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Preliminary rounds, you won't be missing much.

Ahh, the chrome bit is separate, I thought it was part of the pickup. Never mind then

If anyone does swap out the split pickup in their Starfire and is willing to sell me the stock one, please let me know...

Well, just to add some balance to the discussion (or maybe just stir the pot ) - I think the natural Z7 is the worst looking one of the bunch. Last year when the Z7 was introduced I got my first choice (burgundy) and my second choice would have been white - because I wanted the ebony fretboard.

How are you getting on? Any news?

Check what any prospective pickup uses for pole pieces. If it uses blades instead of individual pole pieces then it won't matter a jot if they're intended for 4 or 5 strings.

Well damn it, only 5 or 6 gigs in next year's calendar and one of them is on the 20th June. Don't rearrange it just because I can't make it - majority rules!

I'm an idiot - when I first read the sentence I thought you were going to put an amp head on the raffle table and I nearly spat my tea out, lol.

Wronger than a wrong thing - as proven by the fact that they contacted the courier for you anyway. The retailer is the courier's customer, not you, so if it goes astray, it's on them to chase it up, and on them to make things right with you if it goes wrong - that's what insurance is for. It has happened to me before, not a fake "delivery" but a Sire D5 just disappeared like a fart in the wind between Thomann and myself. I contacted Thomann about it, and to give them their due they didn't wait too long before giving it up as lost and sending another one. How the retailer deals with this will determine their competence and worth. If it goes badly, I'd like to know who this retailer is so that I can avoid them in future.

Indeed, it's now going to be a bookies, taking bets on the cage fighting.

I've got a couple of effects pedals I'm happy to chuck in.

I'd back myself to emerge victorious from that cage fight.

Yes, was going to pipe up and mention the Joyo Monomyth - it has two switches on it for a treble boost and a gain boost, so you have three possibilities to quickly go beyond the base level of drive you have set using the pot. I use mine as my one stop OD/EQ/DI shop, it's good at all these things.

I thought I'd resurrect this zombie thread to offer some positive feedback about G4M. Last Tuesday, I ordered some gigbags from them. Picked the cheapest delivery option so wasn't expecting to see them until the start of the following week. Two days later, I got an email from them telling me that my order might be delayed because they did not receive stock from the supplier. I found this odd because I went to double check and the website was still merrily proclaiming that they had heaps in stock. So I queried it. Within a few hours, they got back to me, apologising as I had received that email in error and it was an internal thing (getting stock from warehouse) which had triggered it by mistake. They assured me that the gig bags would still arrive in the agreed time (indeed, reiterated that the estimated delivery date was 06/10 - 07/10). Well, colour me surprised when the doorbell rings yesterday (yes, on a Sunday) and here are my gigbags. I wasn't pushy, I didn't ask to have my delivery upgraded, they just did it off their own backs. I don't think you get a Sunday delivery from G4M through DPD unless you specifically request it (and pay for it). So I think they fast tracked my order, I guess to make up for the admin oops? I'm going to believe that, because that was very nice of them and it made me smile.

I am weakening towards the XS-1. After finally hearing some bass usage, I think it does a better job of tone preservation than my Brainwaves.