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[quote name='Jamesemt' post='1110733' date='Feb 1 2011, 10:26 AM']Err and an estate car full of cases!![/quote] Not mine. If he's explicitly told to bring breakables, then he has his snare case and cymbal bag. If there's a house kit, he'll happily use that, cracked cymbals and all.

I think I might become a drummer.... all mine brings is sticks and an attitude!

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='1110086' date='Jan 31 2011, 08:43 PM']Great thread! A few years ago (actually quite a few years ago, about 15 I think) I was in the same boat. I was a bit short of cash, wasn't in a band and decided to sell my 78 Precision. I took it to the shop that I had bought it from some 15 years earlier and they offered me peanuts saying "nobody wants 'em nowdays mate" I decided to keep the bass and find some cash some other way. I managed to hang onto the bass and when I got back into playing and joined a band, I had a great bass and amp and realised hanging on to them was the right thing to do. The bass is now worth 6-7 times the amount they offered me and I could probably get back what I paid for the amp too. Times have changed a bit for me too, while I'm not rich, or even well off, I've managed to buy a few more basses over the years and my current gigging bass is a great £200 yamaha I won on ebay. Its a good bass and I don't worry about taking it to pub gigs etc. I now have a German made corvette and the Precision sitting at home, neither of them get played much anymore and I have the same dilemma as you, to sell or not to sell? There doesn't seem much point in keeping basses that aren't used, but bringing yourself to sell them is sometimes difficult.....[/quote] I stupidly sold my '78 US Precision a few years before you looked at selling yours. They'd been out of fashion for a good few years and everyone wanted Jazzes, Stingrays and Warwicks. I got just over £200. 3 tone sunburst, all original. If I only I'd kept it....., but hey that's the benefit of hindsight.

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1110029' date='Jan 31 2011, 08:24 PM']How much of a financial hit are we talking, if I were to sell it? How much would I be looking to get for a 2009 $$ ? Bearing in mind that they're around £1100 new, and that's on the cheapest online stores.[/quote] Looking at recent prices, between £400 and £600 for a $$ depending on finish, condition, original owners kit, case candy etc etc. And, the for sale forum is getting busier with Warwicks every day

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1108906' date='Jan 30 2011, 11:45 PM']Tough one ain't it? now you see why I'm so torn Main reason for needing a new amp isn't just because of reliability but many that I'm using a hossing great heavy combo which isn't easy when you use it every week and live on the 2nd floor. Made even worse by my back and wrist problems... So I need a smaller, lighter amp to save doing myself an injury. So, I can't afford the amp I want without the Warwick going, just don't seem to be able to pull the trigger...[/quote] My symapathies, I'm on the fifth floor, but do have a lift Slightly different reasons for needing a new amp (I just need more loudness - quite a lot more), but also I can't get excited about amps the way I do about basses.

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1107955' date='Jan 30 2011, 11:26 AM']Yeah, that's an issue. It is german made so will be worth more than a very recent one, but still... it's a lot of money to make a big loss on[/quote] The $$ is still made in Germany. I haven't voted because I'm in the same boat - Corvette Standard (German), my Squier P does all I need it to, need a new amp and have no cash (and not much on the horizon). Regularly think about selling the Warwick but every time I get it out to take some pics I realise what a great bass it is, give it a quick play, wax it and put it back in the case. Mad to keep it and not use for what it was made for, mad to sell it at current prices.

Male, 41. Decided I wanted to play bass after my cousin introduced me to Kiss. How can you not been drawn to an instrument that also involves breathing fire and spitting blood. Started for real on bass on 12th Birthday after parentally enforced years of piano lessons and a few months of guitar. Earliest influences were some of the post-punk players (Paul Gardiner, Tubeway Army/Numan was a particular fave). Went back to piano a couple of years later when I needed something I could get to grade 6 quickly so I could do music O-level. Head of music went out and bought a Fender Precision and got me involved in a few music projects as a bassist and also arranged for an electric bass teacher to come in and teach me and few others once each week. Loved the projects and had my chance to do a few gigs of sorts (school musicals I particularly enjoyed). Lessons not so much fun - must use fingers, must not use a pick or slap/pull etc, must play this piece, no value in pop pieces (let alone rock, punk god forbid), nothing about the role of bass in a band pretty much like piano lessons but this time on an instrument I wanted to play. Did however mean I could do my practical performances on bass rather than piano though. Took a break from serious playing for a couple of years for A-levels, beer and girls. Went to Uni, first proper band, indie rock, played gigs from small pub gigs to a big (for me ) outdoor gig at the first anti-student-loan demos. Learned the importance of locking in with the drummer. Various bands followed, always playing a P bass except for one brief foray onto a J. Neck more comfortable, but where has my tone gone? until 10 years later I was playing some well-paid function/party/wedding gigs in a covers band. Realised I was spending evenings and weekends entirely playing stuff I hated. Left the band, sold my kit, bought a computer, synth, guitar, mic, mixer etc etc. Got married and had to sell/pack up most of the stuff. Just kept an accoustic guitar to noodle on, which I enjoyed. Age 36, divorced from wife number 1, about to marry a great woman ho loves her music and we moved into a new home. Next door is a guitarist with other shared interests. He comes round with his guitar and beers a few times and I realise that for the first time in years I'm picking out basslines on my guitar and I have the desire for another bass. Head off to the nearest big music shop and after hours of playing everything in the shop do the deal on a passive Warwick Corvette 4. Great tone, light, balances well. Very happy. Six months on and new wife signs me up as bassist in a band a friend of hers is managing. 4 1/2 year later I'm with the same singer from that band my wife signed me up for. We've been through 4 drummers, more guitarists, two band names, one incarnation as a covers band (punter: Hey, can you do Mustang Sally? Singer: No, can you do fecking off?). Currently just a bunch of middle aged men playing our own punk/rock/ska stuff wherever anyone will let us and trying to keep it enjoyable. Back on a P (Squier) but still got the 'wick. Holding down the low end and keeping in the pocket. A few fills here and there. Split between fingers and pick. Experimenting with distortion/fuzz after years of being a compression junkie. A few new songs are getting the melodic bassline treatment. My playing hasn't recovered to what it was before I took a 9 year break, but I'm enjoying myself more than ever. Plans for the future: Keep enjoying the originals band as long as at lasts, then I think I'll be ready for a covers band.

American Guitar Centre in Tonbridge are Mark Bass dealers. The should be able to sort it.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1107843' date='Jan 30 2011, 08:12 AM'].....the one on the precision bang in the middle where the pickup is gives you very restricted space for slapping....[/quote] See, Leo did put them there for a reason

If you can't hear any difference, chances are there isn't much. But if it were me, I'd go comp -> Exciter

Cheers guys

Try both ways round and see which you prefer.

Anyone know if several generators can be earthed together?

Briefly: Yes. Disclaimer: Not sure how right now, not used Logic in ages, but it can be done.

If you've got the major, minor and their pentatonics down, I'd start learning some of the modes rather than more scales.

Stuart Copleland, Reni, Stephen Morris, but top of the list Willie Hall

Great work Alex! Not only a good looking website, but an interesting and informative read too.

Glad to see this thread generating some discussion for EHX pedals. Update - I'm not putting a board together. Decided I don't like octave down after all so the OC-2 is going back where it came from. That leaves me three pedals and I don't really need the compressor for this project. Back to two pedals, which I can cope with battery power for

There's a few factors at bay here - 1. As many have already pointed out, Warwick aren't flavour of the month in the UK at the moment. 2. As per 1, but particularly on Basschat at the moment. Round these pages the word on Warwick is they are heavy, over-engneered, have necks like bassball bats and are prone to awful neck dive. 3. Right now is particularly bad on BC for selling Warwicks because there is a glut of them for sale. A Corvette Std that I saw sold on here for slightly better prices than they had been shifting for and suddenly loads of people put their 'wicks up for sale as the market is perceived as improving. I think the only models that will rally slightly are the Corvette Std and the Thumb BO. Why? Because they aren't making either of these in Germany anymore, so there is now a collectability factor for these models. Don't worry though, I'm due a tax rebate and part of it is earmarked for a used Thumb NT 4 or any Warwick 5er. Just before the cheque hits my doormat the "Mojoed Warwick Orchestra" will have a huge global smash hit and you won't be able to buy a used for less than twice the price of a new one.

Great looking bass How does it sound?

18 months ago I had Wesley (WaynePunkDude's old five stringer that he sent on a round trip of basschatters before sellig it) for quite a while. I borrowed it with the intention of proving to myself that I wouldn't get on with 5 strings. After nearly 30 years on fours I was convinced that my brain wouldn't make the transition and having small hands I didn't think that physically it would work for me. The opposite proved to be true - within an hour I'd adjusted to playing across the fretboard rather than up and down and the narrow string spacing really made things easy for my short fingers. BUT, I just haven't found a 5er that I like enough within my budget to buy.

Andy Rourke and many of the above

Having seen the price of the 30 when it forst came out, I'd guessed at around £2K for the 200, so not completely shocked. Hopefully for that price they're handmade in the UK by special valve amp pixies.

Cabs look nice though