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I not bothered where anything is made if the product is good - I was just wrong in my assumption. I just thought all the ABM's were made here. I still want one - I just don't have any money at the moment!

I'm really glad that it is actually being taken out and played. I also enjoyed the meltdown when Kirk actually took it on tour with him. For years GM fans had been complaining that it wasn't getting used, and now they got upset that it was. Loved it!

The M.2 drive will be for the operating system and anything else you want on start up. The larger SSD will be for anything you actually do. But you should have a 3rd somewhere or a web-based back contract with someone to keep your data safe. That Power Supply is too small. Modern Power Supplies can have manufacturer warranties of up to 12 years so over-spec that to allow you to be able to power any future upgrades. I'd want a 650W in there at least. There's no mention of a GPU on there at all. While onboard graphics are tolerable for many things if you want to do any video work with Reaper or OBS or Da Vinci Resolve then you will be underspecced. Doesn't have to be a stupid money GPU like the current generation that cost more than the rest of the machine put together, but a RTX1060 (That's 2 generations ago) would do the work far better than whatever onboard graphics are on that motherboard, and at a reasonable price. 32GB Ram is pretty much essential when you start adding plugins into Reaper otherwise you'll bog down quickly. It might be an idea to give us your desired budget and we can all go off to the various companies Configurators and have a play.

oh - I thought the ABM's were made in the UK.

It does say Country of Origin: China. Is that a mistake or were some of them made over there? Zooming in on the back of it says Manufactured in PRC

Doesn't Stockman use the Darkglass Alpha Omega these days? A pedal is a lot cheaper than an amp!

Searching is your friend

Get an Ibanez Mezzo for £200, then send it to Feline Guitars to have the headstock removed, and get it modified as you want. Just like @therealting did with his. (His was a 5)

I don't think they are taking orders at the moment. No idea how long that will last for.

Flying - as in it's going in the hold? I'd be wanting a full blown flight case for that!

Anything but tort. Even this would be better than tort

The La Bella White nylons are fantastic strings, and they last for years. Hopefully you'll like them - over the time they last they are quite cheap per year.

If I get a chance I'll do a clip or 2 of some rock tones with those strings. Will have to be on a PJ though as I haven't put them on my Sandberg jazz yet!

I play in a big band and have to cur through 20 trumpets / bones / sax / piano / drums etc and it works great with that But at home I write and record rock and metal and I'm very happy with that use too. They are flats so they don't have that super high zing of rounds, but I've never liked that anyway. Gets in the way of the guitars and everything needs it's place, but there's certainly enough treble for a good rock tone I reckon.

Silent as far as I can tell. I have one too and it's ace.

I liked the Digitech Drop but I got a 5 string instead in the end. I found the drop to be accurate and stable but I do play quite gently. I have read reports from other players who are more aggressive that they didn't get on with it as well. If you have tunes that need a low B then I'd either string a 4 to BEAD or get a 5. On the 4 you'd have to relearn any tune in different tunings but once you've got the hang of it it's a lot easier having all the notes in the same place no matter what song you are doing.

Hello and welcome!

My OCD and other delightful obsession based issues have made me spend far too much on strings over the years but I think I've found a string that I like on all my basses - the Dunlop Stainless Flatwounds. They are currently installed on all my basses except my Sandberg. That has EB Group 4 flats which I like very much so they are almost there as a control while I confirm my thoughts. So I've got the Dunlops on a Fender Precision, Ibby EHB Medium / Short scale, Ibby Mezzo (5 and 4), and a Fender Urge 2. I'm really liking them. Very smooth under the fingers so no noise from that, bright enough for a bit of slap when needed, lovely and low / full when the tone control is down. I am really hoping that these are "the ones" so I don't have to obsess about them anymore! For the first hour after installing they feel a bit crap as they still have some manufacturing residue on them. But an hour playing or getting the fast fret out solves that quickly.

Here you go https://www.thomann.de/gb/sandberg_stringset_040_100.htm

They are a tweaked version of GHS Super Steels made for Sandberg to their spec. They are available from Thomann Stock is 40-100

https://www.jimdunlop.com/stainless-steel-flatwound-short-scale-bass-strings-45-125-5-string/ They do a 40-120 set as well but in my experience they are a bit floppy on a short scale. I use the 40 set for long and medium scale basses but the 45 set on my fan fret short / medium scale Ibby.

Dunlop do them. I'm a massive fan of their flats. I now have them on all but 1 of my basses.

ThorpyFX stuff is really good. https://thorpyfx.com/ Tate FX make some great stuff too https://www.tatefx.co.uk/