Kev

I'd still like one of these, but its £399 odd for a Ray 4 (closest core line bass) and that one comes with an active preamp. £575 is just too much for what it is, which is a shame.

£4k for a refinished Wal that's had its electrics messed with? Sounds like a scam, just perhaps not the usual Gumtree kind...

Profiteerers.

Outstanding work, bravo! Million dollar question - do you take commissions?!

You fell in love with the cheapest of the bunch! Bodes well

Common them here, but this, a Wal Mk2 Sold it for the right reasons, and there have been dozens of times I'd have likely sold it again, but there was nothing like that tone. And, naturally, its value now compared to then is painful, even with the profit I made on it at the time.

That'd be the horses for courses bit And ah, maybe I am thinking of another licensed Bart then, perhaps the BH-1? Edit* quick google search seems to suggest there have been MK1's with split coils and humbuckers, not too surprising!

They may do, but from first hand experience, they are muddy, dull and lifeless, lacking any character, or "colour", to redeem them. I ripped out BH-2's (very similar to MK1s) from an Ibanez and replaced with a full US bart setup, night and day difference, totally transformed the bass. Horses for courses I guess!

To be fair, there is a big pickup/preamp upgrade there. Licensed Barts are generally awful, US Bart setup is incomparable. But not a lot else.

Sounds fantastic, what a band too!

Yup, looks like they're coming in a bit cheaper https://www.thomann.co.uk/tobias_growler_v.htm If its a proper US bart setup, its not too bad.

A1. I have used active and passive basses over the last 8 years or so without issues. A2. I use a GLXD16 and a guitarist in one of my bands uses GLXD16+, so more restricted bandwidth than you're talking about and never had a whisper of an issue. I have however found that some 2.4ghz IEM systems can clash, but that shouldn't be an issued with a +.

Love the Growler, but £1500 for what looks like on the face of it a bass built to the same standard as other sub £800 far east basses in likely the same factory - no ta.

Somehow, this shocks me more than the scale length 😅 Who makes strings long enough for this?

You often see Reverb sellers do this for a few days. They then reduce the price and Reverb flags it as a 50% discount or whatever it may be.

Cioks DC7 puts out more than enough for any Sushi pedal. Worth noting though, you may get away with a lower ma supply than Nathan states. His pedals have a current draw that's a good 40% more during warm up, once warmed up the draw drops off, so you'd probably get away with it if you don't mind it being a bit iffy when first turned on. There's plenty of chat about it in the T**k***s thread.

To be fair, from that description it seems like a very faithful copy all round!

Same as the 4's really, the NT has a deeper and slightly more scooped tone, the BO has a bit less low end and more pronounced high mids. Its all quite subtle though.

Ocean Blue is a lovely finish, I think its the flame that's really setting it off here though!

No probs. You may be fine with it, but just try it first! I usually have no issue with neck dive, but the BO thumb 5's are something else entirely, especially when combined with how far away the first fret feels on these basses due the small bodies. Conversely, a NT 4 is my fave Warwick despite the mild dive!

Great basses, very unique sound, the most "Warwick" Warwick bass. Main con of the BO 5's is the neck dive. Its horrific and notably uncomfortable, at least on the ones I've owned/tried. I completely fell in love with a mid-00's one I had when playing with it sat down. When I put it on a strap, it was listed for sale the next day. NT models much improved. I haven't tried a post-2013 one so they may have improved it, definitely a try before you buy if live use is planned.