funkydoug

I went for the short 5er in the spring time and have to say I'm very glad I did. Not only is it astonishing value for money, its pretty much unique in a mass produced bass. Can't think of another short 5er. Very glad about that because if this didn't exist I would have talked myself into a custom made job. Phew! Other than the pickups, what else did you do @Mikey D? Does anyone know of another short 5 or 6 stringer?

My guess ... It's a masking problem ... you need a band chat about how to make space for one another in the mix. Also, make sure you aren't short on 80hz -160hz band energy as that's where you can win the arms race and still gain audible volume. You can have lots of sub / deep bass going on but it's not always that effective in terms of loudness.

Most tuners pass power through, so you only need to power the tuner and it powers a pedal. For just a sansamp and tuner that's the way to do it.

Jammys (Mark) bought by Ashdown combo. Really smooth transaction and communication. Trade with confidence folks. We used Paypal friends n family and had no issues at all.

I've had mixed experiences such that I firmly believe it to be something that is inherently risky. The difference between courier firms in general is much smaller than the difference between individual drivers. As in, it'd fail an ANOVA test (a jest for the statisticians). Unfortunately, there is no way to know which driver you'll get, or what mood they'll be in. Honestly the only way to reduce the risk of it ending badly is not insurance but very and I mean extremely careful and robust packaging. For an instrument a hard case is essential I reckon.

@agedhorse you just became my life and career coach as well as my bass guru. Can I buy any agedhorse merch??

Cheers @Beedster👍

Respectfully as always ... I've recently done this. Advertised an amp for local collection or said I'd be happy to package it up for the buyer's courier. As I see it, this makes it available to someone at the other end of the country and makes it the buyer's decision about what to do. No one's arm is being twisted and ownership of the costs, responsibility and risks of shipping are very clear. I can't see how that is bad practice to be honest. I think maybe the difference is between the seller offering to play ball with the buyer's courier (which is what I did recently) and the seller organising a courier but insisting that the risk is on the buyer. Is that what you mean?

It is solid state. Ashdown ABM, it has a tube, but only in the preamp. The power stage is either Class D (for the ABM 400 or 1000 'lite' amps) or Class AB on the others. The one I am using here is a 400 lite. Thanks Bill