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[quote name='neepheid' post='134261' date='Feb 5 2008, 12:40 PM']Allparts sell them, but they seem to have revamped their site and it's all over the place at the moment. [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/index.php?p=shop&cPath=0_277_1_25_31"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/index.php?p=sho...h=0_277_1_25_31[/url] They're there in the list, but when you click on them, it's 404 time [/quote] £40.90 + p&p! It would be cheaper to buy a complete bridge from the US. Hamster

I bought an SX - ordered on the Monday afternoon, it arrived Thursday morning. Not bad quality at all. The neck is stained a little bit too much making the wood appear sort of orangy and the colour match isn't quite spot on, so you might get a Chinese interpretation of LPB. I've nearly finished pimping it Hamster

Glad to see your winter hibernation has ended See you on 22nd at the 100 Club then Hamster

[quote name='Nick80' post='134009' date='Feb 4 2008, 11:50 PM']They claim the power board was replaced! If it was, they replaced it with another faulty power board![/quote] When I spoke with Ashdown - last July?, they seemed a bit resigned to the fact that they couldn't fix them without putting into production a whole new run of boards. Seeing as how that amp was being phased out I don't think they bothered. They did arrange to have it UPS collected from my door to get to them but it came back with the same fault. Soundcontrol didn't haggle with giving me a full refund. Hamster

[quote name='Nick80' post='133541' date='Feb 4 2008, 12:39 PM']Well, last Friday I took a half day off work and collected my poorly superfly after it was "repaired" for the squealing some of them are afflicted with. It was sent back to Ashdown for repair. Get it home, hook it up, switch it on... Guess what, it's still screaming like a banshee. Absolutely no improvement or indeed any change at all! So half a day off work and £50 repair bill for nothing! Needless to say I was feeling very disillusioned this weekend... Still waiting for the shop to reply to my disappointed email... [/quote] This is a well known problem caused by a bad batch of faulty power boards. I doubt very much if Ashdown have any replacement boards as the amps are all made in China. You could give them another try and ask them exactly how they intend to repair it, otherwise you might be best off getting a full refund (which is what I did) Shame, because when they work they're not bad at all. Hamster

IIRC the EMG pickups don't put out a huge signal. Maybe try a smaller value cap on the tone pot? Hamster

Hi Julien - Welcome! Hamster

Hello and welcome to the forums Hamster

Yep - I'm up for a bit of that. Think I'll go to the Croydon show. Hamster

Ah - the Surrey massive continues to grow Hamster

Aye Caramba! - at least he's honest Hamster

[quote name='Youngatheart' post='132579' date='Feb 2 2008, 02:57 PM']Hi All! Hopefully a staight forward question. Are there any pitfalls or problems I should watch out for in replacing the neck in a Precision with a Jazz neck? Also any suggestions as to where to get a replacement neck from? I'm looking for a maple fret board.[/quote] Need a little more info here Is it a Fender body, and do you want to replace the neck with a Fender neck, or a Fender copy neck? Hamster

Nice bass - however you missed the opportunity to take the photo whilst naked Hamster

I agree with what you say, but I don't think it's an attitude exclusive to bass players. Many musicians qualities and talents aren't even 'discovered' until after they're dead. Hamster

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Hi - enjoy the forums! Hamster

[quote name='steve-norris' post='130678' date='Jan 30 2008, 02:15 PM']The government are going to ban 6 string basses? Quiet right too, although i thought only conservative governments were against people getting ideas above thier station [/quote] I think you can de-activate 6 stringers by chopping the E and G strings up and then cutting 2 long deep grooves the length of the neck under where the strings were. Hamster

A 5 all the way Hamster

Ouch! - you gonna try the Jamerson method for a while then? Hamster

I'd go for ziricote - I think it would look cool with a red finish bass. Hamster

Hi Chris - welcome to the forums Hamster

Welcome Never need another bass eh? - watch out for that GAS Hamster

Hi Will There's quite a few of us in this little corner of the world! Hamster

[quote name='Big Dave' post='131126' date='Jan 31 2008, 09:16 AM']Yeah I guess I'll just have to try a few. I am partial to fish and chips back home and I live 2000 miles from the ocean. Are the prices on the Bass Centre website correct. If they are I am sorry for all of you. I can get an EHX Big Muff for about $80 and that website has them for £85 so thats what $170? Jesus! And a Tech 21 Sansamp Bass driver DI is $200 here and £179 there. Wow I should just fill up a suitcase with American made effects pedals. Are there strict laws regarding knives there as there are laws regarding guns? I generally alwas carry a folding knife with about a 10cm blade on it and I wouldn't want to get in trouble for carrying a conceled weapon or something like that. Thanks for the heads up on luthiers to watch out for. I have always been a kind of out of the box musician so I have never really owned any custom instruments. I would really hate to come home with a high end piece of sh*t.[/quote] Well, if I were you I'd bring say a Stingray, a Lakland, a Jazz, a Precision AND a suitcase full of pedals - after all you are hoping to jam with your friends here +1 for the blades - the legal limit is a 7.62mm blade and it has to be a folding knife - no lock knives, switchblades or daggers. Cops are usually ok about a leatherman with a locking blade as long as you have a 'reasonable excuse' for carrying it - i.e. a gigging musician and it's in a toolkit etc. If I lived in Brighton I'd show you around, drink some proper english ale and find the best damn chippy in the town Hamster