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[quote name='haimesy' post='172547' date='Apr 8 2008, 07:44 PM']all i've got is Deutschland No4009001.9-51 and usa/europa & japan numbers on back of cavity plate...does this make any sense?Thanks for your help thought you might be the man in the know...cheers John.[/quote] I think those are patent or part numbers for the cavity plate itself!! on my '97 LX and '02 Infinity, the serial numbers are on the back of the headstock, between the top and bottom rows of tuners...

[quote name='SJA' post='171463' date='Apr 7 2008, 02:26 PM']Private investigations, you mean (is it off Communique?)[/quote] "Love over Gold", innit?

Just go for it and get a twin-neck!!!

[quote name='Ivellias' post='171800' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:50 PM']Hi there, Im interested in a yamaha attitude bass. I was just wondering if it was possible to run both pickups out of one output as im not sure I'll be able to bi-amp it straight away. Anyone able to help?[/quote] Yup. There's a push/pull pot on the "P" volume control that "twins" the outputs via [u]either[/u] of the two output sockets. Any more questions, PM me!

[quote name='Mr Fudge' post='171941' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:49 PM']Serious question? I love my recently acquired maple neck marcus miller jazz. I have a great '97 US jazz with rosewood board and I'm thinking of getting a maple board for it. Its not vintage obviously but is a great bass and I would consider buying a maple board for it. Old or new? any body recommend seller or company? cheers.[/quote] You've several options! i) Get a luthier to re-board your current neck in a material of your choice. It needn't necessarily be Maple or Rosewood. There's Bocate, Wenge, Ebony, Pau Ferro... etc. etc. ii) Purchase a new neck from someone such as Warmoth, Status, Moses and so on. iii) Dig around and see if a second-hand neck crops up, but there may be fitting issues!

I have a '97 LX VI. [b]LX's;[/b] They're all made from 2 pieces of Maple (soft, as opposed to the hard stuff used in necks) They're available in all the usual oil stain colours Warwick killed the model of for a while, but they've recently been re-introduced. The original production run had Wenge necks and fretboards. The newer run has an Ovangkol neck and Wenge fretboard. They all have MEC pick-ups (save for the VI) and MEC 2 band EQ (Bass/Treble, Volume (passive pull-up pot), Pan) The pick-ups vary by number of strings- generally P&J for IVs, J-J for Vs, and Soapbars for the VIs. The Sixers seem to come with Duncan or Bartolini pickups, as MEC didn't make anything that'd fit during the original production period. The Streamer has (and has had) many incarnations, including; The Streamer LX The Streamer Pro "M" The Streamer Jazzman The Streamer Stage 1 The Streamer Stage 2 The Streamer $$ For more info, hit; [url="http://www.warwick.de"]warwick.de[/url] Like all mines of information, you may need to do a little digging! Hope this helps! Alex.

[quote name='bnt' post='171034' date='Apr 6 2008, 10:35 PM']The way I understand it, "hot" is not so much about raw level, but the signal/noise ratio. The original idea behind onboard active circuitry was to boost the signal close to the source, with a short run of wire between pickup and amp, because long cable runs can mean loss of signal while picking up more noise. EMG took that idea to the extreme, putting the preamp inside the pickup casing. Amp boost stages also introduce noise, so a higher low-impedance signal helps minimize noise in that way too.[/quote] I think BNT's got it about right (but OTPJ's remarks about sounds becoming more harsh as the amp's levels rise is relevant, too.) I find [i]some[/i] actives can be a bit "peaky" if their volume control is at 100%. I'm not entirely sure why. Probably because the big peaks from the pick-ups are making it to the (instrument's) pre-amp unhindered, which it then attempts to boost / modify as applicable. Some have trim pots to help match output level (I like these!) My Yamaha, however, has Di Marzios and is passive, yet delivers the same same sort of levels as an 18v active bass... Go figure!

Do they work? [i]Generally[/i], yes. I have two. Both bass versions, and they get swapped around across my collection as the mood takes me. The effects are often quite subtle, but worthwhile. Better sustain Better, more even tone They can help iron out the effects of dead spots. If you have a really "vibrant" sounding (as opposed to dead or dull) instrument, a FatFinger [i]can[/i] kill it a bit. I'll try to summarise the effects across my colection of basses; [b]Better[/b] Vigier - Just deepens and smooths an already excellent tone Yamaha - As per the Vigier. Just makes the enormous bottom end tighter and more controlled Zoot - Mainly improves the sustain Fender - Better all round and improves the dead-spots Squire - In every respect. Warwick IV - Seems to extend the frequency response of the bass to an nearly magical extent! More fundamental output. Better harmonic content and better note definition. Warwick VI - Not much, really, but on a Wenge neck of that size, it's not going to make that much odds, is it?! Ibanez - Tames the aggressive edge this bass adds to every note without robbing it of its energy. [b]Worse[/b] OLP MM3 - Just kills the best bits. Dead. Sounds like you've swapped rounds for (old, dead) flats! Overall, good. Worth taking a chance for £20 or so. If you're not so sure, ask to try one in a shop (it's not all internet, internet, internet, you know!) Give them a whirl. They're not a panacea, but I found one of the guys at the last bash swore by the one on his Deluxe Jazz V. Best on cheap / mid price instruments, but still give an "improvement" on high-end basses. No good on headless basses, mind you

[quote name='karlbbb' post='153290' date='Mar 7 2008, 07:25 PM']Has anyone had any experience with the new 2 pickup OLP's? The MM32 (5 string) looks the mutts nuts and comes in the budget price.[/quote] I tried the OLP MM32 (isn't the 5 string the MM33?) For the £265 they wanted for it, it was really very nice. If it'd had a Maple fretboard, I'd have snapped it up. Plenty of tones on offer, too, so if you wanted to play a different genre of music with it, it could probably accomodate you. (For those of you unfamliar with the 32 & 33, they're Active, Basswood-Bodied Musicman Sabre clones with 2xMM HB and a 3 band EQ, plus a volume control. There's also a 5- way switch which gives you all the coils, the outer coils, the inner coils, Neck HB and Bridge HB.) If you can find one, give it a try. The OLPs I've played have been a pleasant surprise, and certainly match Squier's current offerings (Yes, even the VMs!)

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='168131' date='Apr 2 2008, 07:37 AM']Intonation annoys me... I can't play the harmonics, so I intonate by tuning the open string and then seeing if the 12th fret note is sharp or flat... if sharp, the saddle is moved out a quarter of a turn; if flat, moved in by a quarter turn... retune the open note and try again... It helps a lot having a good chromatic tuner...[/quote] Of the mains powered variety. That you can see from afar without squinting. +1 to Korgs in this respect! Intonation addicts and dusty end surveyors might wish to check their intonation at harmonic 19th vs. fretted 19th and (in extremis) 24th harmonic and 24th fretted. 19th is enough. Although it'll read as a fourth below but 2 octaves up (hence E reads as B and so on!) At least your tuners will register the note swiftlly/accurately at that pitch....

I own a variety of basses from well-respected marques, manufactured in France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the USA, and even England. The biggest surprises? My Squier 70's VMJ with a BadAss II on it, and the OLP MM3 I won in the raffle @ the last bash. Both sport excellent fretwork, stable necks and a better quality of tone than you'd expect from instruments in that price range. In terms of playability, I rate S2 Vigiers very highly now, having played Ped's Passion and the good Doctors' Arpege recently. Awesome.

An excellent day! A big thanks to everyone who organised it and to those who went for helping to make it what it was. Great to see such a big turn out and such an array of phenomenal equipment. I can now put a lot of faces and names to user IDs! A big up to Ped, Luke and the good Doctor for bringing such a raft of Vigier goodness (Still feeling the love, guys - Sorry I missed the group photo!) My surprises of the day- Just how good all of the basses were, particularly the Doctors 30-90 strung Arpege.. How (relatively) high my action is on many of the basses I own (reaches for allen keys) How much people actually liked the Evil Purple Yamaha Attitude... And the fact that I arrived with 4 instruments and left with 5... Thanks to the Raffle. She who must be ignored is not amused (but my daughter loves the colour!) Thanks again everyone...

String winders. I think I have one somewhere. Utterly useless, and they scratch your tuning keys.. I think most of us fall for marketing ploys that tell us we can't survive without such gadgets at some point, particularly when we're new to playing. As you become more experienced, you tend to discard the dross, especially if you play live a lot. It's too much to lug it all around. And this from the man who has TWO FatFingers (except I like the effect they have) Awaits flaming from stringwinder-using FatFinger haters...

[quote name='gary mac' post='164495' date='Mar 27 2008, 02:29 PM']I always do it, after learning the embarassing way, I also take the other end of the lead around/through the side handle on my combo.[/quote] +1. Exactly what I do (live) At home, it's more difficult to run out of cable / yank it out, so I don't bother...

Sorry to say... "Been there, done that, bought the bass!"

Lots of variables here. Too many, in fact, to be able to reach a valid conclusion without a bit of "field-testing"! The numbers alone are not enough. Particularly when we're relying on manufacturers' (notoriously inaccurate) performance figures! Two other BIG contributory factors are Efficiency and Frequency Response. The former can contribute greatly to the perceived volume of any given combination of cabinets, whilst the latter governs the tonal presentation of the ensemble.

Just a quick additional thought (not battery related!) [i]Assuming[/i] that you're going to be outside or in a relatively open space, it may be advantageous to back the PJB up against a wall/large solid object, or better still, in a corner. It'll give a useful boost to the bottom end without pushing the amp harder by EQing it in, and you can control it by moving the amp around a bit. I find that the LF often disappears in big open spaces... Unless you've got a festival's worth of 1M Watt PA!

Well found there, Josh! Not actually quite my cup of tea, though, after all that...

Think I've worked out what the extra stacked pots are for; Piezo Bridge Pick-up... Watch the cost spiral further out of control. Price? New, from the Warwick CS, as it stands? Proabably the better part of £2k.

Generally 40,60,80,100 or 45,65,80,100 for me. I usually opt for 45,65,80,100,125 on 5 strings and 25,45,65,80,100,125 on 6 strings.

That looks a bit Custom Shop to me, using the Streamer $$ model as a base. The body looks like Zebrano under that finish. This has been done for a limited run of 10 before. These had matched headstocks, though, and were natural with black hardware and no Yin/Yang inlays. Furthermore, it [i]looks [/i]like three of the pots are stacked, but what for, I couldn't speculate... The standard set-up is the usual Vol, Pan, Bass, Treble. Even if you twinned Bass & Treble and threw in a Mid level and[i] f[/i] sweep, that'd only make 2 stacked pots... Still think it's a custom job! Edit - Might be heavily grained Ash, actually... In the vein of the Yamaha TRBs.

Not wishing to be nosey, but whereabouts are you located? One of us may be nearby. Sounds like all that's needed is a sympathetic BC'er to have a quick look!

Ummm. That body looks like a Warwick Thumb. Sort of. Not aware of them existing in Zebrano, save in Custom Shoppe guise. Nonetheless, nice body. Beware, that if the body IS modelled on a Thumb BO, they have 26 Frets... And the pick-ups DO need to have blades for pole-pieces in this instance. Sounds like that's covered, though....

Watch. The. Prices. Rise... Until CIJ > MIA