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Thanks dude. It's one of those things- I've tried lifting the other knobs gently, but they're not moving so I'll leave well alone. A bit annoying as I've bought the replacements, but I'm sure they can be used at another time (and they go on as a business expense..). I think the main thing was to...

Hey Gang. I have a couple of Sire basses- V7 1st gen 4 string and 2nd Gen fretless 5. Lovely basses. I bought some replacement knurled knobs as I find the existing vintage style knobs a pain to roll with my little finger. However- apart from the dual concentric which is fixed with a grub screw...

Techs or hacks? For replacing strings? A dead string is a dead string. Setup, quality of the bass or who has installed the string won't make a difference to that (except in extreme examples... :smug:). I've had Roto sets with bad B strings, as I mentioned. However, I went for a set and they're...

Been looking into this thread a while here. Based in the UK and have used D'Addario on guitar and bass for years. A set of 5 XLs in the UK has gone from £23 from 2020-ish to £40 from Amazon (Strings Direct are really expensive now, sadly- they were my go to for strings and picks for years!). An...

I've had a bit of bad luck with the two Sire V7s I had. Got a 1st generation 4 string (ash body, maple board). The first one I got had buzz between 3rd fret and the nut when fretting a note. Maybe nut cut too low. So got a second one that seemed better. Terrible buzz and way high action...

Fantastic. Thanks for the help! I'm dreadful at selling stuff, so this might help with getting rid of some other stuff I've got knocking around too (audio and mid interfaces).

Aah- I didn't spot. Thanks for the heads up. And cheers-I don't like the sound fretless at all on it (kind of lifeless), so it's gonna make way for a modern 5 string for gigging once I work out value/get it advertised etc.

Hi all, My first post here- have been in and lurked occasionally. I have the above bass (1979 as far as I can tell from the serial) that I bought fretless (de-fretted) from a mate in the 90s. I'm starting to look at selling it as it has sat in a corner for over a decade. Various suggestions...