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Warwick Streamer Corvette (Infinette) 1991 Ltd Ed x2

I have to say, I'd be quite happy to gamble your money on that... wouldn't put my money up against receiving the Ovation in the picture but then again someone else's money is a different matter!

[quote name='Conan' post='712902' date='Jan 14 2010, 07:15 PM']Would like to be there, and will try - but babysitters are as rare as unicorn droppings round here at the moment... [/quote] No worries, if you do get along just give me a shout... I'll be the one with a bass!

More 3 piece weird fishiness from me and my mates. The Royal Tavern Blyth Northumberland 21:15 - till late.

[quote name='Mr. Quiet' post='711557' date='Jan 13 2010, 04:46 PM'][font="Verdana"]For me the answer was EBS (my grateful thanks to Bernie G) I have an EBS Gorm ET350 combo for rehearsing and smaller gigs (not so light ), for big gigs (and to put the guitarist in his place ) I use EBS HD350 head, EBS Proline 2000 2x10 & 1x15, perfect compliment to my Status 5 string, oh, and a Line 6 M13 stompbox Mr. Quiet[/font][/quote] By definition the title of this thread must preclude the best part of your rig!

[quote name='Musicman20' post='711953' date='Jan 13 2010, 09:35 PM']Pretty thing indeed. Shame its not original. That bridge stands out a mile.[/quote] I prefer it... but then again I'm not gonna spend £2k on a 35 yr old bass!

I see that he's letting the pictures do the talking! <edit> The pups are the significantly cheaper EMG 'selects'... iirc they are also passive.

[quote name='Geek99' post='710965' date='Jan 13 2010, 10:06 AM']Found this guy on Ebay, selling 3 packs of strings.[/quote] Yep, look through his feedback and you'll see a few usernames that may be familiar to BC regulars!

[quote name='Beedster' post='710779' date='Jan 12 2010, 11:42 PM']Thought that might be the case John. Does the ratio of output watts to impedance vary with manufacturer? Seems some suggest a 100% increase in O/P for a 50% cut in impedance (e.g., a 300w amp into 4 shoves out 150 into 8), whilst with others it seems more complex? Is there any sure way of knowing apart from the manufacturers specs?[/quote] From first hand observations it seems to vary between every manufacturer but as a rule of thumb I've tended to knock a 1/3 OP off when going to 8 ohms; though saying that if your cab is sensitive it can appear to make little difference and it is debatable as to whether you'd hear the difference between 300 & 400 watts any way!

Answering #2 - if 4 ohms gets you 600w, it's likely to put out closer to 400-450w @ 8 ohms. There is a 50w discrepancy as on the face of it, you'd think it would be a simple mathematical calculation but I've yet to see a standard equation for working it out; as a rule it's normally about 2/3... sometimes + a bit! Still a healthy output.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='710223' date='Jan 12 2010, 04:52 PM']Which sub did you go for in the end. I want an ART905S but I don't have the required £1000 to buy one.[/quote] We bought a pair of RCF 522s and a single RFC 705as. We had the opportunity of a pair of bins but tbh it would be overkill for pub gigs!

[quote name='bassbluestew' post='709475' date='Jan 11 2010, 10:06 PM']On the subject of the neck.............from what can be seen of it, it looks VERY like the neck on my 77 Ray . If the pick up is original, could the control panel / pots be original ?? If so, well worth £200, in fact a positive steal, and wacking into a nice Warmoth body !!! S[/quote] Some of the parts are original and the neck does have a value but bids were pulled that indicate folks were prepared to pay big money... in which case some fools may still think it is all MM and bid £1000+

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='709576' date='Jan 11 2010, 11:13 PM']I did look at HK stuff, in the same price range as the RCF kit we were looking at, it didn't impress like the RCF stuff did. If we were prepared to double our budget on the other hand, some of the HK kit was ace, but at a price.[/quote] We had the same dilemma/views. Ended up getting nearly new RCF powered tops and a single RCF bin; unfortunately, out of the OP budget!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='708422' date='Jan 11 2010, 12:59 AM']Yup I think we've seen it before too quite a while back. Different pics this time - I remember it standing up the way.[/quote] I agree, I recall seeing this one. However, this is a newly registered user so I wonder if it is a scammer copying an earlier listing (idiot could have at least copied a proper MM) or if it is the same guy using a different account as he doesn't want to sully an account that he has, that has decent feedback (you can legitimately have 2 accounts)!

[quote name='molan' post='708320' date='Jan 10 2010, 10:51 PM']He does sound genuine but you can never tell. Interesting spelling. . .[/quote] SNAP! <edit> and interesting retracted bids!

I wouldn't buy it based upon the fact that his spelling is getting worse by the minute... Oh and before you shoot me down, he doesn't suffer from Dyslexia, he's either plain lazy or wishing to appear dumber than he actually is, which matches in with his tack of; "I don't know what I have"! However you can 'deside'. <edit> How ironic... edited for a typo!

"cheers for that but like i said in m write up i know nothing about guitars and if you have noticed about it then im sure others have too. kind regards eith" So he's not going out of his way to clear matters up!

Plenty cheap power amps and desks available. I'd suggest getting an amp that would appear to be a lot larger (powerful) than your present needs suggest. Some of the Yamaha desks with built in effects and one knob compression are pretty damn good. We've recently gone the route of powered speakers which aren't cheap (and you'd need to budget for a desk as well) but it has been worth it in terms of sound quality... assuming we are excluding the sub that we recently picked up.

Now relisted for £180!

So is it just me who thinks that it is basically a basket case that is going to be a shed load of grief to put right, which at the end of the project will still not be worth the intimated values the seller seems to indicate?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='705908' date='Jan 8 2010, 07:26 PM']still, its not like anyone is going to be ripped off. The reserve was very reasonable given the value of the parts.[/quote] I have to disagree. Where in his listing does he state that a part or parts (or everything except the neck) of the bass are not genuine Musicman parts? It could be argued that he doesn't know that most of the bass is cobbled together so to give him the benefit of the doubt (even though it has been pulled by eBay previously) I'm going to point out one or two of the inaccuracies and see if he responds positively; if he doesn't then he is trying to rip people off!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='705747' date='Jan 8 2010, 05:07 PM']Can I just mention that, as an avid eBay watcher, this must be at least the THIRD bass to turn up recently that is (allegedly) ex-Haydock. Even if they're genuine, the one aspect of provenance that they all share is a complete lack of any evidence to support the claim.[/quote] I'm glad you mentioned that as I thought it was me having a senior moment. Why choose Haydock of all people?