Clarky

Paul was online on BC only a few days ago according to his profile http://basschat.co.uk/user/3436-prosebass/ I presume you've tried sending him a PM? Lots of people seem not to notice PMs immediately as - unless you have email notifications set up - the only alert is a tiny red digit in the top right hand part of the screen. For example I PM'd someone earlier today and though he's been online since he has not read my PM, so I assume he hasn't seen it.

House insurance wouldn't cover the damage to the floor

I know you have no intention of selling the Wal, Jack! Best if I don't indulge in any Wal-sniffing as it makes me sweat and have palpitations

The irony Jack is I had rather a nice letter from the taxman yesterday informing me I had in fact overpaid tax last year (this after they had sent me a demand a month or two back which seemed rather large to me but which I duly paid) ... so I needn't have sold gear to raise money after all, following car theft and tax demand

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1324730383' post='1477393'] That's heavier than the t40 I just shifted! It was just a bit to heavy to be enjoyable [/quote] Yep - and as if to hammer the point home - I've strained my dodgy lower back again and can barely even pick up this bass now. Definitely for sale in the new year. Shame as its a beauty and sounds superb ...

This is the bass concerned. Played it again this evening with a fresh set of Status Hot wire half-rounds on. Plays fantastically and sounds great and in near mint condition. But I just don't think I can cope with the weight, so this will probably end up being moved on in the new year http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160973-fs-2008-warwick-corvette-standard-fretless-4-gone/page__p__1460342__hl__bubinga__fromsearch__1#entry1460342

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1324637241' post='1476451'] Looks pretty heavy to me..... [/quote] Probably weighs less than my Corvette!

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1324587161' post='1476082'] Oddly enough when I saw your thread title I knew it was gonna be about a Warwick bass! The Warwick Thumb has a tiny body but still clocks in at 9lb+ everytime... Bubinga is the 'black hole' of the bass world [/quote] Shame, as the figuring and coloration of bubinga really is quite beautiful. Unfortunately my glass back does not have such aesthetic sensibilities and instead yells "WTF"!

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1324586092' post='1476062'] Very nice, but no. [/quote] You and me both, Roger! Thats a lot of moolah for what is, after all, an EUB ... even if a very high quality EUB. I flagged it up as there may be someone who is itching for one of these, given their rarity value

I recently picked up a s/h fretless Warwick Corvette on BC, made in Germany in 2008 (as a cheap Wal alternative, having downsized recently). It plays beautifully (lovely thick ebony unlined board) and is immaculately made but jeez is it heavy! 5.3kg or about 11.5 pounds, despite having a not-very-large body footprint and relatively skinny horns. Bubinga is clearly nature's organic equivalent of lead. And I thought late 1970s Fenders were heavy ....

The first Alembic Classico upright bass ever made, being sold through the Gallery. Ex-John Giblin (John Martyn, Kate Bush, SImple Minds etc) http://www.thebassgallery.com/product_details.cfm?ID=2102&type=Bass%20Guitar

Here's the great Larry Taylor (Tom Waits and Canned Heat bass player) playing a $200 Jay Turner Jazz copy. Its good enough for him [attachment=95714:5845573338_82e3fa1b59_z.jpg]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1324460258' post='1474353'] [DIGS BIG HOLE] There [i]is [/i]a [i]slight [/i]resemblance.[/DIGS BIG HOLE] [/quote] I think you need to go to Specsavers too! If Paul Weller ate an entire pie shop, maybe from half a mile ....! [attachment=95664:bognor_gig_014.JPG]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1324456057' post='1474313'] [NOT PC] You should have done her on the strength of it. [/NOT PC] [/quote] Bit tricky as I was standing with Mrs C at the time [PC]whom I worship and adore[/PC] Weller and Adele [attachment=95658:02182217290_2.jpg] Clarky and Mrs C [attachment=95657:P1040331.JPG]

Just back from the Apollo where Joe Brand was on great form, Tim Minchin was terribly intellectual (and I thought not in the least bit funny, but then I was clearly in the minority), Graham Coxon performed his new-wave-mixed-with-Syd-Barrett-psychedelia stuff and Paul Weller closed with lots of his latest stuff and very few nods to populism as is his wont (biggest cheer of night for Town Called Malice, the only Jam song he played, will probably have irked him ...) All in all not a great evening of entertainment IMHO - the music didn't do it for me, although both bands were very polished - but clearly a decent amount of money raised for a worthy cause Highlight for me was a woman with thick glasses coming up to me and saying she thought I was Paul Weller

I have decided to get Max at sfx to build me a custom pedal incorporating the Micro Red Dragon [url="http://www.sfxsound.co.uk/mainpage.asp?page=micro_red_dragon"]http://www.sfxsound....icro_red_dragon[/url] with an XLR out. Decided I wanted solid state, so no risk of valve failure/fragility, but with ability to emulate valve sound. Plus his pedals are teensy so very gigbag friendly!

How are you going to fit that rig (pictured below) in a pub, Jack? [attachment=95587:rock-music-pictures-grateful-dead-5-17-74-pechner.jpg]

You misunderstand me Jack - I know full well how versatile the Wal is (from hi-fi through to dub) and I would like my old one back, thank you I was putting this in the context of how Percy Jones uses [i]his [/i]basses. I saw an interview in which he said he wanted a more organic, almost acoustic sound, prompting his move to Ibanez. Yet I think he gets this from his Fender P more than any. I have amended OP to be a bit clearer

Ibanez [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxhoe0jQ-3g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxhoe0jQ-3g[/url]

Below are three clips of Percy Jones, respectively from early Brand X (playing a fretless Fender Precision), later Brand X (playing a fretless Wal) and finally Tunnels (playing an Ibanez piezo-equipped Ergodyne custom). My observations are that (1) it really is in the fingers as Percy sounds like Percy (and noone else) whatever he plays and (2) that the good old fretless P delivers the nicest, woodiest tone of the three (in Percy's hands the Wal is more middy, the Ibanez very dark and buzzy; I do appreciate the Wal can be much more versatile tonally than displayed here). Fender Precision [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OqQ4m84FyY[/media] Wal [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IenEUOxLNlU[/media]

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1324283031' post='1472432'] Might be worth giving max at SFX a shout. Get something made to order. Max is a great guy to deal with and his pedals are excellent also. [/quote] Will get in touch, thanks

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1324243928' post='1472253'] I've just dropped him an email, will see what he says about feasibility/cost. Thx for tip-off [/quote] Update: Mike replied and said he doesn't offer DI as an option.

I recommend Status Hot Wire half-rounds (they are ground wound). They are relatively smooth feeling (half way between a very worn old set of rounds and a set of flats) but still a bit zingier than flats. I especially like them on fretless. One good thing is they come relatively cheap when you buy them online (c.£20 from memory), about a third cheaper than TI or La Bella flats