Kev

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1457108116' post='2995469'] Everytime I`ve bought a compressor, I`ve sold a compressor. Something tells me I need one, that I won`t be a real bassist until I have one, but then I hear it in the mix and am not happy. I do play with a fair bit of drive though, which apparently acts as natural compression. [/quote] Same with me. Love the idea of compression, never happy when I have it. Quite bizarre really.

Darkglass pedals work incredibly well together. I have gone B3K>B7K, B7K>B7K, Vintage>B3K, Vintage>B7K, Vintage DLX>B7K.... you get the picture! They all compliment each other wonderfully.

The iRig is only for very casual use, the sound is poor in comparison to lightening cable connected devices. I use iRig HD, and its superb.

My Ultra should be with me tomorrow, man the wait has felt long

That's really nice, can't say iv ever seen 3 piece Birdseye/flamed maple neck on a Warwick before

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1456950006' post='2994000'] Agree with the Cocobolo and I bet if you put the serial # in it will throw out the detail further up the thread. [/quote] Almost certainly, but it still would be a first for me in so far as I have never found the serial checker to be inaccurate much, or certainly not to the extent of getting the neck wood entirely wrong. The Warwick staff however, absolutely!

It looks more like cocobolo to me. What is the serial? If it is a 2000, the serial checker should have the details:- http://www.warwickbass.com/en/Framus---Support--Serial-Number.html#current_site_id

[quote name='moooper' timestamp='1456849156' post='2992864'] My Streamer Jazzman. I know hardly anything about it really.I was told on the Warwick forums this is possibly one of the very first Custom shop basses made. They were apparently around the shows like NAMM etc showing what they could do. I have no paper work of any kind with it i would like to know more so if anyone knows anything about it. Let me know. I've had it years now bought it off some guy on ebay for a stupidly low price (which was unbelievable and i'm still shocked). Im guessing its an ash body. AAA Birdseye neck and the top i'm not sure [/quote] Stunning! Unusual grain for bubinga, I love it! Not entirely sure when the 'Custom Shop' started. All basses were handbuilt to order for many years, so technically they were all Custom Shop. Mass production started mid-late nineties after the move to markneukirchen. 2000 was the start of the 'Modern Era' as you could call it, so maybe that is what the guy at Namm meant. Can we see a close up of the neck? Looks standard 3 piece flamed maple from the pictures but your description ( and the Warwick info) says otherwise!

I have just dropped out of batch 2 so someone in batch 3 may be moved up

He also tends to get too excited to keep things secret

Very nice job It may just the the photo angle, but how is that bridge set up? It looks like the saddles are high and the bridge is deep in the body, when if anything it should be the opposite, with the saddles as low as possible adjusted for the neck radius. Equally, like I say it could just be the camera angle

HI Andy, nice to see another fellow Alpher player on here I am not a theory driven bloke so cannot comment too deeply I'm afraid, however in my opinion, providing your left hand technique can adapt to the different spacing and extra width, there is no negative in having a 5th string. All it does is give you an extra 4 notes and tons of positions. If I was starting to play bass all over again, I would have choose to start with a 5 string.

Hmm. I have never managed to clip a Markbass head. If you turn the volume control down on the bass, does the 'clipping' stop, or does is it just quieter? If its the latter, its not the amp that is clipping.

Ah, the law of Sod

Nordstrand preamps are fantastic, most musical preamp I have used

Cheers for the comments on the Dolphin Loving that Thumb, Luke!