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Great kit.  Tempt me more, what are the dimensions of the head and cab.  Thanks.

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Bought a DiMarzio Mod 1 pickup from Mark.  Excellent all round, great communication, well packed and rapid arrival.  Cheers.

If the pieces are broken in a reasonable way, I would Epoxy or superglue them back together.  You may need to tape it down on waxed paper to keep everything aligned in place.  Sanding down the epoxy squeeze out afterwards may be required. Has to be worth a try since it is currently u/s.

Bought two sets of strap locks from @cd_david

Sale went smoothly, wouldn't hesitate to do business again.   Excellent communication at all stages and very fast posting.

pmd

Gibson SG bass neck dive solved with Hipshot ultralites.  This is my go to bass, light, balanced, short scale.  It is not perfect, the E string lacks a little something compared to my long scale basses.   Chowny SWB-1 neck dive 95% sorted with some s/h BC Hipshots from a Cort.  Strangely (in view of the Physics) the Chowny balances better with a strap-lock fitted to one of the neck bolts rather than the top horn.  @Andyjr1515 has all the right answers (from my perspective as an ageing Physicist)  on why short scale neck dive happens. 

Here's something I built a while back, 32" scale length.   Absolutely no neck dive, 7.9 Lb and no Hipshots ... read on

Anti dive provided by  a 1 Lb block of lead at the bridge end and Retrovibe machine heads - a few g more than ultralites, way cheaper and just as good imo. Moments about pivots again.  The parallel neck shape was an experiment following a 3 string CBG build.  Not to be repeated.

What dimensions are the Barts?

£734.00  seems to be the starting price.  500W peak at 4 Ohms, 250 W peak at 8 Ohms.

50 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Snap, just coming out, hopefully of a chest infection compounded by a second infection to my throat. Had a gig in the middle and it was close by so we did not cancel but I did not sing, due to both my stupidity in forgetting my mic stand and the throat. I am just waiting for the other members of the band saying the vocals were better that night.

There seems to be a lot of this around at the moment, likewise just recovering from similar, has taken about 3 weeks.

Mine was NOS, 2006 bass bought new in 2018 or so. Not quite sure how a warranty claim would have played out. Have owned my 1989 G&L SB-1 since about 1991, faultless.

A lucky 'break' with this one. My G&L 5er suffered wood compression at the nut end rather than the truss rod stripping. Result was a cracked fingerboard lifting from the neck around frets 1-3.  Game over other than a very good repair by Jon Shuker - new fretboard, dual action truss  rod and stainless frets. Better than new.

Following this thread I spent £32 on a Lekato WS70.  Used in 2.5 hr rehearsal last night, no drop outs.  It seems to drop a bit of volume. To my ears it has a bit of compression and loses some high end.  These effects are liveable with.  No hiss or any other discernible noise. Listened on headphones to detect the gating / low volume cut off effect reported by some but  I was not able to detect this. Seems good so far, out for real on Saturday blues band gig. Next week it has a more demanding scenario, fretless bass in my prog-jazz-rock originals band. Weird not having a cable after 50+ years of attachment. 

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

If you lose your place, turn down your volume pot to very low till you work out what to do. 
watch the guitarist’s hand so you can figure out what chord he is on and that might jog you into place. Obviously don’t look for too long as you’ll either barf, or worse, turn into a guitard

Or even stop playing and pick it up again from a known phrase / point / sensible restart point.

Did a dep gig about a year ago.  40 numbers to get sorted at short notice of which I had played about 3 or 4 before.  Quite a lot of them had distinctive key bass lines e.g. We are family, Let's Dance. Big learning curve and disproportionate for the time and payback.  Keyboard player in the band was a real godsend, the kind of musician you want by your side.  Conclusion, not for me, I admire anyone who can do this well.

27 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

........ the horns on a lot of them seem too thin to me as well.

Thin they are but the ergonomics are pretty good.  No neck dive even with regular non-lightweight machines.  As a vertically challenged bass player the long horn puts the lower frets easily in reach.  Two big bonuses are really lightweight and cheap.  If it gets stolen at a gig, no great loss.

Highly under rated bargains in many cases, no idea why this is.  The neck and fretwork on the two I have are excellent.  Milestone III, £80, which also included a Hiscox case.

Where is the breakage happening?  Is it on every string or just one? Is there a sharp edge or a burr on the tuner slot / hole?  I have wrapped the thick part of flatwound strings round posts without issues (TIs and chromes).

@ezbass makes a very relevant point.

Beyond cool! Cooler than most.

Stunning, what a great looking bass. !

On 20/03/2024 at 20:30, Skybone said:

Very nice. GLWTS.

Exactly what I was going to say, Very nice and GLWTS.

It may be that the 'key' (the bit you get hold of) will not go onto the shaft (circled red) far enough for the key screw to engage because the worm screw has disengaged too far?   Another tactic is pliers or mole grips, grab hold of the shaft end, pulls and turn, hopefully the thread winds back in. At that point the collar etc. and the key will all fit correctly.  You may get lucky:)

Strangely I gained a useful instrument building idea from looking at that bass.  Don't ask, I won't tell you. I was surprised that I did, so my time was not unproductive.  Many years ago I wondered on a BC thread how he has 100% positive feedback on the well known internet auction website,  that mystery remains to this day.

It is probably not as bad as it looks.  Looking at the picture, the worm screw part should wind back in (unless there is damage I am not seeing, e.g. internal). Put the key on without the collar, push the exposed thread back in while winding the key, don't be afraid to push firmly with something like a wooden block against the exposed thread end.. I can't tell you which way to wind by looking at the picture, but it should go back in (experience lol).  You may need to put a coin into the post slot and twist this at the same time to get engagement.  Once it goes back in put the collar etc back on.

If the above does not work then my starting advice would be measure stuff up.  I wanted to replace the 1980s Schaller M4 on one of my basses. I now have a nice set of shiny new M4L 90 Schallers sitting in the bass spares box.  Measure the bushing inner diameter, the Schaller machine outer diameter and  post height. Given the measurements, more informed suggestions should emerge here. 

Mid Wales Music, Newtown. A great survivor of what a music shop should be.  Bought 2 x G&Ls from them (1990? 2018?) and a Clifton EUB.  Plenty of other kit as well.  A good selection of new and used kit with some really interesting basses and guitars passing through at sane prices.  Well worth a visit if you are on the way to Mid /West Wales. What do I value, all the previous, great customer support, local knowledge and the kit is there to try.    The website gives a flavour but it is not a 'live' up to date stock. Ring and speak to Phil if you are looking for anything specific.