neepheid

* Z7 only, not the Z3.

Is your amp a combo or head and cab? Sounds like head + cab by what you write here, but I wanted to check anyway.

Fixed that for you

Then get the cream. You don't need my (or anyone else's) approval!

Cheeky bas!

The Yamaha one is on the left - you're missing the texture on the sides - this is specific to Yamaha's speed knobs and what makes it bloody frustrating if you find yourself looking for them. They're just not the same as standard speed knobs.

I'm no angel, I'm already compiling a 2025 shipping list, it's got two basses on it already.

Ahh yes, I remember being excited about "upgrades".

Wonky sh!te, fuggetaboutit!

"If it's said on the Internet, it must be true!" - this is the entire reason we have Internet scammers. Why does the gullibilty level crank up when it's online?

So, do you want in then? Doesn't matter how you achieve abstinent nirvana...

Let me solve that one for you. "I wanted it". The end.

Does it still whip the llama's a$$?

Lefties now appeared at Andertons.

It's the correct move - mod the thing that cost <£100 rather than mod the bass, no? Whether or not they liked the results were neither here or there. Also I would say that shaving a bit off the flatwork is more likely to make it fit in more basses than not, so I don't have an issue with that either if they haven't made an ar$e of it cosmetically or broken it.

Wannabe modders - where there's a will (and a Dremel) there's a way. Amateur hour!

That's because the sender is the customer, as far as the courier is concerned. The recipient is just a data point at the end of the line, a necessary evil and about as worthy of respect as my abilities to perform BVs whilst playing bass.

I reckon you'll be fine. Statistically, the failure rate will be small, despite the amount of noise made when it happens.

When returning for distance selling simply because you changed your mind, I thought buyer paying for return postage is the norm. Above and beyond from Andertons on this occasion, but it would not surprise me in the least to have to pay for the return postage if I simply changed my mind. Different kettle of fish if the product is actually faulty, of course.

Ahem...

RE: Snobs - ignore - they are annoyed because you are achieving with pennies what they shelled pounds out for and are looking for a way to make themselves feel better by trying to bring you down. Don't let them, pity them instead and the crushing insecurity they live with on a daily basis.

Ahh, but you'll be going out loudly. Now hand in your month's chip that you got... yesterday

I would say that the sooner Thomann can relieve D!ck Heads Limited (DHL) of their duties the better - they "lost" one of my basses on the way here. How the f do you lose a bass, it's not as if it's a set of car keys, is it? To give Thomann their due they pretty quickly gave it up after some investigation and sent another which thankfully made it through that time. Also I have absolutely no expectation that a bass will arrive set up for me. Setup being such a personal thing, I have no idea why people think they can expect to grab a bass out of a box and just start playing it. I learned to setup my basses early doors in my career and it doesn't faze me one jot if one arrives not to my liking. Box shifters aren't going to open each and every bass and set it up before sealing it again - can you imagine how much that would add to costs? You want cheap prices AND you want individual attention paid to each bass? Come on - that equation just doesn't solve.

Active mode is just a line boost, I think it was added simply so you could use longer cables. Active with treble boost does make an actual difference to the sound beyond loudifying it (duh neep, the clue's in the name), but I always found it scratchy and horrible sounding. I left my tookay in passive mode all the time too.

Then you've got a wiring fault somewhere, you might want to get that looked at. L-2000/ASAT basses should be able to play in passive even with no battery physically installed.