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My new Tony Franklin fretless has come in a 9lb 8oz, so it feels substantial but is certainly not heavy. It balances well, which to me is just as important, if not more so, when talking P bass!

Just picked up Nick's mono double gig bag. A pleasure to finally meet him and conduct this smooth as silk transaction. I wouldn't hestiate to deal with him again. As a BC bonus he also let me borrow a spare scratchplate he had, so I could have one made - that's what I love about BC. Gareth

Just popped a set of these on my new Tony Franklin fretless. I've used the black nylon versions for ages, but the white ones are really nice too.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1389364738' post='2333382'] I have almost always used Interparcel, Jake. Very user friendly quote page and competitively priced (you get several carrier and service level options). I have used them to send basses to Scandinavia, Italy, Belgium, Germany and France, always successfully [/quote] Same here. Usually opting for UPS of the couriers they use.

The Tony Franklin I have arriving tomorrow totalled 19.5% of the bass+shipping's declared value.

Sold a cab to Alan. An absolute pleasure to deal with and I wouldn't hesitate to tranasct with him again.

American Standard, yes, with either [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/basses/precision-bass/american-standard-precision-bass-rosewood-fingerboard-olympic-white/"]rosewoo[/url]d or [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/basses/precision-bass/american-standard-precision-bass-maple-fingerboard-olympic-white/"]maple[/url] board Standard, no.

The Bergantino NV115 gets a lot of love on Talkbass, but at 50lbs-odd it isn't lightweight by today's standards. Worth a try though?

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1388664223' post='2324454'] Just to confirm, I don't have crackly pots, it's just the amp sounds like crackly pots are being turned whilst it's warming up. With gain and master maxed, the noise it creates is unbearably loud, even with no bass plugged in. Hardly any with gain set to minimum though, which is where it sounds best. I may well pop back to the shop tomorrow to try their one out again! [/quote] Definitely doesn't sound right. Take it back.

How about a fretless version of your fretted Warwick?

[quote name='BruceBass3901' timestamp='1388655029' post='2324334'] I believe walbassist got to play with the CTM 15 quite a lot so he may be an authority on this little amp [/quote] Hi guys Here's my tuppence worth. 1. I didn't notice any crackling pots on my head. 2. Mine wasn't hissy at all with the gain knob fully ccw, but it did increase as you turned the gain up. Not so much to be unpleasant though. 3. I [i]loved[/i] the tone with the gain knbob fully ccw, but the moment it was turned up the tone seemed to change quite dramatically. As you say, it becomes much more upper-mid and treble orientated. I guess that's just the way it is. 4. Not sure about swapping out the EL84s for something else, certainly no idea about re-biasing. I tried a set of JJs in mine (12AX7 and 5751s in the pre, EL84s for the power) and they sounded good, but certainly didn't change the core tone to any extent. Cheers Gareth