warwickhunt

Can I point out that I have no objection 'per se' with someone popping on here giving a minimum of information to establish who they are, selling then bogging off. As has rightly been pointed out, more choice for all... a good thing! The post count minimum etc is almost irrelevant. I think it would be fine to come on here and make your first post a sale IF we knew a little about the seller. I know that people could just trip out a pack of lies but it wouldn't take much to uncover. I do however have genuine concern that as BC grows and as has been pointed out attracts the fly-bys it'll also attract the scammer. Now before people shoot me down and say you can't eradicate/block/stop them, I know that would be 'almost' impossible BUT a simple rule that if you want to post in the for sale section you have to at least fill in your profile and give a minimum of info; the town where you live, maybe a bit of info on your gear and if you are in a band blah blah. Nothing too intrusive like giving your postal address and number of residents etc. I realise that it could be argued that you are opening the door to scammers establishing a person's identity and using the electoral role etc to establish who, where they live but that could be said of any sale! I could contact someone on the forum at this very moment and say 'I'm interested in your bass, give me your address and I'll pop around and check it out'. I now have the name and address of someone and I know they have a very nice bass at home! Doesn't it make sense to just put in one or two simple measures to at least not make it a push over to con the gullible and less experienced? I like CK's idea of asking posters if they'd give a bit of an introduction but shouldn't the onus be on the person joining BC to have the decency to do that?

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='172838' date='Apr 9 2008, 08:47 AM']I think those are patent or part numbers for the cavity plate itself!! on my '97 LX and '02 Infinity, [b]the serial numbers are on the back of the headstock, between the top and bottom rows of tuners[/b]...[/quote] Anything after 92 'should' have it on the back of the headstock.

[quote name='slystewart' post='170638' date='Apr 6 2008, 12:04 PM']Was looking on e bay at bass guitar strap locks most for less than £10 is there any that could be recomended for heavy weight pre EB ray thanks Stewart[/quote] I'm certain that I have a couple of unopened sets (I was going to fit the same system to all of my basses but never got around to it ) in black or gold. Not sure what make they are, I'll check but you can have them for less than a tenner (inc postage). If you've bought a set don't sweat.

[quote name='josh3184' post='172743' date='Apr 8 2008, 11:52 PM']i've always found warwick bridges to be a bit too narrow for .130, but they do fit if you take some pliers to the string and squeeze it a bit[/quote] Not the best advice in the world How about if you are going to use that gauge of string then you widen the bridge saddle? It'll still accommodate a skinnier string but you haven't potentially compromised the integrity of the string.

[quote name='Toasted' post='172716' date='Apr 8 2008, 11:10 PM']I first found here through the for sale forum.[/quote] [quote name='Lenny B' post='172727' date='Apr 8 2008, 11:24 PM']I've bought a bass and sold a bass since I've been on here, but haven't even got round to putting up for sale the other bits i want to shift! Will manage it soon. Bargains guaranteed, step right up, step right up etc.[/quote] People 'may' be missing my point. It is the number/multitude of people coming on here and they launch straight into sale mode. What's wrong with saying 'Hi, this is me'? I was pointed in the direction of this forum (well, actually it was BW at the time) because I was after a particular bass and out of common courtesy I came on and introduce myself, said what I was into and give a bit of history. I then offered to help, (if I could) with anything pertaining to Warwicks, I could equally have come on and said, 'can any body help me I'm interested in...'. This f*ckin society of ours is turning into me me me. OH and I now get to test the chaos theory... If a BCer rants in the BassChat closet (for things best left unsaid) does anyone hear him/her?

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='172671' date='Apr 8 2008, 10:27 PM']sorry, just trying to enhance my post count to look better for selling stuff [/quote] Doesn't count if you bump whilst the thread is in the cupboard

[quote name='haimesy' post='172547' date='Apr 8 2008, 07:44 PM']all i've got is Deutschland No4009001.9-51 and usa/europa & japan numbers on back of cavity plate...does this make any sense?Thanks for your help thought you might be the man in the know...cheers John.[/quote] 'Normally' Warwick serial numbers give a letter (the month it was made A = Jan B = Feb but no use of the letter I) then the serial number (can't recall exactly if this is the number of that model bass made that year) then lastly a pair of digits for the year. Ltd Ed & CS basses differ slightly but the end digits are always the year. Try a quick search through the warwick.de forum and you might uncover the info there. I've only ever owned a couple of the BO basses and TBH I can't recall where the number was but I do know that they guy who bought my Streamer Pro M fretless is local and I need to see him sometime soon, so I'll check out his bass.

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='172535' date='Apr 8 2008, 07:35 PM']I consider myself a noob on here although im "no longer a noob"...just.Ive been on a week or so. What attracted me to BC was the easy going and humerous nature of the forum,these guys are for me i thought,still do. I recently joined the ernie ball forum and was very quickly put-off with the holier than thou attitude from the admin team and some of the members,god forbid you should mention fitting a different make of strings other than slinky's,if you mentioned changing the colour of your scratchplate....well that was it.No talk whatsoever about other company's products or else you recieved a very stern ticking off. Ive been involved with running forums myself and been chair of a club,we found the quickest way to turn people of and make them feel unwelcome was to treat them as lesser because they were noobs.In turn then they feel like the forum is "holier than thou".The way to avoid "bumps" from new members is a simple and polite pm from the team.Its easy for senior members to flag this up or even to send the pm themselves. Give people a chance,treat them the same as everyone else and you'll have good loyal members without the elitist atttude that exists elsewhere. Thanks.[/quote] I agree (almost) completely. I've gone out of my way to welcome folk to the forum, I've given stuff (not sold) to people who've been in a fix (strings, Warwick screws & saddles, jack sockets & plugs) and I'd think that there are a whole heap of other members who would do the same BUT it cuts both ways! Come in pull up a chair, introduce yourself, you don't have to show that you know it all (or anything for that matter) and maybe tell us where abouts you live... perhaps someone might live near you and it'd be a great introduction. MAYBE that kind of info will be useful because if your in a fix someone local might be able to pull you out of the sh*t (dead amp etc) but coming on and diving straight in with 'I've got this for sale' seems a bit 'self-centred' for my personal tastes!

Did you buy your bass new? If not the previous owner may have messed up the saddle inserts. The bridge saddle string guide comes in varying widths (on a 4 string the E & A are the same size as is the D & G... never owned a Warwick 5 so not sure about that). One things for sure if you visit the Warwick.de forum they'd be able to tell you and someone may even be able to help you out 'if' the saddle has been changed.

Just out of interest; why the move?

Try looking in the control cavity... shouldn't be on the top of the headstock (at all) BUT check there just in case.

I don't disagree with any of the responses and all as valid as the last few times this topic has probably come up and I agree that it is up to the individual to sort out whether they are prepared to enter into a transaction with a seller but shouldn't we have a collective responsibility instead of the 'look after #1' mentality that seems to be pervading society? signed Asad Owldhippy

People who sign up just to sell their unused bass, bought in the mistaken belief that it will get them instant R&R fame, has always gone by pretty much unchecked but I'd genuinely like to ask if anyone else feels that all of a sudden we have a glut of peeps joining and doing nothing but advertise their gear?

[quote name='bassaussie' post='172330' date='Apr 8 2008, 03:36 PM']If you look at the way Roger describes what happened, he was modding basses in the late 70s and early 80s, but at that time, he'd tell the guys who came to him to go and find the nicest 60s Jazz they could, then he'd mod/upgrade it. I think he was building full instruments by the early 80s, and also, he stopped recommending that they upgrade 60s Jazzes as he realised he was telling them to basically destroy any vintage value the instrument might have. I'd imagine other builders were doing much the same thing. For instance, Charvel/Jackson were certainly do Fender style basses in the early 80s, and I know Schecter were building similar instruments as well. So you can definitely say that that style of bass existed in the early 80s, and I'd imagine there are probably earlier examples as well.[/quote] That was my view on the manufactured Super-Jazz as opposed to the modded Fender. Does anyone know of any sites that have examples of early production Sadowsky's etc?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='172324' date='Apr 8 2008, 03:31 PM']The classifieds are a major way of generating traffic for the site, especially in search engines, and often how people first get introduced to the forum. Not to mention that some stuff gets advertised here that never makes it to Ebay. I can't see the cause for your concern, can you expand on it?[/quote] Unlike fleabay we have no way of verifying anything about newbie sellers. I'm not about to part with my hard earned to a complete stranger but there may well be a few on here who are a bit less thorough in their vetting of a bass related item or its seller. I'm well aware that there are those who will shout let the buyer be ware etc and tough luck if you're fool enough to part with your dosh without seeing/collecting it BUT we are a bit of a bass community... aren't we?

[quote name='neepheid' post='172322' date='Apr 8 2008, 03:28 PM']Certainly it was in my mind to put a "You could at least have said hello first" type reply.[/quote] You aren't looking hard enough... there's more than one today alone! I'm well aware that we have a choice whether to interact with the sellers but I feel it is a bit rich to steam in and as you say no introduction as to who a seller is and slap a sale up. I'm not saying you have to be a sad owld git like me and waste half your day on here but at least letting us know who you are and allowing people to ascertain how genuine you are seems the least to be expected!