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Will you have to queue up outside?

Well we have outdoor slot booked for 4th July - very big beer garden with semi permanent large covered stage. @steantval you'll know the place, The Black Horse in Elton.... Actually playing the gig won't be an issue, and for punters there is a huge amount of room outside. The tricky bit for us I think will be the loading in and out and the setup and take down. We're doing our 'risk assessment' on Thursday to decide if it is worth it.

Oil won't do it any harm - a small dose of mineral oil will help and restore the look of dry wood. It won't do much for the roughness though. I use this bore oil, designed for woodwind instruments.. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alisyn-Conditioner-Woodwind-Protect-Condition/dp/B007PDSK84

Are the volume and tone pots tight on the pickguard? They could have twisted and you have a bad contact. Might be worthwhile having a look under the pickguard to see if there is anything obviously wrong. To be honest, assuming the pickups are healthy, there ain't a great deal to go wrong

I'd imagine a standard (non vintage) 13 hole Fender or Fender copy would fit? WD Music have these - although they do have the heel truss rod adjuster cutout. And it's pricey. But quality. https://www.wdmusic.co.uk/pickguards-c62/fender-basses-c111/precision-bass-american-professional-4-string-c381/wd-music-fender-4-string-american-professional-precison-bass-tortoise-shell-mint-green-lamination-p13708

So, in a strange turn of events I picked up a Candy Apple Red Cabronita recently. I had previous experience of these pickups in a Coronado and wasn't impressed but in this bass I really like it. I'm assuming the Coronado semi hollow style was more of a factor than I thought. The fidelitron pickup is adjustable in overall height and also has adjustable pole pieces too. I set the pole pieces low in the pickup and then adjusted the pickup height to around 5/32" from top of pole piece to underside of string. I don't get any farty noise - I find it quite similar to a Precision. @ubit have you tried adjusting the pole pieces individually? Set low, I find they are more low middy, but raised up (with an appropriate reduction in pickup body height) they are brighter.

The official address format in the UK is very standard - it's residents who overly complicate the address by including additional (mostly superfluous) components, as you've clearly already found out!!

Fender did it with the dimension bass - it was 9.5" to 14". Lovely neck to play.

Does toggling this option help?

I use Transferwise all the time, it’s really good. The more recent reviews of Eurosender have been variable to be honest and the discount is next to nothing.

And a couple more pics from a different AVRI 62. This one is also sunburst and the same code as yours. I reckon you can be pretty confident you have a AVRI 62. It's just that neck plate issue that's a bit of a spoiler.......

I really like it - comes in white blonde too. Stack knobs on that control plate is great. Reminds me of the blackguard blonde 60th anniversary precision.

Well clearly that's not right! The rest looks like a proper American Reissue to me though....

Yeah they had stamped neckplates on the AVRI series. In fact the current American Original series has them too. They all begin with V..

Yeah looks very much like a Korg DTR 2000 rack tuner, rather than an amp....

At each end of the brass plate are two triangular bits of aluminium called glazier points I think. They are driven horizontally in to the wood over the plate to hold the plate in place and stop it rattling around. The solder is applied over the top of the little wedges to hold them in place. You can see them in your photo once you know what you’re looking for!

The wooden block shown in your picture is 100mm tall by 40mm wide by 20mm deep. I've spaced mine 400mm apart.

Funny how things turn out. I was drilling holes to put up my Hercules wall hangers and the plastic handle of the Hercules three guitar stand disintegrated there and then, dropping two basses and a guitar to the floor. Email to them tomorrow I think. Back to the hangers. I tried one Geefix. Don’t like them one bit. A lot more fiddly to install and there is some flex in the bracket. I used these ones in the end - much happier with these. I think I will eventually go with the timber batten option and the Hercules brackets with the flat metal base.

. This thread is a review I think. Basses for sale are in the Marketplace

Just ordered some of these, they look great. I’m pretty sure I know where I’m going to drill the holes so I’m not worried about having to fill in mis drilled 25mm holes

What exact fixings are you using, do you have a link at all? thanks!

yep - 2!

Sorry I missed this! I don't have any separate high end amplifier I'm afraid - I'll look around the house to see if there's anything I have that might produce a better quality output, but I''ve mainly just got bass amps! steve

I have the V2 and was answering on that basis. I thought that's what the OP was referring to as a 'later version'. I can't comment on later versions of the V1 I'm afraid

BF cabs? I'll go check the other thread now!!