lemmywinks

I had mine in a 1x10 cab and it was actually brilliant, blew it with a massive peak of high frequencies doing silly popping rather than over excursion with really low bass. It dealt with a full band practice but couldn't handle my p155 poor Flea impersonation. Managed to replace it with a Basslite scored for under £30 off eBay back when they weren't also crazy expensive.

I blew the same driver with a LMII (8ohm nominal load) and the volume at what I thought was a sensible level. Looked online to check how much replacements were (paid about £55 for it new back in the day) and had a bit of a cry.

100%, the existing ones don't look particularly bulky or heavy. On a lightweight bass 75g weight saving on the headstock might make enough difference though. Guyker do some open gear tuners they are 69g and work out at about £40 for a 5 string set, probably cheaper on AliExpress. Either way it would be a shame to lose those lovely stock tuning keys, Schaller M4 Light or BM Light might be a more suitable replacement if you don't want the visual downgrade of generic looking flat Y keys.

The most suspicious thing is the short timeframe between the bass going AWOL and it being put up for auction. I wonder if the auction house works with Porcel Farce directly of if there's a 3rd party buying unclaimed/lost goods?

That's bizarre. If you have a good reason to believe you've handled stolen property why would you hand the item back to the person/company you got it from, especially if the police are involved?

Not sure why ibanez chose those fret markers instead of proper Lumunlays which do appear on other Cort builds at that price point. The ones on my Modern 5 stay bright for ages.

Their engineers are superb as well, bands usually sound at their best on KEXP. The Mannequin Pussy set sounds incredible, better than the studio albums.

Just spotted this one on FB, Mexican Fender: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/781660624954291/

Saw a short video of these doing the rounds the other day, I like it!

Intrigued by their fret filing/crowning gadget. One thing I don't have is a good set of files and I'd only be using them for sorting rogue high frets anyway.

What type of music will you be playing and what's the budget?

Might be worth trying a Warwick Buzzard case.

I nicked one of my daughter's hair bands, attached it to my strap (threaded it through one of the spare adjustment holes to secure it) and just hook my Lekato wireless bug over that. Have an extension cable obvs.

There's an Elf 110 combo in the classifieds for £340: Bassbros have a 110 extension cab for £199: https://bassbros.co.uk/product/trace-elliot-elf-1x10/ Great little modular, tiny and lightweight rig you can gig with for under your budget.