Kev

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1422127438' post='2669066'] Mind you the fender guitar was a design brief in how to create a cheap, mass produceable guitar.... [/quote] The obvious reasons were the fact it was the first bass, not because of the quality

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1422095306' post='2668581'] I guess what I'm saying is that if I pulled the trigger on such a kit and added high quality hardware is there any reason why it can't be every bit as good as a high end boutique bass? [/quote] So many, many reasons, a lot of which has already been covered in this thread. It is how the wood is worked with by a skilled luthier that sets apart the cheap from the expensive. You could have the finest quality pieces of Ash and Maple in the world with the best hardware, pickups and preamps money can buy, but with all due respect you will not make a bass of Dingwall/Roscoe et al quality. That is why these companies exist, otherwise we would all be doing it People talk about big names selling instrument, but ask yourself how they became big names? Fender, well, for obvious reasons, but the likes of Wal, Dingwall, Roscoe, Fodera, they got their names because of the quality of their work with wood, and not because of the quality of the original planks of wood instead.

A curse, adding my name to this list, as every time I do I end up not making it. Its only a short drive away from me so I may be able to come along, be good to actually make one of these bashes! [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1. Si600 - GK MB500 Fusion, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]2: Roland Rock - Avalon U5, Crown power amp, BF STwin. W&T Ergon and 78P if I get the refin done in time. Some pedals.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]3. tauzero - perm a few from Sei Original, Status Series 1, Antoniotsai, Dean 10-string, Warwick Thumb, Mrs Zero.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]4. Dread Bass - Lefties - ACG 6 and 7 string Recurve S Types, ACG Krell Fretless If Ready, Alembic Epic, Warwick Fortress, Letts 6. Aguilar rig if needed.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]5. seashell - MIM Fender P[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]6. Prime_BASS - whatever bass is the flavour at the time, ACG 33" graft J type.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]7. Len Derby - Yamaha Bex semi acoustic, Roland micocube battery powered practise/busking combo[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]8. Bottle - Modded Ibanez GSR-180, some pedals, Line-6 Combo and the 1x12 + Amp rack[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]9. Marillionred - Warwick Streamer $$5, Warwick Dolphin SN5, Letts fretless 5, Michael Kelly Acoustic 5, Warwick LWA1000, Barefaced Big Baby 2 - and some headphones.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]10. Jabba_the_gut - some of the stuff below....if it's finished in time.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]11. GrammeFriday - MTD 535-24 fretless, MTD Kingston AG5, TC RH750, RS210 and/or RS212.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]12. Kev - Wal MK2, Warwick SSII and some pedals.[/font][/color]

[quote name='Iheartreverb' timestamp='1422106279' post='2668744'] Does this mean there's gonna be an influx of VT Bass's and Sansamp's hitting eBay fairly soon then? [/quote] My VT Bass DI is trembling... Looking forward to trying one of these out. Big footprint, though, and the Scrambler circuit sounds a bit pants from that demo.

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1422058093' post='2668401'] though guitar guitar seem to have an indian soap opera clip for a demo!! WTF! [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/pedals_s_detail.asp?stock=15012215470158"]http://www.guitargui...=15012215470158[/url] [/quote] Best pedal demo video ever.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1421348928' post='2660282'] Speechless. [/quote] Okay, just about recovered enough to speak... ...What in the world! It is a piece of metal! And not even a particularly useful piece of metal looking at it. The way I look at it, there are many die hard Zvex fans out there, and the CEO is shamelessly exploiting that fact. I thought the Woolly Mammoth was a ridiculously overpriced pedal given its simplicity and the ease of cloning it, now that looks a complete bargain....

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1422036656' post='2668114'] For a few seconds you had me thinking they'd re-issued the 4005. [/quote] And me!

They are on preorder everywhere at £1499 if you check online, good price point! Rounded edges = complete win for me, I could be checking one out

There is a set on here for £3k, big money indeed.

[quote name='Turk' timestamp='1421872246' post='2666123'] I have a '99 Streamer Std, with a Basswood body and Wenge neck. Fitted a Badass II bridge and gave the light natural finished body a sanding and stained to match the neck. Quite a light body, so the resulting neck dive was cured with a suede strap. [/quote] Wenge? Awesome! Certainly will be one of very few STD models that has a wenge neck, I did not even realise there was an overlap. Still looks like a Carolena Pine body though, although that could just as easily be another name for Basswood, I have never heard of the stuff other than on Warwick basses! To the OP, £475? If you have played it and it feels great then buy it, however you could find one for less, that is Corvette/Corvette Proline money. But again, if it plays well and you want it then go for it!

And a week in, how is it?

[quote name='Jakester' timestamp='1421854253' post='2665822'] Indeed, though the money part may prove the most problematic! [/quote] What kinda cost are we talking, if you don't mind sharing?

Last time I shipped a bass I had no cardboard box. Instead, I wrapped the hardcase in 4 layers of heavy duty bubble wrap, put the case and wrap into 2 layers of rubble quality bin bags and use a roll of brown tape to seal it all off. safe as houses, arrived perfectly and, unless your a packing properly and suspending the bass case inside the cardboard box, it couldn't have been safer.

I have never owned a Streamer STD and not completely up on them, but what I do know is the bodywood is Carolena in various stains and the neck is Ovankgol. These are made in germany and eventually turned into the Rockbass ranged and moved overseas. Solid basses, built in germany and have identical necks to the higher end Bolt-On Warwick models, great value basses! By Proline you are referring to the Corvette Proline and this is just another instrument in the range. This would have been the entry level Warwick at the time, with the next step up being the Corvette standard.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1421766731' post='2664723'] Lovely addition that Kev. How early is it? [/quote] 1991 model so handmade and armed with a dream of a neck, brass bridge and a slimmer bodyshape, it's great example