warwickhunt Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 (edited) Saw this on eBay and it has to be a stunning example of how you can slash the value of an instrument over night... or in this case, 5 minutes (can't have taken more than that to do all the drilling and chiselling)! Is it me or does the wood arond the battery 'rout' look like chipboard? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ160132065175QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass_W0Q...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Edited June 30, 2007 by warwickhunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Love it! I was especially impressed by his drawing the reader's attention to the minor flaws but omitting the fact that his kid brither clealry took a chisel/spade to the battery compartment! I'm also a bit worried that the holes for the string through bridge might not be all that pretty either. What I always find amazing with such mods is that people seem to assume that removing a lump of wood and sticking in a loose battery in it won't change the tone of the instrument. I saw a PBass recently that had so much wood removed it was probably held together by the strings and pickguard. The guy selling it was talking in terms of 'classic early 70's tone'! Gotta laugh haven't you Chers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 (edited) I personally thought the random staggering of the string ferrules might add a certain something to the tone Oh and I just noticed the saddle adjusters on pic 2 (or possibly not in the case of the E string)... what the feck is going on there! Edited June 29, 2007 by warwickhunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='24958' date='Jun 29 2007, 03:50 PM']I personally thought the random staggering of the string ferrules might add a certain something to the tone Oh and I just noticed the saddle adjusters on pic 2 (or possibly not in the case of the E string)... what the feck is going on there![/quote] Took me a minute to figure out what you were on about, but I concur, how on earth do the saddle adjusters get longer (and therefore, higher) when the saddles are raised higher? It makes no sense :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Gawd, no wonder he's selling it... what a mess ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Oh man, those string retainers have made my day. Can one of the mods make this thread a sticky titled "Don't drink and drill" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='Beedster' post='25074' date='Jun 29 2007, 07:26 PM']Can one of the mods make this thread a sticky titled "Don't drink and drill" [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That's making my eyes water! There must be some sort of law against that! Do you reckon his house is full of insane DIY projects as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='Beedster' post='25074' date='Jun 29 2007, 07:26 PM']Oh man, those string retainers have made my day. Can one of the mods make this thread a sticky titled "Don't drink and drill" [/quote] [b]I may just have to do that ! [/b] What on earth was this person thinking? its a bit like the Fat, bald, tone deaf guy that gets up on karoke and is convinced he sounds like Marti Pellow..... (oooh hang that IS Marti Pellow ) ksmart6052 is obvioulsy convinced he has done worthwile mods to this poor beast whose cries I can hear from Lincoln..! please someone give him £250 so that we can give the poor creature a decent burial........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy316 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Oh dear god! that poor poor thing, somebody should put it out of its misery............... i:e with an axe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 ... and some silly s*d needs to realise that manufacturers probably research the best place to put a strap (base and horn). Added to which this seller also forgets to mention the fact that the A string doesn't seem to want to sit in the saddle! I can't believe he did that on purpose prior to photographing it, check out what it does to the string spacing. Warwicks are about as adjustable as you can get so I can't for the life of me figure that one out. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Warwick-Streamer-Neck-thru-Bass-1988-OHSC_W0QQitemZ120137367441QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Warwick-Stre...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 ^^^ WH, methinks he is a dealer in anything BUT basses and doesnt know that much about them. The fortunate part is that he will ONLY sell to US bidders so some poor mug over there wil have to put it right! Just goes to illustrate how ebay has turned "wannabees" into traders.... Call me old fashioned but I really believe in honesty, if people dont know anything about a subject, they should ADMIT it, because the educated (in this case us here at the happy world of BC ) will soon put them right ....... And egg that is facially applied is not quite as nice as fried, poached, boiled etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 "I've set it up with a low-ish action and good intonation" I'd hate to see his idea of high action - My Cheap Chinese Double bass came with lower action than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 [quote name='The Burpster' post='25228' date='Jun 30 2007, 10:22 AM']^^^ WH, methinks he is a dealer in anything BUT basses and doesnt know that much about them. The fortunate part is that he will ONLY sell to US bidders so some poor mug over there wil have to put it right![/quote] he's an American... the Bass is in America... bit cheeky using the UK ebay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-basser Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='25353' date='Jun 30 2007, 06:30 PM']"I've set it up with a low-ish action and good intonation" I'd hate to see his idea of high action - My Cheap Chinese Double bass came with lower action than that![/quote] my Grind 6 had better action than that wen it came from thomann and as 7string will vouch you could have abseiled from mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Hmm to be fair it might be just cosmetic. The messy routing is under the pickguard and won't be seen, although it is extremely bad. But no - I wouldn't buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='25207' date='Jun 30 2007, 08:43 AM']... and some silly s*d needs to realise that manufacturers probably research the best place to put a strap (base and horn). Added to which this seller also forgets to mention the fact that the A string doesn't seem to want to sit in the saddle! I can't believe he did that on purpose prior to photographing it, check out what it does to the string spacing. Warwicks are about as adjustable as you can get so I can't for the life of me figure that one out. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Warwick-Streamer-Neck-thru-Bass-1988-OHSC_W0QQitemZ120137367441QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Warwick-Stre...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] There is a possibility that the seller slackened the strings to show the wear to the pickup covers, and the A string popped out of the groove. Still, a decent photograph goes a LONG way when selling on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 MB1. Maybe the american guy read the same diy bass book as the scotch guy.the strap holes on the warwick look a little like an aborted attempt at through body stringing?.totally pointless modifications,if you can call them that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='25207' date='Jun 30 2007, 08:43 AM']... and some silly s*d needs to realise that manufacturers probably research the best place to put a strap (base and horn). Added to which this seller also forgets to mention the fact that the A string doesn't seem to want to sit in the saddle! I can't believe he did that on purpose prior to photographing it, check out what it does to the string spacing. Warwicks are about as adjustable as you can get so I can't for the life of me figure that one out. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Warwick-Streamer-Neck-thru-Bass-1988-OHSC_W0QQitemZ120137367441QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Warwick-Stre...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] There is a school of thought that you can get rid of neck dive by moving strap buttons around. It looks as if he/she had four attempts to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 [quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='25443' date='Jun 30 2007, 11:58 PM']There is a school of thought that you can get rid of neck dive by moving strap buttons around. It looks as if he/she had four attempts to do so.[/quote] Good Point - I managed to cure the horrendous neckdive on my thunderbird in a single attempt though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 [quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='25443' date='Jun 30 2007, 11:58 PM']There is a school of thought that you can get rid of neck dive by moving strap buttons around. It looks as if he/she had four attempts to do so.[/quote] Absolutely right and no argument on why you might move the buttons, however 20 years of owning Warwicks and a fair few through my possession and I've [b]never [/b]had a Streamer with any neck dive! You've just got to look at the size of the headstock and tuners on a Warwick and you can see that neck dive is not the reason this plonker (or a previous owner) moved the strap buttons around. Wouldn't be too bad if he'd plugged them neatly with wood instead of Polyfiller/PVA glue and sawdust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 jesus christ that guy may aswell go all the way and paint that f***ing black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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