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I get a very similar sound to Dirk's tone from my Stage II , its a very mid range bass with a huge amount of growl when you dig which Dirk does alot, just watch Live in Chicago to see that! Nothing a little compression isn't going to help amplify either! I love his tone on that album and in general! big inspiration.

man i'm such a sucker for White Jazz Basses with Tort Pickguards.... that is beautiful!!

Wow 40 Years of playing bass?! *only got 33 Years to go!* What a fantastic collection of amazing basses too! A big welcome to the forum from me!

Just bought a Double Ritter Bass Bag from Lee, Fantastic guy, next day postage, fantastic bag, what more could you want! Pleasure to deal with another Geordie! "Well On Wor Kid" Thanks!

Hey Guys, It seems after buying and selling quite a lot of gear on here, it was about time i got on the feedback bandwagon! So read on...

The only problem i have with my finger technique and the one finger per fret rule is, i'm not smooth returning on Notes, so the whole 1,2,3,4 is fine, but when returning back 4,3,2,1 i find my third finger still isn't developed enough going backwards on runs at any speed over 90bpm and it really slows me down, its quite frustrating! But still practice makes perfect and its something to work! And i totally agree with both of Bilbo's posts! very relevant!

All those basses and not a single Warwick?!

[quote name='bassplayer88' post='643350' date='Nov 2 2009, 01:06 PM']Nice! Any news anyone ? Remember its only 10 months since they demo'd them at NAMM...... rotflmao [/quote] +1 for the interest in the Synth Pedal! sounds awesome!

I can't do distortion, i have tried, but i love the unflavoured bass tone too much and don't like to dirty it, i do however get a fantastic bite from my Streamer Stage II and Markbass though when i dig in and thats usually enough for me! I'd rather let the guitars in my band do the shouting.

In my experience "Backline" means Cabinets and Drums only, I and my band always take our own Amp Heads and the drummer takes his own snare*s* and cymbals, the last two gigs we have played the other two bands just used our gear as it "made things easier" nothing to do with the fact that we rolled up with a vox stack, orange stack, and my Hartke and Markbass stack and the headlining band who were providing backline brought Marshall Practice amps.... I personally hate when a band just assumes they can use my gear and don't bring anything to the gig, what were they planning to do if i didn't bring anything? I get Especially riled up when a headlining band bring nothing to the show, thats the real joke.

When i had a bass shipped over here from the states, it was marked up as a gift, but i still had to pay £89.00 in Import Tax and Fee's, your guy sounds legit, it also sounds like he's going to great lengths providing you with additional photos and a recording! so i would like to think you had nothing to worry about when buying from him, as someone else said above me its built up on trust really, take the plunge if you're 100% sure. Best of luck.

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

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

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

[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.