BaggyMan

Gigged my sire v3 5 string on Saturday at a festival.  Stayed in tune, nothing fell of and the intonation remained constant...unlike the player who was inconsistent and skill level fell off near the end...  Only joking all was good and sounded great. very pleased.

Yep agree, have owned four all have ben fine.

So here's a thing.  Back a few years ago when the Sire Marcus Miller V7 was a very new and slightly bewildering thing, I bought one and was very happy with it.   I am slightly ashamed  to admit to being a shiny things magpie and went off playing 5 stringers and great though it was it sat there.  So eventually sold it to a buddy then ..well bought another one about 6 months later, this time with a Nordstrand pickup upgrade, super lovely... offered as a swap for something else and boom gone again.   So that was a few years ago, but have been tempted back by the budget line V3, same pre-amp, same layout slightly more of an all round and imho now better finished than the early ones, bass.   Very impressed, straight out the box, intonation was good, two minutes with the bridge and action and what a great bass for £300.  Fret and fretboard finish is exemplary.   Pickups have been changed to the better I think..  Anyway NBD...

Owned a couple of these over the years.  Gig machines, the two volume setup is just great.  Slightly smaller than the veritable p bass if memory serves, so good on the back.GLWTS

love the innovative lo mass bridge..flies in the face of convention

out of the box, it came from a collector so not played that much.  Fret work is excellent, decent fretboard wood (brown...) not nasty fret ends.  Quilt maple top red trans finish, fade to black on sides and back. Warwick style tuners, jazz bass layout.  Action was a little high for my taste so cranked that down, deciding that in the end a shim on the neck would give a bit more adjustment on the bridge.  Did that and all good.

Bad points?, Hmmm nothing huge, string spacing is a little narrow (17mm at the bridge).  Bridge is inset into the body so changing it out would be less than straight forwards.  The bridge it self is a floating block design with locking screws.  Setting the intonation was a little fiddly.  If I chance on a screw adjustable version that will fit the rebate I will swap it out.  No active /passive switching that I can see.  Which I don't use anyway on my Warwick so...just sayin'

 Its ready to gig and looking forward to it as tonally its great with vol vol treble and bass controls.  Flexible and decent pre amp/pickups (EMG Hz)  matched nicely.   Overall fit and finish is great.

Well, I have owned a considerable number of basses in the last 38 years. A couple of which were spectors, a 5 string euro lx, and a 5 string legend.  Both lovely and very capable.  So there is was on the auction site that must be not be named and a glass of wine or two and a PayPal debit later and boom I am now the owner of a coda 4.  Curly maple top, fantastic neck, tone pump pre amp if I am not mistaken and with a bit of fettling plays great, great tone and super low action.  Yet, not much out there info wise.  ??  I know there are Far East and us versions...but are the Far East ones still in production??.  Whatever, impressed.  Anyone with more details..?

inevitable question...poss trades?

In very nice condition, a ready to plug in your own 10" drivers empty cab.  All wiring is there including tweeter if you want that too.

Save over half on the full price, gigged a couple of times, been in storage so a little dusty but all good. 

600 Watt Power handling

8Ohm Impedance

Dual Speakon Connections

Weight: 29kg (63lbs)

Supports vertical stacking

Buyer collects or can arrange to meet with some pennies for petrol and coffee

The why so many thing.

I have gone through phases in 38 years of playing, mainly circling around Fender-esque designs, Jazz-is neck.  Always loved the sound of a stingray and have have owned a number of those over the years, selling when I didn't use it much..regretting it and buying again. So I have a p bass, a Jazz bass a couple of stingrays (2 and 3 band) a Warwick, a 5 string and a fretless I hardly touch but love it all the same.  I have owned some weird and wonderful beasts, and Ibanez eda905 for example..bonkers. It has been and still is fun.  For some its a one bass fits all game and power to them if it makes them happy.   Some gigs I fancy a no nonsense no batteries no hassle beast of burden so p bass ...natch.  Other night active and so on.    All part of the party, shame the death of the second hand market at the moment has pull the handbrake on.

I have owned over 200 basses since 1980, some stay a long time others no so much.

Current stable

Zemaitis fretless (1989)

Ibanez sr1405

Sterling by Musicman Ray 34

Sterling Sub 4

Warwick Thumb 4 string (2010)

P bass bitsa

J bass Bitsa

Wow thats the least number I have had in ages. (and two are up for sale as well.). Getting old I guess.

Hi

NOW £700 save 100s on list price...

Here is a 'brand new' limited edition transparent black Ibanez SR 1405 in the limited edition transparent black finish.

Spec is:

·      premium tonewoods 

·      Atlas-5 wenge/bubinga neck 

·      Mahogany body topped with flame maple

·      Mono-rail bridge, grover machines

·      Nordstrand Big Single pickups

·      Custom 3-band EQ

Its was new Nov, 2018 but hasn't been gigged, comes with case and case candy, unmarked.  Literally as new. 

I have changed the strings to Warwick reds, and using Warwick finishing wax on the back of the neck improving the already excellent playability.  Its perfect, absolutely nothing wrong with it other than I have lost the love for five strings, and its too good to sit around.  List on these is £1145, best price is £999 that I can find, for grab yourself a brand new shiny, for less money. 

pm sent

Oh yeah and another the peavey b quad 4 and 5...

Having been a rather enthusiastic proponent of the art of G.A.S (something like 200 guitars in 30 something years..) I have sometimes wondered why some models of bass just fade away or worse replaced by something uglier/cheaper/nastier.  

Main transgressor in my book is Yamaha.  The BB series soldiers on but in my eyes at least, the 424x, 1024x, 20214x (and the five stringers) were blooming lovely, designed down to the nicest detail.  The replacements?  meh.  And more strangely the Attitude bass range.  The Billy Sheehan is the only one left but with a huge price tag. I am sure a modern version of the attitude would sell.  

Any models you feel makers have consigned to history should get a second chance??

wow I even pointed the mis-spell out around page 2 or 3 

Yep white scratch plate. 

welcome to page 4

club exotica (spelled correctly now..) where the seediest of bass players can ply their dark trade using implements of pornographic intensity...is that a gaylord I see?..yes it is sonny, yes it is.

do I get the prize for the most random thread yet?

didn't they do a guitar version too 

In my ongoing quest to get the stable down to a reasonable level, and my move away from 5 stringers (I bet I will be back ...), I present ladies and gents this lovely Warwick Corvette 5 string German build.

Ash bodied, Wenge neck, two band EQ with pickup sweep and volume control, total gig monster, good tone at any setting.  Its a Warwick, so expect quality!  All brightwork in good condition, no wear,  few signs of use really.

Small bodied,  light and comfy.  

No fret wear (bell brass frets) just been cleaned , re-waxed, re-strung. Will come with the correct Warwick strap locks.

Collection from Rochester or hand over in London (canary wharf through to anything on the circle line within reason).  Or can post at buyers expense.  

Its getting hard to get the whitworth standard af truss rods these days...a dying breed. 

Today I have learned many things.  The good folk of said bass chat are satisfyingly deranged, opinionated and probably nice people to drink beer and break stuff with

I also have a fairly well fleshed out business plan (apart from funding, premises, design, talent..) to establish a guitar company who first product willl be the aforementioned mythical beast that is the shitenbacker banana boat gaylord.  We should have a competition, and design it by committee, what could go wrong eh?

Oh yeah and something to do with p basses and that.