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If you can find a streamer with this specs a tag of £1000, buy then!
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What, all of them?
I have nothing to say about the modifications made since that is entirely up to personal taste.
Your asking price however is VERY utterly and insanely ridiculous.

Just my 2p.

As great basses like Warwick neckthru models are fairly cheap on the secondhand market a lot of people can afford playing one. This is a good thing for the players and the brand name.

You honestly think I'd pay around 4.5k to 5k euro for a Dolphin or Streamer 5 string when I can get a used one for way under the 2k mark?

Niche basses drop in value by 50% or more soon as you walk out of the shop doors, regular basses like an american built J or P, Ric 4003 only drop a little and their value remains pretty much steady until they become regarded as 'vintage'.

"a real bass has four strings" is something I usually get when visiting the local jamsessions. The guitarist saying that then usually proceeds to play an hour lasting solo while demanding I stick to the root notes of his 12 bar blues scheme... The pale looks on their faces is usually nothing short of EPIC when you pull a 5 or 6 string non-lined fretless out of your gigbag. ;-)

Times have changed my dear guitardists and no a bass player is not someone who failed at playing guitar.

Our instrument (electric bass guitar) and its role in modern music as evolved SO much over the last 3 or 4 decades! I believe even more so then ANY other instrument. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply trying to force his own limitations onto you. Stay away from such people as much as you can.

I LOVE using effects, they can be a great source of inspiration and bring a unique atmosphere to the music.
As with everything in music it is not wat you use but how you use it.

Over the top. But then I despise all worn/faded/relic looks on instruments. Its kinda like wearing spandex on stage - NOT DONE.

I have a small clone here but never use it for bass as I feel it is too hefty. The pedal might simply not be fit for what you want.

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Any comments, advice to alternatives, [b]encouragement[/b] really appreciated!
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I am not a bad person, just kindly answering as I am asked to.

Reaper kept crashing on my win7 64bit system. I ended up purchasing Cubase Artist 6.5 which is simply awesome software imho.

W bridges from the mid nineties are terrible. The gaps are simply to small! The 5 and 6 string versions are also prone to collapse under the force of the strings.

I drilled my B string side to make the gap bigger but ended up deciding to just get a new bridge. The current ones are a lot better and do not have these problems at all.

Herro. Here's my almost full board:



Signal chain:[list=1]
[*]Korg pitchblack tuner
[*]EHX microPOG
[*]MXR M80+ OD/EQ
[*]EHX Bass Big Muff
[*]MXR M82 envelope filter
[*]EHX Worm in phaser mode
[*]Boss RT-20 Leslie cabinet modeller with overdrive (this thing is ace!)
[*]Akai Head Rush R2 delay/looper
[*]Markbass Compressore
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Haha drama drama drama!

New warwick basses are priced pretty high, lately for some reason prices on them skyrocketed.
As they are niche basses the good thing is on the second hand market prices are much more realistic and steady.

I bought all my Warwicks used, makes me able to sell one and buy another every once in a while without losing too much money.

As music is almost purely emotion, you shouldn't be wanting to justify desiring to play it on a wonderful and inspiring instrument imho. I bought my rickenbacker because I have been dreaming of sounding like Chris Squire for years! It doesn't have to make sense its only human...

Check out Tech21 vtbass and MXR M80 vids on the toob.
I haven't regretted buying the mxr for a second. Best pedal I have!

I have been on the Warwick forum for a couple of years now and haven't seen anyone else with a five string Pro1 in there besides One fella who owns a broadneck bartolini fit pro1 from 1991. This sounds a lot less growly then the normal five string though... I owned a broadneck fretless dolphin which I flogged a couple of weeks ago.

Here's some eyecandy.

Mine is a 1995 Boire + Wengé/Zebrano Pro 1 sporting MEC preamp and pickups. I also own a 1989 4str Pro1 with Bartolini pickups which sounds more modest but has that sweet Bartolini midrange which punches through the densest of mixes.

This here is the current incarnation of the five string Pro1, which does sound a lot like my 1995 model.

http://youtu.be/d8EqLuL8Irs

Oh the sound levels were a bit high so at some parts the audio is clipping. Sorry about that.

Notice how the Dolphin keeps its growl when slapped, not many warwicks have growl in their slap tone.

Hi, first off the 5str has a regular width nut. 4str dolphins indeed have a very wide nut, 44mm. This takes a little getting used but I can assure you it isn't any problem.

Now here's what a 5 string Dolphin Pro1 with MEC pickups sounds like directly into the soundcard from a D.I. box, not any EQ going on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p3Z6beTinc

Hi Franck, welcome!

Warwick have been using fat 'U' shape necks from the early 2000's until 2009 I believe. Otherwise the default profile will be the slimmer 'C' shape.

Not really a chorus but I just ordered me one of these:

[IMG]http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/750/RT20-large.jpg[/IMG]

How come everyone here loves the B3 and think its really good while the demo vids on youtube of this multifx (including the official zoom vid) all sound like crap?
I would like to testdrive a B3 since you're all so positive but none of the shops here seems to have them in stock... Not willing to take the plunge and ordering online on this one.

That's cool!

As a matter of fact I might try that. Thanks for the tip!

I am everywhere on the net really. Well nearly...
BGF, TB, Warwick, Rickenbacker, Fender forums and ofcourse here on basschat.

The 5-er is from 1995, thus made of Boire wood with a Wengé/Zebrano laminated neck instead of the Ovangkol Warwick uses nowadays.
I bought it from a german ebayer and it was in really bad shape. Polished the frets, cleaned all the wood, replaced trussrod + all hardware.
The pre and pots were luckily still functioning. The bass is now like a brand new one as it obviously had been in damp storage for years and hadn't been played on a great deal at all.

I don't think I will ever part with it.

One of these is in fact not a Warwick at all. Can you guess which one?