Shockwave

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1413145304' post='2575315'] I saw an interview in AP with Code Orange Kids (as they were then) a year or so back, so I had a listen. I honestly couldn't believe a nice bunch of kids could create something like that. P [/quote] I cant believe that they were writing such amazing, heavy and raw stuff at 17/18 years old. Takes people years to get songs that good. (If your into that sorta thing of course)

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1413144300' post='2575289'] football boots while photographing your bass there? [/quote] I was about to play football in Regents park after, I was in a hurry!

Notch another one up to Laurence and Tom. Bought my second bass from there in 4 months. Lovely 1977 Precision. Spent nearly 2 hours trying around about 20ish basses to find the right one and never felt pressured.

Hey guys. Wunjos does it again with another stunning player. I went in on Saturday to try some basses after selling my custom. Basically trying to get down to one bass for the long haul as buying a house with the girlfriend takes priority. I have a Jon Letts bass coming at some point which I will be selling straight away to put into savings and wanted something Fenderish to tie me over to such a time where I can think about purchasing basses again. Which will be quite a while! I went to Wunjos who have been great to me in recent times, ended up trying a bunch of basses, Fender American Standard Jazz and Jazz Specials, Fender Jaguar American Standard, Fender Troy Sanders Jaguar sig model, Fender Aerodyne jazzes (The new ones). None of them quite had "It" Didn't sound lively enough for me. Best one out of the lot was the Fender Jaguar American Standard. But I was determined to get something simpler that would benefit my band and hamfisted playing. I figured I wanted some of the later RATM Jazz tones, but I just wasn't feeling it. I apologised to the guys in the shop for wasting their busy time on a Saturday and went home. Anyway, that night I was listening to some Code Orange Kids and Realised that this was really the tone I was really after in my band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpVa-x7YndY Having said that, I went back to the shop this morning with my VT Deluxe to plug into, picked up more basses, all P type ones. Fender American Special, 2 Mexican P's with different fingerboard woods, Fender Cabronita, One of the Fender Aerodynes, A Fender Nate Mendal P, A Fender Mexican Classic 50's. Then Tom handed me a Fender 1977 Precision from with the window display, I hadn't considered as it was outside my price range but he insisted I try it. I Abed the old Fender compared to the new ones and the playability was just better on the 77'. The sound was TIGHT but percussive, it brought out the metallic edge that I wanted. I was very impressed, I did have to overspend slightly to get it but I am glad I did. Sure it's not original but I prefer it that way, I would have probably changed a stock one anyway. Out of the basses I tried I liked the sound of of the 50's Mexican P quite a lot, Playability was pretty good too considering the highish action I just couldn't see myself spending that much on something that was not American. The Mexican P with rosewood board was my favourite with regards to price/performance ratio, it blew the American Special out the water. Best bass overall that was not the 77' was the Fender American Standard Jaguar, amazing range of tones and a good price, I would highly recommend anyone to try it out. Biggest disappointment was the Fender Troy Sanders Jaguar and Fender Cabronita, really disliked them, tone which is much too dark for my tastes. So I came home with this lightweight Ash bodied Sunburst Fender. Plays great, Sound is AMAZING. Neck pocket appears tight, not a fan of the Schaller bridge to look at but is very solid and probably a real contributor to the tone. I may change it to a Gotoh 201 at some point but happy with it now. The pickup sounds great so i'll be sticking with it. The best thing about it is that I can just play it really heavy, thrash it and not worry about whether I will ding the finish! I whipped the dosh out and will be collecting it next weekend with a new set of Elixirs, Dunlop straploks and a setup down to the my usual low low low action. Hats off to Tom and Laurence, they let me play through 20+ basses, some of them multiple times through my aboxiously overdriven pedal and I came out with the best I could (Not) Afford. Zero hassle transaction and just kept handing me the basses! I was determined to buy something I tried out properly before handing the cash over. Here are some quick pics at the shop. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/TPvCroW.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1jz1wOE.jpg[/IMG] Having said that, time to start saving money for the future, least I have a lovely bass to keep me company I am really looking forward to throwing this bass about a bit, stickers, possibly jazz pickup... Oooooh fun!

The FSR version I find is much lighter. I have tried 3 of them, Pickups are a bit too polite. Only difference with the ones I played is the scratchplate addition.

Hey guys. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ZsEaB21.jpg[/IMG] My London based Stoner rock band Chinspinner are looking to play our first gig! https://soundcloud.com/chinspinner It’ll be my first time playing and singing the same time as well. We should be able to bring at least a few people. 20ish? The band has been nearly 2 years in the making. Anyway, if anyone can help us out then please get in touch!

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, amp & cab tbc 3. Bluejay - with no fewer than two cameras, and possibly her so far pretty successful - despite being lefty - Warwick Corvette 5 Pro 4. Happy Jack - who knows what I will bring this year? 5.Chris B 6.TheGreek 7. iD Entity - Zon 5, Wal 4, Amp of some kind, a couple fun pedals 8. Bassace: Double Bass and a small amp 9. Walman - some bits to be decided 10. Kiwi 11. Sibob - Whatever I'm using for my gig that night 12. obbm - Sadowskys, Mesa Prodigy, Berg CN212, Mesa Bottle Rocket and some cables 13. StephenY - Alpher Bass #004 and EBS TD650 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision 15.Bottle - mixed bag of goodies, Ibanez, Squier and a bunch of cabs, amps n pedals 16.Macdaddy - possibly Paul the drummer. Will confirm at tonight's gig. 17. Billy Apple. Burman rig and a Ric. Maybe a Squier JV and some other bits 18. Clarky - maybe something DB-ish as my Fender JV Precision is covered by Billy Apple's 19. PTB - MTD 535, Reverend 5, MarkBass combo, any new toys acquired in the meantime 20. ChunkyMunky - Musicman Bongo 4HH, Musicman Bongo LTD '07 HS, MarkBass F1.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]21. Charic - Modded MIM P, ACG 4, Yamaha RBX6JM, Hartke Kilo, Bergantino NV610 + Pedals[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]22. Shockwave - Waghorn RD Artist carved top clone. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]23.[/font][/color]

Still waiting on mine. I paid extra money to get it done as I was sick of waiting about 2 months ago...