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There's nothing like it. Enjoy!

I recently had a Bow Quiver from Lawrie. Once again a great experience. Solid and friendly to deal with, and a credit to the community.

Yeah. I can't get at all of them but the B string does have a B on It. Oddly enough I'd never noticed that until you mentioned it here.

That red at either end, they look like Spirocore Mittel to me. That's what mine is wearing here.

Bet it sounds cool! 😎 (I'll get my coat)

Your head is right next to the rattle when you're playing. I'm guessing someone a few feet in front of your bass wouldn't notice.

I guess it's personal tolerance, but I don't hear anything there that would bother me in a band context. It mostly seems to be when you're hitting the low notes hard, and even then it's not in Ray Brown rattle territory, and I'm pretty sure he used to do it deliberately for effect. For the buzzes, that's usually a fingering issue, which won't have shown itself with a higher action, as that's more 'on and off'. Personally, I'd work on my technique a bit, and just get on with it. For me it's part of the charm, it sounds imperfect, human.

Ok, this is a left field option... But... Happy Jack's Tonedexter is in the classifieds. He was kind enough to lend me this a while back before I put in an order for my own. We trained it with my PU (Realist Lifeline), and his Nadine initially, later I trained it with my Remic red, and my cheap T Bone, and I was sufficiently impressed to buy my own. I've also created patches with off bass mics, an SM57, and an SE-X1a, both with good results. I give front of house a direct from the device, and have a through signal to a little combo for monitoring, and I've been really happy with my sound for two years now. Golihur used audio clips from Jack to demonstrate its abilities on YouTube, and it brings it so much closer to that unplugged sound... but louder. https://youtu.be/HjRYQ02doMo?si=_2BgwQfvoctJNjgd

I did buy it new, but I never thought to approach NS design to be fair, I kinda need to get on with it. Having said that, it looks like dissatisfaction with the tuners on the lower models is quite common. The Gotohs should be an upgrade. I suppose I should be relieved... Had it been the E string snapping, like I thought at the time, that would have probably cost me more!🤣

Thanks, I really appreciate the help! But I've got a set winging their way from Thomann as we speak.

Brilliant, thanks. I'll see what I can get sorted.

Thanks Chaps When I Googled NS Wav replacement tuners it was the Gotoh GB707 set at Thomann came up. i saw the Hipshots on the Golihur site, but they don't state the code for them, for me to look closer to home.

Damnit! So I'm tuning my NS Wav 5, as I have done many times, and 'BANG'! I thought I'd broken the E string, but on inspection it turns out the tuner has broken, the shaft has completely popped out. I had read that they were a bit substandard, but I guess I got over four years out of it. Looking at the rest there's a couple where the shaft is at an angle it probably shouldn't be. It's invaluable as a practice tool at home, so I need to get on with getting it fixed. I'm guessing I'm not the first to have this issue, so before I take it out and start measuring, does anyone know of a direct replacement off the top of their head. I don't mind buying a set, as given how much use it gets it'd be a worthwhile upgrade. Thanks in advance!

I have! I had one like the one in the classifieds... For less than a week.i bought it on here, and almost immediately put it back up for sale. But it wasn't the fault of the case. While from a protection point of view I think it was great, it added a lot of size and inflexibility. My house is pretty small, with low ceilings. So storing it when the bass was out was a problem, and moving things around to put the bass in or take it out was a bit of a mission. Also, the bass just fits in the car in a gig bag, with the size added by the foam hard case, it was too tight for comfort. In a different living situation, with more space, maybe more than one bass to store, and a van, I'd definitely think about picking another up though. It was pretty good, and definitely provided a significant upgrade in terms of protection.