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[quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1323265682' post='1461225'] Richard may by doing half the gig with it. . . . perhaps! Cheers. [/quote] Before leaving on a stretcher!

Fantastic tone, fantastic playing.

Very nice. I quite like Overwater basses (though generally, they are not for me, at least not enough to make me want to buy one).

In reference to an earlier point, I liked Snakes and Arrows a lot more than I thought I might, though I didn't like it as much as I had hoped I might. Songs like Workin' Them Angels are just fantastic, and 'Hope' is one of my favourite solo pieces of all time. Compare Snakes and Arrows to some of the rubbish they have made like Counterparts and you'll soon realise it's a pretty good record. At least there, they have something to say whereas Counterparts was mostly drossy, naff rock. I think what Rush really need to get back to is great melodies. They need to sit and listen to Hold Your Fire over and over again and really get into those songs, and appreciate the arrangements where every instrument is producing a melody, making a catchy noise and adding to the song. I feel for the past few years they've just thought "lets crank up the gain and thrash something out and see what happens". They need to get back to arranging things, as the stock rock song format for them has become a little tired. They make great rock albums but I firmly believe from the glimmers of brilliance on Snakes and Arrows that they are capable of so much more than just being a great rock band. They've done it in the past.

I don't agree that our sound, as bassists, is too over-processed. In most music, the bass tone is a complete afterthought which is often why it sounds piss poor. Mind you, I do like hearing my basses as opposed to an EQ or an amp. I tend to leave my amp set flat and my bass EQ set flat. If I need to adjust the EQ for compensate for a particular room or venue, I will, but only making minor adjustments. I am not one to go for layers of effects or distortion, just a nice bass tone.

Yep, the colour and grain pattern suggests walnut to me.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1322848145' post='1456697'] I like my warwick. want to put new pickups in it I think. What will as streamer stage 1 sound like with nordies? [/quote] What has it got in now?

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1322829958' post='1456356'] And good news for those of us who don't, as they are all safely incarcerated at Bass Direct. [/quote] Probably good news for most. I call them 'Fender Frighteners', because while a good Warwick isn't too difficult to get hold of, it will knock some run of the mill tat bass like a Fender into a cocked hat with little effort!

I'd love to sit and have a bit of a ditty on one for a few minutes, just to see what it was like.

Which means good news for those of us who like Warwicks, as it means we can get a good deal on them!

No, that article is very old, the bass dates from something like 1990 IIRC? I remember Station Musik in Germany had it for a while.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1322234407' post='1448391'] Given all that I'm quite happy for them to have a "working retirement", having fun producing new stuff and going out to play it even if much of it isn't upto the standard of some of the old stuff. [/quote] I couldn't agree more. I think they've earned the right to do as they please, and we can't be too harsh on them these days for merely turning out albums of good songs, as opposed to their old habits of consistently churning out masterpieces. We're lucky to have them, after all. Just over a decade ago, it looked as though they might have been gone for good, and under a cloud at that.

The hum of the heating system switching on. I'll go to bed soon.

Mypick would be 'How it is' from Vapor Trails. I also reckon it's their best song of the last decade too. The bass part is insistent and driving, yet in the bridge and chorus it backs off and does a wonderful counterpart to the vocal melody. Geddy is really pushing the whole song along, backed by beautiful guitar and drums. If Geddy insists on the flamenco parts, they should be like this. Sadly, although I still love Rush and I enjoy their current output, their music has become a little bit simple. Maybe it's a hangover from Counterparts. They embraced the heavy rock sound on that record and left behind the beautifully arranged, melodic style they had perfected with Hold Your Fire. Since then, they've not got that back. I want Rush to sit down and talk about arranging something, a song that is lengthy and intricate and beautiful. They can still knock out a good riff, but I long for the 'old' Rush, who would write a song that was both catchy and engaging but also very deep, rewarding repeated listens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IDqj0YYa9g

I've always liked the Cirrus basses, ever since I saw Bill Dickens playing one.

I'm not sure. Watching some videos of Felix Pastorius playing at a US Bass Day a few years ago, I was convinced it is not.

Best of luck getting this bass back, it looks like a nice one!