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[quote name='geilerbass' post='267150' date='Aug 21 2008, 03:43 PM']I heard from someone who worked at the PA centre (also owned by the same group) that the bald guy literally dropped dead in the shop one day.[/quote] Wow. I always thought he was the owner since he wielded the magical powers of The Calculator of Pricing. *mutters something inappropriate about karma under breath*

Read this thread with much interest. My dad bought me my second bass from Macari's in 1996. It was the closest to a 'pure' music retail experience you can get. The shop guy was achingly cool and demo'd this purple Yamaha BB1100S with some awesome riffage and slappage. We totally bought it and he was super nice, even though I was rubbish at bass at the time. It felt like buying a new bass should feel. I bought my first Warwick from the cellar in '98 when I was 17. Paid in cash. Treated like sh1t by the nasty little bald short dude (who, it turns out, is dead according to an earlier post). At the time it was the only real place to get them apart from Wapping, and they were only really stocking the higher-end warwicks at the time. The Gallery is probably the best, but I do feel a bit like you're getting in the way of them building amazing basses by setting up my less exotic axes because I'm a numpty when it comes to truss rods and intonation. And restringing, come to think of it. I bought my Thumb from the excellent shop in Tonbridge. Really nice guys. Great selection of high-ish end stuff too. I thought that maybe because that bald dude was now dead, perhaps the cellar would have got better. But no. They have some brilliant stock in there, but because of the location and the amount of kids buying Schecters and RockBasses you can understand, but not forgive, the attitude. It's emulated by that whole area though too, apart from the guy in Rose Morris who is super-nice. I wish the Wapping shop was still open. You only got true daytrippers in there and it was a great room to try stuff out in. Plus you could go to the brilliant pub over the road afterwards with a great view of the river. To be honest, I've had some great purchasing experiences just on the forums here. It's great to talk gear with other 'chatters face to face over a cuppa. You have to wonder how long music shops can last in their present state with communities like this and talkbass in their relative infancy and getting bigger all the time.

mindblowing. that '88 SSII is gorgeous. which one is your favourite and which one do you play the most?

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='266536' date='Aug 20 2008, 06:59 PM']Nice rig. Lightweight cabs - heavyweight rack unit![/quote] Yep. It's got wheels though!! I was going to go with a shuttle but the 750x was going for *stupid* money.

apologies for the silly cartoon, but this: Saw it a few times live and his tone actually did bring a few tears.

here she is again onstage last week at Sheffield Academy: The sound guys were great. Managed to get a mic on the top cab (in the pic) and direct post EQ DI from my 750x. Sounded huuuuuge.

since right now we're playing mahoosive stages with great monitors and I got my wireless, I'm running around like an idiot. It's great fun. All you have to make sure is you've got your foot firmly planted on a monitor for any fiddly bits

here's my current rig:

we're called flash!flash!flash! and our myspace is linked from www.flashflashflashonline.com

Is 27 too old?

if you're coming to either of these lostprophets shows then you'll get to see me and my 'wicks opening in Flash! Flash! Flash! we're on at 8ish each night I think. both shows are sold out too thursday 14/8 - sheffield academy monday 18/8 - birmingham academy

unless this is your bass Sean, it might be worth watching this auction to see what it goes for. Bet it gets nowhere near the reserve! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Infinity-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ250281467829QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:GB:101"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Infinity-bas...S:B:SRCH:GB:101[/url]

spend it in the gallery if you do mate. none of the denmark street shops deserve your cash

[quote name='Wil' post='259781' date='Aug 11 2008, 11:01 AM']Morgan won't appriciate those Warwicks. Not flying V shaped.[/quote] he was more upset that it had an 'incorrect number of strings'. I'm using the Pro-M with the Quarry because they tune down to C#.

I do post on PT from time to time sir (I've somehow ended up in Mike's band and Morgan's band too) Also Mr Stockholm, when the credit crunch bites harder I'll sling you a PM! It's tricky at the moment because 2 weeks after I got the Thumb I picked up my bargain basement Streamer Stage II. They both have such different tones and I'm really struggling to choose a [b]main[/b] bass right now. The SSII really cuts through everything and has really sparkly high mids, but the Thumb just growls so much. Difficult.

I'd love one of these. But I agree with all that's been said. Warwick market is a buyer's market right now. If you can then I'd hang onto it. Either that or keep bumping it in the Warwick forums - those guys are more likely to buy it than anyone.

+1 on all the katunich love. I just got my SSII, and it's totally *that* oldschool incubus tone. love it. I remember their astoria show in 2000 and watching the whole show right infront of him. his eden rig was biblical.

[quote name='Monz' post='256447' date='Aug 6 2008, 04:37 PM']Is this info from their website incorrect or out of date? The Bass Centre Limited Business Reg No: GB577838868 3 Tenter Ground, Brune Street, London, E1 7NH, UK The store, including our in-house workshop, now occupies dedicated, air conditioned premises on the edge of the 'square mile' in the city, minutes from Liverpool St. tube and mainline station, with free parking on Saturdays right outside.[/quote] That's where they moved to from Wapping a few years back.

The Bass Centre shop's gone hasn't it? Does anyone know where I can take my amp to be serviced quickly? I used to take it to the Bass Centre, but that's a challenge now. Is their amp tech guy still around? The gallery is amazing. They're chock full of Epifani cabs at the moment, so if you do go, wear a GASmask

Amazing. I'd just play the whole of the first Pearl Jam album all day with one of these.

AWESOME stuff. Really well done, which is great when alot of the UK metalcore offerings are very average at the moment IMO.