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There's one thing that has always annoyed me about my Gold Warmoth and was something that I did when building it. When I was trying to increase the size of the gap to fit my JAN III, I made a total arse of cutting it. I ended up having to take it to Jimmy Moon in Glasgow to fix it as I had positioned it in the wrong place meaning that the first 5 notes were very badly out of tune with the rest of the bass. He did a great job but those chips next to the nut and more recently the holes left behind after changing from a Hipshot string retainer to standard one are getting more and more annoying. Long before getting the Corvette, I wanted to fill the holes, sand it flat and then paint the headstock black but didn't want to leave myself without a bass. Now I have the Corvette I can take my time doing this. There has also been one thing missing for me as well and that is a logo on the headstock. I don't care that it doesn't say Fender but I really want something on it to identify it as my bass. I have everything I need: Filler, Primer, Black paint, Laquer and a sheet of decal paper. The first thing to do was to remove the strings and neck: These 2 pics show you the holes and the chipped section right next to the the nut. This is what it looks like with the strings and hardware removed. A Full head view After filling the holes and building up the missing portion next to the nut. I'm going to let the filler dry for a bit and while I am doing so, have a go at designing a new logo for the bass.

Tried T-cut back in the day when I were a lad and this used to be all fields. Used a bit too much pressure and rubbed right through the finish to the wood! Whoops

For rock I used to use D'Adddario Chromes. Quite a bit brighter than Thomastik and higher tension as well.

I have a habit of breaking headphones so never go for expensive ones. If you are just looking for something to listen thorough that doesn't need to be perfect state of the art stuff then you could do a lot worse than a set of these: [url="http://www.sony.co.uk/product/hed-home-entertainment/mdr-xd200"]http://www.sony.co.uk/product/hed-home-ent...nment/mdr-xd200[/url] £19 a pair. I use these into my Genz for practicing and used them with my electronic drum kit and they're really good and really comfortable.

Most machinehead dimensions can be found online so if you can take one of your off and measure the thickness of the shaft (ooer missus) etc then have a look at some of the stuff available. there are surprisingly few different sized machineheads in the world. the actual bit you turn may vary but there are only a few different shaft sizes so it should be relatively easy to find something. Off the top of my head, the main ones are the Gotoh GB7 mini tuners which are sealed and attach with one screw at the back a la Warwick and 2 different Fender sized ones - the larger being on most CIJ & MIA Fenders and the others generally on MIM and cheaper CIJ instruments.

Here's a few. Not bass but could be worth a try. [url="http://www.gear4music.com/inventory-detail/index/?int_product_id=8568&gad=COO_5foBEgjUTSM1_6-iXBi0mZL_AyDfv5AR"]http://www.gear4music.com/inventory-detail...Bi0mZL_AyDfv5AR[/url] [url="http://www.gspaudio.co.uk/headphoneamps/voyagerheadphoneamplifier.htm"]http://www.gspaudio.co.uk/headphoneamps/vo...neamplifier.htm[/url] and there's a whole pile of them here: [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/categories~name~Headphone-Amplifiers~ID~86.asp"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/categories~nam...fiers~ID~86.asp[/url] In fact, come to think about it, the mini mixer I'm selling would enable you to do this as well as lots of other stuff. I wouldn't worry about them not being bass specific - I've been using guitar combos for practicing at home since I began playing bass in 1987.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='389591' date='Jan 23 2009, 02:25 PM']Thinking much the same I emailed Sims and asked. If I sent them the neck off mine (graphite bolt-on) they'd install side LED's and send it back leaving me to make 2 simple solder connections and route a battery wire (supplied) into the control cavity - can't remember if a switch was included but the batery clip was. £180 they said.[/quote] Sims have a price list on their website. Its something like £480 to have side and front dots fitted. This includes routing the cable back to the body and putting in a cavity for the battery, switch, etc. If you just send off your neck and do the rest yourself then you get 40% off the total cost. I've often though about it myself but Its definitely a case of picking the bass that is a definite 100% keeper to get it done to. I've gone through far too many basses in the last few years to have even considered getting it done.

I got a rather nice surprise at practice last night. I used to take my own gear but have gotten lazy in my old age so I just take my bass, a strap and a cable. Fair enough I was using my Warwick so it does have a good sound to begin with but I played through an Ashdown Mag 300 15" combo attached to a Peavey 4x10" and it sounded rather good. Not sure which cab I was hearing the most from though. I was sitting down on a very comfy couch with the rig right next to me. Its a times like these that I would like to have a rig capable of reproducing the low end better. I love my Schroeder, its loud and punchy as hell, but I wouldn't mind something now and again that has a bit more bollocks about it.

I'm thinking about doing this with my blue 5 string $$. It has a few scratches. Plenty of times in the past I've got a touch up pen from Halfords and then t-cut it but with a stain its different

One of the older Arias? the neck through jobs Bass Collection and the other generic equivelants

Me likey the sound of this. I have my gold warmoth sitting with no electronics and a large cavity waiting for something to put in it.

Not light but I was using Elites Nathan East sig strings on mine. they have a tapered B string a far as I remember. I normally use Super slinkies on other basses

I vaguley remember someone say that it had a similar neck to the Geddy jazz. I could be making that up. I could in fact, be making everything I ever say up here just to get attention. Ooooh - bed time

Your GK head is plenty loud for any gig situation you may find yourself in provided you have a cab or combination of cabs that are efficient enough to be able to translate the power of the GK to actual sound. As a smart person mentioned previously, a Schroeder 1212L cab combined with this head will give you all the volume you will ever need unless you plan on doing an Isle of White-esque open air concert with no PA. I know this because until a month ago, that's what i used and it never ever let me down. £450 will get you a second hand 1212L cab. They come up every now and again. You're unlikely to get that trouser flapping sensation that you'll likely get with the 6x10" but you do get a lot of volume. I can easily match and overpower (if I wanted to) my guitarist who uses a Peavey 5150 120w valve combo.

Jazz neck, doesn't look like a Jazz and only one single coil pickup

For me it has always been about looks. The vast majority of basses I have owned have been beautiful: whether it was my minty Rick 4003 Blue Boy or 30th anniversary stingray, looks have dominated my decisions. The reason i went with the Gold Warmoth was that I wanted something with every good feature I have had on a bass and make it something amazing to look at. Its very much a 'hey everybody, look at me' kind of bass and was purely intentional as I am a huge show-off. I'm not big headed but I'm not afraid to let people know that i show-off. Ampwise, my recent driving force has been smaller and lighter gear but still powerful to handle gigs with no PA support. When I as young it was all about having what my favourite player at the time had - the black Musicman SR5 and Gallien 800RB during my Flea Phase, Rick 4003 for Yes and so on. Then I decided that I didn't like certain basses so out went Jazzes and for a long time actives as well. It became all about a powerful passive tone which I've also captured on the Warmoth. now and again I'll use an active bass but I'm mainly about passives these days. Right at this minute its all about Warwick basses since acquiring my 5 string $$ Corvette at the weekend. I've owned a Thumb NT5 and couldn't handle the neck dive, the streamer stage I 5 string only comes as a broadneck so I've narrowed down a possible next purchase to either an active bubinga Corvette 5 or a streamer stage II 5 string. This could change in the next couple of weeks. I've always promised myself a Streamer, a Yamaha BB5000a, CAR precision with maple board & a maple board fretless precision. I've been lucky to own every other bass I've ever wanted to own. The thing is that when I'm gigging regularly I'm happy with my gear but the longer the gaps between gigs, the more I start to get restless, possibly due to forgetting how good my gear actually is.

I don't like Jazz basses but even I like this one. Still wouldn't buy one though

some people swear by them, some people swear at them They were the be all and end all not so long ago but now that there are more companies coming out with small heads, there's not as much love for them. nothing wrong with them but it does mean that you are likely to see more of them in the classifieds. You've also got the Genz Benz Shuttles, Gallien Krueger MB2-500, Ashdown Little Giant and a couple of others. I went the Genz route as it sounded the best for what I was looking for, having a variable gain tube preamp.

Yeah, should still have a warranty. If you've checked it with another amp and another bass then I'd get it checked out. May be something simple that's gone wrong. I've heard of people who thought that their cone was blowing only to discover that it was the cable that goes from the driver to the input bumping off the back of the cone. I've never had the back off my own one so don't know what its like back there

After playing my Mahogany Warmoth P, playing the $$ 5 string at the weekend was like having a holiday

I remember reading an interview with Baz in Bassist mag a few years back and he got a pic and a mention in the Fender Bass book. He must be a good age by now. Looking forward to getting a copy of this. Who's going to be selling it?

being perfectly honest, you are unlikely to get anything decent for £50 unless you are very lucky. I did see a Hartke 210 TP cab in Smack Generator for £69. I used to have a similar setup to what you saw. I had a 7210 2x10" Trace combo with a 1048H cab underneath. It produced a healthy amount of bass but required an unhealthy amount of lifting to move the bugger. Tough as nails. the 4x10" survived a drop down a flight of stairs with the guitarist still holding onto it against a wall at the bottom with only a bit of a dent.

It depends on a few things. The sound will change with the number of people in the room and depending on how loud you are, your ears may be telling you that you're not as loud as you were earlier but its really you damaging your ears. If you don't play at your usual level during a sound check then it will sound different during the gig but, yes, it can be caused by a bad sound engineer. I'd check all other options first before accusing him as he has the ability to make you sound sh*t if he wants to

That Yamaha Nathan East is a steal