be two coils. They will be configured as either series or most likely parallel. You could put coil tap switches in to give you single/series/parallel options or leave them as they are. I would recommend heat shrink sleeving rather than tape though. Just to be on the safe side.

To be fare, they don't last as long as Luminlay but I get way more than that out of the stuff I've used. I think it's a 3M product. I've got a Luminlay equiped bass and it needs a recharge about half way through a 45 min set. The ones I punched out need a couple of recharges. I've made 4mm ones, which may make a difference as they are much larger than the average fret markers.

Ashdown have the best customer service in the business. They can repair anything they have ever made and are pretty inexpensive. Speak to DG and if he can't troubleshoot over the phone just get it to Ashdown HQ and it'll be sorted.

They will work either way. Leave the bass out in daylight and they will charge up. A UV torch charges them and they will also get a certain amount of charge from stage lights or the lights in a venue. I must admit I tend to use a UV torch, cheep as chips on eBay, as it's more reliable but the luminous sheet I use is designed for making luminous signs, so does glow for quite a while.

They work for me. I made my own stickers to go on a couple of basses that didn't justify a Luminlay installation and they've worked out well. A sheet of this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161417187491?var=460441492576&hash=item259536d0a3:g:l2MAAOSwd4tUDk3H and a Hole Punch: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372487393099?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=nWCK7uxFScC&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=NXO8JSHoStK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE Less that £10 and will make enough dots for the rest of your life. Works really well and you can make whatever size you like.

MeisterWorks are Luminlay. That's the company that manufactures the products. Whilst a stick of Luminlay @£20 isn't too bad, £19 postage is extortionate. It used to be about £3-4 p&p.

I was under the impression that the BG250 combos used Turbo sound drivers.

I've two bass guitar shipping boxes that are destined for the tip unless someone can make use of them. Based just outside Altrincham, South Manchester.

There's some faces I recognise. Buggered if I could name them all now. 🙂

Even if we use our own PA, which is very rare, we bring a sound engineer in. It's a nightmare trying to play and run the FOH. Most times if we need to provide pa we bring a company in to do the full hit.

We are North West based as well. In fact Male vox and drummer, his dad, are Preston based. I don't have anything to do with booking gigs, thankfully. We are fortunate in having one of the band that is good in that area. Obviously due to the size of the band we can't play the Dog and Duck so it is mainly Corporate, Weddings, Festivals and dedicated music venues. We don't have a particular agent we use. Just register with every agency you can find when you have a promo vid and some decent publicity shots. The Continental in Preston is a great place to play and The Empire in Rochdale. Both dedicated music venues with in house pa and sound engineers.

NoWe're a similar line-up to you. A 10 piece with a second female singer an have about 60% of those numbers in our set list including Seven Nation Army. If you're doing a ska version, is it the Ben l'Oncle Soul one? We do the version he sang on Later with Jools. Cracking number.

Yep, it's Mark Gooday, the main man. He's just whacked it on a Range Rover as it's been on retention for a while.

Try the effects loop trick first. Get a jack plug and insert/remove it several times in the send and return. Or connect send to return with a lead. If not used the effects jacks can oxidise causing the issue you describe. If you need it looking at speak to Dave or Guy at Ashdown as they repair and service Trace gear now. Makes sense as Ashdown were born out of the TE purchase by Peavey.

Not necessarily. I would be very surprised if all 4 drivers have blown but to use the battery trick, you really need to take each driver out and test. There is a crossover of sorts in the cab which could have gone. This would then effect all 4 speakers in the way the OP has described.

Really it's impossible to say what the problem is without diving in with a multimeter. It could be a duff pickup/vol pot/output jack. You really need someone who can check it out for you. Have a look here to see if there is anyone local who can help. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/277468-bcers-prepared-to-help-fix-a-bass/

+1 for a RM500. I was a massive MB fan. Like you used them for years but when Real's estimate for repairing my Little Mark came to more than it was worth, I went the Ashdown route. We've gone "amp free" now but I loved my Rootmaster and Ashdown customer service is second to none.

Mine was 8.25lbs. a veritable lightweight.😁

These are fabulous basses. I had a CAR one and to this day I do not know why I sold it.

Back on an half price 😊 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354713695189?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=43vzwjbcsqe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=NXO8JSHoStK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I'm using Newtone strings. They are quite like the d'Addarios that Ibanez fit to the bass as standard, only nicer.

I was pleasantly surprised and It's so light and easy to play. Crazy thing is that having played a couple of £3k ACG'S with never a comment from sound engineers, I've had three comment on how good the Mezzo sounds. The last comment at sound check was, "Lush". I've got the greeny coloured one but am after a black one as although I'm happy being a one bass man, I'd like a backup. The black 5ers are pretty scarce.