warwickhunt

Hang on... the fingerboard is coming away, the neck is twisted, the headstock is smashed in two places right where the tuners are, the pup is sh*gged, it has non-standard switch and the body is hand finished! It is a basket case 'IF' you wanted to do this up properly with a new neck (a must have), pick-up, refinish etc you'd be looking at more than the cost of a decent/tidy used example. Seriously, unless you have those parts sitting about spare in the house don't bother!

[quote name='clagooey' post='208506' date='May 28 2008, 11:15 PM']Well I can still play bass sitting down, so it would be worth it! But you're right; the ones i tried were stupidly light. Too good to be true though unfortunately [b]They've had a call from someone in Newcastle about them though[/b].. I 'spose if you really want them.. Ah well. I think i'll have a look online for some more amp heads. Then I'm gonna go look at my bank statement online, afterwards repeatedly pressing refresh in the hope that I'm gifted with a wodge of money. Damn optimism.[/quote] That was me establishing what they were. Had they been the original version (weighing 100lb or so each) with Speakon connectors I'd have advised you to snap them up asap, as you'd not get similar quality cabs at that price anywhere! As it happens the original versions would be 'WAY' to heavy for me and the later versions are nice budget cabs but not a batch on the 'proper' cabs. Your quest continues.

I established that those H&K cabs aren't the original 600watt wizzy driver model, they are the second generation which are half the weight of the originals with standard drivers which sadly lose out in the tone stakes! Had they been the original models at that price you'd have been grinning from ear to ear and pinned to the back wall... saying that you'd also have been going to see a chiropractor

You have a PM.

Is anyone on the forum putting their hand up to bagging this?

FFS the seller either had no idea of the value or was 'seriously' desperate. Had I seen that I'd have thought 'Nah too good to be true'... and may well have missed the bargain of the decade (if it is genuine ) I can see that back up for sale at x2 x3 the purchase price!

Nice one. Burst colours are a bit less common on Warwicks so be sure to stick up a couple pics when it arrives.

[quote name='clagooey' post='206665' date='May 26 2008, 05:16 PM']a Hughes & Kettner BC115, and a BC 410/2, for £200 each. So for £400 i could get a 4x10 & a 1x15 (although amping will be interesting methinks due to their different Ohm ratings). Anyone have any experience with these two? Can't find much info as yet (probably will soon!), but GuitarWorks say their SRPs are £600 each.. so even though they probably sell for much less than that new, they don't seem as though they'd be too horrible..[/quote] The BC range of H&K is good stuff however you are going to have to find an amp that will operate at 2 ohms to use those cabs together, far and few between I'm afraid! There are amps out there and a bit of a search through the BC archives will throw up threads relating to amps that do.

[quote name='Gamble' post='206676' date='May 26 2008, 05:27 PM'][url="http://www.hk-instruments.de/epages/hk-instruments_de.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/hk-instruments.de/Products/WM-GUN3B"]http://www.hk-instruments.de/epages/hk-ins...oducts/WM-GUN3B[/url] Aww yeeeyaaah.......[/quote] Funnily enough the bass on eBay was the actual instrument on the HK website!

When the amp is in use by itself you're unlikely to ever need to use the button. It is mainly useful when you have a couple of units linked together in a rack etc. and in the event you are getting an earth humm, try pressing the button. Loads of amps have them though I've not had reason to employ the Ground Lift on any of my amps in the last 25 years. So long as you know it's there and what it does, then just forget about it.

I'd like to keep this in perspective Ian I am not for one second advocating anyone buys one of these basses in preference to a Marleaux. What I would point out is that if someone is in the market for a £200 bass then 'personally' looking at these and looking at the competition 'in the same price bracket' I'd be having a punt. You can diss this bass for a multitude of reasons I'm sure [b]BUT[/b] I could equally pick as many (and identical) faults with virtually every bass manufactured in this price range £200 Chinese Fender copy or £200 Chinese Marleaux copy... they are both budget basses (probably made in the same factory) but given that they'll likely as not have similar construction/electrics etc. I know which one I'd rather give house room to!

[quote name='SMART' post='206368' date='May 26 2008, 09:43 AM']I speak German so I had a quick look at the website. It's an HK bass, never heard of them but it looks like a German copy of a Marleaux and at this price it may sound (no pun intended!) like a good deal but I would say 'Buyer Beware!!', the cavity cover is not even match with the body, I think it looks like an attempt by someone to make a Marleaux copy on the cheap. If you look carefully at the pickup routs you'll see it is a little on the jagged side...mmm Just some thoughts... Ciao Ian[/quote] I wouldn't argue but TBH at that price I'd cut a piece of plastic for the back and live with a few rough edges; the bridge looks like the real deal and the hardware in general looks better than most £200 F*nd*r copies. Even if it's only 50% of the bass that a Marleaux is, it's about 80% cheaper than the real thing!

I'm confused... is it a Fender? It's Trigger's broom again! Neck, bridge, tuners all replaced so the body and electrics are original... Don't get me wrong it is a tasty looking instrument but the neck could be off anything and who says the body is Fender?

I came across this on ebay (I think it's more suited to this section rather than eBay as it is about this bass and not eBay per se) and seriously had to do a double take that it wasn't a Marleaux bass [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250249549733&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=015[/url] Anyone had any experience with these basses?

[quote name='jakesbass' post='206348' date='May 26 2008, 08:57 AM']That is the great thing about music! Available to anyone interested enough. A very nice elaboration on your earlier points WH (I always have to be careful when considering shortening your login name Not to Wari' if you get my meaning) It was a fuller perspective like yours that I thought would be useful as a note to the OP and anyone else considering, [b]so I hope you didn't mind the tone of my little cyber poke.[/b] Cheers Jake[/quote] No worries about any digs . The OP and anyone else interested in this thread need as much clarification as possible to inform their decisions. re. shortening my name - I've been called worse over the years