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  1. Kev
    I am selling my Dingwall AB1 "Cadbury" bass. Incredible instrument, owned and gigged for over a year, a seemingly permanent switch back to four strings catalyst for sale, needing funds the other! This bass has a few upgrades. Stunning Candy Purple finish, Wenge neck and aftermarket upgraded with Darkglass Tone Capsule Preamp and Series/Parallel switches by Noiseworks in Coventry to a very high standard (basically the unofficial UK Dingwall tech). This bass does it all, it is a superb instrument. In great condition, few surface scratches here and there and a couple of very small dings, but generally in really good nick. Specs: [color=#000000][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]SPECIFICATIONS:[/size][/font][/font][/color][list] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Dingwall made in Canada FD3 pickups[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Darkglass Tone Capsule; volume, pickup selector (Bridge, both parallel, both series, Neck), bass, low mid, high mid[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Series/Parallel switches for each pickup[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Two piece Alder body*[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Candy Purple gloss finish[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Wenge Neck - Fingerboard - satin finish, 34 - 37" [/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Banjo frets[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Novax® Fanned -Fret System™[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Wenge neck - satin finish, 34 - 37"[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Lumilay Green side dots [/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Hipshot ultralight tuners (black) [/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Optional rear strap button - (allows to bass to hang 4 - 5 inches over to your right for easier access to 1st fret)[/size][/font][/color] [*][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][color=#333333][size=3]Custom Dingwall [/size][/color][color=#333333][size=3]Bridge (Black finish)[/size][/color][/font] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Weight - 3.85kgs/8 lb 5oz[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Manufactured in Canad[/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=3]Specif[/size][/font][/color] [/list] [size=4][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][color=#333333]Specific pics available on request, sorry for the quality on these and I have no idea why they are sideways. Take a look online for Candy Purple and you will get a better idea of the colour, without reflections![/color][/font][/size] [font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][color=#333333]Price very fairly for a quick sale. There are not easy to come across, face a long old wait to buy new and you wont get much change from £3k. I'm looking for cash ideally. I will consider trade plus cash, but need at the very least £1k my way. No straight trades, nothing else please. Bass comes with its original toolkit and gig bag.[/color][/font] [url="https://flic.kr/p/Uq9JvZ"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/VDEyrM"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/V4tKHf"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/Un4ZZo"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/V4tLVq"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/Un4ZGE"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/V4tKos"][/url]
  2. Kev
    I posted a status about acquiring something of a Holy Grail of Warwicks, and here she is! [url="https://flic.kr/p/UmbhAU"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/Umb2nY"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/UpgzHF"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/Umbhpm"][/url] It's a 5th Anniversary Streamer model finished in 1987 in remarkably good condition, having had its shellac finish refreshed not so long ago. Curios story behind them, for some reason Warwick built these instruments in their rough form inn 1984 (and year plate at 24th fret says as such) but didn't complete and release until 5th Anniversary in 1987. Super thin body, super thin neck, slightly crazy pickup config (slightly offset dual P). The first Warwick LTD, just 30 of these instruments were built and this one is number 9. Also comes with its original case, with matching serial number. It's a special bass, and I'm hoping to gig it on Sunday.
  3. Kev
    I mean, I don't think I agree with a single part of your post! Perhaps it being overrated, but its a great track,
  4. Kev
    I mean, it looks like a nice enough clone, but it needs to be immaculate at that price
  5. Kev
    Just did a part-ex/cash deal with Stuart, classic BC service station meet. Went smoothly, lovely chap, deal completed about 12 hours from first contact. Perfect!
  6. Kev
    Friday Bump!! And a drop to £1,300 for the weekend. Soooo much bass for the money Trade price still £1,400 firm.
  7. Kev
    [quote name='dood' timestamp='1495400257' post='3303516'] Will have a think about trade offers +cash my way. [/quote]What kinda thing are you looking for??
  8. Kev
    Incredible cabinets
  9. Kev
    Really fancy one of these...
  10. Kev
    [quote name='dood' timestamp='1495578074' post='3305098'] Time share sounds pretty good! [/quote] bass share, but who would get custody if we fell out??
  11. Kev
    Relief measurement at the 12th??
  12. Kev
    Hi Andy, This does not have one of the super super slim necks of the eighties/early nineties instruments no, but still very nice in the hand
  13. Kev
    Bump Just in case its not clear from the pictures, this is a top of the range Neck Through version and not the Bolt On version, had a couple of enquiries making offers based on BO prices The rrp of this instrument today I believe is approx £4,400. Still happy to consider trades with cash either way, message me! 4 and 5 strings only please.
  14. Kev
    Seems fine to me, any closer my attack would be smashing the string against the magnets
  15. Kev
    I still wantttt this. Need the Thumb sold before I can consider it further! How does the maple compare to wenge, the obvious? I.e. Brighter, snappier
  16. Kev
    [quote name='NickA' timestamp='1495139068' post='3301642'] Re price: £3000 quid cheaper than this one: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wal-MkII-Custom-Series-5-String-Bass-/121844263050?hash=item1c5e7be88a:g:tk4AAOSw0vBUka2f"]http://www.ebay.co.u...k4AAOSw0vBUka2f[/url] This Wal bubble must surely burst. Yes they are lovely .. but not SO much more lovely than the best of the Warwicks ... and increasingly less rare [/quote] Wals are very, very rare indeed compared to Warwicks. Only a handful are made a year and it's always been that way 🙂 Two year waiting list keeps the second hand prices high, new prices are very expensive now. Warwick new prices are insane for what is basically a machine built bass, as immaculate as they are! But even the rarest Warwicks are easy enough to find. Only custom models and perhaps elusive Ltd's like the 5th anniversary models are truly hard to get. The Dolphin Broadneck is rare because there was only one year they were built in the factory, but they have been custom orderable ever since. In the same way every Wal is a custom order.
  17. Kev
    Up for sale I have a stunning example of a Warwick Thumb NT5. Built in 2000, beautiful Bubinga Pomele body with lovely Ovangkol/Bubinga neck. Still had the Wenge fingerboards at this point too In really good condition with just a few marks here and there, not 17 year wear by any stretch of imagination. This one weighs in at 4.4kg as well - Yes, less than 10lb for a NT 5!! Really nice player and balances better than most Thumbs on the strap. Comes with a non-original HSC in good condition. Models from this vintage are still fitted with the West German hardware and Schaller strap buttons. SOLD Ideally cash sale, but trade offers more than welcome for 4 or 5 string instruments. Would prefer collection/meetup but shipping is possible at cost. Ill let the pics do the rest of the talking [url="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4172/34576133132_26e748b77f_o.jpg"]https://c1.staticfli...6e748b77f_o.jpg[/url]
  18. Kev
    Rare for sure, but I sold mine for £1500 last year, mint, didn't exactly fly off the shelf!
  19. Kev
    Yikes Happy Birthday!
  20. Kev
    [color=#ff0000]To state the obvious, please do not advertise any bass you may have for sale in this thread. Please contact via pm or link to a instrument you have listed in the Basschat marketplace [/color][color=#ff0000] [/color] Seems to be a few fret less basses for sale here, have you had a check through them??
  21. Kev
    [quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1494798251' post='3298639'] Gigs coming up in Spain....lots of grief over backline I like to take my own head to gigs. It saves me learning unfamiliar amp controls and allows me to achieve a familiar sound fairly quickly. It's a Puma 900 The tech rider asks specifically for: A bass cabinet rated at a minimum of 900W at 4ohms or 500W at 8ohms SO (after I rejected the idea of using the support band's kit) what does the Spanish promoter email me to say he has rented? A 500W 4ohm cab.... I emailed back telling him that if it blows up - and it's likely to - I am not responsible and does he really want the bass cab to go pop in the middle of the gig? HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO GET IT RIGHT? [/quote] Not hard, you wouldn't think. Although I would be amazed if your amp damages that cab. Just use your ears, you will hear a cab struggling long before any damage occurs.
  22. Kev
    Nice demo It is an amazing pedal, for sure. I haven't used the B3K channel on my amp alone since this pedal arrived...
  23. Kev
    [quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1494122152' post='3293442'] Did he not then check all the soldering, or fiddle with the wires more to try recreate the issue and check there isn't an internally defective wire, bad solder etc Then actually fix it. If not I wouldn't gig it. As further movement could disturb whatever it was again. Sounds like a bad solder joint or bad wire to me. From your description and of him pulling at the wires etc then it working again. It could hold in that position and be fine of course, but in transport to a gig, then being moved about playing.... Well sounds risky. Not to sound funny but the tech should of done a bit more. As there is clearly some issue there, pulling at wires isn't/wasn't a repair. Despite the instrument working. One day that's likely going to come back. And sods law at the worst possible moment. Not to sound too dramatic lol. [/quote] He messed with the wires to see if it stopped the sound, which it did not. He offered to resolder all the electrics and stick some new hardware in there just in case, but he reckoned it was a waste of time/money. It must have been shorting somewhere, I just have no idea where The tech did all I asked of him
  24. Kev
    I took the bass to my local tech yesterday, without trying it first he took the plate off and pulled at a few wires a little, plugged it in and...sound. I have no idea what he did, he doesn't know what he did (and I'm sure a tiny part of him thinks I just used a dodgy lead!) but it is now working. Took it home, and sure if with the same equipment it's working fine. Almost certainly sounds like something was grounding or shorting somewhere, can't see how it can be anything else. Do I have the confidence to gig it??!!
  25. Kev
    This is a surprise! The M900 is an astonishing amp, absolutely blew away the large number of Class D amps iv tried BUT the Mesa is one of the very few I haven't tried!
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