White Cloud

Yup....guilty as charged. I warble and pluck simultaneously.

New packaging....same old strings. Great for one gig.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1440244746' post='2849313'] I use stringbusters.com, good service and I think they're generally cheaper than Strings Direct. [/quote] Me too...great company!

My thoughts on this are that your thoughts on this are accurate. You are the CEO of your life...you can evaluate, promote, demote and terminate the contracts of those in it as you choose. I suggest you now choose.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1439727796' post='2845231'] I totally agree - and have recently begun to do so (again) after a relatively long period of trying out many different basses. It's been a fun and interesting experience though, and at no point did I ever think I'd find a bass that would magically make me a better player, or would increase the size of my gonads. The conclusion I've come to is, that by and large most bass guitars sound pretty much the same when they're in the mix, and if you can pick out what the bass is doing it's probably too loud or you're playing it wrong. *Runs away* [/quote] I wholeheartedly agree. This place is infected with an unhealthy, rampant GAS virus that seems to infect most. The key word being "unhealthy" - as demonstrated by the OP's statement "Why am I never happy?"

Here is my perspective - I find that it is better to concentrate on playing than to obsess about instruments...I enjoy making music and am therefore "happy". The name playing the instrument is more important than the name on the headstock.

That is going to be really nice.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1438811163' post='2837704'] When checking out a bass one needs to stop thinking one is being tested. The bass is being tested not you. Don't perform. Play every note on every string, Play octaves, play fifths. Use different pickups, play with the tone controls. Etc.etc. [/quote] Very sound advice.

Always a pleasure watching you work!

Very sad, a really great entertainer

[quote name='Joebethell' timestamp='1438340765' post='2833677'] It's really hard to make out but could it be something like an Alembic? As the head stock seems to be this shape? [url="http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/51907.jpg"]http://alembic.com/c...s/394/51907.jpg[/url] [/quote] I'm not quite sure what it is but it is absolutely not an Alembic.

Nice job once again. Kudos to you.

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1438244982' post='2832771'] The jazz feels and balance way much better then a warwick in my opinion. [/quote] Totally disagree with this generalised opinion - it is contrary to my own experiences. I thoroughly recommend you actually try a Streamer in the flesh...then you will know.

Well done you! I advised you to send it back in the original thread, but am now more than happy to eat my words. Great job.

Fantastic basses, well done!

A dog is a dog, pretty or not - send it back and don't entertain the thoughts you have to fixing it up.

Brand new Wal custom for £500 ........it was however 1986 and the equivalent of a new car. Bah!

Good decision. The neck on my 5 string Ibanez SR Premium (with graphite rods) is the stablest neck I have ever owned. Brilliant basses.

Congrats. I have gigged my SR1205 extensively for over three years...brilliant basses.