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    Bump!
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    Where's that drool smiley?
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    I think I've pretty much settled on wider string spacing nowadays, so the narrow guys need to go. Corvette 5 - Sold. [color=#3C3241]Warwick RockBass Streamer 5 String Bass, in high polish black. Carolena body, Maple & Ekanga neck and rosewood fingerboard. 34" scale with 16.5 mm string spacing, adjustable to around 17mm if required. [/color] [color=#3C3241]It's the late model with full German Warwick hardware and the standard Warwick 'W' Headstock. MEC Passive soapbar pickups with VVT controls. Nice fat passive tones, plays very easily, and has a pretty tight and articulate B string. [/color] [color=#3C3241]I bought this for a particular recording project a couple of years ago, and it's only ever done studio work so it's in excellent condition, but it has swirling as is always the case with high gloss black finishes. No fret wear, and the electronics are sound, no crackle or hum from pickups, pots or jack. I've got a, ahem, 'roadworn' (ie, solid, but dusty,[/color][color=#3C3241] torn covering, gaffa tape, etc) old hardcase, that while no great shakes will get it from me to you in relative safety.[/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Would also consider trades for lighter weight amplification stuff. As much as I love my old faithful 1 x 15 Trace Combo, getting down the stairs from the flat is a manual handling hazard waiting to happen, and I could probably pull together a few hundred quid to move towards a more portable option that would give me similar volume and bottom end.[/font][/color] [color=#3C3241]As above, collection preferred, but happy to look at couriering at buyers expense. I'm in Harrow, work in central London, and I'm also happy to look at halfway meetups over a sensible distance.[/color] [color=#3C3241]£200[/color] [attachment=223129:Streamer 1.jpg] [attachment=223130:Streamer 2.jpg] Happy to take/send any specific pictures on request.
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    The first 3 note phrase of My Girl.
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    +1 for Maruszczcz... those Polish Basses. I got an Elwood L5A, along the lines of this one but with Haussels. https://www.public-peace.de/index.php/bass-guitars/maruszczyk/elwood-l/5-string/444-elwood-l-5a-flamed-maple160114 I didn't realise it at the time, but I was effectively sacking my Lakeland on the spot.
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    The one ive been mulling over has gone up by about 40 quid over the last week or so... it may well be beyond me by the end of next week!
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    So tough because there's so much. For me top 3 would be Broadway the Hard Way, Sheik Yerbouti, and Man from Utopia. The 2 later compilations, Strictly Commercial and Have I offended Someone? have a pretty wide range between them, probably a good starting point.
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    Hard to believe this is still here. I've a couple of bites on 3 local sales over the weekend, if just one of them pans out I'll be on this like a fat kid on a cake!
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    [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1457040645' post='2994816'] BASTARDS!!! Janice Joplin -"Another little piece of my heart" - perfume ad.. [/quote] She loved to drink that stuff... she'd probably approve!
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    In no particular order, and subject to change at a moments (or great records) notice. Bruce Thomas Dennis Dunnaway Paul McCartney Michael League Lee Sklar
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    That Sadowsky had a lovely warmth to it, beautiful lows! I thought the Darkglass could have been louder. Quietly chuffed that the Zoom didn't embarrass itself in that company. Having suggested it's inclusion, out of interest more than anything, I had visions of it being nowhere near when a/bd with the real thing, but I was pleasantly surprised. I think when you own a multi, there's always that little niggle in the back of your mind that when you get chance, you need to upgrade to individual, dedicated units. Today I found that this is not necessarily the case. Thanks for your time and effort putting that on for us, and of course your most able wingman. It was a smart idea.
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    Many thanks to everyone for a great afternoon out! Looking at basses - check! Playing basses - check! Watching other people play basses - check! Talking about basses - check! Listening to other people talk about basses - check! Cake - check! Friendly faces all round - check! You pulled off another blinder Mick... bloody well done!
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    [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1464953116' post='3064076'] As well as or instead of..?? [/quote] Bass Bash Weekend... now you're talking!
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    Can we pull this forward to tomorrow... only I'm getting all impatient now?
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    I can't really be in a band at the moment, our kids are very young, and my wife works until 9 most evenings to reduce the burden of childcare costs during the day while I'm at work, but I still play every day, and still take pleasure from it. It's just like any other 'between bands' scenario to me, practicing and developing to increase my value to the next live project, whatever that may be. I still work on technique and repertoire, and have a couple of recording projects on the go, as I have a little network of solo artists who appreciate the value of a dedicated bass player over their own attempts... plus there's always plotting and writing for my fantasy 3 piece funky blues thing. That's been going on in between bands for years... but I might have to wait until the kids are grown and recruit them for it!
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    I've been toying with the idea of a massive rationalisation. If I can't shake the idea I might be sticking up an ad in the Marketplace for a Lakland 5501, an old German Corvette 5, a Rockbass Streamer 5 and a Bass Collection SB315. I shan't take the pi55, but I might stick one or 2 in the car if there's space.
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    [quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1464608728' post='3060717'] It is, on the MM Stingray 5. 34inch scale. [/quote] Thanks. Nice to know there are options.
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    [quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1464601884' post='3060603'] DR's DDT strings are my favourite as I prefer a heavier D and G for tonal balance. I drop the low B to A with no change in characteristics. [/quote] Just out of interest, is that on a 34 inch scale?
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    I'd never touched DRs, and always favoured heavier strings, until I got my Elwood L5 wearing Hi Beams 120-40. Now I can't imagine putting anything else on it, they're a revelation.
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    I took that same picture a a while back, and was disappointed to find out it was a theatre thing. It's a bit naughty but not in the fun way the name would suggest. It copped a lot of flack from Equity for advertising for professional dancers to work for free, despite having received a substantial arts council grant and charging pretty standard west end ticket prices. Basically, it's the theatre equivalent of gigging for exposure!
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    No experience at all, but Federico Malaman makes a bloody great sound with them!
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1463755166' post='3053880'] Unfortunate that they've named this service FADE. [/quote] Still, it pans out better than their 'Fender UK Experience of Design' service!
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    Roachford?
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    Bloody hell, you don't mess about putting a raffle together, do you Fella... you do know we'd still all turn up if it was all Jacob's Creek and Cadbury's Roses?
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