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Now that is a good price which immediately makes me suspicious. Yes I'm cynical git. I was in Andover last week as well which isn't that close to Bournemouth but a lot closer than North Yorkshire is. Can't see it staying around at that price to be honest and it's days trip down and then another day back.

How much are they looking for? I'd be very suspicious of an old guitar/bass on Gumtree. Does it have phrases such as: 1. Know nothing about guitars 2. Found under the bed 3. Left to me by Uncle John who played in some famous band. 4. Cash only

I read through the thread about sharpening chisels and I have to doff my cap to the lady. I love watching Masters (doesn't seem quite right to say Mistresses) in action. I sit at the feet of greatness. I shake my head and realise I will never achieve that level of Jedi like woodwork. Rob

Mike brought my iPad off me. A dull boring sale which is the very best sort No issues at all. Rob

Thanks for this. I've made myself a neck support using 40x20 extrusion and printed some neck specific parts to support the neck and hold it in place so its vertical and safe for a muppet (me) to use. I had the extrusion here from building and it only took 30 mins to design something to fit and support the neck. It might even work on some other necks. I'll play about with an adjustable headstock holder. but the important thing is I have a solid platform to make four x 3mm holes 18mm deep. Rob As its in black, it doesn't photograph well This is with the neck fastened down. Its very secure and is not going to move. It's also level.

@NancyJohnson must be new here...

Mmmm.... More faith than I have to be honest. Aluminum is easy, also if I cock it up, I have more of it. The Fender neck is lovely and I really don't want to damage it.

I'll experiment with some junk wood first and see how it goes. Rather nervous of wrecking a lovely neck

@Geek99 I don't have any hardwood rod (or softwood rod) or dowels of any description. I also don't feel confident about drilling into a real (and nice) Fender neck to make the right sized holes even with a pillar drill. I've never done that sort of thing before. I'd need to support the neck properly to ensure an accurate vertical drill and if I cocked it up, I'd be gutted. Somethings worry me and this is one of them Rob

I've ordered a section of hardwood rods in different diameters. I'll fine one slightly bigger, sand it a bit and plug the hole that way. In hindsight thinking about drilling the holes was a dumb idea for someone as cack handed as me with power tools. Thanks for all the help and useful suggestions. Rob

I have a decent pillar drill but do not feel confident enough to do this. I think I've answered my own question here 😊

Hi Would it be best to drill the hole out to say 4-5mm and then fill it or leave it as-is? thanks rob

Cheers, mate, thanks

Hi I'm pulling together a bitsa jazz, a nice Jazz body with very decent pickups and a decent bridge courtesy of @sifi2112 with a rather nice, quite old MIM jazz neck. The neck is wide and thin and its great to play. The body is not a Fender body but was made for Si. I've just got around to putting the neck on the body and it's very tight fit but a club hammer and cold chisel sorted that out. (joke joke). The holes in the neck don't quite line up with the holes in the body. Its about 2-3mm out. I can see the edges of the holes in the neck through the holes in the body. If they were a long way apart I'd simply not worry, but as they are so close, I don't want to damage the neck and I really don;t want to drill more holes in the body. So what's the best solution, do I fill the holes in the neck with bamboo rods and decent wood glue which I have, then redrill the holes when the filling is dry or something else. All advice welcomed. Thanks Rob

I know nothing of Helixes but I managed to brick my Tonex doing a software upgrade. Turns out that connecting a usb hub to it to the upgrade doesn't work and the usb cable needed to be in the mac. Also turned out there are other ways to factory reset things that aren't listed in manuals. Many of these devices have a factory set copy of the firmware on the box that's readonly and you 'just' need to access that and put it back in place. The costs of setting this up is so much cheaper than the return and replace cycle if something goes wrong during an upgrade. I'd be a little surprised if it really did need a motherboard from an upgrade going wrong. Rob

22/7/24 - Now gone I brought this from Aliexpress to try it out, it's actually not bad BUT it's simply too small (in power terms) for what I need. I'm also on a mission to reduce and simplify everything. It has a USB-C connector 5V/2A in and 6 x 9V (!) outputs @ 100mA and 2 x 9V @ 300mA. I think describing it as a pedal bank is overstating it but it does work. I've driven it from a decent USB-C power source (my Macbook PSU) and it's fine but you're not going to drive a Quad Cortex from it Small pedals are fine. It's free to a good or bad home. Make a donation to the North West Air Ambulance and I'll even post it for free to the UK with all the cables (which are decent quality TBH). Thanks Rob

Only just found this thread. Wow! Absolutely superb. I doff my chapeau to you. Rob

Mmm.... No idea why mine didn't work. Will look further at this. Thanks

Deleted as I found out that Basschat doesn't appear to support GIF's. Damm a brilliant answer lost to tech.

This thread is why I like Basschat. It's sensible, informative, slightly amusing and helpful, apart from the fact I can't see the picture but clearly other people can 😊 Looking forware to the next update.

Brought some cases from Bassdirect. Two cases came in a single large Mono cardboard box. These will easily take a bass along with the case and a lot of packaging. Third case came in a guitar sized box. Both boxes very strong and I'd actually send a guitar or bass in a decent case in the boxes. They are very good. They are free for collection from North Yorkshire near Settle, though I am in Leeds on Sunday and will happily bring them along if somebody is interested. Seems a shame to waste them and send them for recycling. Rob

@Rodders completely agree.