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It's 4mm. I suspect you are not getting it into the hole far enough. The first bit is smooth. Can be a bit of a bugger to get in. Has to be at the perfect angle.

Quick reply on a weekend. Great service!

Ace. That will help. If you had told me I'd really love the short scale, narrow but chunky neck, and the tiny string spacing at the bridge I'd have said you were mad. But with a good pickup and a set of La Bellas it sounds absolutely fantastic.

I'm playing my Jim Deacon short scale P a great deal at the moment and I'm thinking about getting another one to turn into a PJ. I can't find a lot online about them other than they were something to do with a Scottish company, but it seems there was a possibility that identical specs were made under other names as well. If anyone has any information I'd be grateful to have it so help my search for a good one. ta.

Email Cioks with the Rusty Box specs and they'll tell you. They ought to be able to tell you what cable you need as well. The DC7 does have an aux output at 24VDC with enough current - but that voltage is the minimum the Rusty Box needs. Does it work better at a higher voltage?

2003 Fender USA Stratocaster. Owned since new. Bought when my eldest spawn was born. I originally had the aim of giving it to her for her 18th, and stupidly told her, but she ended up being one hell of a jazz clarinet player. I didn't want to give her the guitar for her to sell it, so I negotiated with her and ended being fleeced somewhat but I get to keep it. It is the best strat I've ever played, and I've played a lot. My longest serving bass was a Status I had owned for decades. But it had to go as I started offloading heavier basses. Now I think the one I've owned the longest is only about 3 or 4 years - my Sandberg TT4 Superlight.

The original thread on it

Alas, no. I really want one, but I’ve got a One10 and One10T… and I’m not in a band at the moment so I can’t justify it.

In UK and EU we have far stronger consumer protection. I installed a string from Amazon and just returned it because the adverting was inaccurate. No drama, just online and done. No use to anyone as a used item either now.

Well, the shorties arrived and they are on. Very nice they are too. E and A are perfect. D and G are a bit heavy but I’ll have to get used to those. They have gold silks at each end, and the bridge end silks are quite thick. The silk is resting on the saddle for the E and A. I don’t know what that means for a Mustang, if anything.

I don't think it will make any different to how they look but if there's any gunk on them that should be cleaned off pretty easily.

Alcohol wipes will do it.

Not a clue I'm afraid. My first set of the shorties haven't arrived yet. That being said - I have used the long scale ones on shorties before and as long as the tuners were large post ones they didn't break at that end. I've never had a Mustang so I don't know about the string bends needed at the bridge end. I'll have a look to see if I've got any old sets lying about that I don't want when I get a moment. If I do then I'll send them so you can experiment.

I just noticed this. I love these strings on just about every bass. I had used the long scale 45-100 set on a shortie but they were just a tiny bit light for the E&A. The short scales are available in 45-105 and 50-110. Amazon have the 50-110 on sale at £29 at the moment so I've ordered a set. The 45-105 are pretty much at RRP. They are excellent. They feel a lot nicer under the fingers than La Bella's which I find a bit grabby, and they have a bit more articulation too with the tone up full. https://www.ernieball.com/guitar-strings/bass-strings/stainless-steel-flatwound-electric-bass-strings Long Scales are now available as 45-105 for the first time too.

You are not helping my GAS!

It's not. That includes all the VAT and Duty. bout £110 for shipping from the USA for a bass. That's pretty cheap.

It's a very good cab. I swapped back to barefaced 10 inch cone stuff just because I preferred the sound. My amp is quite uncoloured so I needed more colouration from the cab. But if I had an amp with more character then I'd be very happy to have a Super twin again.

Anyone ordered one? I'm tempted but this year I have 18th and 21st Birthdays for my kids and my mum's 80th etc etc

How is that Neil Young tribute band going?

If you add it to the baskets and out in the address it calculates all of it for you. FedEx deals with the tax / import on it.

+ shipping + vat + duty. About £520 total.

I've got the Cioks DC7 as well. It's excellent. Very quiet and will run just about everything. It can even be expanded later. There's little point in having high quality pedals like the Darkglass stuff and then feeding it with crap power. For power supplies my own view is: buy it once, buy it right.

I used to like pressure wound strings and would always use the GHS ones. Then for some basses I went to flats and rounds for others for many years. Then I developed an intolerance / allergy to nickel so now I have to use stainless steel strings and there aren't many pressure wounds that are steels. I gave up looking for ages and then youtube recommended a string demo of the Roto Solo 55. I investigated further and discovered they are steel rounds that are then squashed to reduce finger noise but keeping all the mass of the metal. They are not groundwounds. I had Dunlop Superbrights on my Sandberg Lionel and I like them a great deal, but even though they are very low noise for a round I wanted smoother and even less noise. So I tried out the Solo 55 set. Result: Far higher finger noise than the Dunlops. The Solo 55 are advertised as having lower string noise, presumably compared to normal Roto rounds. I hate to think how rough and noisy they are. In short - I found them to be bloody awful. Horrible feeling under the fingers and more noise than Dunlop rounds (they do not make a pressure wound). I have no views as to sound quality as I tuned up and was just playing through a little practice combo. The feel of the strings just made my skin crawl. Disappointing really.

Everything over 7.5lb and everything that doesn’t balance properly. I genuinely don’t care about much else.

So - this is basically going back to the original Genzbenz Streamliner that had 3 valves in it.