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As Maplin moved away from being an electronics shop and became an electronic toys and games shop, so the expertise of the staff declined.

A couple of feet from me are two basses with Jazz-type asymmetric bodies sitting on two different types of stand, both of which work well. One is on the aforementioned Hercules stand, the other is on a Stagg stand with a pivoting cradle. I've got a few of the Stagg ones, I think they're great.

There's not much UK bass retail scene though. Basses tend to play second, er, fiddle to guitars in general music shops, but the specialist bass shops get mentioned quite a bit on Basschat, generally in positive terms, so plenty of free advertising.

Yes, same here. Even better when you can get round behind a group of people and take them by surprise. I also don't like having a lead decide to wrap itself around my feet, or treading on leads, so I went wireless for everything - rehearsals, gigs, open mics. Most of the time I use a Lekato WS-50 or WS-90 - 5.8GHz, dongles each end, good battery life, cheap.

Nice thorough description. Not sure about that crack along the fretboard, makes me wonder if the truss rod on the replacement neck feels an urge for freedom.

He who hesitates is less impoverished.

"Exceptions - direct replacement (or as near as possible) of faulty/stolen gear." - if the tuners are faulty it would be legitimate to replace them. Probably.

Also listed on https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/updates-alerts/channel-updates-16-october-2024

https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertainment/broadcasting/information/freeview-full-channels-list-epg-numbers-and-local-differences_441854.html It would appear to be channel 284. Must see if it's on Virgin.

Now we've got a car that won't get charged for entering the CAZ, I may go and revisit PMT Birmingham.

The cheap EUBs started with the Palatino VE-500, then Stagg brought out or rebadged an identical one. I had a Palatino, later upgraded to an NS. The Palatino/Stagg/HB use endpins, the NS sits on a stand but has an endpin option. If you're switching between upright and something else, or have long gaps between songs/tunes, the stand is more convenient. I think you'd just have to change the bridge on an NS to switch to leftie (possibly just turn it round). You'd need to do something about the sockets for the side pieces to change the endpin types over.

It might come in useful for a psychology text book though.

I've got the pots as originally specified, I'll see how usable they are.

I cable tie a DC power cable extension lead to a jack-jack lead and run the two between the pedalboard and the amp, and keep the adaptor behind the amp. Also, never wrap the lead from the adaptor round the adaptor, wrap it into a loop and secure it with a velcro cable tie. But BRX's method, or using a power supply that has a mains input, would be the best way if you have the room and/or the budget.

Probably been too busy gigging.

Sorry, yes, but I'm waiting for the OSHPark board to get here from Trumpland rather than soldering stuff up now. And I think that the pot probably does match the original preamp, it wouldn't do so well with a replica '77 Stingray preamp like it's about to get.

Rather than the entire blue section, just the part up to just under the G string, including the front of the wing. But as I don't play slap, I may be missing your requirements, I'm just going by what Peavey did.

Pizza Express in Woking? Could be an attempt by Prince Andrew to raise some funds.

Peavey also did this with the Grind - the groove didn't extend across the whole width.

Do those screws hold the wings on?

Pretty much risk-free from my experience of 20+ orders. The WS-50 feels a bit more solid and is a bit smaller, but with a shorter nose so it can't get into Ibanez SR jack sockets, and doesn't have the switchable channel selection of the WS-90.

I think repairs are permitted.

Current band does Twist and Shout/La Bamba, very simple, we just change the words being sung (and the singer). Previous band did Message for you Rudy/OK Fred with a tiny burst of Tide is high, again just changing the words.