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ALl pots should be grounded as far as I am aware

Yeah, that changes the picture a bit.

Are you sure its off the first fret? Check the fret, is it sitting as flat as possible in the fret slot like the other frets. Frets can sometimes ride a little high and will need to be ‘tapped’ back in to place. Check the nut....maybe its cut too low for that E string..If it looks good maybe try a round file, give a few passes through the nut groove, sometimes the nut can be a little ‘tight’ ...then run pencil lead in the groove to lubricate it for the string to run a bit freer over it. From what you are saying I can’t see neck relief helping down at the first fret unless there is a drastic move.Lastly....maybe try a new string just in case the string itself is the culprit.

Have to add...the Framus Star Bass was my first bass too chris....but I knew of de fretting back then....or even thinking about it....seems you were ahead of your time!

Hazbeen / Harry bought a Markbass Ninja combo off me, all great comms and he was very efficient at arranging payment and a courier to collect the box, excellent to deal with so many thanks to Harry for an easy deal.....

.......a small tale about my SM58 dealing....Having bought this model online some years ago, I noticed it made a lot more handling noise onstage on the mic stand and did not sound as full than my older Shure mic. I investigated, found the Shure site saying what the weight ‘should’ be and sure enough the one I had bought was not the same weight, plus the wire coding was slightly different under the pop shield. Luckily I got my money back. However, I then bought a new Shure mic from a bona fide UK dealer and the weight was not what the Shure website stated. I called the UK distributor and they gave info that Shure change things a bit because they are one of, if not the most copied mic by the chinese and regularly get factories in china shut down that make the fakes. One way of dealing with it was to slightly change the properties of the mic in trying to keep a step ahead of the fake game and so, the problem is we are never quite sure of a Shure unless bought from a reputable dealer.

I looked into Eurosender recently and because of Covid, several couriers they list are not giving / or able to give their usual services...

A pleasure dealing with PHil C with a straight forward sale of my SKB case, cheers Phil.

Great dealing with Charlie Bassman666....always returned message enquiries and made the cab purchase effortless....cheers.

Another great deal with Mickeyboro for the John Mayall ‘Laurel Canyon’ autobiography. Micky always gets postage done asap, always a pleasure...cheers.

If its a fine neck then of course leave it.....marking where the rods sit now ( I use one of those silver markers) and then slacken off to zero effect will show how much or little they are being used. You raised a point I had never thought of with which side needs more ‘trussing’ and my thought it they should be equally taught but then again, Ive never had a dual rod neck......anything on the Spector site?

Fender bass bridges are near the end of the body and I remember talking about topic this years ago with another bass builder and tapping an unloaded Fender type body where the bridge is usually placed, it sounded 'lighter/hollow' as opposed to tapping the body more or less where the precision pickup would go, where it sounded quite different, more 'solid'. So possibly a Gibson guitar or (Les Paul type) bass has the bridge in the best 'area' of body wood while Fender type bridge placements dont take advantage of the best area to mount a bridge.......maybe leading to the idea of the high mass bridge to help overcome this.

Eventually found one locally a grand cheaper than last years price.

Very good dealing with Tomasz, great comms and Hermes tracked with quick delivery...., cheers

thanks everyone...

I’ve had a good friend and dedicated iMac user of decades saying the same that fusion drive is heads above hdd. I think a 16 or better 32gb ram works well too.