LukeFRC

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1439757978' post='2845587'] I'm not a trendsetter. I just like finding out about great stuff that's a bit off-the-radar (Limelight, Maruszczyk, TKS). And then I enthuse about it (or not, if I don't like it). [/quote] I dunno, I think if you hadn't raved about a walkabout for years I wouldn't have gone to find one to listen too (and buy) Mind you I think Warwickhunts love of thunderfunk led me to want one of them... years later when I did buy one I hated it! (luckily Warwickhunt had sold his so I could sell him mine.... )

man I've just realised I recognise you from facebookland - you're not joking - you change basses more often than some folk bath!

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1439451754' post='2842888'] The problem is you don't know what you really want. [/quote] +1

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1439659537' post='2844779'] How come there are so many Limelights for sale when the owners say `its the best bass ive owned` thats always baffled me. [/quote] To an extent that always happens - a few people like the thing, big it up give a buzz about something and then folk sell them on when they realise they aren't the be all and end all of stuff. I always try and gauge the amount of hype - the amount of buyers - the amount that go up for sale - how quickly the sell and then if they come up again. Purely based on that Limelight seem not to be that loved comparatively, we'll see how Maruzczyk does in the future.

actually seeing the big baby has been mentioned.... Ditch the amps and have your POD/wireless system box driving a couple of them Barefaced powered PA cabs things...add as many as you need to get loud enough

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1439031985' post='2839502'] Just make the rig as modular as possible by having stackable self contained units that can be added as your stage size increases. A load of Bergantino IP112ER cabs would be the simplest solution. [/quote] good luck finding a load of them!

yes like most rigs either head could blow either cab if you were daft so use your ears/brain

serial numbers are often better ways to work out the age of a jazz bass....

When a bass has had highly figured top wood added to figured fretboard with a few other aaaaaaaa grade woods thrown in the mix... with zero consideration to how the combination works. And us all for being suckers who buy them

[quote name='spiltmilk_2000' timestamp='1439234440' post='2841166'] Think candy apple red might have been added to the list... I thought choosing a custom colour was going to be fun but it's starting to give me sleepless nights! :-) [/quote] you haven't even started to consider sparkle/glitter, or candy finishes yet!

so... this is progressing - and I'm taking lots of photos - but think I might sit and upload them all later as the lacquer is curing rather than now. Just one thing in the update.... I have no idea how good the wood bits of this are - we could be looking at a dog or something better.... so my aim has to be to make this as cheaply as possible... with the exception of tuners where a nice set of schallers are worth investing in.... £50 Body, neck, pickup £9 Paint £30 tuners and a pot (thanks Jimryan) £15 bridge £3 Screws, Bolts and inserts £3 control plate and knobs £5 ish -2x pcb £7 electronic bits and pots £15 scratchplate so the whole thing will come in at around £150. One of the downsides of doing it on a budget is that I'm not buying tools to do things.... so while a sensible person would have got a router for the control cavity, or at least visited my mate Graham-with-the-tools, muggins here hand chiseled out the cavity.... anyway info to follow...

Love the amps. I wouldn't want one of their cabs again.

I switched pups on my SS1 to barts - for me, much nicer. What were you thinking of sticking in? [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1438495668' post='2834857'] Next, what's wrong with the jack? Have you tried cleaner spray? If you need a new jack, you can get one from Warwick; to be sure of having the right one. [/quote] Warwick jacks are notorious for getting a bit rubbish by the time the bass is 20 years old. Any stereo barral jack will work and a nice Nutrick will be as good/better and probably cheaper than anything Warwick will sell you.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1438288515' post='2833359'] The only commercial cabs that I'm aware of that have reasonably flat response are Baer and Barefaced. If you want to be able to tell if a cab may have something close to flat response see if it has a midrange driver. If it doesn't, it doesn't. Even if it has a tweeter it won't be flat, there will be a response hole between the woofer and tweeter, if not on axis definitely off-axis. OTOH a tweeter isn't necessary, a good midrange driver goes as high as at least 90% of bass players really need. [/quote] Would you class your simplexx range as a "commercial cab" option?

ACME B2 is pretty flat. (and goes low) Also tried the Barefaced Big baby. Not as low and has a wee spike in the mids which works really well for electric bass. The whole thing is a bit weird though, as the moment you stick it in a room it's no longer flat response is it? So then you'd need some some active DSP to flatten it to the room.... The old Bergantino IP series had DSP to help protect the driver on the low end and flatten it out... but from what I understand they didn't go for a "flat" response, more a "sounds good" response. I had a Hellborg preamp into a power amp into a ACME B2 - and that was clean and flat and sounded good. I now have a Mesa Walkabout scout which is about as far from that setup as you can get.... ACME would be my recommendation though for cabs

So... I've got a project on the go- and been thinking of shell pink finishes... then glitter finishes... and then was showing the wife some of Jens Ritter's masterpieces and had a thought - anyone got/seen any good examples of illustrated basses at all? I can think of say Flea's modulus with all the stickers... and can find things like the guitar below - but anyone got anything sh*ethot cool to show me? Plotting things...

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1438040018' post='2831199'] 1990 [/quote] how's that new? If it's been sat in a shop for the last 25 years then you would expect some ageing of the wood.

how old a warwick is it?

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