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Two surprising rigs (at low volume), Telecaster copy > Stagg 20W transistor combo, unbelievably good lead and chords. Bass wise, G&L SB-1> Fender super 60 guitar combo, mic up & record, just thick and lush.

Have you played back recordings and evaluated what is going on? I have found this very revealing with my playing (even poor recordings are helpful) and it has improved my approach on several pieces. In both of my current bands we have reached the point of hand up and saying "I'll take that one" for blunders or "What do you think sounds best here?". Depending on where your band culture is, and the personalities, a more gentle lead in to getting self criticism / evaluation may be the order of the day.

Before pressing the red button it is worth asking the question "is she fixable"? With time, explanation, coaching etc could she become good? If she is fixable then ask yourselves the questions, "do we have the time and willingness to invest in her, is she worth fixing in terms of what else she brings to the band?". A sound piece of advice I was given many years ago was that (most) people do not want to come to work to do a bad job. Whatever the outcome I always remember that people need to be left with dignity and a sense of fairness. You never know what will come round.

The lack of length behind the saddles is my (main) gripe with the three point bridge. How hard (and not expensive) would it be to change the casting so that the E string does not rest on the silk or where the winding is not yet correctly established. P*&# poor engineering. Saying that, the rest of my SG bass now fitted with a Hipshot bridge and machines is really good, especially the fretwork.

Bought a Mod Dwarf from Kevin. Great communication, rapid arrival and well packed. Super deal. Thanks.

That must have been some hefty impact. As suggested fixable, but not at that price (unless there is something I do not know about W Kist basses).

Agree about safety issues and the Earth wire is essential. I just took the link as a further pointer to check the earth/ground connections. In an ideal world (no experience of inside TE equipment) you would be able to check the power supply on its own, then the power supply board shown above without any downstream connections.

That suggests a ground loop problem to me even though it has good ground/earth connections (as expected in TE kit). Have you undone the G/E connections,cleaned, contact sprayed and then re-fixed? This thread is relevant https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/trace-elliot-gp12smx-bass-preamp-hum-problem.56245/ This is going to be a tricky one but should eventually be fixable. FYI, my amp fixing is from being a Physicist/Engineer - not an amp tech, no serious electronics background, just learned as I went along.

Could it be noise picked up from fluorescent, led or other noisy devices e.g. pc/screen? Do you have access to an oscilloscope? If so investigate the rectified power supply quality. Is the noise present on the dc power supply after rectification and smoothing before reaching the poweramp stage? Even better if you can disconnect the power supply from the pre and poweramp boards when you investigate. If you don't have a 'scope, I would replace the rectification diodes on the basis that a) they are the other main parts in the rectification and b) they are cheap. Looking at the schematic (If I have the correct one), C11 0.22uF capacitor might also be worthwhile changing (although an unlikely candidate). Another possibility is a poor earth connection (causing a ground loop) somewhere between the various pcbs, transformer, case metalwork etc. After that you are into checking power amp capacitors C3 -> C8. Good luck!

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Having bought one (black Friday price plus online discount code -> £21 all in), it is Sommer Spirit cable. Arrived next day as well. Useful when changing between bass and EUB which I seem to have to do in both bands.

The cheap version is called "unplug the lead at the amp end", the deluxe version is something like this https://www.studiospares.com/studiospares-pro-neutrik-silent-guitar-lead-angled-jack-5m-593140.htm I find mine very useful and it works really well.

Have you thought about/tried using impulse responses rather than amp sims? I sometimes use a Sonicake IR loader pedal (cheap) to help shape my EUB sound, some of the free cab and amp IRs seem really good. I have reached the stage that most of the time playing live I just accept that the room acoustics, amount of audience, pa, volume etc. will eradicate any subtlety and nuance in bass tone so I just work on getting it sounding superb/excellent/good/adequate/less-than-crap/sh*te as best I can. Recording I just DI and let someone else sprinkle the magic fairy dust for a good bass tone. I have an admiration for guitarists and bass players who can hack effects pedals, I never cease to be amazed at our keyboard player with innumerable presets and who knows what. Me, I just plug it in and play, dinosaur ++.

I rate my fretless Chowny swb-1, TI flats very highly. Tend to use it rather than my fretless Corvette. Took a long time to find a used Chowny fretless.

I like hard cases (Gator /Hiscox). A word of caution, some of them have sharp/rough edges on the hinges and by the handles. These can 'improve' your car seats (especially leather ones) no end. Duct tape is your friend.

If you were unlucky enough to get Araldite into the t-nut thread you may be able to clear it (carefully) using the correct size thread tap.

I am that bass player, bought a P bass new 1977 (student grants were amazing things). It was good if somewhat weighty. Just bought a Cort Action Junior s/h £100. With the benefit of 50 years of bass manufacturing improvement and my changing perspectives I am just amazed how good it is. It will be gigged as no1. There are many outstanding basses in the marketplace, at some point I will also have to offload mine (some good, some interesting and some tat) as age marches on. I have had the fun from them, the potential financial 'loss' due to marketplace slowness is not that great averaged over time. I have even give some kit away to 'worthy' recipients and my sense of relief was most welcome.

And closely following @JPJ , a close up image.