molan

New Bootsy album coming soon: You can hear Bobby Womack singing on the new single on the album's home page - Don't Take My Funk Away: [url="http://www.bootsyalbum.com/"]http://www.bootsyalbum.com/[/url]

[quote name='Beedster' post='1198528' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:50 PM']OK, I know it's a personal decision, but the latter case is what the feedback thread's for Barrie?[/quote] Yeah I know - I just didn't want to get into a protracted row about it. With hindsight I should have said something as it might have warned others off. I have to own up that a few months later the seller approached me to buy something I owned but hadn't actually put up for sale - I said he could have it for about £200 more than I paid for it (more than twice the price I'd paid) and he took it so I thought I'd kinda got my 'retribution' that way. Not anything I'm particularly proud of though. . .

[quote name='chuck_stones' post='1198565' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:11 PM']Never say never Molan!! I bet you'd nail it if you tried.[/quote] I remember trying it out when the original single was released - I still have it on 12" Interestingly I've just been listening to a view version on YouTube and there's quite a few speed variances kicking around. I've heard this before on YT but never noticed it as obviously as this!

[quote name='iconic' post='1198509' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:32 PM']this is a simpler version [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA...feature=related[/url][/quote] I really like this version! Wish I could play something like this with such a 'fluid' feel but I think it's never gonna happen

[quote name='Johnston' post='1198221' date='Apr 13 2011, 02:41 PM']Can you delete your own thread or does a mod have to do it???[/quote] OK - so I've kept quiet about this, and I'm not going to name any names, but I had something similar happen to me recently with someone deleting their own thread which had no replies. I was offered something for a particular price so I thought I'd try to check out its value. Couldn't find anything similar here so went to Google to see if there was one somewhere else. Lo & behold the first Google listing that came up was for BC. How odd I thought, must have mis-typed the search in BC. I hit the Google link and the thread had disappeared. Went back to Google and looked at the cached version - there was the very same item from the same seller being listed at exactly a quarter of the price he'd just tried to offer it to me at! Needless to say I queried the price and walked away from the deal. Seller said original listing was a 'mistake. but we're talking a pretty big differential here and a completely deleted thread. . . In fact while I'm on the subject, lol. I bought an amp here a while back that had an intermittent hum. It didn't happen when I tested the amp but once it had been on for a while it kicked in really badly. Seller claimed it had never happened to him & I let it ride. I then went searching a few specialist sites to see if i could find out what the problem would be. . . Big surprise - I found a thread from the seller (using the same name as here) on another site explaining the amp had a problem and asking for help. The guys on that site said it sounded a bit nasty and might cost a bit to repair. The seller then openly requested in his thread that the mods delete the thread. They didn't so it was a clear record of what had happened. I took the decision not to get involved in a big hassle and sold the amp to someone who was a decent tech who thought he could fix it himself. Luckily he did so it all worked out Ok. Just goes to show that the old Caveat Emptor ruling definitely applies here as much as anywhere else

The other vid from the same session is good too: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BFpsTGPqm0&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BFpsTGPqm0...feature=related[/url]

[quote name='Toasted' post='1192809' date='Apr 8 2011, 12:50 PM'][url="http://store.aguilaramp.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=700%2D016"]http://store.aguilaramp.com/ProductDetails...tCode=700%2D016[/url] ^ more like that. £300+ is a f***ing joke.[/quote] So that's about £150 - £175 in the UK with shipping and full taxes. Even that's a lot of money for a wooden case with some tiled and handles on it

I thought it was a bit odd that Steve B was the 'house' bass player on the Warwick stand for the entire weekend at Bass Player live in LA last year. He always used his Fender for the gig but was playing through Warwick amps as far as i remember. Personally I prefer the Fender but I can understand that Warwick is more of a 'natural' fit for a 6 string player!

[quote name='Toasted' post='1191784' date='Apr 7 2011, 02:50 PM']You need an aguilar headcase for the DB750 to complete the integrated rig look.[/quote] I am so close to ordering a 'White Hot' headcase for my DB750 to go with my pair of DB112's. I am going for the 'ultimate cheese' look - ought to go perfectly with my funk/soul functions band

Can you sneak one of these back as hand luggage for me please Phil. . .

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1192244' date='Apr 7 2011, 08:56 PM']If you want it to have that Warwick sound and looks whilst being versatile and still able to capture more standard sounds, get the Streamer. If you want it to sound, look and feel like a Warwick with no compromises, get a Thumb. It really is that simple, Streamers obviously do the whole Warwick growl thing, but they're relatively versatile instruments (depending on model of course). Thumbs are the Warwick brand in a bass, everything about them is distilled Warwickness. [/quote] I have to say that I really agree with this. I've owned a mid '80's Thumb and Streamer and, although I quite liked both, the Thumb really summed up the whole Warwick vibe for me. This may sound somewhat 'blasphemous' but if you like the idea/look/feel of a Streamer then i'd definitely check out the 'original' version - a Spector I've owned a few of these & much preferred them to my old Streamer. However - if you fancy a Thumb, then this '87 is rather nice: Not that I'm showing any bias here of course - but you could PM me if you like the look of it. . .