spacecowboy

£700 for a streamer LX? ouch!! Overpaid much!?

Haha legend! I'm diggin' the Nike kicks in his ebay profile photo!

[quote name='Higgie' post='642664' date='Nov 1 2009, 06:06 PM']I have both volumes of the Jamiroquai transcription books and I must say they are asbolutely superb. Fantastic work by Simon (who is also a member here). Highly recommended.[/quote]


Absolutely agree the transcriptions are flawless, thankfully now i have an ear to learn the songs myself, but back in '04 the book really really helped me out..... Can't say i'm getting very far with learning the Jaco ones though, they are Tough!

Sorry Guys Jamiroquai Book has sold *not surprised at all! its a fantastic book*

Jaco is still for sale, both have Standard Notation and Tablature.

Thanks Guys.

Both Books sold, and a donation being sent to BC later on tonight. Thanks Guys.

Sorry for bringing a post back from the dead but i LOVE that Markbass Rig in the first picture! Lush!

If i had just one reason why i may have needed this bass right now i would gladly have given this house room! Its gorgeous! Have a free bump.

Must.....





....Resist!

[quote name='beardybass' post='639672' date='Oct 29 2009, 04:25 AM']Give Esperanza a bell and ask her if she wants to go see ToP with you. Job's a good 'un.[/quote]


Hahaha! Sorted!

Sometimes you don't have to move on from a Squire, my Squire Vintage Modified jazz is a fantastically playable and amazing sounding bass, i like it as much as my two Warwicks, if a bass works for you stick with it! I thoroughly recommend that particular model though!! Check them out!

I usually let my Markbass head do all the hard work tonally, especially as the dials are only Gain, Low, High Mid, Low Mid, High, Volume, its perfect *hates loads of knobs and eq sliders* with my Thumb bass i have to roll in a bit of a mid boost as the bass is naturally low and dark, and with my Streamer Stage II i have to roll in a little bass as its a natural "mid" instrument.

I think the main thing here is to never compare two basses that you own or are going to own.

I have a 26 Fret 5 string Warwick Thumb Neck Through, a 24 fret 4 string Streamer Stage II Neck Through, and a 20 fret Jazz Bass, all feel different, sound different, play different and i use them for very different things.

Warwicks i have found can be very cut and dry, out of the 7 i have owned i have only kept two, both are pre '90 and therefore have a very slim neck profile, very Jazz like, i personally found it very hard to get comfortable on the newer neck profiles the only reason being is they're so wide, *D Profile* compared to your Jazzes *C Profile*

I agree with the guys above who reccommend you try them out before sealing a deal, you can get fantastic prices for some of the newer Warwicks second hand £300 - £400 can easilly bag you a nice Corvette, and i once bought a mint condition Streamer LX for £500. So keep your eyes peeled as its always a buyers market for these basses.

That is extremely beautiful! the man hours to make that must have been insane.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='637391' date='Oct 26 2009, 09:41 PM']Me GASing for a Warwick? WTF?[/quote]

Go on Wayne!! give in! Join the dark side!

[quote name='The Funk' post='636582' date='Oct 25 2009, 11:00 PM']I massively prefer Bartolinis to MECs. First time I've heard it going the other way. [/quote]


+ 10000000


and thats a beautiful example! good luck with the sale! whoever drops on this is a very lucky player.

There was! it was me! I messaged Lee for it! so Lee you have PM mate.

I have never found PBasses to be sexy........... until now.... theres something about the board on that '76 mmmm mmmmmmmmm

[quote name='KevB' post='631501' date='Oct 20 2009, 04:38 PM']I took out insurance with Endsleigh specifically for music gear, think I'm insured up to 2-3K for under 40 quid per year. Almost as soon as I took it out the band folded and I've not been regularly gigging since![/quote]


Likewise my Two Warwicks are insured for £3000 Each and i paid £46 for the year, it covers theft from home and gigs, damage at gigs, damage at home, theft from locked automobiles, pretty much everything that could happen, i had my House Insurance at uni with them for 3 years, never had any trouble back then, but then again nothing bad happened!

wooooooooooooooow! Holy Smokes thats hot!

Thats Gorgeous! I just picked up my 1989' Thumb NT5 last week and if this bass is anything like mine then it HAS to be bought by someone! Now!

Good Luck with the sale!

Sorry it would have seemed that my bandwidth on my old image server had ran out! Seems like these are popular things to look at over at the Warwick forum! Re Linked so the images should now appear!

I never knew anything about these until i saw them hanging in the less than inspiring music shop in Selfridges... my first thoughts i'll be honest were "what the hell is that monstrosity"

I asked the girl to have a quick go on one and she plugged me through a little Hartke practice amp, so i'll have to be compassionate when i come to discussing the sound.

The finish of the bass is terrible, if anything unacceptable, the neck felt unfinished, i swear there were rough patches all the way up the neck, the frets were razor sharp on the edges, the strings were at least 3-4mm off the fretboard, as discussed earlier the paint job was so so sloppy, it looked thick and it filled up the neck pocket where the wood didn't, now some of these things could be consequence of a poor shop set up but check out the website, Flea and his bass companies manifesto is that no bass leaves the factory unless its perfectly setup and ready to play...... hmm.

The pickup sounded very weak, not alot of output at all, crackly pots, slack tuners, cheap bridge.... oh dear...

The bass was however incredibly light, so people who prefer lighter basses might want to check it out, but apart from that, as someone before me stated for £400 they're having a laugh and playing massively on the name.

Even if this bass was sub £200 it would be a joke compared to a Squier or Warwick Rockbass.

I would have loved that but I'm [i][b]still[/b][/i] down in Portsmouth *wails*

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='626555' date='Oct 14 2009, 11:28 PM']Very nice. How does the Thumb balance?[/quote]

Very very well, this is my first Thumb, i had heard in the past people were complaining of alot of Neck Dive, but this one balances perfectly on my lap and when i stand with no dive at all.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='626592' date='Oct 15 2009, 12:26 AM']Wonderful!

Both with Schaller machine heads - I had a Thumb Custom built for me in '90 and it came with gotohs (which are fine!) but I was upset that it did not have Schallers!!! Sad eh?

Nick (author of `Machine Head and Tuner Monthly')[/quote]

Yeah the Schallers are lovelly, i never ever have to tune my Stage II up it just stays put constantly, I'm expecting the same with my new Thumb as the tuners are a lot stiffer on this model.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='626602' date='Oct 15 2009, 12:50 AM']that SSII is lovely love the grain on the bubinga on the thumb too[/quote]

Thanks! The Stage II is a definite looker!

Here are my two Warwicks, an 89' Thumb NT5 and an '88 Streamer Stage II you can find some more pics on my thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63520"]here[/url]

Enjoy guys.