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SOLD: Warwick Stream LX 6 String Fretless 1990's
SimBass replied to SimBass's topic in Basses For Sale
New Pictures: (I'm no photographer but these are done on a proper camera and are a bit better. If you want to see a pic of anything specific let me know.) All on Google Drive: [url="https://googledrive.com/host/0B3F4I2ajI0ijcndqUzk4RXA5ZUU"]https://googledrive.com/host/0B3F4I2ajI0ijcndqUzk4RX[/url] -
SOLD: Warwick Stream LX 6 String Fretless 1990's
SimBass replied to SimBass's topic in Basses For Sale
Thanks, dots for side marks. I'll try and get the photos sorted today. -
[b]£950 [/b]+ delivery (or meet close to South Lincolnshire) [s]£1050[/s] [s]£1250[/s] Evening All, It is with regret that I am selling my Warwick Streamer LX 6 string Fretless Broadneck bass. I was made in Germany in the mid 90's (1996 I believe), during what many consider the "Golden Years" for Warwick. This is a remarkable example of a potentially unique bass (I've never seen another one like it, although there must be the odd one out their somewhere) I have owned it since the Summer of 2004 and it has served me well in many settings from Rock bands to Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra (pictured: that's me as Postman Pat!), Jazz quartets and I've even played it Live on BBC 1 as part of a special 'Pentecost' Service. It has the Growl of these early Warwicks but the switch-able active/passive electrics allow you to beautifully emulate a smooth Jazz Double Bass on this gorgeous ebony finger board. Unfortunately I just don't play as much as I used to so finances are forcing me to sell. £1050 + delivery (or meet close to South Lincolnshire) - (Warwick advised me to insure it for £2,500-£3000) All parts (hardware/pickups/electronics/fingerboard) are absolute originals. There is no buckle rash, or damage. This bass is over 15 years old but I can only find 1 mark to show for it (pictured: on the lower horn) It comes with a premium 3" wide padded leather strap (these are not light basses), official Warwick wax (I have cared for the wood well!), a hard case and is fitted with Warwick Black label strings. If you have any questions at all then please ask away, you're welcome to come and try it out (Bourne, South Lincolnshire nr. Peterborough) Photos are from camera phone, I will try to get some better ones up soon. [b]Full Spec:[/b] (to the best of my knowledge) 6 String Ebony Finger Board Flamed Maple Body Bolt-on 'Broadneck' 5 piece wenge neck 2 soap bar MEC Pickups Volume(pull/push active circuit)/pickup selector/bass/treble [color=#010101][font=Arial, Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]34" Scale[/size][/font][/color] 2 Piece Warwick bridge New Pictures: (I'm no photographer but these are done on a proper camera and are a bit better. If you want to see a pick of anything specific let me know.) More Pictures available here: [url="https://googledrive.com/host/0B3F4I2ajI0ijcndqUzk4RXA5ZUU"]https://googledrive.com/host/0B3F4I2ajI0ijcndqUzk4RX[/url] [b]The Bass:[/b] [attachment=137554:P1020409.JPG] [attachment=137555:P1020410.JPG] [attachment=137556:P1020412.JPG] [attachment=137557:P1020417.JPG] [b]In Action:[/b] [attachment=137504:Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra.jpg] [b]Serial Number:[/b] [attachment=137508:IMAG0185.jpg] [b]Damage:[/b] (After a really thorough check I've managed to find 2 very small ding's - for the want of being as honest and open as possible), I've zoomed all the way in on them to make them perfectly clear. Bear in mind this is a 17 year old bass with no gloss protection so this very good condition, I just want to be totally transparent in the sale. Upper Horn Ding: [attachment=137552:P1020424.JPG] Lower Horn Ding: [attachment=137553:P1020425.JPG]
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Gone...Thanks
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Just sold a DOD FX25B bass pedal to Jose. He was a pleasure to do business with, paid super fast, and always responded to communication very quickly. Would gladly buy/sell from him at any point in the future. Quality Guy! Thanks!
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Started on 4 string, then did a straight swap from 4 to 5 a decade ago (never owned a 4 string since), then added a 6 string fret-less. with a brief spell of only owning 6 strings (one fretted/one fret-less). I'm now firmly settled on a 5 string fretted for 90% of the time and then the 6 string fret-less for all Jazz gigs, for a lush woody fretless sound on the warwick ebony finger board. I feel a 6 string fret-less is just too out of place in all over situations, but 5 strings fit in comfortable everywhere these days, can't afford a decent 4 string as well so I don't even bother thinking about it. (certainly wouldn't have a problem dropping my 6 string if I found a nice 5 string fret-less equivalent but I love my Warwick too much...because of the bass not because of the 6th string)
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SOLD subject to payment
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Cheers, replied
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Monday Morning Bump...no interest?
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DOD FX25B Envelope Filter In "As New" Condition, I think I've only ever actually had it out of the box once in my life and that was for 30 mins to play with it when I first got it. Never used it since. I guess I'm just not an effects person. In "like" brand new condition in box with manual and no marks at all. Feel free to ask any questions and let me know if you want any more pictures. £40 Plus P&P due to immaculate condition (free to collect from south Lincolnshire) [attachment=104817:P1020364.JPG] [attachment=104818:P1020371.JPG]
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PM'd
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Is the Bass a Guitar? Definition of Guitar: A musical instrument having a flat-backed rounded body that narrows in the middle, a long fretted neck, and usually six strings, played by strumming or plucking. That describes my bass therefore yes it is a guitar.
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Hope this helps [url="http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/"]http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/[/url]
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I did exactly the same about 3 years ago...always used to play my Warwick fretless in passive and edging towards the neck with flatwounds for (what I thought was) a more Double sound. My then bass teacher showed me his fretless which was set up the opposite...round wounds - 80% bridge pickup and all active turned on and playing near the bridge...I quickly changed my entire tone over night and learnt to change my finger style (and placement on the strings) to get a mellow sound when needed. [quote name='Marvin' post='709071' date='Jan 11 2010, 05:15 PM']I've always sought a deep warm mellow tone, may be slightly dub. Over Christmas this has changed radically. I've started playing near the bridge and developing a sharp attacking and with more treble tone. (a result of getting an fx box). So virtually overnight my whole sound has changed a lot. And I like it. It's probably the tone I've been looking for for ages and not realised that I was looking in the wrong place.[/quote]
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[quote name='ojrc42' post='712939' date='Jan 14 2010, 07:37 PM']just a shot in the dark here, does the 1996 november issue have something about a Cloud Axim amp? trying to find out about it...[/quote] I had a look through the magazines last night...I can't yet find anything about a Cloud Axim amp, do you know if it was a full review? Or was it in the "New Gear" Section?
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Bump...lots of happy buyers...60 left...let me know if you want any (see start of thread for up to date list) ....cheers!
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Thanks so much for all the advice..Really appreciate it. Well here goes...I'm doing the first lesson on Wednesday. I've managed to get a list of some favourite songs including: Shine - Take That Viva La Gloria - Greenday Viva La Vida - Coldplay So a good repetitive "Viva La Vida" 4 chord master class is in order. Thanks again and I'll get back to you with how it went...and probably some more questions. Cheers!
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How much to replace an ebony fretlss fingerboard
SimBass replied to SimBass's topic in Repairs and Technical
I went through a lot of strings trying different flat/half wounds...I just never got the tone I was after...Thomastik Infeld were the closest but cost twice my preferred round-wounds. I don't get a bass to look at it, I get it for a great sound and I'm happy to spend the extra on refinish/repair than have a sound I'm not happy with. So been there and all been decided that I'm happy to keep my round-wounds. Also I don't want a coat, I really like the natural ebony wood so I'll stick with that. As for skimming...I'll be honest I didn't know that was an option...but I think that should definitely be what I need. Its not actually a damaged finger board in any other way, it's just got a lot of string wear. So that must the best option. How much for a skim Doc? This is the board thickness (but wider due to 6 string) [attachment=38462:12151500...MHOBW_04.jpg] -
Last night I changed the strings on my Warwick Streamer LX 6 String Broad Neck Fretless. And I noticed that the string wear on the fingerboard is getting a little more noticeable than I would like. Anybody know how much it would be to replace the (unlined) ebony finger board? And any recommendations on where to get it done (around Lincolnshire and S. Yorkshire)...or further afield. It's got some life left in it yet but many years ago I made the decision that the tone from roundwound strings was worth damaging the finger board compared to the flat wound tone and I think that 2010 may be the year for this job? (its a 15 year old bass so its done well as my main bass for many a year). It's a 34 inch scale with 24 unmarked frets (55mm at nut, 84mm at 12th fret) [url="http://www.warwickbass.com/modules/produkte/produkt.php?katID=14440&cl=EN#"]Warwick Website[/url] Cheers
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My favourite bit is: "Spec: sound: sounds GR 8 !" Is that the manufacturers spec? Also..anyone speak German and know what all the text says in the white space which you can only see if you highlight it?
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[quote name='Davethebassboss' post='686395' date='Dec 16 2009, 03:13 PM']Hi there I taught a 9-year old at Musicians Institute - he had been sent by his mum to learn all sorts of instruments and wasn't exactly excited at the thought of theory !! I found that by diving into his library of good tunes on his CD Walkman we were able to learn some simple basslines that he could play along with, and then formulated the lessons this way: 5 minutes listening to the tune from last week 10 minutes playing the tune 10 minutes looking at what we were playing, eg notes, simple scales 5 minutes listening to a tune for next week (at first it would take a couple of weeks for one tune) This meant that it was centered around playing which he actually liked to do (!!) and gave him a sense of achievement at being able to play his favourite tunes. His technique built up as he played, and I corrected it as we went along. After about 6 months doing this we then introduced proper scales and simple notation which he then used to play other tunes not previously known to him. I taught him until he was 12, by which time he could read simple music, follow a chord chart with his own bassline, and play simple solos using modes over a piano chord structure... Hope that helps [/quote] Thanks for all the advice...particularly the about lesson structure! Out of curiosity...at what point did you start transcribing the songs he was learning...did you do that from the start? or did he just learn a pattern at a time (and did you use tab/staff music notation or both) My instinct is that introducing conventional music notation as early as possible is good but this may be my classical background creeping up on me?
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[quote name='NickH' post='686306' date='Dec 16 2009, 01:44 PM']I've found when teaching youngsters, it's even more important to give them something recogniseable and familiar, and don't even think about scales, chords, any kind of theory etc. Make him feel like a little rock star in the making and he'll be motivated to play, which is 9/10ths the fight. Kids just absorb knowledge like a sponge at that age as long as you can hold his focus.[/quote] I think that is the main thing for me...what to do about chords/scales. If you ignore chords/scales then surely you are only teaching technique. It's surely impossible to play from a chord sheet without chord knowlegde. On the other hand I guess at that age it may be more important just to encourage a love of the instrument and to teach riff's/specific songs. Maybe a middle ground would be to teach the Major and Minor chord shape and a fret board and leave it at that. It would give a good foundation without any REAL theory? Thoughts?
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I think this is the best place for this... Basically a friend of mine has asked if I will give his son (aged about 8 or 9?) some bass lessons. The kids dad is an accomplished guitarist and has been showing him the basics for the last couple of months but would like someone with more knowledge to help out. The kid has basic music knowledge from doing piano lessons (but I gather not for long) and I've seen him play (He played a song with our church Sunday school on Sunday for Christmas so he is at least somewhere!) I've taught a few people to play bass but never someone less than about 16 so I'm guessing I should probably have a whole different approach...( I vaguely remember my Cello lessons aged about 9) ...any advice appreciated!
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Just wanted to add a note to recommend StringsDirect ([url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/[/url]) there is a similar thread from 2 years ago but I think an update is due. Ordered yesterday afternoon (due to cheapest for my favoured Warwick Black Label) arrived at 9am this morning via free delivery. And its our Office Christmas Lunch today so feeling all festive I decided to make the effort and thank them for the great service...and they sent my a 10% off code for my next order!!! Please don't all email them for a code since I don't think it works like that, however they really do deserve to have their praises sung...plus they price match and do much more than just strings! (edited to add link)
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BUMP!
