warwickhunt

[quote name='pete.young' post='367990' date='Jan 1 2009, 07:29 PM']Status? [url="http://www.status-graphite.com/status/carts3/frames/frame1.htm"]http://www.status-graphite.com/status/cart...ames/frame1.htm[/url][/quote] Nope it isn't the 'Vintage PP'. More likely a fender prior to Status making him a bass.

[quote name='cetera' post='366726' date='Dec 30 2008, 11:27 PM']Aye, our attendances range from 70 people to 300 people.... enough to create some noise but not quite 'theatre' size. Personally, [b]I'd say to give the'Greatest Hits' a miss and go straight for 'KISS Alive' & 'KISS Alive II' [/b][/quote] Got to agree! Not saying they didn't do anything good after 79ish but tbh I grew up. My 'growing up' remark isn't meant to be derogatory to them, as they'll always be special to me (Wembley 80 is forever burned in my mind... literally as I was pressed up against the barrier when Gene was breathing fire ).

Good point and it's worth extending to The USA; I've sold 2 Warwicks (£1000+) to The USA/Canada in the last month. Shipping the first time was £98 but I then tried Transglobal and that was cheaper (a lot cheaper if you don't need big insurance). They have import taxes into the USA but I think a lot of Americans are looking over here for stuff that isn't 'generally' available in The States (your EB/MM may not do as well as say a Status or GB etc.).

I could watch Sheehan over and over again... in fact I have; as he's been playing the same licks and tricks since I saw/heard him with Talas. That's not a criticism, he's bloody good at what he does and what he does he does well, including all the flash showboating stuff that looks fantastic but has little affect on what he plays. For instance he could do all of that stuff on the Hey Joe clip without any need for the gymnastics and flayling arms but it wouldn't look half as cool. Don't give a t*ss for his beliefs the good thing is I've never known him use his celebrity to foist them onto anyone else. Not saying that he never has but I've not seen it reported. At the end of the day the guy is in his mid/late 50's and he can still put on a show that would stop most bassists in their tracks (agreed there are loads of others who could do just as well, inc. Pino et al), fair does to him and long may he 'entertain'.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='366853' date='Dec 31 2008, 09:08 AM']OMG - it's the UK's answer to Steve Wishnevsky! Bass [b]clefts[/b]? Is this about Warwickhunt's arse? [/quote] The way I'm going through this Christmas nosh it'll be 'cliffs' never mind 'clefts'.

[quote name='Marcus' post='366921' date='Dec 31 2008, 10:54 AM']Thanks guys...... looks like Warwickhunt is advising me to eat my kabab befor playing instead of after ! I'll let you know how I get on after i've been to B&Q this morning.....[/quote] Was that B&Q or BBQ? Burger/sausage fat would work just as well.

Alternatively; liberally rub cooking fat all over your hands before playing.

[quote name='neepheid' post='366782' date='Dec 31 2008, 12:53 AM']I reckon I could make it work.[/quote] I assume it would have a bolt-on neck when you're finished.

[quote name='Platypus' post='366831' date='Dec 31 2008, 07:50 AM']If you are interested in that one i would suggest you phone and check availability (not buy off the website). Use the phone number on the website not a branch number[/quote] ... and pay using a credit card.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='366625' date='Dec 30 2008, 09:20 PM']Six hundred and fifty-six pounds. [b]SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX F@CKING POUNDS!!!![/b] That is an all-time record for a Rickenbacker copy. *faints* J.[/quote] The buyer is in Sweden... not sure if that makes it better or worse!

It might be a trick of the photographic angle but looking at the back of that neck I'm not sure there's enough meat left to work with! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Hand-Made-4-String-Bass_W0QQitemZ120356191006QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Hand-Made-4-S...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='365851' date='Dec 29 2008, 10:59 PM']I had a chance to compare my Eden Nemesis NA650 with Johnnylager's new Hartke LH1000 on Saturday. Using John's active Spector bass and with both amps alternating through my SWR Triad, I was really surprised to find that the Eden's inherent tone had more mids in it than the Hartke, and that was with tone controls on both amps set flat. To get the Eden closer to the tone of the Hartke, we had to dial in some of the Eden's 'enhance' control, which is effectively a mid-cut and bass/treble boost..[/quote] To further cloud matters... IIRC the Hartke preamp is based upon an old fender/Alembic design and if it follows the same rules as the Tech Soundsystems amp that I owned (which had the same design) then the EQ controls aren't flat when the controls are in the 12:00 position, I think some of the Mesa Boogie amps are also similar This might account for why one amp sounded more middy than the other however because I can't recall exactly what was flat on that system it could well be that the converse should have been true. I'm sure Alex commented in a thread that I had about my amp's EQ (the design of the Black Cat/Alembic/Fender) better than I ever could but a search hasn't helped me find the thread. Of course the Hartke might have a similar preamp but the EQ may have been altered, in which case what I've typed don't matter one jot!

[quote name='ritch' post='365520' date='Dec 29 2008, 03:22 PM'][b]Is this a problem?[/b] Here's what Ampeg Support said when about my choice of second cabinet: [font="Courier New"][size=1] Hi Rich, The SVT 15E would be an excellent choice to add to this rig. Right now you're only putting out about 375 watts into that 8 ohm 410HE. Adding the 15 will bring your impedance down to 4 ohms and give you the full 450 watts out of the 3 PRO. You'll be getting about 450 watts into a 4 ohm load that is basically 500 + 200 watts. You should be fine! Hope this helps!!!! Feel free to hit me back here anytime! Best Regards, Dino Monoxelos. Global Ampeg Product Specialist. LOUD Technologies Inc. [email protected] [email protected] www.ampeg.com [/size][/font][/quote] ...only if you think it is. If it sounds good to you 'in the situations that you use it' then don't worry about it; unfortunately for you, the seed of doubt is planted!

I'd be amazed if it was the Euro 5... I was potentially going to buy the Euro 4 from them, their price £1467 discounted to me for £1000 and that was a healthy discount!

I've encountered 3 of their guitars in the last 6 mths (my guitar player has just bought a relic'd Les Paul) and they have all played fantastically well, added to which the pups are Wilkinson units and seem to do a decent job! Does anyone have any experience with this brand? I did a search on the forum but you try and search a bass guitar forum using the word 'vintage'... not conducive to an easy search.

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='364615' date='Dec 28 2008, 09:18 AM']Soundslive.co.uk have 4 LG1000s in stock for £284 + £6 delivery. Some guy on Talkbass (an 11 year Ashdown endorser no less) reckons they sound like a cross between the ABM and Mark King signature series amps. Anyone gonna buy one?[/quote] That's not a lot of money for a powerful little amp! I hope they are reliable.

I've had an email back from Barrie's contact so I'm gonna order a few sets from the States and see how it pans out.

Are you going bass>effects>amp or are the effects in the amps effects loop? You can get different results depending upon how you have your pedals in your set-up; if in the effects loop you may have a series/parallel set or a pad switch to attenuate, you might want to play with all of the permutations!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='364171' date='Dec 27 2008, 02:08 PM']Its all very well having a bass that is capable of making sweet jesus love to your ear drums but there's no point in plugging it into an amp that is designed for bog standard fender type basses. The benefits are unlikely to be passed on all the way to your speaker. (And speakers are yet another thing entirely that I'm sure AlexClaber will pick up on).[/quote] Yep CK elaborated far better than I could have! As pointed out the benefits would need to be weighed against what your needs/equipment justified. An average gigging bass player (not saying the OP is 'average ) would likely as not hear a bigger difference by changing strings (for new ones or different brands/gauges) rather than upgrading from 9v to 18v or to take it to the next logical step... if you have cr*ppy cables (speaker and instrument) then maybe it's worth looking at upgrading those elements first. re. your OP - you stated that you can run either 9v or 18v and that you are concerned about overdriving/distorting your signal chain... tbh you'd need to suck it and see if you had the latter problem as some 9v circuits can be hotter than 18v (I had a MM that was RED hot 9v compared to my 18v Warwick) but if either works then you may as well go 18v as you may reap the benefits at a later date. Don't forget as someone has already pointed out, you can turn the vol pot down on your bass a smidgen if it is too hot!

I think that Michael 'WaterofTyne' has tried pairing his Mesa amp with the DR cabs to good effect (to the point where he has ordered the DR cabs IIRC). I'm sure there are others but you might want to drop Mark 'Marcus' a PM as he has plenty of experience with Eden and either recently owned (or still does own) DR cabs. I can't comment on what might match well as I have no experience with the DR cabs though I have owned a pair of Markbass amps... but as amp/cab combinations are so idiosyncratic/personal my view of the MB amps is skewed by the cabs I had paired with them.

I can't give you any of the 'science' behind why but if your circuit is designed to operate @ 18v then that is when you will be getting the best signal to noise ratio and you will be gaining more headroom. However... don't expect a massive (ie doubling) of output or suddenly to have a 'huge' change to your tone! I've run basses with 18v and 9v circuits and the difference isn't that staggering, though I will add that I'm talking about gigging rigs/situations, you may well notice a difference if recording using high-end gear. The 18v OB1 preamp that I have in my SSI fretless (Bart pups) is no higher/hotter output than any of the other 9v circuits that I have in other basses (nor was the 18v Audere that I had in an MEC equipped SSI) but the 9v/18v (voltage doubler circuit?) Tonepump Spector has a huge range on the tone controls; I have to run the Spector with the tone controls on 0/off to match my MEC equipped bass with bass and treble on 10/max. Just some real life observations.