White Cloud

To be honest I have no idea. The seller revealed that he bought it used 16 years ago but wasn't sure of it's exact age. It has been unplayed for a few years, has a little bit of wear, but is in very good condition. Minimal fret-wear etc. Absolutely beautiful bass and the tone is to die for.

Saw it on Gumtree going for a song, made a tentative enquiry ... bang, before you know it, its bought! You know how it is. I'm now the proud owner of a stunning 5 string thru-neck (graphite/flamed maple laminate) Vigier Passion 3. It arrived today after two days in transit (still in tune) and it's a beauty. According to the previous owner there is a connection to Alphonso Johnson (he has provenance via Patrice Vigier). I owned a Vigier Arpege (ex Hue & Cry) back in the 80's but had to sell it to pay bills ... suffice to say, I'm a happy camper.

I've seen LX's with flamed maple bodies however, this one is Cherry. Warwicks seem confusing to me.

Apologies, I dont know what a stage 1 is! I'm not up to speed with Warwicks at all. Are the LX's worthy?

Hmmm, the picture of the headstock says "LX"... confusing!

Hi fellow bass-chatters. Guitar guitar have a nice looking used German Warwick GPS Streamer (Cherry/bubinga/wenge) for sale online @ £849... it's taken my fancy but due to 'geographic misalignment' I cant get hands on before pulling the trigger. In the spirit of this excellent site, are there any Warwick authorities here who could offer opinions on whether or not the price is right, and what I could expect from this model? I've only owned one Warwick before - a lovely Corvette (which I loved). Thanks in advance!

Totally agree. Stunning bass but ugly headstock.

Oh dear, sorry to hear this. The curse of the skinny jazz bass strikes again! Lots of good advice here though.

I'm wondering, for this price how good can a reissue Precision be?

Jimmy Moon... no question. The best.

I totally get this: I was blown away by Jaco's chops when he broke through, and reverred his technical nous. 'Heavy Weather' is in my top 5 albums of all time however, for me, it was always Percy Jones. A total pioneer of explorative, expansive - sometimes left-field - fretless bass... and that right hand technique!!! In fairness, unsolicited, Jaco came upon Percy by chance and heard him playing in the flesh... he had the utmost respect for Percy and his approach.

Beautiful... almost the same as mine!! Killer, elite bass. Congrats.

Beautiful woodwork, congratulations. These will be very nice instruments.

Brilliant basses.. in objective terms arguably Leo's best design... but theres not a lot of cash rich people around right now. The markets not great.

It's actually got nothing to do with being grumpy, old, or a git ... its a microcosmic reflection upon the rapidly declining standards of acceptible behaviour so evident today in our society. Bad manners, rudeness, selfishness and lack of courtesy are blatantly on show like never before (Trump / Westminster anyone?). It might currently be 'on trend' to act in that way however, it remains appalling nonetheless.

In my opinion Fender basses are quite agricultural... in a good way. They are built in a simplistic, yet robust way. Remember, Fenders considered to be 'the best' ever made, are the oldest... often look like they've taken a real beating... but are still going strong! If this bass hasn't been obviously abused then I'm fairly confident that there wont be anything that a good set-up wont put right. The Highway One Fenders have a good reputation, and to the best of my knowledge sell in the UK for between £600 - £700 or so. Good luck.