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Cool bass. It should arrive in a gig bag. Re: the fretboard/neck marks. My Roadworn Flea bass is in storage, but I don't think (cannot confirm!) it had any major markings like that near the frets....the back of the neck was roadworn. Your best bet is to check with another owner - maybe try Talkbass. Any little dings to the headstock are intentional.

Leeds is cool. I'm happy with this move. NORTH.

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Stunning!! That 5HH wow!

If this is an unhelpful distributor in the UK it further proves why they shouldn't exist. It just costs us more for the end product. When the distributor became involved, Aguilar products went up by £170-200. Id get involved with Aguilar's social media asap.

Aguilar DB112 or 212... Superb.

Yayyyyy glad to hear this.

I agree. Whilst I do enjoy some of the more intricate funky stuff, there is a lack of good old rock/metal/alternative. A lot of big players in that world of music are very interesting and have some cool intricate bass lines. Example - Matt Freeman - Rancid.

Personally I don't like the way SBL constantly markets in an aggressive manner. I never signed up to payments but I signed up by email and decided the emails were annoying me so I unsubscribed. He is very talented but I wouldn't want him to teach me.

I'd encourage Ashdown to give us their stance on the pedals....I assume they are made in the UK for £250 + (custom shop?).

Yeah....I agree. Nathan is a great player....on guitar and bass....but something just doesn't work in terms of wowwing me with things....

Do Cort make the new Markbass basses?

To be honest, bass players like a nice fuzz pedal that's very flexible, and yes, compressors are useful to us, but I'm not sure those compressors are demo'd correctly or are necessary. They could have worked with a niche boutique fuzz builder/collaborated and come up with something awesome fuzz wise. Maybe with Thorpyfx.

Exactly....

By the way, I've seen full on puncture holes (very small ones) in many brand new old school style cases, normally Fender. Some of them are actual manufacturer holes (G&G cases can have these) for the tolex application, or so I'm told.

I honestly can't believe they sent you the same knackered case out like that. If it were my business I'd be embarrassed, write the costs of it off, refund you and let you keep it.

Mine are all in their hardcases / gig bags and stood upright.

Aw sorry man...still not working correctly?

Makes total sense. I remember when the Shuttles were extremely popular and you guys at Genz said please don't use WD40 in this way! I never will after that advice.

Well yes, but you can get vastly different types of P tones from it depending on how you play it...IMO.

Both are clearly towards the top of the lightweight high powered bass amp market. I'd love to try both to be honest. I'd also like to see what Genzler have in their plans....

A simple test would be a normal American Standard/half decent Fender Precision. Normal roundwound strings. Pretty standard amp/cab setup. Ask around 10 people to play it, and listen how different it sounds. Some people will play it aggressively with a plectrum, and you'll get all the grind and noise from the attack. Some people will roll the tone down and play it with fingers and get more of a traditional vibe. Some may even slap it!

There is a simple way of dealing with this. Cut out the middlemen/women so that the amps/cabs/pedals actually sell pretty well in the UK etc. I am pretty certain that TC Electronics decided to go directly to shops which resulted in a drop in prices. This was maybe late summer 2018. I understand they cover warranties, but surely the cheapest/easiest way to do this is for Mesa/any other brand to just get in touch with a well known repair hub and say they will be their repair centre and work out the basics. No need to 'store' gear and deal with things at a middleman/middlewoman dealer. It's adding costs. It is 2019; communication is possible for free via video call...we can ship things securely, etc.

Stingray Pino P Bass Xotic Jazz Out of all of the Jazz style basses, they all sounded similar, but the Xotic just seemed to edge it. Could be the strings though. I DID like the sound of the MTDs but I would not spend £5k on a bass... The Dingwall Lee Sklar was also pretty awesome. The Ken Smith and Fodera basses didn't wow me at all.