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Just bought a SpectraComp pedal from Dan. Seamless transaction, great comms, quick delivery and item in excellent condition. Thanks Dan!

Neck weights can vary quite a bit. I used to be obsessed by weight and went through a phase of weighing everything in sight! Looking at my data, I've had clean neck weights (without any hardware) ranging from 725gm ( 25oz) to 850gm (30oz). The heaviest neck I've had was a Warmoth which clocked in at 1.1kg (38oz) - but that one had stainless steel reinforcing rods.

Bought an Atlas compressor pedal from Andrew. Seamless transaction, good comms, quick delivery and item in excellent condition. Thanks!

I'm a newbie user of the Neuro desktop editor for the Atlas compressor and could do with some help understanding some of the myriad of editable features (there are a lot!). The first one being makeup gain. I understand how compressors work and the principle of makeup gain, but can anyone explain to me how the four controls relating to makeup gain in the Neuro editor (pic below) function and interact with each other: Auto-Makeup - OK I get this one! Reference Level - I'm assuming this is to specify a 'reference level' (presumably somehow relating to the level of the input signal) for the auto-makeup gain - but in the Atlas user manual it says the auto-makeup feature 'analyzes the level of the input signal' to match the levels. This implies that the ref level should be determined automatically, which seems to be at odds with having a separate control to specify a preset ref level. In practice, when using the Atlas with auto-makeup ON (as in the factory presets), and moving the blend control from fully wet to fully dry, I'd expect the levels to be much the same, but with my bass (standard passive P) the wet signal is noticeably louder than the dry signal with some of the factory presets (eg. Studio Snap Bass). Makeup Gain - Does this override auto-makeup, or does it just add a +/- trim to the auto-makeup level (or the reference level)? Auto-Makeup Include Attack Knob - What does this mean? Thanks for any input!

Just bought a Cali76 from Ian. Splendid chap to deal with, good comms, super quick delivery (arrived next day), well packed and pedal in excellent condition. Thanks Ian!

The good news is that the SPB4 pups (I have a set) are themselves very nicely built with properly earthed pole pieces! Tonally they are quite different to the vintage voicing of the SPB1 - they have a pronounced low-mid bump and less highs. Very nice pickups with a distinct vibe, but not as 'general purpose' as a regularly voiced P.

Listening to the hum at the end of the above vid, I agree with Jean-Luc re making sure the bass is fully shielded before replacing the pickup.

Here's your pic with the connection schematics added above each board. The pickup wires connect as you say to the BTB board on the right. Looks like the battery wires go to the floating connector with the red and black wires. By convention the red wire should be +ve but you can check that by tracing it back to where it's connected to the board and comparing with the schematic.

I take it you've already found this? https://britishaudio.com/products/trace-elliot-va350-and-va400-user-manual

The bobbin should be attached to the caddy by two phillips head screws as in the pic below. The screw holes in the bobbin are often slightly off centre from the factory, hence the wonky alignment. Easy enough to adjust by slightly filing out the holes in the caddy to provide enough wiggle room to set it straight.