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  1. Id suggest you try cleaning it before doing that, as all youll be doing is locking the grime in. Very fine grade wire wool works a treat.
  2. Yup, standard MEC gold pickups and preamps, but doubt you'll get a 3 band on a GPS, likely just 2
  3. It gets messy. GPS are the budget german built basses, previously built in Korea. No brass, cheaper woods etc. Build quality will still be excellent, but the 2006 model was top of the range at the time. Id go for the GPS, but only if its priced well.
  4. I'd actually expand on a direct answer to the OP and say they really upped their game with the 2013 instruments. They brought back wenge alongside the IFT and luminescent dots, thinner neck, state of the art machinery and a real reduction in number of top end basses due really made a difference, the new instruments are as high quality as anything available. The vintage have their handmade charm and I love them, but the standards of the new basses are very, very high.
  5. Anything early 00s and I'll easily believe it, but the removable truss rod instruments, I could always easily get back bow so relief would never have been an issue, possibly fret issue or some qc with bridge depth?
  6. Interesting. My thumb can get ridiculously low, far lower than I could be comfortable playing! They are a bit different to set up right, particularly the older ones.
  7. Id change the range 1997 - 2009 There were some gems made during that time, but all the stereotype negatives come from basses built during this time, especially early 00s. Baseball bats, bendy necks, ridiculous nut designs, neck dive etc . All things the vintage golden era models and new models do not suffer from!
  8. Description updated (thanks Dyersave for clarifying a few more things!). 😁
  9. Have a bump for a stunning instrument!!
  10. GAS for a bass I can't have is fecking ANNOYING 😂

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    2. HazBeen

      HazBeen

      Knew it.... 

    3. Dood

      Dood

      Yeah I'm working through this too.. though I feel I may suffer the consequences through future bread and water sustenance! 

    4. Marc S

      Marc S

      GAS is indeed annoying - but it keeps my salivary glands in good working order :)

  11. One direction we have taken so far is to post images of basses in the classifieds we find are particularly attractive or interesting, so you may even get a little cheeky free promotion!
  12. Really love to try a team built model, look like a nice upgrade from the Korean. Is that a Cherry body as well? 😁 GLWTS
  13. Ahh, thank you my friend. Straight from the horses mouth 😁 1988 or 1989 would be a good approximation, based on hardware, pickups and other such nuances. 1988 is my birth year so iv tended to want to believe that instead anyway 😂
  14. Thanks 😁 I should add, I wouldn't rule out trades, but cash is what I'm trying to raise here. Any more specific pics please ask 🙂.
  15. Now £950! 1988 vintage Warwick Streamer bass in a stunning gloss white finish. Overall in really good condition, bit of finish wear on fret edges but only minor cosmetic stuff. Full disclosure, the bass at some point in its life suffered the somewhat legendary neck crack at the truss rod anchor point. This one was minor, fully glued and repaired and stronger than ever, mostly hidden by refinish but can still be seen. Neck straight as an arrow and truss is sound and adjustable, entirely cosmetic now. Bass is a beaut, fine example of a vintage Streamer, huge sound, lightweight and perfect balance. Year is approx based on spec, like many gloss finished Wicks from the era, this had no serial number originally. It could be a late 87 or early 89, so in the middle 88 is a good shout. This has all the desirable features, with the original EMG pickups, wenge/maple neck and flamed maple body (not that the flame is visible!). Frets have plenty of life, MEC 2 band replaced with another at some point by previous owner, who also shot - blasted the originall tarnished gold hardware to give it a really cool satin chrome with a hint of gold look. May benefit a little from a setup but that's being picky! Weight approx 8 1/2 LB. Recorded with the bass earlier this year, can be heard on the track Secrets: https://cenfora.bandcamp.com/track/secrets Comes with Warwick gig bag. Exceptional bass, priced accordingly to its condition, in reality worth a helluva lot more 😁
  16. Haters gonna hate
  17. You just wait until you see what is coming, all very exciting stuff
  18. Much want, much need!
  19. Fancy some new music? 

     

  20. My band have released their debut album The Progening. I only joined the band in May, so I'm ecstatic that we have moved so fast and got a record out with my playing on it so quickly! Bandcamp: http://cenfora.bandcamp.com https://www.cenfora.co.uk/music All tracks feature my Warwick Basses and Darkglass preamps, mix is guitar heavy by the very nature of the music, but I'm quite pleased on how I am sitting. http://www.facebook.com/cenfora http://www.instagram.com/cenfora http://www.instagram.com/bassmankevin Please subscribe and I'll link the album in here ASAP!
  21. My band Cenfora are launching their debut album this weekend at Route Forty-Four on Birmingham, with a rather tasty line up if you know the midlands metal scene Would be AWESOME to see some of you come down and watch the show and hey, maybe you'll enjoy it enough to buy a record! Warwick basses and Darkglass distortion aplenty. https://www.facebook.com/events/596216320757234/?ti=cl
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  22. My guess this is an MEC 3 band fitted in the nineties at some point. They just didn't exist in the eighties. Its not unusual, iv had an eighties two band fail on me, and my 88 Streamer has a nineties MEC pre fitted too.
  23. Gorgeous example and arguably the best year for these basses. Very, very good price too! Re pre, if it is original it would have been custom order. If its MEC, it won't be original as the 3 band eq didn't exist in the eighties I don't believe.
  24. Ill always try to support smaller UK Businesses wherever I can After trying it at the show (they had a demo bass, combo and headphones) I was blown away by its warmth and ambience and now I have one it just inspires me to make music. Analog, super simple and goes from subtle echo to self oscillation, I love it. I didn't think Tap Tempo and storing setting were common features on analog delays (in fact, use of either would surely require digital circuitry) and for me digital doesn't come close to the warmth and lofi-ness of analog.
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