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I've never heard any Curtis Mayfield before but I'm diggin it. I want to buy an album, which one is best to start with?

I'm thinking about giving my Thumb Bolt-On a bit of surgery. It's always played so nicely but I've never really liked the EQ and the lack of a mid control. Has anyone got any suggestions as to which 3-band EQ and pickups might sound decent in this bass? The first setup that sprang to mind, although I really don't know what these would sound like together, are Nordstrand jazz pickups because I've only heard great things about them and an Aguilar OBP-3 pre-amp. Does anyone have any experience with this combination? cheers

check out week 29, that's probably the ugliest thing ever invented.

[quote name='Bidd' post='41687' date='Aug 5 2007, 07:47 PM']Very random game on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis called Toejam & Earl. Some very funky basslines on that.[/quote] +1 for the toejam funk!

I'm sure that if he's gonna bring the prices if the basses up he'll push to make them even better, he's kind of lighting a fire under himself by charging more. Let's hope the price increase has positive benefits for the buyers and the builder(s?).

Anyone ever had a play along to any computer games? I highly recommend giving Sonic 1 a bash on the old bass, I'm having great fun

Les Claypool

I like double thumping for triplets (thump-thump-pop) in slap riffs. For me it's been the hardest bass technique to get my head around and I've still got a long way to go with it, I can't quite get my hand in the right position to thump-thump-pop on the same string, I get a kind of cramp when i try to do that.

I'd like to hear the BVT in an A/B test with an SVT. It is clearly in no way a threat to the sales of all-valve SVT heads, valves are a different ball game. IMO, Behringer are just taking the piss.

[quote name='Rumble' post='36992' date='Jul 25 2007, 07:34 PM']It was a 2003 SS1 5 string. It could transmit some serious bass with a bit of EQ tweeking, but the bite and growl I expected to hear from a Warwick never seemed to materialise. To add to this, the G string was certainly weaker than the other strings and slapping on the D or G was a none starter, you just couldn't hear it. It may be that I had a friday afternoon production, not sure. All that aside, it was the best 'feeling' bass I've ever laid hands on.[/quote] The SS1 5 string sounds considerably different to the SS1 4 string. The P+J combination on the 4 stringer makes the bass much more versatile for different playing styles and the P adds some big thump to the low end of the bass.

Have you checked out the Fulltone Bassdrive? They go for about £200, from what you've said I reckon it'll do what you require.

The current street price of a Stage 1 is £1400-£1500. There's currently a guy on the Warwick forum selling a 1988 streamer stage II for £850, which is dirt cheap.

You just want more pics to add to your little collection

This is worth a read- [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=333&hl=loopers&st=20"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...opers&st=20[/url]

I use one, it's a very handy tool and a solid little unit. It might be worth searching loopers on the forum because there have been a thread or two that are quite lengthy that detail peoples opinions and pros/cons of other loop pedals too.

Nice one! I really like that colour combo. Good purchase

I vote matte black because I don't like it when too much attention it drawn to those oval scratch plates.

That looks awesome! Quite a severe face lift but it was clearly well worth it. Nice one

Hey all, I am in no way associated with this ebay auction I just thought I'd let you folks know of this good deal. I've got a couple of Belkin surge protectors already and they're great, they've got a good solid feel to them and don't fall apart like cheap 4-ways. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Belkin-SurgeMaster-Surge-Protector-phone-cable_W0QQitemZ180138157782QQihZ008QQcategoryZ96907QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Belkin-SurgeMaster-S...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Cheers Ed

[quote name='mhuk' post='30951' date='Jul 12 2007, 10:08 PM']I've been browsing tinterweb recently on a similar subject. A cheap/ good solution to clean a fretboard is Naptha or lighter fluid, maybe with a touch of mineral oil. To "oil" a fretboard try baby oil. Baby oil is mineral oil and 99.n% of Lemon Oil is mineral oil (the stuff sold to clean fretboards, not the lemon oil essence). Never wax as it attracts crud. And never, never silcone based products. And never chocolate either [/quote] That make a lot of sense about wax attracting crud, but I find that sometimes after I've cleaned a Warwick neck properly it can look quite dry, especially if I've used fine grade wire wool. I think in this instance wax is quite essential because it is designed to be a protective layer, it's just important to make sure all residue from the wax is removed from the bass.

Seeing those frets go all nice and shiny once again is always nice

I've never really been into blue basses but this really does it for me Ebay item: 300128232953

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='29999' date='Jul 10 2007, 09:47 PM']if you're using wire wool, then mask off the pickups and cavities as well...[/quote] Whoops! How could I leave that out. It's a school boy error to get wire wool anywhere near pickups, it's a friggin nightmare getting the 'wire wool dandruff' off them.... i learned the hard way a couple of years ago with my warwick thumb

If the fretboard is really caked try using really fine grade wire wool. Make sure you rub it in the same direction as the grain, you won't have to press too hard. This will also shine up the frets pretty nicely. After you do this use warwick wax to re-hydrate the wood, you'll notice a big difference. If you want to make a really spanking job of the frets use Brasso or a similar kind of metal polish. Brasso make a 'wadding' version that comes in a tin, this stuff is particularly easy to use but either the brasso paste or liquid work fine too. Make sure you mask up the frets as warwickhunt shows in his pics.