fretmeister

At least get some LEDs installed or something!

I've got some Hipshot Ultralites to fit to a P bass. The Hipshot bushing is a bit loose in the headstock hole. The Fender one is tight. The Fender bushing is just a push in item and the actual machine head is held in by 4 wood screws on the rear of the headstock. The Hipshot bushing has a screw thread and bolts to the machine head holding it in the hole. There is only 1 screw on the UL to stop it rotating in the hole.. I could use the Fender bushing with the UL machine head but they would not screw together meaning that it would only be held in place by a single 5mm wood screw, so I'm assuming that is not secure enough. The inner diameter of the bushing appears to be similar, but the UL bushing is thinner - a smaller outer diameter, hence the movement. Is there any harm in the full Hipshot set up being able to shift in the hole a little if I make sure the tuner is butting up to the side that will bear the tension when the bass is strung up? So it won't actually move in use as it will already be up against the wood properly. Any ideas?

I'm very tempted by the Marcus Miller version as a different flavour to my Darkglass.

Things go in and out of fashion. It's no biggy. I still love MB amps even though I don't own one at the moment.

The person who runs the page gets to set the rules. It's that simple.

Lovely! How is the balance?

IT's all about the build. I owned a Dingwall and a Marleaux Consat at the same time. The Consat is 34, and the ding was 37 on the B. The Marleaux has the best low B I have ever heard on an instrument, and it's scale is 3 inches shorter than the Dingwall. I see no reason why a well built 30 inch scale couldn't be as good, or at least very close.

Presumably because it's not the best neck they have ever played? If they like 1950s P shapes they probably won't like a 'Berg.

Why are you bothered what other people think if you like them? I'm a big fan of them and I couldn't give a flying whether anyone agrees with me or not. As it should be. This thread is going to turn into a "I prefer the old shape" and "Relic-ing...." before you know it.

For quick maths - take the price of your item, then add the shipping, then add Vat to all of that. Import tax itself depends on the item. IIRC guitars are about 4% Bascially get the item and shipping and add 25% and you'll be close enough. Then also take into account whether it's an item that might have warranty issues down the line, as you are likely to be knackered on that front if it's from the US, or indeed outside of the EU.

I have no issue with the handling fee. For that fee they are 1: Doing your declaration paperwork for you 2: Dealing with the payment of the VAT / Import etc 3: Storing it until it is cleared. It all means a quicker delivery. In the good old days you got a letter to say it arrived, then you had to do the paperwork and wait anywhere from 1 week to 6 weeks for a reply, then pay, then wait for confirmed clearance before you could actually have the item. Then for some larger items, also pay storage. The fee is usually between £8 and £14. Cheap as chip compared to doing it all yourself and waiting another month to get hold of it.

Actually - I like it so much that I'm now trying to raise cash for a 5 string superlight as well.

I love my Sandberg superlight. Had it for about a month now. The only thing it needs and will shortly get is a slight adjustment on the Zero-fret. It's a smidge high. It's currently got TI flats on it, but I might try some brighter flats - maybe the EB Cobalt ones which I do like.

7lb? Bless them - still heavier than my Sandberg!

Definitely. There is so much whinging from many people about "fizziness" on some amp models like a Marshall Plexi... thus confirming they have never played a real Marshall Plexi at all, because they are fizzy as hell when cranked! All the "it's not accurate" bollocks comes from people who have never had any or any adequate time with the real amps and are instead based on recordings of them they happen to like. Buyers would probably be happier with their sounds if the modelling manufacturers didn't provide lists of modelled amps - to stop comparison to an individual listener's own favourites. Then it either sounds good or it doesn't.

I don't think there is a boutique end of modelling. Each unit has good things and bad things. If Line 6 didn't have Yamaha money then the Helix would have to be priced up there with Fractal. Helix is the price that it is because of economies of scale.

So they've copied the HX Stomp and made it twice as expensive. Good luck with that.

Nice cleans. Horrible drives.

Don’t be silly. its just an end to employers making musicians sit 1m away from a 130 dB sound source without adequate hearing protection.