lemmywinks

An ex-guitar player too i believe

The Warwick ones are pretty good. Decent straps that have a clip connection rather than the usual weak stitching. Good padding too

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='528023' date='Jun 29 2009, 07:28 PM']well the better one would be the new one. they are identical basses, just one is new. hummm[/quote] One might just naturally sound better, have better construction, nicer sounding pickups. Although seeing as they are MIJ quality is likely to be pretty consistent there may be some variation.

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='528041' date='Jun 29 2009, 07:45 PM']Any idea what the 2nd hand value of one of these would be? Id be interested in buying one just to prat about on it for a few months and selling it on hopefully not loosing too much money. Or does someone fancy lending me a 7 string? Finbar?[/quote] I'd actually be interested in that, really rather skint at the moment though

That particular 7 stringer does look great though, looks like an expensive custom job even down to the fancy headstock. One worry i'd have is that they will most likely be using stock photos so the bass you get might not be so well turned out. It does look like an absolute steal though, someone less poor than me should bag one! EDIT: Another thing that i noticed is that one or two of the individual bridge saddles look out of line, although this might just be the angle the bass was photographed at

With such a small difference in price just buy the best one, if one is £100 more but a better bass then that's the one i'd go for. Similarly if the 2nd hand one has a few knocks but is nicer then i'd get that one! Well actually i'd buy that cheap Thumb on here but meh

Enough Warwick bashing! I don't know why i bother...

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[quote name='Machines' post='527398' date='Jun 29 2009, 06:51 AM']Just mocked this up in Paintshop... Fairly basic but gives an idea of potentials, oddly enough the yellow is really grabbing me at the moment ! [/quote] Agreed! They all look good IMO. For me it would be Aqua, Yellow or Lime

I like the Hartke A series, i've got the A70 (70w, 1x12" alu speaker) and it is plenty for practice and quiet gigs. Quite compact and light without being too small, also tilts back EDIT: These can be had for under £100 as they were only £250 or so new. I've put a low B through the A70 and it sounded great too

EHX Small Clone. Can be found for about £30 2nd hand. Needs an adapter lead though as some have the older jack style. Nano versions don't AFAIK

Nice bass, very interesting! The cat doesn't seem to like it though...

Just thought i'd take a minute to recommend Soundslive. Recently bought a Stagg EUB from them which had faults, so back it went. Got a replacement just over a week later (i believe they had to ship this from somewhere else and run it through their QC as they had no stock) Have to say they were excellent throughout, nice to speak to staff who are pleasant and know what they're on about for a change So, cheers to Soundslive!

I have an ebanol/ebonol (both spellings seem to be used!) board on my fretless and it sounds very natural. As said rounds churned it up a bit but it's a lot more hard-wearing than rosewood, even though i preferred the latter as a playing surface I'd say go for it, it's the best cheap alternative and looks good too

Gear4music do cheap strings for about £20, i'l be sticking some on my stagg next week so I'll let you know how I get on with them

Here's my lowly Corvette, a reliable workhorse for many years and still sounds fantastic. Hopefully to be joined by another Warwick in the not too distant future

Around the £300 mark i think? How much are they new now? When i was looking they could be had for £400 online

Yeah i always have a chuckle at this one. It backlights perfect apparently!