warwickhunt

I have the 4 string. re. the sounds available - they are OK and as a basis on which to tweak some interesting sounds it is pretty good (with the exception of the synth thing ) The actual bass guitar itself is on a par with a £200 Fender copy, nothing to write home about but not the worst thing I've ever played. Cost - pretty cheap if you can find someone desperate to sell but some shops can extract the urine!

[quote name='Peaty' post='270253' date='Aug 26 2008, 01:47 PM']Hello Warwickhunt When the dust has settled if you would consider parting with the MEC pre I have been looking for one. In any case I hope the transplant goes well. Pete[/quote] No worries. Drop me a PM after the weekend and I 'should' be sorted.

Just learned Joe Jackson's - 'It's different for girls' for tonights rehearsal. Nice easy number... once you spend a few seconds scratching your ars* trying to identify the fact that it isn't in concert pitch Oh and I'll make the outro bit up later on tonight!

I'm sure I know you well enough to know that my jibes re. Wicks is taken in the right context Josh and I [b]know[/b] there are a lot of basses out there that are better than Warwicks... don't forget I also own a Bolin and I've had a 'lot' of other basses smattered through my Warwick meanderings TBH my main gigging bass for a lot of years ('91 Infinette) has been my worst sounding bass (when played in isolation) but I've yet to play anything that is as comfortable and effortless to play that just seems to 'fit' into band situations. Hence my views on holding on to both basses for a while longer. Have you considered playing about with preamps for your various basses? I'm in the process of swapping out an MEC unit for an Aggie OBP1 just to see what it does and I confess to having put a Demeter pre into a MEC equipped SSI and it turned a good bass into a great one.

[quote name='spinynorman' post='270136' date='Aug 26 2008, 12:09 PM']This one is a discussion about why the OBP-1 needs 18v and the conclusion, apparently supported by Aguilar, is that it can work with 9v, but they don't recommend it. About 2/3rds of the way down is a comment from someone who has the old one, which I read as "it sounds ok on 9v, but should be 18v". [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324541"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324541[/url][/quote] Cheers! If it ain't going to feck it in the process (which it seems fairly conclusive that it won't) I might try it both ways. In fact I might try to do a simple direct recording onto a digital 4 track and see what it sounds like with the present 18v 3 band MEC pre then the Aguilar @ 9v then 18v

[quote name='spinynorman' post='270115' date='Aug 26 2008, 11:39 AM']From various discussions on Talkbass it appears both versions are recommended to be run at 18V, but will actually work ok at 9V if you want.[/quote] Cheers SN. I've just done a search through TB and came to the same conclusion until... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210688&highlight=obp1"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...;highlight=obp1[/url] This seems to indicate that the OBP1 is 18v only! TBH I have room for 2x9v batteries so I can run it at that and I was more concerned about running something that 'should' operate @ 9v on 18v. Thanks though

[quote name='tauzero' post='270094' date='Aug 26 2008, 11:11 AM']Well, I don't like Streamers...[/quote] That's what I like to hear... all the more for me

Item sold. I've tried to contact the buyer to give them the heads up, I hope they believe me! Anyone else want to warn him/her, they might take notice if it is more than one person.

[quote name='markytbass' post='270066' date='Aug 26 2008, 10:30 AM']Seaham is just up the road from me (well up the A19). If I could be arsed (which I can't), I could suggest to the seller that I go and see their bass (if they really have it) and buy their's and they have the other one when/if it arrives.[/quote] I'd like to bet they don't agree to you coming anywhere near them... regardless of the reason

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='269972' date='Aug 26 2008, 07:59 AM']Diffrent strokes, innit. Believe it or not, there are people out there who think Warwicks are fugly...[/quote] Show me where... I'll sort the barstewards out

Just got an OBP1 to drop into my Streamer fretless (it has 3 band MEC which I can't get on with... I'm a less is more guy ) and it appears to be an older version as it is wider and flatter than the present OBP1 displayed on the Aguilar site. My question is - can this seemingly older version be run at 18v as the present version can? I've been on the Aggie site to no avail and I can't even find a bliddy link to send them an email! Cheers.

[quote name='obbm' post='270010' date='Aug 26 2008, 09:13 AM']Both wrong. I still have it and it's Pacific Blue Burst. When bought it had been fitted with a Bartolini and a Aguiller OBP3. Didn't like the sound of the Bart so I tried an SD which was too aggresive, then I got the Nordstrand. After 4 years I finally located an original SR5 ceramic and original pre-amp but didn't like the sound so the Nordy went back in again which is how it is now. Status neck was fitted late 2004 and has done hundreds of gigs. Punchy, loads of sustain, always stays in tune and is a joy to play.[/quote] Sorry if this is going slightly off topic but a question for OBBM if I may! The OBP3... it is 3 band but do you know if it can be installed into a bass as a 2 band and the wires that are meant to go to the mid pot just be blanked off and left internal (I'm a simple guy and less is more for me)?

I always have room for another Wick! Eleventy twelve pence do? I wouldn't rush to do anything, you might get the 7 [s]year [/s] mth itch and want to swap back. If in a years time you still have that lust for an inferior bass to your Warwick then you should maybe think about selling.

Have you considered just upping your 9v to 18v? I'm 99% certain that the MEC preamps can be run at 18v with no modification required, other than you installing another battery (connected the correct way ) into your control cavity. I have one fitted into my Streamer with no issues and the extra battery fitted quite easily. I'm not saying this will suddenly give you a massive jump in output but it will increase the headroom and might be just what the doctor ordered. For the cost of a 9v battery and a clip with 2 wires its got to be worth looking into surely?

I bought 3 sets from eBay for something stupid like £11 and for the price they can't be knocked. They are 'probably' never going to rival DR strings for pure tone in a recording situation etc but it'd be an idiot that could claim that DR strings were ten times better than the Hartke ones if stuck on a cheap/mid priced bass used for playing down the local.

I agree with Dood. If you like the tone of your present amp then purchase a power amp and run it into another (4 ohm) cab for max potential. Just out of interest does your amp deliver its full power into the internal speaker or is that an 8ohm 15" speaker and you have an extension speaker socket (pdf manual doesn't give much away) for connecting another speaker?

I've owned 2 Sterlings and 1 Ray and I have to confess I'd have a Sterling over a Ray any day! The Ray has a midge's kn*cker more ooomph when standard (I owned Lee's Nordstrand pup equipped Sterling and that has all of the balls of a ray) but the downsized body, S/P switching and gorgeous neck make the Sterling a better bass IMHO

[quote name='Prosebass' post='269534' date='Aug 25 2008, 03:21 PM']Item has been relisted And in response to "can I call for the bass and pay cash when it arrives" "unfortunately not as the one in the pic is mine,once i recieve your payment via paypal i then order yours from my supplier in the us which accounts for the 14-21 days delivery! but you can pick it up once it is here but your payment must be paid first within 3 days after auction ends" regards louise louise - lite_bite_catering76 I contacted ebay live security chat to get passed from pillar to post and eventually was sent back to the "email us" link which can take 24-48 hours. Obviously ebay don't give a sh*t about individuals accounts. Anyone got the balls to log into this users account and change the password to stop this abuse..... No wonder people are dubious about using ebay..[/quote] I did the same as you and once I realised that I was being allowed access to his account I logged back out... I also considered changing the password as (like you I imagine) it was the first thing the log-on page suggested!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='269298' date='Aug 25 2008, 09:12 AM']It's basically got a few revisions.... new Celestion NEOs, which sound far closer to ceramic drivers than the Eminence NEOs he used to use, and a new, smoother tweeter. Going from an 'old' 21012L to a 3G 410L, I can definitely hear those improvements.[/quote] Ah ha, I see. About time then that I heard this 4x10 without your noisy band spoiling the bass tone

I've no doubt you are going to get a dozen responses with suggestions based upon each persons present cab but I think you'll be hard pushed to beat the Schroeder for a standalone cab. The projection that it seems to have (probably attributed to the mid hump) means that it'll never be swamped by a pair of guitars. Physically sized against the other cabs I doubt there is a 'single solution' cab that'll beat it... the 1212 manages to fit a pair of 12s in the same size cab as most manufacturers single 12s. I will state that this advice is based upon the 2 Schroeders that I have heard (and A/Bed against other cabs) which were the 2x10 +12 versions. To qualify my advice I'd also add that I recently had the same dilemma and went through a bunch of changes, including using; EBS 2x12 neos, Tech Soundsystem 2x10/1x15 and 6x10 neos before settling on a a pair of Aggie DB 1x12s... How's that for 'my' solution to a 1 cab problem <edit> for typo

Forgive my laziness and ignorance but how does the new '3G' differ from a normal Schroeder light?

If this fails... "kick him in the nurts!'

Alternatively turn it on its head and ask the guitarist(s) to come up with a different guitar part to go with 'your' bassline (even if the riff/lick came first and constitutes the whole song)