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[quote name='peted' post='473552' date='Apr 27 2009, 05:49 PM']EDIT: OMG!!! I've just had a look at that official price list and the Thumb 4 NT is now RRP'd at £3209!!!!! They must have started using pure platinum for the truss rod or something.[/quote] Don't get me wrong I love my Thumb but that is crazy money. Halve it and it would be more realistic.

[quote name='teejfunkymonk' post='473470' date='Apr 27 2009, 04:31 PM']Im after a new THRU neck dude! Does £1999 sound like a good price? [/quote] Bear in mind that used prices on Warwicks at the moment are really deflated. Must be a demand thing, I don't know, but I wouldn't buy a brand new one because you will lose a lot of that value if you later decide to sell it on. I bought my Thumb (neck-thru, 4-banger like the one you're after) for under £700 on eBay and that wasn't a flukey result. They tend to sell around that price on here too.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='472994' date='Apr 26 2009, 10:56 PM']sounds like a cause for celebration to me! [/quote] +1 Last ace cheap bass I found was in the early '90s, Yamaha RBX thing, passive, P+J, satin neck, maple board, standard stuff but it was bloody brilliant. I bought it new and eventually sold it back to the same shop I bought it from for more than I'd originally paid for it. If that's the one you like then buy it.

[quote name='Pookus' post='472809' date='Apr 26 2009, 06:02 PM']I like it Listen to this too [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VipwpVmZ89w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VipwpVmZ89w[/url] its Mike Watt with a heavily modified sound.[/quote] He looks weird without the facial hair. He should also reproduce with [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0CJqMK6f0"]Kim Deal[/url] so we can find out how amazing their lovechild bassist would be.

The FX loop is for losers who buy rack-mounted digital effects. And it's for the brilliant people who buy them, too. Just in case I upset any losers. I should stop coming here when I'm on the wine...

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='472392' date='Apr 25 2009, 09:34 PM'][url="http://www.stringbusters.co.uk"]Stringbusters![/url][/quote] Ooh, el cheapio. Thanks v. much. Believe it or not in 20 years of playing I've never strung a bass with flats. I'm quite excited.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='472915' date='Apr 26 2009, 08:24 PM']All these pedals & multi-effects are all fine & good for a bit of a mess-around at home, but there's no substitute for a well set-up, good sounding bass through a good amplifier or preamp.[/quote] They don't have to be a substitute. You can have a good sounding bass, a good amplifier and also effects - that's allowed. One of the bands I'm doing at the moment I take a bass, amp and a pedal tuner because that's all it requires. The other band I also take a pretty large pedal board, because I need it. The guys who run that band don't listen to a lot of music with bass guitar in it, so I need to do more than just sound like a bass guitar. You might not need effects but that doesn't mean nobody else does.

[quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='444813' date='Mar 25 2009, 11:40 AM']ah.. Living Colour are amazing. especially taken in by the playing on the 'Vivid' album [/quote] That would be Muzz Skillings. Doug Wimbish replaced him shortly after they began to sink back into obscurity.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='472357' date='Apr 25 2009, 07:57 PM']La Bella Deep Talkin' FL760s. Anyone who says flats are muddy and indistinct... is wrong. [/quote] Cheers. I can only find them at Thomann, where do you get yours?

I just watched Jonathan Ross on demand while scoffing me tea and they sounded like they were really enjoying themselves. I thought it would be a bit cringe-worthy but I was impressed.

That ebony-boarded fretless sounds beautiful. Really impressed. Actually what brand/gauge flats have you got on there? Might try a set on my Stingray.

He used to play Wals in the '80s. He was rocking one at [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTylGoT-KNI"]Live Aid[/url].

[quote name='XB26354' post='471781' date='Apr 24 2009, 07:05 PM']That is without a doubt the ugliest looking bass I've ever seen.[/quote] Google "Bongo".

Has to be the Stingray, really.

[quote name='Aussiephoenix' post='470587' date='Apr 23 2009, 12:23 PM']In relation to Theory... I've tried it, I simply cant focus long enough on it to get something useful from it. Bores the crap out of me. What I cant figure out is... why do you put yourself through it? Unless you're aiming to make a living as a bassplayer, I dont see the point.[/quote] If you don't learn anything about music you're likely to get stuck playing the same stuff for your entire life. Theory staves off boredom.

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='469323' date='Apr 22 2009, 10:02 AM']I think I might be the same-I'm far happier if somebody says something complimentary about my singing than my playing-not that either happens very often![/quote] TBH nobody really hears my singing - I'm always backing somebody else or singing as part of a harmony. My voice doesn't sound all that pleasant on its own and I wouldn't expect any compliments if anyone heard it!

[quote name='Clarky' post='470770' date='Apr 23 2009, 02:24 PM']Forgive me, Chris, for being a sceptic! Give it a few weeks .... [/quote] I'm refreshing the basses for sale forum every couple of minutes waiting for that '73 Jazz to go up for sale.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='469640' date='Apr 22 2009, 02:46 PM']Depends on whether you could be practicing instead. If you are posting with a bass and amp next to you, I agree. But miost of us are not. If I was at home, I wouldn't be typing this [/quote] Hmm. Excuse me while I waste another ten minutes reflecting on my own procrastination... I'm supposed to be working, to be fair. I'd feel more guilty if I picked up a bass.