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Yep, doing all sorts of stuff here. Nothing live but i'm trying my hand at recordng, playing guitar, singing, bass, songwriting all in the comfort of my own home. I even make a few noises on a keybourd. I have never played any of it live but I would love to get some feedback so please check out my soundcloud account. Honest feedback on what you think would be much appreciated-especially bass I'm still learning. I have been looking at vids on youtube. [color=#000000] [/color][color=#0000CD][url="http://soundcloud.com/mole-music-1"][color="#0f72da"]http://soundcloud.com/mole-music-1[/color][/url][/color] I'm enjoying bass the most though as deep down I think I have a "bassbrain". I blame Jack Bruce and Lemmy as I used to listen to a lot of Harwkwind and Cream when I was at school.

The big price rises aren't a problem to me as a non-prefessional I would not buy a bass for 2k! If its for tax reasons fair enough but otherwise there is loads of choice out there.

as Blackadder said "cunningly fashioned out of pure green".

Neat, I liked your soundcloud stuff. Lots of energy. It would be good if you can shout out which\when you have tracks made with a Warwick.

My latest effort! I got a helper this time. My friend Amy did some backing vocals. http://soundcloud.com/mole-music-1

[quote name='gavgee' timestamp='1338834410' post='1679851'] Heres my new project, starting vocals, then some better mixes.... [url="http://soundcloud.com/gavgee"]http://soundcloud.com/gavgee[/url] [/quote] Loved this Gav!, let me know if you want any lyrics written for some of your stuff. It inspires me!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1343378705' post='1749689'] Last year I was gigging my Thumb 4 with a punk/reggae band and it didn't look or sound out of place at all. Sure it doesn't look like a Fender but it's not an outrageous shape and the body has an understated grain rather than a flashy figured top. You can wear a Thumb to any gig I reckon. [/quote] Agreed, I think the Spector and Warwick shapes are well established. The don't get that embedded in "bass culture" without a good reason.

Interesting, I can understand people not liking them because of the shape or the natural sound of an instrument but to not like all of the various Warwicks seems extreme. Any brand with character seems to polarise opinion e.g. Harley Davidson Motor Cycles Having strong characteristics is good in terms of creating a brand and catching peoples attention. I guess that is why I started this post.

lovely but a bit OTT for my tastes

What an opportunity, unfortunately your speaking to a man on a budget here and I would have to sell all my gear and take out a loan to get there. your bad! When I'm famous I'll come along to the next one. I could visit the Stern Pinball factory while I was in the US If I don't make it could you send me a nice 5 string LX once its over? A great invite..thanks!

wow thanks, thats almost worth the trip on its own. Much appreciated.

I'm off there this weekend. Anyone else going? I went last year and loved it (although in theory I'm way to old).

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1343261971' post='1748106'] You can try my Rockbass Corvette when it arrives! If it's anything like Overwater's Chinese-made budget basses they'll be a gnat's bits away from a proper one. [/quote] Great I'd love to! will be in touch next week sometime.

So many variations, I guess it always comes back to best to try em before you buy em. What is coming over is that they all sound quality machines.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1343180349' post='1746704'] I don't know about other Warwick basses but I heard a friend of mine playing his thumb bass recently. It has two Jazz pickups very close to the bridge so gets a very burpy Jaco Pastorious sound. It is probably a more Jazz and funk orientated tone which is a bit like marmite - you either love it or hate it. He usually plays a USA Precision which is an all rounder and the 'in your face' Thumb bass sound wasn't really appropriate for a lot of the covers his band played that night. Here's an example [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7spc7CHbT_Q&feature=related[/media] [/quote] That one eill do nicely though, as yoou say maybe not for all covers but I don't do covers so would suit me fine. If anyone has a spare one please get in touch-am not proud!

Thanks all, lots of info there. I was well impressed with the Warwick Official links. It was great to see the exctional images of one of the basses and the sound comparisons are great. My ear finds the LX and Streamer Stage ll particularly nice.

As a relatively new player I haven'y played many basses and am wondering what Warwick's actually sound like-especially those Jazz PUP's. Also what sound differences are there between the various models. Can anyone point me to a site somewhere with comparative samples? Alternatively a place near Bristol that keeps a shock of them maybe??? Any help would be appreciated. Ed

I like the way it has carrying handles built into the body, more things should be designed like that!

Yeah maybe I should go to the pub to celebrate with the money I saved (also drown my embarrassment)

OK some progress to report. By using the "passive" guitar input on my Mag anp, rather than the active and fiddling around with setting I'm much happier. I guess I just need to be more prepared to experiment and far more aware of the differences between the basses. Sorted. Thanks

Hmm I'll need to look into this and experiment a bit-I'll see how fiddling around with amp settings works first but it's more than just turning up the volume but you never know by altering the EQ etc. as well I may get there. Also I'm not ruling out the Bass Attack as it is a really subtle pedal, probably my favourite pedal in fact. Alternatively 18v as I want to keep the growl and add some teeth if you know what I mean and more head room should do that. No idea how I'll find out if the pre-amp will run on 18v other than try it as I can hardly find any info on the guitar-maybe someone on the Dean Forum can help with that, Easy things first! Thanks