warwickhunt

My bass is personal (comfort aesthetics as well as tone) but my amp and cab... I'd not put up with cack but there are many good combinations. Oddly if it was down to which one affects my tone the most (ie on stage) the cab could well be the clincher; I could get a decent sound out of most half decent basses (I might not like the look or feel), an amplifier, so long as as it isn't totally pants, should just amplify but the cab you can't do much about. A boxy/nasty cab will ruin anything you put into it.

IIRC you take off the name plate (x2 screws) and the front is velcro in... strongly! You may need a wide bladed screwdriver and a thick rag (stop damaging the edge of the cab).

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1476811497' post='3157503'] If you zoom in, it looks like the S/N has been photoshopped out..? [/quote] I 'think' you and I may know the seller!

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1468588836' post='3091992'] I used to have one just like yours and the stock pickups were very weak... They were marked 'Jackson', not clear form the pics if yours is too. I'm not surprised the QP is overpowering it! [/quote] Interestingly, I've recently snagged a 575 (may well be my actual bass that I bought new in the 80's) and I was shocked when I compared the output to my Warwicks. I suppose it shouldn't be such a shock and it's like comparing apples and oranges! I'm not going to change the electronics, I'll just need to get used to boosting the amp input.

Another vote for visiting Halfords or the like; boxes are solid and free! Pretty sure that businesses 'pay' to have cardboard/rubbish taken away (Halfords inc'), so this new policy sounds like fleecing to me.

I'd need some 'serious' proof it was owned by JB before I paid a tenth of that figure. I see that it isn't a Thumb bass (which might fool idiots as JB did play Thumb basses) and the seller will give you a photo of Jack's collection... but not with this bass I'd guess!

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1476223669' post='3152546'] Just down the road from me...don't think I'll be bidding, but could help with collection or courier-ing... [/quote] Very gentlemanly!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1476131177' post='3151672'] Thread revival time. Did I see the Cass Lewis pinky on here a while back - the one with the big oval fret markers? There's a guy on YT claiming ownership but it looks a different colour and has small dot fret markers. Anyone know the story? [/quote] Fairly sure the pink Cass Lewis bass had normal dot markers and iirc it did pass through a couple of hands a few years ago!

I have a Washburn AB20 which I used to use (amplified) with my 'acoustic' band and it is only of aesthetic benefit; I now play an electric bass live... or even in a house rehearsal. :/

I used to work in cassette duplication (yes I'm that old) and we had reference cassette/amp systems that were left on 24hrs a day week in week out, year after year and I can't recall one failure. Obviously tape heads and belts wore out (we replaced them) but the amps never missed a beat.

The link is to a Westone! Is it this one... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warwick-Dolphin-Pro-2-Bass-/152251000370?hash=item2372dde632:g:iqgAAOSwV0RXsfod Pro II is a nice bass and though it shares the body shape with the NT Pro I, they are different sounding basses. Also the whole Germany/Japan 90/91 thing is such a grey area I'd not be swayed by where this 'might' have been produced but just judge it by how it plays. Necks are nice and slim not like the later 90's chunky ones. Oh and the rear pup solo is close to useless... don't let that put you off; the pair work blended or the neck pup solo is good. I own one and kept this over the far more expensive NT Pro I.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1474701157' post='3139885'] Class D heads vary so much it is impossible to generalise them the way some are in this thread. [/quote] Possibly but if the 'majority' of the Class D's are using the same module then maybe that is why the generalisation. Also, even where there is variation in the power module used, are they pretty much of a likeness in specification/stats/measurements?

Used to cover 'In the meantime' when RA was first released... still think we were the only band in the North/NE to cover this back then and it always went down a storm!

It'll not be an issue, just be sure that the extra mass of the string doesn't rise to far up the tuner shaft and risk the string not seating fully in the nut.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1473622916' post='3131784'] Buy a DI/Preamp pedal... this whole 'heft' thing is rubbish. Most these guys change heads every year so what do they know? [/quote] Hmmm a quick check and I've been using Thunderfunk heads (initially the 550 now the 750) for 9 years. The fact that I've been prepared to try/buy other brands inc multiple Class D amps would probably indicate that I'm qualified to discuss what 'I' hear and note about the amps I've tried.

Unsurprisingly I concur with my fellow BCers and I would also suggest the Thunderfunk (I own one NOT for sale) or Handbox; trialled and gigged one... came close to buying one!

Playing with 4 different bands this month (some deps, some my own band) which has me learning/remembering a total of 83 'different' songs... it does get to a point where one or two of them (especially the non-riff orientated, repetitive ones) just won't stick in my head. However, a gig is the quickest way to focus the mind and it'll be alright on the night.

He says it's a Musicman Sterling... it says it is a Stingray on the headstock... but which one of the licensed copies is it really? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ernie-ball-sterling-music-man-5-string-bass-/131930569224?

Bass > Thunderfunk 750 > x2 TC RS210 (stacked/aligned vertically on a Gramma Pad)

Odd they have gone 2.7 instead of 5.3 and a shame it is the usual design of, 'cram as many drivers into the smallest surface baffle of a 19" wide cab'! I for one would have preferred to lose a few inches off width and had vertical alignment with maybe a bit more depth. ...but that's just me!