warwickhunt

I've played Warwicks for 20 odd years and despite dabbling with a multitude of other basses I always come back to Warwick; in particular the NT Streamers (the earlier the better)... my Corvette/Infinette comes a close 2nd. A couple of recent GAS purchases have reinforced that I'm sticking to my Warwick (i.e. they are up for sale), though I'll still admire other basses.

Generally DR Sunbeams but I'm really liking a set of Pyramid Gold flats that I have on my main bass.

[quote name='Rayman' post='982274' date='Oct 9 2010, 08:14 AM']Big screwdriver mate, and as always, steady as she goes with a truss rod, a quarter turn can make a big difference.[/quote] +1 I'd also put a pencil mark/line on the head and wood of the bass so that you can see where you started from... stops you going too crazy and gives you a reference point to go back to if it doesn't feel right afterwards.

[quote name='xgsjx' post='981815' date='Oct 8 2010, 05:45 PM']I'd sell all the "Big Rig" & the Tecamp cab & just get the one rig sorted for all situations. That way you practice with the same sound as you play live with.[/quote] What he said ^ Saying that I have a pair of Aguilar DB12's and despite thinking that I can use one for rehearsals and two for gigs, I always end up using both cabs ALL of the time... practice, big gigs, little gigs, anytime!

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='981760' date='Oct 8 2010, 04:53 PM']Well, to me, that one looks out on the B string just as the teal looked out on the G string[/quote] +1 The angle the photograph was taken at is off or the B & E strings are out of kilter!

[quote name='daveybass' post='977631' date='Oct 4 2010, 08:46 PM']or could this be the reason why I haven't been able to contact the bc seller since it's be sent?[/quote] Is the BCer an established member? I'm not about to do any detective work to find the cab or its seller but I'd have thought an established member would want to help you resolve the matter. Probably not worth naming and shaming right now as there may well be a genuine reason they haven't responded to your efforts to contact them but a mashed tweeter with no damage to the cab structure or grill sounds odd!

How has DHL managed to destroy a tweeter? I'd have thought that they'd have had to wreck half the cab to achieve that. re. who uses them - I have a pair of DBs; one with tweeter one without and I'd not be distraught if I had a pair of cabs sans tweeter. I could be wrong but I'm sure that I read somewhere that the full range signal goes through the bass driver in the DB12 cabs so I don't 'think' that it will be filtering the top end; however, if it is then you may well lose a bit of top end if the tweeter is kapput... if you are into that kind of thing.

Not particularly impressed! ... because I'm soaking wet after falling over with laughter from picking this cab up from WoT's place. I knew these were light and Alex has trimmed the weight with various improvements BUT I was genuinely shocked when I picked it up. I can even forgive the fact that it doesn't have side handles to make carrying through doorways easier; mainly because I can hold it out at arms length and shoulder height to walk through. Looking forward to trying it with the band later.

That's some USA tour you have coming up!

... or is it just me? Keeps coming up with an error!

Watched it and thoroughly enjoyed. He's had that bass for yonks; IIRC it's a Warmoth 'Bitsa' Precision bodied bass with x2 EMG P pups (the earliest type) and the neck has an ebony board, fretted with skinny mandolin wire.

[quote name='lee650' post='972142' date='Sep 29 2010, 10:10 PM']Very scarey story john it wasnt red by any chance [/quote] Worse, it was my rare Warwick 5th Anniversary Streamer bass!

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='971913' date='Sep 29 2010, 05:35 PM']PM warwickhunt as he'll probably know or be able to ask someone on the warwick forum who'll know Absolutely gorgeous bass by the way. One of the nicest Infinity's i've ever seen[/quote] You rang? I know of a fellow BCer who picked an Infinity 5 up last year for about £1000-£1200 but it needed a little TLC (not a massive amount) and I thought that was pretty cheap. However, Warwick used prices are never great and though they may retail for £3400+ new, you'd be pushing it to get £1500 if it were immaculate. Saying that, I have the 4 string Ltd Ed from 91 that was the fore-runner to this and I'll not sell it for even the price of a new one.

[quote name='dood' post='971912' date='Sep 29 2010, 05:35 PM']So if you wanna get your amp in to a rack case, save yaself the ridiculous TC RRP for the kit and grab something similar![/quote] I've still got 3 for sale at a fiver each! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=104231"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=104231[/url]

My Bolin has piezo and magnetic pups and they can be used to either add a bit of top end 'air' to a sound (can't think of a better definition for opening up the sound), or if used solo they have their own unique tone and shine when used as accompaniment to acoustic/electro-acoustic instruments.

Can I just add one thought/comment into the mix. All of the discussion about pick-ups adding/subtracting/altering tone and what differences there are between 10"/12"/15" speakers (different thread but relevant... I think any way), I've found that passing a bass that I've just played to another bassist and them playing through the same rig on the same settings can be like chalk and cheese; added to which changing your brand/gauge/material of string can have a more dramatic effect on your sound than any pup change might have. Just saying.

EMGs were the 'must have' upgrade for many basses/bassists back in the 80's and I loved them in my basses; The Bass Doc on this forum will likely have fitted more of these EMGs to P basses over the last 25 years than any other modification (I'll give him a nudge for his opinion). Some say they are sterile others will say they let the sound of your instrument come through uncoloured... oddly enough I always found that they were as warm sounding and un-sterile as any active pup. It's like anything though, it'll not make a sh*tty plank sound brilliant and if your bass has decent pups in then it'll just give you a slightly different tone. It's probably easier if you identify what it is about your stock pups that has you looking at replacements.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='971062' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:36 PM']Does he just have some really nice stuff and just shows it off on eBay?[/quote] Aside from the long running issue/feud over an 'allegedly' refinished CAR Jazz, 2-G-A would appear able to unearth a regular supply of museum quality stock. However, from reading his descriptions over the years the devil is in the detail; you have to read his ads as if they were written by an Estate Agent and it can be as much what is not said, as what is said!

[quote name='risingson' post='971041' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:17 PM']I once left my octave pedal in Stockholm. Guess it's not completely the same thing though.[/quote] Not unless your bass was still plugged into it!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='970984' date='Sep 28 2010, 06:24 PM']SHAZAM! Wish I'd tuned the bass first, though...[/quote] What do you mean? The bass was in tune when I bought it! I'm not going to get mired in the argument about more bottom end out of 15's versus 10's 12's etc but I can assure you that Howie's 15" EV's (no tweeter) had as much top end as any set-up on the day of that Mini bass bash. Coincidentally my Aggies tested, have only one tweeter between them and I always have it backed off 50%.