GregBass

A great starting point is to build your own bass from parts. There are often bodies, necks and hardware for sale on here - try buying the bits and building something - it will give you an appreciation of what's involved. Then you can progress onto making your own bodies and necks. It all sounds so simple ........

Graham bought a pair of Celestion speakers from me. He paid promptly and kept up an informative dialog until the speakers were installed and working. Top man - deal with him in confidence! Greg

I upgraded my Mexican P with a US original pickup that I bought on here - and the difference was stunning. +1 for the Fender

I always played Ricks until I bought a Warwick from BC's own Jigster. A bit of fiddling later and I have a bastardised Warwick active that is now my go to bass - but I also play my Precision or Jazz for a few songs each gig. Bass players who have seen me before and come to gigs now ask how I make both the Warwick and the P or J sound like my Rick. Maybe John Hall will be trying to patent my fingers? The upshot is: whatever floats your boat. There is not necessarily "better", just "I like ......".

If you are really considering a cheap Warwick, I could be persuaded to part with my Rockbass Streamer 5. It would be well within your budget too

Ziphoblat - I have a mix n match Corvette Standard with a gorgeous slim neck from a 1997. I think they used slim necks till around 2000, then moved to the clubbier ones that are standard now.

I use a Peavey Tour 700 in a Warwick 2U rack and have never had a problem, so you should be fine with something similar.

I think you need to send it over to me immediately so that I can do a full appraisal. Looks stunning!!

I have run 16 ohm cabs with no problem. I would suggest that rewiring the cabs is the best option - then you can use standard speaker leads to connect them. The less complication you have when setting up for a gig, the better, so I would keep it as standard as possible.

If you decide you don't like it and want to move it on, drop me a line It looks gorgeous.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370523860' post='2102160'] Would that level of customer service make you more disposed to spend your money with Hiscox in future if you need another case ? [/quote] Indeed it did, Dingus. All my gigging basses and guitars now leave home in Hiscox cases.

He should take lessons from those nice people at Hiscox cases. I recently bought one, but my Warwick was just a bit too small and rattled around in it. I mailed Hiscox support, and within 10 minutes someone called me on my mobile. He took the details and asked me to leave it with him. Two days later, four pads dropped through my door - and they were even the right colour match for the case lining. No charge - not even for the postage.

If the minimum ohm load is 4 ohms, you can use any combination of cabs that gives a total impedance of 4 ohms or more. One 8 ohm cab is fine - in fact you could put two in parallel to give you the 4 ohms.

Thanks Rev - that corresponds with what I have picked up from private messages.

Hello everyone I have been offered an old Japanese Bass Collection JZ Series 4 string fretless, and don't have a clue about its value. Can anyone help? It is active with gold hardware. A pretty decent looking 3 tone sunburst, with a wooden scratchplate. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Greg

You could also take a look at the Peavey Tour series. I have been using a Tour 700 for a while now, and prefer it to my Genz Benz Shuttle (which is for sale if anyone is interested). Peavey Tours pop up for reasonable prices on here and ebay.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1367311458' post='2063914'] The original question there at the top of your browser window says: "Do precisions really work in any music?" and as has been demonstrated in the course of this thread there are plenty of pieces of music that have absolutely no place of an electric stringed bass instrument of any kind, whether it's a Precision or any other bass guitar. Therefore the answer is most definitely "NO". [/quote] Surely not playing a Precision in those pieces would work just as well as not playing any other bass - or even any other instrument not present in the piece? Just because a composer omits a part for an instrument, it does not show that the instrument could not have worked if desired?

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1367159480' post='2061892'] Unless that's a Fender Precision he's playing then it's a no. [media]http://youtu.be/0M3YFK3sJ54[/media] [/quote] A Pecision can handle all the bass guitar content of that, I'm sure

I bought a 2005 active off ebay for around 400, but also bought a 1997 passive on here for 260. I managed to build one quality bass from the two.

OK, it's not the worst amp that I have ever used but the biggest disappointment to me has been a Genz Benz Streamliner 9.0. I plugged it into my Markbass cabs, and it was loud but unremarkable. I was expecting something really hot, but got less of everything than my Peavey Tour 700 gave. There was no depth, no crisp top - just lots of sound. I have now gone back to the Peavey - anyone want to buy a GB?

It all depends what you want. I have just bought a GB Shuttle 9.0, and found that it doesn't have the depth I'm looking for, so I'm going back to my trusty Peavey Tour 700. If you want to try out the Shuttle, give me a shout.