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[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1436527951' post='2818863'] What happened to my reply yesterday to this topic?? There seems little point in taking the time to reply to threads like this to offer advice in good faith only for them to disappear. This place is really going downhill. [/quote] The thread got taken down and then re-enstated!! maye it got lost in the ether

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1436530216' post='2818906'] It's sold but the ad is still up [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/257788-sold-warwick-streamer-stage-i-88-fretless-ebony-lined-emg-pj"]http://basschat.co.u...ny-lined-emg-pj[/url] I'd go as far as to say it's the same bass ............ Nice mark up [/quote] i wonder if seller sold it to bass direct? I offered them £1300 adn they said no.... ITs overpriced its got a few bangs and marks... lovely bass but i don't like the pickup arrangements My search for a decent lined fretless go's on!!!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1436478270' post='2818579'] I've got a fretless LX Streamer. I'd say it sounds like dark chocolate... if that makes sense? [/quote] Maybe a bit to dark for me, I want something twangy, tons of harmonics.... cello like

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1436474614' post='2818528'] Id say £1500. Because that's how much the one that just went up on BassDirect is you're referring to [/quote] true!! but that don't help!! is that a good price I wonder.... i already own a korean warwick and its amazing.... not sure of the fretless tone on demos there aren;t that many, i like lots of treble, and harmonics... not a really dense sound maybe this will be too woody!! ?

thats it really, good nic, active emg pickups Price guide please?? Don;t know much about Warwicxk heritage, made in Germany in 1988, through neck

i think you'll nailed it!! I wonder if a slippter would help as I don;t have a stereo bass... a bit of phaser and and chorus one channel, Envelope filter the other ( can;t afford a mutron!!) something clean and hi-fi sounding would be nice... theres probably a bit of delay and reverb in there as well!! Styrmon or eventide should do that trick!! Cheers people that been very useful!!

apart from the the Ric what effects is he using... sounds like more than just chorus and phaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9aHtN4K74 cheers Z

neither even available to buy anywhere so no good Whats actually buyable!???

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1436013386' post='2814337'] The Chunk 00 Funk Mk II (or Octavius Squeezer which shares the same filter circuit) is the squelchiest, gloopiest filter I've ever tried. I own both and they're great pedals. The Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe is also meant to sound quite similar. Both of these filters can get very extreme sounding. The Mu Fx Tru Tron 3x is also a lot more powerful than the Q Trons or original Mu-Tron, is fat sounding and can get very wet and the down-sweep is really nice and chewy. [/quote] cheers, sounds what im looking for. i bet they are all expensive!! ?

Hi peeps as well as looking for envelope filter I also need a good chorus tried boss and arion (balck in the 80's) lots more pedals out there anyone like TC corona chorus anyone tried the new Moogerfooger chorus? any other suggestions for smooth rich deep chorus cheers Z

Hi peeps Ok I'm looking for the most exaggerated envelope filter out there! Something that sounds more squelchy than a Glastonbury mudfest Think of Bootsy on acid! i've had a EHX q tron in the past found it a was very noisy and also too sensitive, If i played hard the sound went very weird Any suggestions ?? cheers

Make your own bass and make your own sound......

From Bill Brufords Facebook Page: [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Really saddened to hear of the death of my old Yes band-mate, Chris Squire. I shall remember him fondly; one of the twin rocks upon which Yes was founded and, I believe, the only member to have been present and correct, Rickenbacker at the ready, on every tour. He and I had a working relationship built around our differences. Despite, or perhaps because of, the old chestnut about creative tension,[/size][/font][/color][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] it seemed, strangely, to work. He had an approach that contrasted sharply with the somewhat monotonic, immobile bass parts of today. His lines were important; counter-melodic structural components that you were as likely to go away humming as the top line melody; little stand-alone works of art in themselves. Whenever I think of him, which is not infrequently, I think of the over-driven fuzz of the sinewy staccato hits in Close to the Edge (6’04” and on) or a couple of minutes later where he sounds like a tuba (8’.00”). While he may have taken a while to arrive at the finished article, it was always worth waiting for. And then he would sing a different part on top. An individualist in an age when it was possible to establish individuality, Chris fearlessly staked out a whole protectorate of bass playing in which he was lord and master. I suspect he knew not only that he gave millions of people pleasure with his music, but also that he was fortunate to be able to do so. I offer sincere condolences to his family. Adios, partner. Bill.[/size][/font][/color]

Still in shock, he wasn't that old, didnt have time to enjoy 'retirement' , a brilliant innovative player, massive influence on all bass players, great voice, and part of one of the best bands who ever bestrode the planet like gods: YES awful news.....

Who 'owned' Glastonbury this year? Certainly not Kayne, who just tries too hard and whose ego is bigger than his actual talent. My standout performances from Glasto were in no particular order: Marcos Valle, Motorhead, The Who, George Clinton and gang, Burt Bacharach and Lionel Ritche!! all oldies.... of the newbies I liked Mick Ronsons white boy funk and Everything Everything, the rest was just average including a shouty Paul Weller

"Sample and Hold' from Bruford's Feels Good To Me, the first bass line I ever learnt!! Onr day I will learn teen town just so I can play it in music stores to show off!

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1428167967' post='2738767'] Hipshot/Graphtech bridges with built-in piezo saddles are very good indeed (have one on my ACG fretless) [url="http://www.graphtech.com/products/product-detail/pn-8370-b5-ghost-loaded-hipshot-a-style-bass-bridge---black-5-string"]http://www.graphtech...-black-5-string[/url] [/quote] I'm thinking of getting a fretless from ACG , can you tell me how much yours was please ( provate message if too expensive!! ) I think I need a piezo after hearing percy jones with his ibanez with one!!

everyone bangs on about ACG, its like god is trying to tell me something!! i know he can build me my dream bass what am I waiting for?

If they did a fretless version I would buy it instantly. Don;t mind the body shape, sounds good, put an ebony fingerboard on it. does anybody know how much it would cost to strip the fretboard and replae it with ebony? probably not worth the effort!!

Feeling a lot of love for ACG, its that or a Marcuscyskzks frog I reckon!!

i owned a wal cuctom fretless back in 80's sold it! can't afford another one want similar punchy sound xx

[quote name='Hellzero' timestamp='1434744814' post='2802530'] Hi, What kind of fretless sound are you looking for ? Say a player's name, that would help. I've mainly been a fretless player for 3 decades and have owned quite a lot, so I can probably help... Tony. [/quote] mick karn and percy jones!!!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1434984486' post='2804408'] Fretboards http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cocobolo-Rosewood-Bass-Fingerboard-Fretboard-lot-of-7-Luthier-Tonewood-/281725958011?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41982cf77b [/quote] er... thanks not looking to build my own bass not quite yet!!

I've been told that ebony is 'too hard' and has more high frequencies than rosewood which is true but I want high frequencies, I want lots of harmonics!! I want twang!! I guess ebony is best bet for me.... I've had a Wal so I know how good they are, just cannot lay out 3 big ones... so compromise, decent active... decent neck What about headless? I hear theres no dead spots this sounds good for fretless surely?

any pickups that mimic Wal ones? Glockenklang for example?