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Because it's funny , because it's friday and because the basschat community is always looking out for other bass players who might fall for some kind of scam .. This smells a tad off ... and sadly It won't be the first one in the industry nor the last , To me it sounds like this person needs a performing musician but doenst want an equal member of a group , totally fine ... but perhaps doesn't want to pay directly them for that time instead ... with equity in a company ....the corpo equivilant of exposure ;-). " Who knows what " crazy terms could be including in contracts as part of "Reclusiarch Records Ltd co" . .... " ... I for one am not interested in paying imperial Tithe ... a heretic like me .... they'd have get the "HEAVY" flamer out .. ( Warhammer joke)

I don't think anyone can really be sure until it's all opened up , right now the release button is not releasing the XLR ... we have two identical cables and Cabs one for each side , EV's and Andertons brand "Rean" XLR's ... one side released fine the other is stuck in the cab. The XLR release presses the xlr budges a bit towards you but the cable will not , no matter what you do come out, The google based " wisdom of the internet" Suggests using a poor quality cable could cause this sort of issue but could equally be a failed coupling release . Either way Andertons have both and when i go to collect I expect to get the XLR back for " Analysis "

I suspect that Andertons might argue .... That at a maximum of "6 weeks" is a reasonable repair time, for an item to be shipped back to a supplier ... repaired then shipped back .... The provision of a loaner for any gigs is removing my " inconvenience". Thank you for the info, good ammo to have if the repair drags on or i have problems post repair getting a loaner I will definately be citing this and getting shirty.. I fully intend to take a test XLR with me when i collect the thing ... if there's any signs of tightness or problems i will kick off, suggesting they have just removed the offending Andertons cable and returned it to me ... Do we have any recommendations for "FULL spec compliant" ... known good XLR Neutranic compliant cable ... I've never experienced problems before with anything good bad ... but i feel like i'm going to be significantly more careful with what i put it in from now on. I'm also considering twin cables .... E.G https://www.terralec.co.uk/audio_leads/audio__power_cable_dual_xlr_and_iec_combined__various_lead_lengths/35769_p.html

Shouldnt be " cheap cables ... i very very much doubt that andertons could take that line as the cable itself is Andertons own ... so they couldnt exactly blame it https://www.andertons.co.uk/stagg-nmc3r-male-to-female-xlr-Rean-3m/ I did look up the terms on their site and they are quite clear , our chap in audio was able to stretch to a bit past the 30 for goodwill but at double that .... I suspect its more than his necks worth

Tearing down after our third Gig with our new EV ZX G2 PA , After a pretty decent by all accounts gig Saturday evening , One Guitarist is working the left im on the right ... he comes over, "ERR cant get the cable out of the PA" I suspect a case of feeble guitarist hand is to blame but indeed the XLR cable is Stuck fast ... no amount of twisting cajoling pressing and releasing etc will help. I mutter much profanity at it but its closing on 1 am, so I wrap it up like Pig in a blanket ( long XLR cable ) to deal with sunday at home .. NO luck , I take the panel off and see if i can access the back , of course the neutranic connectors are totally sealed units .... I try every form of prying and even sculpting tools imagine really sharp lock picks (pinched off my other halfs desk), I give up and decide to call Andertons , They agree that there's not more to be done by me so it's going to have to go back to EV for replacement/repair. The pro audio manager , while very torn can't just swap it out especially as i've binned all the boxes etc its 50 odd days old and yes its been turned on 6 or so times is brand new visually ... from the store's POV he has to send it back to EV, our issue is they quote an up to 6 week return window we have gigs in feb. On a positive customer service note from our Andertons man , He has arranged a loaner unit for me for any gigs ,( not something i was aware Andertons could do) Including any last minute bookings , should we get to squeaky bum time, I can head down ( im 20 mins away) he will pull one from stock , Very good of him and had me feeling like they definitely gave a crap. Anyone experienced this sort of thing .... im now worried about our other unit ... is the solution to buy some super high end Short XLR's "tails" and daisy chain long cables ... to avoid cheap connectors ?

In our household have poor precedent for names ... but like @WinterMute suggests that TS Elliott would argue that a cat would never tell. Our first cat was called Catbert ... after the Dilbert comics " evil director of human resources " We now Have , Sebastian and Ryan ... who are ginger brothers ... and Misha who is a Huge white Siberian forest cat ... ( "Misha russian for little bear) Do you want to go with a music related name ... maybe " capo" ... because its always in the way when you dont need it but never around when you do 😉

Interesting , i wonder if the heat issue is why they went " G2" .. on the EV's ... i've not noticed any heat issues whatsoever ... usually feel stone cold at teardown after a 3 hour gig , but it is winter and while the stages are warm im a sweaty bugger while performing combo of nerves and frantic dancing around, the venue's usually aren't .. I'm not sure we need anymore bass out of ours if i'm honest ... 😮 ... We used a set of the equivalent ( identical looking) Mackie thumps this NYE as we rocked up the venue and they were already mounted up on the stage in the only suitable place to run them .... soundchecking them our guitarists were complaining that they were having to adjust all their EQ's it was " TOO bassy " ( the mackies were set to live ) which looked to be the most Flat response from their 4 EQ presets. I was told we sounded great and it felt good on stage but even i decided to turn my cab sim off as the bass with it on was quite thunderous in the smallish venue in uxbridge.

Were totally in love as a band with our new EV's we went with a pair of EV ZLX 15P G2's were running full band , fully ampless with mic'd drums into it and it doesn't bat an eyelid ... were playing pretty loud punk rock shows and they are run at +2 the thing goes to from -12 +12 , We've totally kicked the idea of Subs to the kerb as if were playing anything we'd have venue front of house. Its got all 3 flavours of Modular , Darkglass , Quad cortex and the new fender Tonemaster , stuff.

Thank you for the offer but I ended up taking it to the recycling centre on the clean up for Xmas , I felt bad but its been recycled at least.... we're using the surviving one as a side fill as it's got a smaller footprint than our current wedges.

I bought a "cheap" classic vibe p bass to play my own wedding over in Latvia to save me travelling with my ray , Sometimes, Ive taken it to gigs which need two tunings .. and a quick swap. The last time I We giggled I didn't swap I retuned the p to standard and kept going as it sounded immense .. I was quite literally dancing with another woman Infront of my rather outraged .. Stingray .. ... Even the photos look like I'm having more fun. I'm considering doing it again ... Especially as I've now got an anagram which removes the need for two basses as the pitch shifter is great....Send help or a good divorce lawyer

I actually use a old cheap Noise gate pedal to do this for my own personal Bass Mix ,into my IEM's headphone amp you might have one laying around to save you buying the behringer one. but its super cheap ... so maybe just go that route and then she doesnt need a dedicated IEM pre-amp

Dean never seem to help themselves , they have so many types of " EDGE" , but then don't mark them on the blooming truss cover. There's an Edge "1" , 2 , Select , Premium , special models , Edge Pro , its almost as bad as saying " P" bass" hey even made a european model in the spector plant >.< . That looks like one of these to me , if its definitely Passive , it is still a Korean model .. so good Qc and build but definitely closer to entry level than one of the upper edge models , giveaways are the Die cast turners , and a basswood body , obviously yours's not in Trans red 😉

Im in west byfleet , So near Woking .

So , We bought the bullet and got Pair of EV active speakers , which sound Amazing and do everything under the sun. The working Mackie becomes a rear stage monitor , we have front wedges , the old one is in my Garage area to take down to the Tip when I get some time ... i cant justify keeping it for spares unless anyone local, wants to claim it , ( I might post it in the freebies section ) Unfortunately I don't feel like getting it working would save it for the band at this point its " tainted " as far as the guitarists are concerned.

Horses for courses sir , I despite Black with a white scratchplate something chronic ... reminds me of cheap nasty argos catalogue instruments , so I wont try and change your mind ... our bands called " Limewired" so manky green is par for the course.

It looks weirdly good under odd Stage lights , taken this weekend 😛

I bought the recent Classic Vibe " re-issue " its REALLY grown on me i wouldn't have picked it over any other finish but playing wise ... through luck or setup kicked the crap out of all the other options and i needed to leave the shop with a bass or i wasn't playing the wedding . Changing the Antigua Scratchplate to a black one was a massive improvement IMHO , the " colour matched" one is going begging if anyone is DESPERATE for Antigua on Antigua . Its Standard Fender screw pattern.

Well , considering the confidence that was lost in the two guitarists eyes and the fact that a new one has just arrived , If anyone who wants to have a Go at fixing it is very welcome to come get it from me in near woking , Stew our guitarist was asking if he could go at it office space style.

Last night ... " well saturday" ... our PA failed , We had to spin our Monitor round and crank it to make up with it ... as a Fully ampless band this was a bit of a disaster. The right side of the Mackie Industrial ART 200A would not transmit any sound from the main speaker ... the Horn/Tweeter was producing sound confirming that it wasn't a power issue or a mixer send issue , I confirmed this swapping it and in my post mortem testing sunday ... when i cracked it apart hoping to find a simple issue like a loose terminal connection and within my cack handed ability to mend. Sadly is seems one of the EQ block's is soggy / rotten 😐 Annoying ... but we've had to rush order a new EV PA ahead of next weekend's gig , the band voted with their wallets after being let down by used gear.

This would probably be fine if the wrap was over a bass that wasn't cut for a scratchplate ... that Bitsa's body had a blooming great swimming pool sized rout underneath the scratchplate which was great for weight relief considering im sure the body was MDF ... but one assumes the maker used the same jig for Soapbars , P's etc ... so i left the plate on for support it .. If you had a solid body / no scratch plate i'd expect it to be fine ..... It was more hard wearing than i thought it would be ...

Yup , works a treat ... I had a jazz bitsa with a rather weird layout scratchplate and it was white on white pearl 😐 not for me ... wrapped it black worked a treat. From this To this

So , it will depend on the finish of the bass itself , Poly / VS Nitro ... i would avoid trying to stick anything on Nitro finishes ... that way lies ruin. I've had pretty good results with this Clear mounting tape then cleaning off any residue with Isopropyl alch but this was on THICK Glossy 90's Poly on an old Aria .... I think kiwi's carpet tape solution looks like it might work pretty well too ... Again clean off residue . with Iso or non acetone based nail polish remover WHOOPS its removed the link it was Clear Gorilla Double-sided mounting tape from Amazon.