LukeFRC

[quote name='Linus27' post='962672' date='Sep 20 2010, 08:17 PM']That Streamer is totally beautiful. Stunning. If I had no basses now and was buying from new I would have it. Simply beautiful and all the reasons why I adore the look of Warwick's.

Have a bump on me.[/quote]

thank you. It is very pretty, I went in a guitar shop in edinburgh today, they had a bolt on neck corvette warwick for £1100.
This is better built I think, through neck, amazing-ness for less than that!

[quote name='PURPOLARIS' post='960800' date='Sep 18 2010, 10:10 PM']Would you be interested in a USA Deluxe Jazz FMT ?[/quote]

in short- no! sorry but I have a real aversion to fancy tops on basses.

i prefered it when it was withdrawn and not teasing me with it's unobtainable beauty.

yeah that post was out of date

[quote name='Truckstop' post='960386' date='Sep 18 2010, 01:59 PM']Stick an extra two strings on it and i'll have it!

Truckstop[/quote]

*eyes up roll of masking tape and some old strings*

easy done!

nice, i just bought number 42. cracking bass

hmmm shameless plug for the 1991 streamer i've just stuck in the for sale section....

NOT FOR SALE ANYMORE!!!!






This thread originally had a valenti in it too, now sold.... so if you're reading something that seems to be talking about a different bass, that's why

[font=Arial Black]Warwick Streamer Stage One 1991[/font]

This bass feels amazing, the feel, the lightness, the woody feel everything. I love it- except the tone... I've played about with it, sorted the setup out and it has that classic warwick tone- and it just doesn't suit me!

It's an early one, this is a good thing, made 1991.
Super thin skinny neck. Jazz type width, slightly thicker than a P bass neck.... this is a slim fast neck, and stays thin all the way down- none of these supposed clubby necks at this vintage
According to the bathroom scales I make it 3.5kg or under 8lb.
I have a tub of bee's wax polish you can have and a warwick gigbag.

The bad points are is it's been well played for 19 years, has the odd scar and rubbed in dark patch- see photos, I prefer that played in feel, other folk want a pristine bass. This isn't pristine, but nither is it abused.
Having been played there is fretwear. I don't need a refret for my playing, you may do. The gallery in camden quoted me £130, for a refret if you think it needs done.

So back up after 6 months and 3 basses later I think this may have to go... trade for some kind of Jazz bass, jazz bass and cash, or before when it was up for sale I was getting offers for around £1000











more photos a post or two down...

[quote name='King Tut' post='955875' date='Sep 14 2010, 11:56 AM']Stacker - they do two models from Japan - I know cos I've got one of each - Fretless Alder - us pups, spiral bridge, vintage reverse tuners and strap peg on the back of the headstock, and a fretted basswood one, jap pups, normal bridge, lightweight tuners, no peg on the back of the headstock one. The alder model is obviously more desirable and a more true to life replica, however the basswood ones can be nice as well.

Col[/quote]


three actually,
the standard one, which isn't a reissue at all, basswood, jap pups, etc etc
the 62RI which is basswood, jap pups and the vintage features like the grounding strip and strap pin on headstock.
and the 62RI-US which has the alder and USA pups as well.

but thats currently and back in the past I've no doubt it was different at various times.

oh and some jap ones have basswood body and jap vintage pups, others have alder body and USA pups.

If they don't have the spiral bridge and the grounding strip it may not be a 62 ri....

Block inlays are later...
the jap 62RI has 3 knobs and no tugbar, look at guitaremporium's site.
The US one has the stack knobs and all the bells and whistles.

Todays observation involves an unknown shop in a unknown city that has a Fender Jazz bass from the 70's. It's more expesnsive than anything post '73 on vintageandrare's website, more than anything fender the gallery have (bar one '73 jazz), and so on....

handily fender at the time were providing a wee gap in the neck pocket between the neck and the body to store a packet of strings or something....

who's going to pay so much for that?

[quote name='cameltoe' post='955466' date='Sep 13 2010, 09:57 PM']I can understand this.

I have a precision, and it's a lovely example, but I still GAS badly for other versions.

I'd love an American Standard. I'd love a older (90's) CIJ Precision,

....BUT I'd sell my gran to get this:[/quote]


i played one in a shop, not a million miles better than the CIJ version I had. Main difference was the finish. My Jap one had a better neck.


and to the OP, if your squier has a good neck just upgrade that. Other wise I doubt it will be that much worse than MIM or whatever.
Otherwise go for a jap fender

a better video [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3DoJZJ-0XI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3DoJZJ-0XI[/url]

a better video

Yeah, found that! I like the way the preamp seems to be add only, it means that set flat it is pretty much the same as disengaged. It's a set up that encourages subtlety. I like it!
May put the old knobs on, I'm not sure if I like the sadowsky type look or the fender type look.

It looks nice, the only thing i hate about the way it looks is the scratchplate, a black one would set it off well though!

so, just in case anyone was wondering I sorted out my wants with a lovely candy apple red valenti jazz that theidontcarebear was selling. Yes yes yes, it's everything I was looking for in terms of tone and feel and everything, not passive but really impressed with the preamp.
Sits in the mix just right and sounds good!

So I'm happy, just need to get nice (thicker) strings on it.

Probably going to end up selling the warwick, though to be honest I may be better keeping it under the bed for a few years then selling it!

Bought Adam's Valenti bass, apart from the fact I think he may have been mad to sell it it was a great sale with a top bloke and he was perfect.
He has a talent for packaging too!
I'm going to stop buying things off basschat now but if I did I wouldn't hesitate in buying or selling something off him.

[quote name='Doctor J' post='950200' date='Sep 9 2010, 08:06 AM']You could just lower the P pickup/raise the J pickup until you find the balance you're looking for.[/quote]

+1

Ampeg SVT (super valve technology)
Catlinbread SFT (super fet technology)

the circuit is pretty close to a early SVT made with FETs not Valves. My home built copy sounds amazing!

[quote name='synthetic' post='949703' date='Sep 8 2010, 06:11 PM']Also, while I'm bombarding with questions

The previous owner had put new strings on just before selling, think he said they were D'Addario. He mentioned they were thicker than the original strings the warwick came with. Would it be best to find out the strings warwick put on as standard or are the D'addarios a good brand to leave on? This is bearing in mind I'm paying to have it setup at the weekend.[/quote]

new strings, you'll be fine.

warwick would probably put warwick strings.

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='949693' date='Sep 8 2010, 06:05 PM']Well, yeah, i'd have to be sure i was acomplished enough to sell an entire collection for one bass.
Otherwise, i'd probably never forgive myself.[/quote]

one bass




and a backup





oh and the fretless








oh and the wife would kill me if i sold that one............

Right I know warwick frets are big and wide and really low, but say you had to have a fret dress, how much metal do you acually need left?
My bass is coming up to its 19th birthday in october and has been played hard.
I remember this coming up before and warwickhunt or someone posted some pics but cant remeber how low they are.
Luke