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My Spector Legend 4 was my first non-very-low-budget bass and has been gigged for about 5-6 years now. I've just acquired a Warwick Corvette Std (from c. 2009, Bubinga body, Ovangkol neck, made in Germany) strung with flats (from a Basschat member). This is a beautiful bass and the neck is definitely slimmer than the Spector.

Which do I prefer? Very hard to say. As they both sound different I tend to alternate - sorry a complete cop out there!

Are we not in danger of identifying bassists not only because of tone/style/sound etc but by the song. To prove the fact I think a blind audition of recordings of all the above playing the same songs in a variety of genres. Then we'd know.

First impressions are excellent. It's strung with flats and has a really deep creamy sound. Very promising!

Just acquired a Warwick Corvette Std from mojobass. Great bass, top bloke and good communications. Everything went very smoothly and I'd definitely buy from him again!

Overly excited as picking up Warwick Corvette today from mojobass. Never owner a Warwick before so much anticipation....



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My Ric 4003 Jetglo

Just behind the bloke on the left standing next to the girl with very short hair

I've three basses all quite different in character. The fretless, a modded RBX270, probably gets the most use as it mostly lives on the stand, then the Overwater Aspiration then the Spector (both in hard cases). It just depends what I feel like.

They all get gigged though.

He certainly had a Rickenbacker on the go plus fuzz pedals and a Shergold but I can't remember what amps he was using. He also used a lot of organ type pedals whilst playing accoustic guitar.

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I might be showing my age here, but that bass reminds me a lot of John Mayall's carved guitar, late '70's era

For those of you who are young John Mayall used to play with Eric Clapton in a blues band called John Mayall and the Bluesbrakers, I think Clapton replaced Peter Green or the other way around, still... bloody good band.
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I used to have one of their LPs it must have been around 1975 or 76 if my (unreliable) memory serves.

I quite liked one I tried, but still settled for a Spector in the end.

I acquired a cheap fretless from evilbay not too long after picking up a bass for the first time, although as a violin player I am not particularly concerned about frets so no major shock. Still takes a bit of getting used to and makes you listen to what you're playing which is good.

I recorded myself playing scales on my fretted bass then played along to that on the fretless to start to stimulate some muscle memory and work on intonation. Never regretted it at all.

My cheap fretless was £90 Yamaha RBX270F/L (lined) now upgraded somewhat as I like the light-weight feel and neck of the RBX.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1369823' date='Sep 11 2011, 08:33 PM']Variable Valve Timing?[/quote]


If only!

Alternatively Volume/Volume/Tone as opposed to Volume/Pup balabce/Tone

30 years of rugby did it for me. I have a dodgy disc in my neck which gives me grief as well as making the middle finger and thumb of my left hand go completely numb without warning which can be exciting.

I spent a bit upgrading my "std" RBX170 F/L and am enjoying the improvements. New pups, bridge and VVT now rather than VBT as it came. Definitely cost more that the bass was worth, but no resale planned so I'm not that bothered.

Smallest c. 5; largest about 150 or so.

Yup, black for me I feel. Kinder to the fuller figure you know.

I voted yes, as I've done it a couple of tomes with no problem. I just expalined to the player in question that if it was not returned to me in the condition that I handed it over I'd rip his head off and sh1t in the hole that was left. Seemed to work, plus we know most of the local bands in any case.

I'm particularly partial to any note I play in tune on my fretless. Although if pushed I'm going to go with F#

I occasionally frequent HW Audio in Bolton. When I first went there to buy my first bass I was fortunate enough to be assisted in this delicate matter by Cam(eron). Top bloke, very patient. In fact I've been to see his band play too (Blind Atlas) as a result of many conversations with him.

I go back reasonably frequently for stuff (as well as gear & supplies for my lads drum kit). I am by nature slow to decide and like to try basses before I part with my hard earned. I have been know to make two or three visits before deciding.

Just bought an LMB-3 pedal from the man. Exactly as described, good comms. etc. Highly delighted.

Purchased a used Tascam Bass Trainer from Him. Posted promptly, plenty of communication, very happy.

Will now have to read the manual

Interesting...but presumably the law of physics still apply in that Energy in = Energy - a few losses e.g. heat.

In other words you double the voltage but half the current that can be drawn by any given pedal.

My first "not-sure-if-I'm-going-to-be-any-good-at-this" bass was a Squire P-bass. This morphed into a used Spector Legend 4 after a few months. I still have and use the Spector. I'm actually not convinced I do anything much different although I have "been through" three other basses until I acquired my OW Aspiration Contemp. J4 which appears to have cured me of GAS.

I would probably not wait quite so long before buying a fretless bass though

I've been spending some quality time with my ODB-3 starting with the guidance on settings received, and I have to say I'm a much happier camper now having dialed in a considerable chunk of lows and backed off the distortion it now sounds 90% of the way to what I want to sound like so thans very much for your guidance cheddatom