Woodinblack

Think it probably depends on the bassist!

And I got a callback from them this morning. They have a notification that it was in the system on the 21st from hermes but they haven't recieved it yet. Which I can fully believe from my wifes current dealings with hermes (and why I was concerned it going with hermes at the moment). So they are going to investigate and get back to me. So that is fine at the moment, I only wanted an update

Same here. I went to send a bass last week, filled it all out and then said they would pick it up on the following monday. It was wednesday. So I went for overland express, which was slightly cheaper, insured for musical instruments up to £1k and picked up on friday.

I have played all right now with a checked iceman. And gibson 5 string, and a spalted poplar SR, and a wenge SR, and a blueburst SR and.. ie, its on our setlist and it gets played with whatever is to hand! Probably even played it with an 8 string and I would turn on my fret lights if I had any!

Like this: https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitars/les-paul/gibson-alex-lifeson-les-paul-axcess-in-royal-crimson

Geddy lee played a steinberger for a while. That never looked quite right

Yeh, not seeing the point entirely as it has a full length neck and a headstock, so it isn't very short! Keep thinking 'oh its only £100' and then 'what the hell would you want that for when you are trying to cut down!'

Yeh, there is a bit here, probably not for long!

I will wait for the callback, I am not in a tearing hurry, its the weekend and all, so they have monday, but if we get to tuesday and they haven't called me, I will ring again and be a bit more forceful

Not sure how it is a travel bass but anyone seen something like this? Headstock looks old Ibanez style doesn't even look like it is electrical - think I might ask for 100!

The balance is just there on the assumption that you have more than one pickup, if you don't it doesn't matter, it isn't really part of the circuit. As Paul_s says, just connect your pickup to where the balance goes. On the artec it is obvious which pin is grounded on the board (i have put it in a few basses), not that it really matters either way, it is jut a convention.

I know hermes are falling apart a bit, so maybe it is that., I would be happy if they just said they had it or something. Even if I knew something was happening it would be a bonus. At the moment they aren't winning me as a friend!

Don't have a set, I just got the one when they were on sale from bestbassgear.

Still waiting for any kind of response from bax, but at least I got a response from ibanez, which i was quite surprised about. They said: Wow. This looks really bad on the images. I will forward this on to our European network. Simply put – it shouldn’t happen. I’m not sure what has gone wrong here, possibly transit shock or something else entirely, hard to know without inspection – we have not seen any reports of anything like this in the UK. Keep me updated on how BAX are sorting you out – make sure everything goes smoothly for you whatever you decide to do. If you run into any difficulty at all please let me know.

Well, I rang them today about the return of my ibanez. I have emailed them twice, neither of which have produced a response. They said they would send an email to the return department and they would ring me back. I am not watching the phone it has to be said.

I have a big blade in a box upstairs which I have yet to use!

I use the rechargeables from lidl, never had any trouble.

I ordered my last nordy pickup through bestbassgear in the states, was cheaper and came in a week.

I think when he said stomp, he is reffering to the Line 6 HX Stomp.

I have my ibanez on here for cheaper than I have it on ebay.

I notice that the bass gallery put basses up on reverb but they are allways more expensive there, presumably to get their costs back.

To be honest the SRH500 probably has the same neck as the rest of them. The SRs are all basically built around those neck dimensions, I mean when you move to the more expensive ones you get multi laminate, titanium bars and better machineheads, but the dimensions are all the same and overall the feel is the same. Even the SRC6 has a familiar feel to it, closer to an SR bass than an SA or RG guitar neck. Having just bought the most expensive bass I have ever had, I know what you mean about the instrument rather than the music, but there is something when playing alone that inspires you with certain instruments. And yes, I wouldn't take it down the dog and duck, but I would take it to an open air event, or anywhere with a stage. When it comes down to it, my Ibanez 1605 is the one that always stays with me. Its good enough to have all the fancy stuff like the titanium, the nord pickups and the burl, cheap enough not to worry about and non shiney enough to not worry about scratching.

I would also say the barts in the 5005, the american ones are very good.

Im getting some delano pickups next week. Prepackaged in a bass, I will see what they are like then!