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I'm not in the market for an amp head, but if I were, I'd be all over the Ashdown Mag400 in the for sale section.

Agreed. I've used one for... a long time. FOH on one channel, monitors on the other - done the job for the last 15 years at least.

No first hand experience of their basses, but I've owned a Tokai Love Rock (Les Paul) and one of their Strat copies from the 80's (I think it had something cheesey like "oldies but goldies" on the headstock) and both were fabulous guitars. I do have a Vintage (brand) P bass - possibly a VB4, not sure - and it's... OK. Decent Wilkinson hardware - nothing to get excited about, but I'd happily gig with it.

In. I've not bought anything since 2014 IIRC, and I'm OK for strings so don't see that changing any time soon.

Yamaha is always the answer, whatever the question 😏

A lifetime ago, it seems...

I have, on occasion and depending on the design of the jack, been able to pull a tiny contact file, from my Strowger days, between the contacts. For a clean barrel & t/r contacts, a squirt of Servisol on a cotton bud is my preference.

No need, I know. Maybe read my post again?

Yes, that's exactly my point...

How does dirt/oxidisation on the barrel (or ring/tip contacts) of a jack socket cause problems if there's normally nothing plugged in to it? More likely the problem's on the (normally made) switching contacts, and breaking them a few times by inserting a jack plug cleans the contacts sufficiently to get rid of the problem. No gloop squirting required - although I guess some of it may find its way to where it's really needed.

Me too. Same with my wee bottle of Dr Ducks.

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Followed by "hope your ok hun"?

I've always found PMT in Cambridge very accommodating. Have a look on their website for anything that takes your fancy, then ring to confirm they've got it in stock? (They're also in Norwich & Romford)