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That's a bit disappointing - hopefully they're just busy making pickups. Leave it a few more days then follow up? TBF at least they're honest about it on the website - "If we fail to reply to your email requests, please do not take it personal there are times we are too busy to answer all email coming in."

I'd noise up Curtis Novak directly and ask - better just go to the source than hope that one of us chancers has the answers you're looking for?

Sorry, I could only see the Hipshots or Albridge if you want a direct fit. But that Gotoh mentioned above is probably about as cheap as I've seen a solution for your problem. Don't think you'll beat that. Great spot, @LeftyJ. If you're not going to reuse the old strings, you could just cut them - then they'll slip right out of there.

I've already begun to try to be "under par" for the year - got a taker for a spare cab I'm giving away and have a preamp pedal up for sale.

Oops, didn't mean to derail the NBD thread with a completely unrelated bass. So, how about that silver sparkle JB, eh?

Lace Aluma P? Looks different to your regular split P, sounds bloody great AND no raised mounting lugs.

You rang?

Can it nae wait? What's wrong with the bridge on it at the moment?

I think you're on shaky ground here - it's gear, it's being plugged into a bass, it's very much in your signal path. This is like arguing that you're still in because you bought a "guitar" pedal or something which was not specifically designed for bass. Last year I bowed out because I bought a pitch shifter - it is not bass specific but it's definitely gear. If I hadn't got that, then the wireless system I bought after it would definitely have had me bowing out. Two separate wireless systems seems like an indulgence/convenience to me, as much as you describe it as a wear and tear saving exercise, you didn't have to do it that way - you could have left the bass you use least during the show wired up with a cable, for instance. Or just accepted that jack sockets fail, repaired it and carried on as you were.

All I can say is "oi oi, Triad gang represent!"

I wouldn't mind knowing what sets these apart from the Squiers being made in the same place, save for a change of decal.

Finally a five string version of the Reverend Triad. The (stock) pickup switching is identical to a Strat, yes - N, N+M, M, M+B, B.

There's no way that's factory fitted.

I think this will make quite a few folk happy. I'm sure I've seen people lament the lack of a fiver whenever I mention my 4 string Triad.

Bloody doppelgänger!

More new Sire stuff (as noted by Bigwan above - because I hate it when people come along after me and pretend like they're the first person to ever mention something) - it seems that the 6 series is focusing on being lightweight - that'll please a bunch of folk for whom weight is an important consideration for them. There's a P6 (PJ) and V6 (J) been unveiled in addition to the M6 at the start of the thread... active/passive with 3 band EQs but no mid sweep. You gotta buy a 7 for that. P6 - 4 https://sire-usa.com/products/refn1ay3zbjam3bqt P6 - 5 https://sire-usa.com/products/refn1ay3zbjam3bqy V6 - 4 https://sire-usa.com/products/refn1ay3zbjam3bqq V6 - 5 https://sire-usa.com/products/refn1ay3zbjam3bqe - although a couple of the pics are the 4 string, oops. Blue and red ones are 5s.

Well, as I understand it, it goes like this: You give Andertons money Andertons give you the bass.

What fun would that be? Boo! Also, none of you are thick, you know damn well what is and isn't gear, but don't stop squirming, it's most of the fun (because abstaining from buying gear roundly sucks - we need the entertainment!) Bags/straps are accessories/consumables as far as I'm concerned. Hell, you could argue that straps are safety equipment, or even clothing! Straplocks are gear though - so unless you're replacing a broken one - tough luck. Go buy a couple of Grolsch and use the free straplocks that come with them instead. Or enjoy the free beer which comes with those "straplocks", depending upon how you look at it. I've already told you about the straps I ordered using my D'addario Player Circle points (accumulated from strings not bought this year for added piousness!) and I'm not out. I debated whether or not to even mention it, that's how innocuous I consider these items to be in the context of this challenge, but I figured transparency would be appreciated - as well as give folk ideas for "legal" ways to calm their withdrawl symptoms...

From the rules - "There used to be a convention that things not in the signal path didn’t count. So straps, stands and the like were allowed. I'm cool with that - what do others think?" I for one don't think something as paltry as a bag counts. Protecting our gear is only prudent and perfectly in line with the mantra of using what we have (in this case, protecting it so we don't have to replace it).

I've been playing Russian roulette with FB Marketplace a few times a week. The day we stop looking is the day we die...

"Peaches" by The Stranglers. Learned it on the bottom four strings of a guitar so I had something to play when I went to the music shop to buy my first bass.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/search.php?search_query=sire m6

Last year's thread - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/486962-nw-bass-bash-2024-sat-may-18th/