Kev

Nope, nothing. Have you tried messing with levels in the i/o menu? If you're getting white noise out of the box though, doesn't sound right. With a closed noise gate, mine is as quite as you could want it to be.

In fairness, it was extremely predicable it would go this way, especially following your rather tongue in cheek use of the word "bargain" 😅 That being said, I don't think anyone has been rude, its just an open on-topic discussion.

Just a little heads up - no real issues discussing this fella here, but please don't post any direct links to the basses he's selling. He's more than welcome to come on here and advertise them

Just goes to show its how you use it, as there's nothing non-Darkglass about the capability of this one, just a digital Alpha Omega with additional octave and routing.

To be fair, if he's not making a profit on most of those, he's had a nightmare...

I just meant doing that would make it absolutely sure it was the tube 👍

Could that be an indication the tube is microphonic? Try opening up the finally when it's on and connected to an amp and gently tap the tube, see what kind of sound it sends through the amp, if any.

I'm sure if everything came down 10-20% he'd have an easier time of it, but if they've been up for ages then I guess he has the retailer mentality at the mo!

I mean to be fair, that mostly follows the body line/contours 😅

It's all top dollar for sure, but quite a collection!

The only one I can see in that link does? Looking at other pictures of other Retro's, I do feel like it has the new body edge contours? Which may be causing it, or causing the illusion. Either way, its odd that they wouldn't just copy the bass its a reissue of when they did everything else. BUT who cares, they're lovely basses otherwise.

Sorry no not the scratch plate alignment, i'm talking about the alignment with the edge of the body. Every control plate i've seen follows the body lines, whereas these don't seem to?

Do you have a link to any 76 era Stingray's that have the same control plate not following the body curve? Struggling to see one!

Is it because the new ones have the different contouring that's causing it to shift? I would have thought it was vintage spec, but the body shape looks different all round in that pic if you start comparing other things like the bridge position too.

This thread is surreal today 😂

Probably better to compare against other independents and stores that have comparable shipping volume? Bassbros, for instance? Vintage Bass Room?

£5 sounds a bargain for £700 worth of goods to be shipped to you, risk free

Bugger, forgot about this. New DI = me out

Top tip; in your designated User Group, its best you don't ask

Its mainly just been things like uneven frets/fret ends, loose soldering, poor setup, just all budget bass kinda stuff really that i've read aboout, which for a four figure bass isn't really a goer. He also irked me when I asked for a quote on a copy of Chris Squire's Ric; I asked for a price on one which he gave, which was a little more than I expected but I was ready to go for it, and then when I double checked it came with the toaster/horseshoe pickup and oversized headstock, he wanted to up the price by another 20 % odd to cover it, despite having made clear from the start its what I wanted. And then I read about the issues, so decided against!

Love the look of HW's work, but reading SO many stories about the basses arriving with silly issues needing tech attention completely put me off, they cost too much to have to worry about stuff like this for sure. Hope any issues are set right for you, and naturally he should be covering shipping costs unless you're imagining the issues! Did he really not offer?

Indeed! Can't wait to take it out tonight with the Evanescence tribute and be told by my bandmates they can't tell the difference. At least it's pretty.

NPD for me, a Sushi Box FX Neptunium. Love what its doing. I'm using it in conjunction with a Quad Cortex in such a way that the QC chain is running into it, and the XLR output is running back into the QC before being sent out to FoH/IEMs. This way, I get the lovely tube warmth and magic with a quick on the fly adjustable preamp, with a fallback DI available with just a couple of cable switcheroos. I also use the QC as a recording/practice interface, so keeping the Np within the QC workflow is necessary. As shown in the pic, im getting great results by boosting the bass and flicking the cut switch to really thicken stuff out without adding the boom, and the treble brings back some sparkle absorbed by the tube. Instantly sound better, love it!

i'm gigging in Bracknell on the Sat so i'm not really going to be able to make it on the Sat as planned, but i'm not ruling out sunday yet! Perhaps i'll wait until I see Sat feedback first! 😅

Yeah that wasn't clear - its a different one of Nathan's preamps I've received (Neptunium), 12AU7 in mine, haven't check if they're JJs or not but imagine they will be given its Noble's valve of choice too.