Beedster

Buy a cheap body and bridge and keep it at tension 👍

That they appear happy to fix things that were bought used and therefore likely well out of warranty, to do so with no charge, and then suck up the courier fees as they did with me and have dome for others, is frankly extraordinary. Comparison with businesses who do exactly the opposite, either refusing to accept a unit as faulty - "that whistling sound is normal for this class of amplifier" (mention no names), to meet warranty terms, or quoting bank-breaking fees for repairs - makes it even more so. There will always be exceptions hence my note to @Minininjarob above, but to quote Melody Maker from the mid 70's "Even Stevie Nicks must have the occasional bad day". Whether you like what they produce, brands like Ashdown, Status, Trace, Wal etc are national treasures 👍

Beauty, too few builders use the classic SC PUPs in anything other than 51 RIs or derivatives (although Alpha do it very nicely), and it's a lovely sound 👍

Love that the word 'precision' is on the front page 🤣

That's great advice, especially the bit about describing you as a bassist who moved to China (and one with a well documented fascination with and knowledge of graphite necks) as opposed to just another manufacturer. Good luck with it all @Kiwi

Well, you did hijack a thread originally posted to praise a company that around 99% of people would say are 100% outstanding (Sex Panther reference there), criticised them for not helping although Dave did suggest a workaround albeit one that you rejected, then suggested that without another fix your friend's only amp is going in the bin because the fan being on all the time would not work for bedroom practice (despite the fact they can't afford a replacement), then mentioned he uses it for gigs also. My solution would be the same as Dave's; wire the fan on all the time, live with it for bedroom practice, and have a gig-worthy amp. Certainly far better than binning it or damaging it attempting repair. Either way, as Andy @agedhorse said, good luck. And I honestly would be very surprised to find that if you picked up the phone to Ashdown you didn't get a solution, given my experience with them and that of many others, it sounds like you either caught them on a bad day or there was a misunderstanding of some sort 👍

Calling @agedhorse There’s a TT for sale on here also 👍

We've done very small gigs with one but I'd recommend two, and it's really not a lot of extra gear (two small rucksack-sized bags)

Lovely performance and especially lovely basswork 👍

Who did you speak to?

After all the shit of the last few years - not just Eurovision but everything - could this be the turning point......?

I understand from people who know such things that given the levels of incompetence and laziness in most large organisations, when things like this happen no matter how deliberate it might seem, there’s 99.9% chance it’s a cockup, 0.1% chance it was planned 👍

Ashdown are a very special manufacturer and Dave is an outstanding guy 👍