lemmywinks

We're quite lucky in that two of our band members are workmates and have the use of their work transit vans whenever they like so essentially we run a van at no cost and don't even have to worry about storing it. The vans are replaced every 3 years, must admit after a lifetime of using knackered old vans it felt weird shutting the rear door on them and it feeling/sounding like a car rather than that familiar clank. Had to open and shut it a few times to make sure! I have a Fiat Qubo which is basically like a downsized Berlingo VTR/XTR and has adaptable seating, can turn it into a van in seconds.

Have to drive myself to gigs now seeing as none of our drummers live near me anymore, selfish of them really. I do quite like not drinking though as I get to keep all my gig money! Could cycle to rehearsal as I just take a single lightweight bass and a tiny amp head, the rooms we use usually have decent enough provided cabs.

The Boudica is a killer shape, used to crop up relatively regularly on here when I first joined but they're seldom seen now. There was a neat downsized version with Wal style pickups (in house design I thnk) in the builds section recently.

Been watching this as a candidate for a headless conversion, glue up job on the crack looks awful though.

Had far less issues with AliExpress than I've had with eBay and I buy from both regularly. A lot of sellers are using the Cai Niao premium service now as well (unless you're buying very low value items) which takes around a week.

Are you using general Toneprints or the amp specific versions? Only the amp ones work with their heads, make sure they're in the 'TonePrint Bass Amp' section with the white knob icon.

TGI Extreme in stock for £45 here: https://kendallguitarshop.co.uk/products/tgi-extreme-bass-guitar-gig-bag Ibanez Powerpad are cheap and have an internal length of 1240mm, can get them in loads of colours: https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_ibb541_br_powerpad_gigbag.htm

Is it the gripping mechanism on your Hercules stands that's breaking? There's a few videos online which detail how to fix them. I have one of the older Hercules stands which seems to be much more durable, had it knocking on 15 years now and still works as new. One of the arms stopped working but it was easy enough to fix this in a few minutes, been fine since.

Bass direct has the TGI lengths listed, assume they're the internal measurements: https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/TGI_Gig_bag.html The Extreme is £50 if you want something cheap but good.

Just measured my Gator Pro Go Deluxe, looks like it can house 122cm and more with the lower cushion removed. Also measured my Gator Pro Go X (same as the Transit I think) which can just about do 122cm again with the lower cushion still in place. There's a removable bit of padding around the headstock area if you need more space.

For some reason I find the machine heads on this extremely visually appealing. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3GEAAOSwVDNkkWEc/s-l1600.jpg

All the 6x10 and 8x10 cabs I've seen for sale don't fetch much and take an age to shift, bargains compared to the new price for sure but that's the hit you take when you buy a massive heavy cab that very few people can be bothered to transport. Great to leave in a rehearsal room though.

My old genuine Fender copy made of old bits and bobs, nice MIJ neck. It did actually say Fender on the headstock though so doesn't belong here. Actually gigged a fair bit with this, sold it last year.

Not an SX, slightly differen't shape. Definitely seen it before just can't remember where. That red Jazz is definitely a Sire body though. This is basically the sort of thing MDP would be turning out if he could control himself around a chisel.

Looks too good to be true but if you're local it'll be worth checking out: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/193037920033259/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A30298d1a-0d8b-45a7-a53e-64c956b5f6ee

Anybody know what factory are these coming from then?

Usually you're contract is with the seller and theirs is with the courier, although this memo doesn't seem to have made it to many online retailers.

Awaiting the headless conversion thread in the build section...

Do you have a link for the gigbag? On the lookout for a cheaper headless 5er as backup and that looks decent. I put the Guyker East clone knobs on mine, looks miles better.

Imagine buying that white electric 12>6 conversion, breaking strings at every gig and taking your pro luthier setup guitar into a local music shop (where only spotty teenagers who know nothing about guitars and can't do setups work remember) to find out what's wrong with it, only to be told "absolutely everything".

Interesting project here, you're quite handy at making stuff IIRC?

Yes I was on the original thread when they first came out. The 1st gen logo is horrible and I'd have no qualms about putting the correct one on myself, certainly wouldn't be buying an entire replacement neck to correct a cosmetic issue which should have been sorted before the basses were even launched.

Should say Sadowsky on it then!