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sh*t!

Just down the bloody road from me and I missed it.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1495789896' post='3306568']
I've shared this before, but it still makes me chuckle, so worth a repeat....

Many moons ago my band played a corporate gig at a very sw***y London hotel. The room was an immense space and there were several hundred guests who were dining at these large round tables, which during sound check, were set out beautifully. Full silver service, lovely centre pieces on each table and individual place settings. No expense spared. It had been a particularly early load in and during set up our old singer had wandered around looking at the place settings. Stage time was quite late and as such the singer had sunk quite a few beers by then. In a gap between songs, he starts a dedication to a particular lady at a table in our audience. We look around at each other a little befuddled not thinking he knew anyone at the gig. Once he'd connected with Mrs.Whateverhernamewas on Table 14, he then leads us into the aforementioned song with 'so this one's for Mrs.X 'cos your first name's Sally and you look like a horse - 2,3,4'. I'm not quite sure how we made it through the song.
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Does the swear checker really get triggered by sw***y?

Edit - Blimey! It does!

Active model in French Violet?

Want to get her back..!

Not a fan of headless as a rule but that is rather nice.

Yep BRX is right, trade only, you can get in but you need to know someone who can put you down as 'freelance press' or something to get you a pass.

Warwick has a couple of nice bits again, all out of my price range though.

I sold it on eBay, it doesn't happen to belong to a BC'er does it?!

I do!

The ekanga (black thin) veneers between the neck lamination's and top and body were only being used from about 2000 onwards.

It is certainly Ash back, birdseye maple neck and board and the top? Could be Bubinga pomelle, Cocobolo another good call.

My old bass!

If I had the money...!

Never played either as am a lefty but have handled both and heard both being thoroughly demo'd.

Personally can't see or hear double the price in the Canadian, though I haven't been holding them so perhaps there is a big hand feel difference.

Easy.

VM Jazz bass - £250 ish
Bass floor pod - £100ish on eBay
Pair of Hartke 2x10's - £200 each
Markbass Mini head - £250ish

Few pennies over a grand and you have a lightweight modular gigging rig, a well made quality bass and all the tone shaping you will ever need to play in front of a wedding or pub crowd.

Reminds me of when I got my Fender P.

I had gone through a heap of basses, Japanese P's, Jazz's, Musicman, Warwick and more. Kept finding bits I liked but none that felt right.

As soon as I got my USA Standard P out of the case if felt like home, and once I dropped a Duncan 1/4 pounder in there I had the sound I wanted to the dot.

Not my most expensive but exactly what I wanted. It is a lovely feeling.

I find it really odd they would drop the old one and make the only instrument available the one with the West Ham badge, it is as if they have no idea how militant most English people are over football!

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1429559762' post='2752681']
did you get my pm Tom ol chap?
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Gah, I did but on my phone and then never remembered to log in and reply!

That is a lovely J.

If I was playing even a little bit nowadays I would be interested but beyond my acoustic that I plunk along on every now and then I just don't play enough to justify anything, which is a shame because at the height of my gigging days I would be over this Sterling like a rash.

My Anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns hun.

That is a stonking pair of deals.

Someone rip this mans arm off!

If any BCers happen to me in Manchester and heading to Kent that would do me a pick up I will pay you handsomely in Tea and patch cables for helping me get these!

Some of the earliest Warwicks came with EMG pickups, I have seen a fair few swap out MEC for EMG on newer ones.

When I worked for them we had a lot of requests for Bartolini pickups in the custom shop and put out a fair few special editions with Barts.

That's a brilliant disaster.

£250 then a proper set up to likely replace the nut and you are onto a winner.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1430400260' post='2761033']
If you're referring to me, when you said it I overlooked the motivational issue. I'm human. (As we all are, of course)
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Just found it odd mate! You seemed to miss me saying it when you posted then immediately posted agreeing with BRX who said similar, no offence taken or intended!

I have to jump in here to defend the accusations Behringer use slave labour.

Behringer run a company city in China, cleverly named 'Behringer City' where the staff get free medical care, have access to good quality living accommodation, libraries, public parks and schools for their children. They are paid a reasonable wage for Chinese standards and by all accounts live a nice life.

I priced up a lefty jaguar bass from Warnoth recently, off top of my head the landed price for neck body and all hardware, pups etc was about 800 quid.

Strange how you overlooked my comment earlier about the look of an instrument being important then...

Fit and finish, neck shape, quality of hardware and so on is all vital to an instrument. The woods used are just for show. That is my honest belief and having worked for a range of instrument manufacturers, despite it not being the company accepted viewpoint nor the view of the community at large I have never found any evidence that anything other than pups and pots changes the tone.

Like I said before, I would happily pay a lot for a heavily flamed Warwick Streamer, but make no mistake, I pay that money firstly for the build quality, secondly for the looks. If I just wanted the tone I would buy the MEC J set, the 3 band active EQ and put them into a Squier.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1430305959' post='2760006']
So to clarify your position - the wood makes a difference, but the pickups are not very efficient at allowing that difference through to the amp.

I fully agree that a pickup change can be one of the most dramatic changes in tone. Round strings to flats is another.

But that doesn't mean wood differences aren't there, it's just that the differences are of a smaller magnitude. Those differences are even less noticeable (even pickups and strings) if an amp has such a powerful overbearing voice, like an SVT at full tilt.

If anything that is a failure of the pickup system - failing to fully realise the tonal quality of a particular wood choice.
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No, not at all.

An acoustic instrument is designed from the ground up to amplify itself, in an electric instrument the wood is just a pretty holder for the pickups.

Good find!

My best CrackConverters buy was a Jackson Dinky lefty from the 90's where they were made in Japan, had Duncans and a proper Floyd for £120