LukeFRC

saw one for £550 last week. And a USA sterling for £450 Wish I had the money!

[quote name='nottswarwick' timestamp='1346282526' post='1787577'] Not tried either. BUT I am a massive Yamaha fan, and have two 6 string guitars. One is a Pacifica 812, decent, but the other is an early 80's SA2000. Everything about this guitar screams quality. It is the best guitar I own, and is worth WAY WAY more than the £700 I gave for it 15 years ago. So, based on this, and the fact that they look the dogs, I would get a 2024/5 in a heartbeat. [/quote] agreed, I looked down a bit at yamahas, since getting my 80s SG400 I don't. To get similar quality secondhand I would have to spend a hell of a lot, and its supposed to be a mid range level!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1346104953' post='1785452'] I love this bass. It's weird. It's only a bass... I have "better" Jazz basses... but it's like meeting an old friend: it may have been a few years since you last met, but after 10 minutes it feels you were never apart. Really at home with it. [/quote] I may have said how a year or so ago I had 3 jazz basses bought and sold.... a FSR Fender 70's reissue, cost a grand secondhand, a good price; a Valenti jazz, was cheap secondhand at 700 and a cimar jazz that cost me 70. I only regret selling one of them. guess which one!

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1346192218' post='1786452'] What Fender make instruments with pre amps when did this happen. Seriously though, I had Warwicks down as having significant bass boost - indeed a fundamental part of the signature sound. [/quote] I had my streamer with a passive pup wired straight to jack. The fundimental bass boost isn't down to the pups or pre

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1346166944' post='1785994'] I don't know why people gripe about MEC electronics, I've always thought they suited the basses very well. I guess because they aren't as high profile as some brand names people think they should replace them with something more famous. Humans. Honestly... [/quote] they are designed for Warwick instruments, and don't do exactly the same things a fender designed preamp will.... most preamps seem to have a bass boost at around 40hz - the MEC is about 100hz... if you're not expecting that it's different. It's got a certain tone you'll either love or hate. They do work well. I like mostly, having said that the pups did get swapped out (I don't like active pups) and the pre may do soon- but more for very specific sound wants rather than there being anything at all wrong with the MEC stuff.

[quote name='SisterAbdullahX' timestamp='1346019634' post='1784275'] What was your opinion? [/quote] I'll PM you the review I did....

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1345969662' post='1783558'] Many and diverse Warwick sounds now but I'd suppose the Streamer tone of Stuart Zender (Streamer Stage I 4 string on the early Jamiroquai albums then a Stage II 5 string) or the sound of a Thumb bass would be the classic Warwick 'Sound of Wood'... in fact I might dig the camera out and do a quick recording of my SSI. [/quote] please. While It's out do a few wicks

I played one of these in a shop last Mon to write a review for musicman20 who was interested in an opinion.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1345897539' post='1782858'] So you were running the Barts with no preamp at all? I've been thinking of trying this with my fretless Zon. [/quote] yeah, despite everything I read saying they would be too low a signal it sounded great. Is that low z or something to do with loading the pickup vs the resitance of the pots and input value of the MEC pre.

So back at christmas I got given some money and picked up a set of Bart pickups and a glockenklang preamp off here for my warwick. Stuck them in... and it was great- the tone I wanted from my bass!.... with the preamp flat or in passive... the Eq points on the Glock were a useless match for the Warwick. (there was also a massive volume drop in the centre blend position - so the preamp got sold, and I started saving up for an expensive one.... so my bass was sat there with no preamp, and no knobs. Eventually I got fed up and hooked it up, wiring the neck pup up straight to jack. I could open it up and hook the bridge pup on too for both of them if I wanted. And that's how I've been playing my bass since! (it looks a bit silly with no knobs) So after saving for the new pup a few times and spending the money (I got engaged!) I decided this week enough was enough- and bought a nice bourns 250k Ohm MN blend pot and wired it all up.... and it is great to have a bass with pots! and no volume drop with this pot but I've got so used to the striaght to jack sound, which I like, that it sounds like my bass has caught a cold!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1345838474' post='1782364'] i beg to differ.... this thread about a natural growl from a stock instrument.... i doubt you could get a proper growl from a P bass with any natural eq setting... through effects yes... [/quote] my P bass growls if you hit the strings right... but what I think of growl and you may differ

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1345834247' post='1782307'] Unfortunately not. It's Beeston near Nottingham, so sort of a local gig for us. We'd be happy to come to Leeds - we've played at Milo a couple of times and really liked it. Do you know of any other venues that would be up for a bit of Terrortone mayhem? [/quote] I've only just moved here! I don't even know if I would be up for a bit of Terrotone mayhem, I heard people spontaneously and orgasmicaly exploded once when you played, body parts everywhere

not beeston in leeds near where I live then?

but isn't that what happens? you get custom instruments and suddenly people want (or are being sold) AAA tops and what not, and this added and that and .... you notice how often very little is about the tone of the thing? If I had a custom bass made it would have a one wood body and be simple looking.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1345565254' post='1778938'] I've said it before, but I think there's a characteristic of the B&O modules these amps use, either tonal or dynamic, that doesn't sit right with me. I can't quite put my finger on it. [/quote] I was about to reply and agree when I thought of something... that Bigredx brought up... but are they all the same... and also do they all map the power out in the same way? We can tell from the whole TC RH450 not being 450 that there is some pretty clever stuff going on in the design of these amps, so I'm thinking not all of them will approach it the same way.... but as BigRedx says- why are we presuming they all use the same unit (though they may be) I never liked the sound of Markbass, no idea why but I put that down to the sound of the amp rather than the power unit. The TC electronics stuff I tried just had a load of compression going on it felt like... again is that the amp? My puma 1000.... I like. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1345569880' post='1778989'] Surely not all class D amps use the same power module? IMO class D amps are just like any other - some are right for you some aren't. I've owned three, two of them were pretty underwhelming (Ashdown Superfly and a 500+500W power amp). However the one I have now -Tech Soundsystems Black Cat) is the best sounding bass amp I've ever owned. It brings out the individuality of each bass while adding something to make them all sound great. And just to prove that we are all different, there's a GK amp at the rehearsal rooms I sometimes use and it's the only amp there that I have been unable to get a sound I liked out of. [/quote] Maybe tecamp use a different modual - or know how to use it well. I find similar with my Puma 1000. Great wee compressor on it too.

legend has it that the EU wanted to move towards a standard design for plugs. They did a study and it turned out that our UK ones were the safest by quite a long way. The french were not pleased and the idea of a play standard based on the safest option got dropped.... might be just legend!

ukrainian and turkish built basses!

http://www.grandmasterguitars.com/

well you're never going to buy a steinburger

[quote name='krysh' timestamp='1339180630' post='1685080'] so here is my couple: 2004 seibass jazz 5 (thanks dave) and my just completed frankenjazz: shuker geddy lee neck (thanks andy) early 80ies ESP custom ash body and nordstrand js4se (thanks other dave): [/quote] If I had to design my dream bass it would be like that one (maybe without your web addy!) red body, maple neck and nordies!

[quote name='debwilliams' timestamp='1345586081' post='1779257'] I'll do both of those - I'm hoping that it will work just as well with Gentleman Jack / JD or Jamesons? Many thanks [/quote] well you'll have to use an extra 'e' to describe your technique on here.... but it could work

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1345584622' post='1779229'] Does anybody have any experience with this Overwater Aspiration - it even has J/J p/ups. If they are anything like the rest of the range they will be excellent value at £230. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Overwater-Aspiration-Standard-4-String-Bass-Guitar-in-Metallic-Red-/150875736812?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2320e50aec"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2320e50aec[/url] [/quote] looked at it in shop. rolled fingerboard which the more expensive tangle woods didn't have. Didn't play it though- did look good