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One word - Brexit!

There was a long and involved thread that went very deep into the design on the German Bassists Forum. It was after a lot of criticism on there from German players. There was also a series of mods published to improve the EQ. So yes, it was heresay as I did not try it myself, but it was more than just the opinions of the chattering classes. I can confirm that the Veyron has a good EQ section as I have used one for 4 years or so over 100 gigs. I will repeat though that the HB has an excellent power section and is worth the money for that alone. https://www.soundimports.eu/en/icepower-700as1.html

To me it they sound a bit lacking but YMMV.

I am not sure whether the HB still has the same pre-amp but many said that it was not that great. So if you had to use the pre-amp, the Veyron would be better. Incidently despite the specs on each, the HP uses a 700 watt module and the Veyron is just over 700. No noticeable difference.

The GB528 are 12 mm, just 0.52mm short of 1/2”. These tend to fit Far Eastern basses whereas the GB640s fit US basses as far as I remember.

Not much of an update, more an RIP. The After 80 has been retired. I did some work on it a while ago and slipped with my meter probe, this caused some magic smoke and on reflection, a better plan would be to start again. When it was working it was a great practice amp, real bass tone, and plenty of oompf. It w as the inspiration for @Phil Starr’s Basschat 8” design as the precursor to that was an extension cab for the After 80. I may or may not do a combo version of that at some point but at the moment I am clearing all existing projects. My new year resolution is to finish everything else before I start another project so do not hold your breath.

Many drivers have 8 mounting holes and using all of them with wood screws should be fine if you don’t have Ex-Yodal roadies moving your gear around. It may be worth gluing some wooden blocks behind the baffle to give the screws more to bite into though.

As I remember it, I don’t remember much very well these days, When Leo Fender asked one of his top guys to investigate dead spots on P & J basses, he determined that the 4 in a line design was the problem and that a 2x2 would reduce it and a headless bass would eliminate it. However the 4 in line design was already an icon and it was decided to leave things as they were.

When I was a guitars, in the Stone Age, I lusted after a Verithin but they went out of favour once we could lust after Les Paul’s and Strats. I suspect they would give an ES335 a run for its money when fully restored.

Greco and Fernandez were common in Japan when I first went there. I understand that they were both of good quality.

In my opinion the quality of the Gotohs are better too.

If one came up near me I would snap it up.

I have the Bugera and an Ashdown Retroglide 800, both the Ashdown and the HB Bass Block use the 700 watt ICEPower 700AS1 module. Bypassing the preamp in either, works fine.

I have the CQ20, Allen and Heath and I found the learning and set up curve for Mixing Station too long. It is also not the most attractive UI IMHO. It does come into its own if you are a pro sound tech, where you may meet a different mixer each gig, though.

I was looking at a new scratch plate for a Peavey I paid £50 for. Seems like I will stick with the white as a £50 scratch plate on a £50 bass?

Newtone Platinum are lush.

All made by Matsumoku.

Yes they are very helpful.

They do two ranges, one is for the standard USA models one is for far-eastern guitars (including Fender Japan)

Allen and Heath CQ20. It’s a bit expensive compared to the others but you get a great digital mixer included. Sorry😉

I have a set of USA ones and to be honest, they are not a patch on the Gotoh Res-O-Lites.

Funnily enough the Nexus was the only valve amp that intrigued me. How do you find it ( under the Ashdown is not a valid answer).

You have done all you could, return it.

Try putting the EBs back on? Coated strings can cause shielding problems.