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Yeah for sure, I’d rather have things that will last, so perhaps 2nd hand is the best bet... just might take a while. I was hoping someone might know of a budget bargain brand or something that I’d missed

We’re looking at hiring out guitars/basses at the rehearsal/recording studios I manage... gradually getting them together on minimal budget (CIC - Not For Profit organisation) we’re going to need guitar & bass cases, which I could gradually pickup secondhand (as I am with the guitars themselves - all squier/epiphone kinda level at the moment to test the waters) but I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions of cheap but robust hard cases? I was toying with the idea of the gear4music foam ones but I’m a bit concerned about the zips falling apart

I use the Harley Benton power plant junior and really rate it... However, I modified my board similar to @Twigman and I can’t remember if that was before or after this power supply... either way as mentioned, it’s a very simple mod that opens up a lot more possibilities for what can go underneath

I recently purchased one again (I’ve owned 3 over the years) mainly to A/B it against the Mooer bass sweeper (which has the trimpots on top) this post has made me a little more keen to find time to do this!

I have a Tobias Toby Pro 4 (one of the early musicyo ones) and although I rarely play it (ok, never play it) it holds a great deal of sentimental value to me, for years I’ve been thinking about giving it some upgrades and just generally a bit of attention... now I may actually do it! now, I know there are people on this forum who have upgraded parts, but I’m struggling to find exactly what you replaced and what it was replaced with. I’m thinking replace; Pickups (emg 40 size seems right) preamp (no idea) bridge (was thinking hipshot but the mounting holes aren’t the same?) machineheads (I bought Schaller tuners but again, mounting holes didn’t line up - I didn’t check before buying them so my bad) so have you done it, if so what did you use? I’d prefer to not hack the bass up too much so direct drop in replacements massively preferred cheers!

Bought a tuning pedal from Richard, nice chap to deal with, quick postage and the pedal is absolutely mint! Great stuff

It all depends what you’re trying to do really but for me I had to do it in order to fit something on my board... @bobbass4k evidently you have never come across the GK Diesel Dawg!! It’s huge and unnecessarily so... I rehoused it, the pic and the board it’s on shows why I did it. The hardest part (other than trying to carve out a square hole for the DC input - bit of a bodge job) was finding smaller housing that could accommodate it.

Yay! I finally got a reply! Ha yeah korg said “hmmm I guess some pedals don’t like being daisy chained” which although at the time seemed pretty unhelpful... it did point me to the solution. I was using a diago power station daisy chain... never had an issue until that one pedal. I bought a Harley Benton Power Plant Jr https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant_junior.htm and with it’s isolated power outputs the problem went away... I’ve subsequently purchased another couple of these power supplies (every time I see them 2nd hand and silly cheap) to use with other pedals/board setups and have had absolutely no issues. Highly recommended

Have you considered just making your own? That's what I did when I had a very specific setup I wanted to use but didn't want a long pedal board with everything in a row (my always on/infrequent use pedals can go at the back) I bought a job lot of flight cases and ended up making the board to fit inside it. Then I made another to see how many mooer pedals I could fit in. I have a few more cases and tons of scrap wood, so I'll probably just keep making them!

Spectracomp all the way... I’ve had a few different compressors and always end up giving up on them and taking them off the board... the spectracomps simplicity (once you’ve settled on a TonePrint) makes it perfect for me

I use the ebs flat patch cables, never had an issue with them and they save a lot of space on my board

Bought a pedal from Paddy, quick postage and a top chap to deal with. Thanks!

whoop whoop! Awesome, thanks very much!

Awesome, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it

sweet, thanks very much for checking it out! Ideal cheers for watching it, much appreciated!

Sweet thanks for checking it out guys, much appreciated - If you like it enough to want to hear the track again (and others) they're available to download for free on bandcamp: Snakeoil Salesmen

So I realised a while back that people pay way more attention to music videos than they do to mp3's you post online... So I shot a video and had a mate edit it for me, check it https://youtu.be/hPd7NkSz_EE

just uploaded another new track at: Snakeoil Salesmen

I've just put up the 1st track from my new solo EP - It's a follow up to one I did about 5 years ago, always wanted to continue with it in some way, as I like writing in this style I wrote and played everything again (it's easier than trying to get on with other people) Recorded at PMC Studios in Plymouth and it was the 1st outing for my Hofner club bass I bought from this very forum Check it out if you have time and if you like it, or think you know others who will, please share it around: Snakeoil Salesmen

I've really enjoyed this thread, it's made me feel better about my unscrupulous money making shenanigans... My most recent; I bought a bass earlier this year for a tour that didn't happen... played a few rehearsals and one gig... then listed it on Ebay for more than I bought it for, cuz I love the cash. Just to make the story even more perfect, it sold back to the original seller, for more than he sold it to me. To his credit, he didn't complain once, he just accepted that it was now mine and I could charge what I liked... and ultimately he's just happy to have the chance to buy it back and hopefully won't make the same mistake of letting it go again

oh dear, I do this all the time... and every time I dread the thought of looking in here and seeing that someone is slating me for it... then I go back to counting all my cash and the feeling goes away

Just bought another pedal off Lee (only just realising I've bought from him before) in what was another easy, quick and pleasant transaction. The pedal is in great condition and was shipped out really fast and packed up well. I couldn't be happier. Cheers Lee!