Linus27

Thanks everyone for the help and advice. I would sure love that Fender Power Jazz Special thats come up for sale. However, I have just bought a German made Warwick Streamer Jazzman Fretless so this will have to do for now. So for now the all black fretless will have to go on hold until I get GAS again. Probably early to mid next week

[quote name='mybass' post='1275819' date='Jun 20 2011, 12:44 PM']I tried one a few years back (in Italy). If my memory is working well, it was a larger to handle body than it had looked in any photo I had previously seen, well made but I wasn't completely taken on the acoustic sound. However that is one of the main 'problems' when trying out acoustic basses unplugged. I've played an old Washburn fretless AB20 for 15 years so I am more comfortable with this bass anyway.[/quote] Do you still have your Washburn AB20 Fretless?

Good luck Alex, hope you have a great day. I don't think I can make it as its quite a trip for me from Camberley. I must say though, I do want that Lakland Darryl Jones in natural that you have in store

I want that natural Darryl Jones Lakland thats hanging up

So is there anywhere in Europe that sell Warwick's and will ship to the UK? Thomman do but they have quite a small range of Warwick Streamers and no fretless models. Anyone else sell them in Europe?

Elites is all I use and have done for 20 years or so. My Warwick did have some Warwick Black labels string on which sounded great. I did try some Rotosounds on my Precision after speaking to Derek Forbes but I hated them and put the Elites back on.

[quote name='Bankai' post='1273071' date='Jun 17 2011, 07:13 PM']I think anybody who would have wanted to, will have read my post by now so I have removed it, for what I hope would be obvious reasons seeing as this page will appear in public and I'm not a spokeperson or something like that. Once again, apologies as I know it is frustrating [/quote] Totally understand Alex. Hope you get your thing sorted and we can have a BC band night somewhere.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1271567' date='Jun 16 2011, 02:43 PM']Ditto. However, the three basschat bands idea sounds good. My band (see my sig) are also keen for many gigs in coming months, so we would happy to join any possible bill at the Barbican venue, that'd make it 4 BC bands! PM me if you're interested![/quote] My band are also up for any gigs. Please note we are an acoustic band, a bit like an MTV Unplugged type thing playing original songs with a sort of catchy Motown feel. Still that would make it 5 BC bands

Bassic cables from OBBM here also. Never had a problem with cables I have bought from him and they are still going strong. Dave is also a really nice guy. Highly recommended.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1270200' date='Jun 15 2011, 03:04 PM']She must be hot [/quote] Dave, I've got that outfit

[quote name='NickH' post='1270105' date='Jun 15 2011, 01:53 PM']Well if that's the criteria - Hilary Woods of JJ72 [/quote] OOOOHHHH yes yes yes. Still don't understand why she just turned her back on music.

Mine would be Amanda Tannen. No idea what her playing is like but I like the look of her

Oh my god, I have never heard anything so terrible. Listen to it again but with your eyes closed. It just sounds like someone bashing some metal. No melody, groove, tune, just lots of metalic clanking sound. Totally pointless and not an ounce of music to be heard. Awful.

LukeFRC, did you ever sell your Warwick?

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1268513' date='Jun 14 2011, 12:25 PM']Hmm, not sure why I associate nu-metal with Warwick, but anything slightly metal/small bodied tends to be what I think of when it comes to nu-metal. The only good band from that lot is The Deftones, and they got tarred with the brush of nu-metal when they are in fact just a great melodic metal/rock band who continue to do their own thing. I couldnt/cant stand nu-metal...still makes me cringe now.[/quote] I have no idea what nu metal is

I still want a Streamer LX 4 fretless though but I might have to go second hand which is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack

Linkin Park/Dave Farrell uses Stingrays. Usually 4 string but 5 also.

Thanks guys, interesting, I wonder why Warwick are going down this route. I can't see the logic in it as they are pushing themselves out of the market.

I have asked a couple of supplies, GAK for example to see if they can get me a Warwick Streamer LX4 fretless and they are saying they can no longer get them. I also noticed that a lot of other suppliers, for example Andertons are no longer stocking Warwick's apart from maybe the odd Rockbass. Its becoming harder and harder to find Warwick's in this country. Is this because they are just getting far too expensive for retailers to buy?

[quote name='WinterMute' post='1265878' date='Jun 12 2011, 11:44 AM']Geddy Lee says if you play fast enough it doesn't matter..... [/quote] Thats actually quite true. I have some really busy melodic bass lines that in my head would be harder and more prone to be out of tune on a fretless but I find I play them more in tune than the bass lines with fewer notes and more space. I put it down to get getting on with it and playing naturally where as the few notes bass lines I tend to over think more.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1265109' date='Jun 11 2011, 04:58 PM']I sometimes play fretless with a lap steel player. Some people would say that we are sometimes sharp or flat to each other. We prefer to call it spicy. [/quote] HAHAHAHA I love that, we prefer to call it Spicey. I am so going to use that.

Hey guys, I said I would let you know how my gig went at the Epson venue so here goes. In the 23 years of gigging doing hundreds of gigs, last night was the first gig that I have walk out on. We were told to get to the venue at 8pm for a 9pm sound check. We arrived at the venue to find it all closed. We awaited outside and at 8.45pm a guy arrived to open up. He said, you lot are early, we don't open until 9pm to which we told him what we were told timings wise. He then said ah yes, slight problem, we have no soundman for tonight, I have asked a mate to come down but he can't make it until 11pm. He offered to set us up but said he's only done a very basic sound course many many years ago and not sure where everything is. We also asked about other bands which he replied that there should had been but not any more, so its just you guys. So at this point a few alarm bells were ringing. We enter the venue and it is tiny and a total dump. The floor is all sticky from spilt beer and nothing has been cleaned or tidied from the previous night. We asked about the holes punched in the walls and he said that was from a fight they had last night. The stage was probably about the size of a drum riser. There were some amps on stage which I said we won't need so they can be moved to make more space. The guy said we can't move them as during last nights fight one of the wall socket boxes got kicked off, exposing all the wires so its hidden behind these amps but I can plug into the one next to it So at this stage we were really losing faith but stuck with it but then found out that they only had a couple of microphones and two DI boxes so we could not really set up and play anyway. We have four vocals but can get away with three but they only had two. At this stage we told the guy to forget it. What was also really annoying was part of the deal was that we had to do our own posters so they could promote us in the venue and around the town. They had to be good quality as well as a PDF to be put on the website. As you can probably guess, not a single poster advertising us was up in the venue and the gig was only put up on the website the morning of the gig. So no promotion or effort from the promotor or venue. After speaking to the guy who opened up, we got the general feeling that there is a difference of opinion between the owners/promotors of the venues and no one is communicating to each other which probably explains why none of you have had any replies to your emails. The Epson venue was also the original venue but has now been forgotten about. Plus its where everyone goes after Weatherspoons kicks out and is a rough old dive. The guy that booked us was Tristan but again we got the impression from the guy that he is very flakey and not really in charge. He was also the one who insisted we did the posters and sent them to his home address but had clearly done nothing with them or to promote us. So, anyone looking to get gigs, I would be very very cautious as if the management are in disputes and not communicating, you may find yourself having a wasted trip, especially if some of you would have to travel far like BigRedX. I have no idea what the Barbican venue is like but I did not get a positive impression about the whole setup. Plus our experience of this Tristan guy was not at all positive. Good Luck guys.