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  1. Tjhooker
    Any idea where the last owner got the pickguard for one of these?
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    I had a 90s Warwick thumb 2 band I used to do this with and just run the front pickup
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    I've noticed on a couple of basses I've had that pushing the active eq (bass, mid, and maybe a bit less treble) to near max and then adjusting the input gain down on the amp can result in a nice fat tone. I watched a video of rich brown on YouTube and he said that he does this on his active basses with bass and mids and then knocks out all the treble. Anyone else doing this to achieve their tone?
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    If it helps.. Got a 615 and the be is very good 👍 Better than a at least few other basses I've had at higher price points including a German Warwick 😳
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    Yeah I'd be interested to hear any info on this too. I've recently acquired a bb615. It's a really good bass but I'd agree with other opinions floating around that the pre amp could definitely be better. I've seen some talk on talkbass about the Delano Sonar 3. I've also been wondering if the Glockenklang mights be a good shout. I personally want this bass to have active / passive switching as most of the time in a live setting I run a bass passive 99% of the time and then have a tone dialled in on the active circuit for slap. 👍
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    Are these still available?
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    I had this issue with a sire p7 bass on the p pickup.. it turned out to be a bad solder connection.. bit of soldering fixed it.. However it's now developed the same thing on the j pickup 🙄 Haven't got round to sorting it yet. Maybe try (very carefully) wiggling some bits like pickup wires in the control cavity while playing 🤔 I take no responsibility for "over" wiggling
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    🤣 GONE!
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    Just ordered a set of Rotosound RS665LB Stainless Steel Medium Light Gauge Roundwound Bass Strings (35 55 70 90 120) Yet to try them
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    I've been edging towards lighter strings more and more. Are they more expressive when you dig in🤔 Maybe? I don't notice loss of low end but do find it easier to play
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    Did a trade with Mick... Yamaha for a Spector.. He honestly couldn't have been more helpful with it all 👍 Excellent communication from beginning to end. Trade with confidence Cheers.. Tom
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    Yeah .. recon this would work 👍
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    Cool cat 😎
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    https://cargocollective.com/JohnSydenham Good luthier
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    Trade pending
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    £400.. less than the sum of its parts! Trades for a amp head 👍
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    I'm definitely open to offers and unusual / interesting trades (bass specific 😯)
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    I'm looking to trade this really for something short scale (preferred) or maybe something with a jazz width neck or maybe a head over 400ish watts 🤔 My only reason to trade is a wrist injury that's stopped me playing this. On to the bass.. It started life as a Q6, rosewood board and has been heavily modified. I loved the way the bass played but the original 45hz pickups and circuit just lacked something. So the project started! It's got two emg reverse 45p pickups and a emg bqc circuit running at 18v (could be run at 9 too). So many tones with this setup. It's weighing in at just over 10lb no light weight.. but it is lighter now with the hipshot tuners and aluminium hipshot A bridge (this also helped to open up the tone). Old bridge was 1lb on its own 🤣 It's strung with thomastik low tension jazz flats at the mo and sounds amazing. (I put these on as they are very easy to play and helped with my wrist pain). It has also had rounds on a few times and has instant Spector tone on tap. Plays lovely with low action no buzz anywhere it has a brass nut and custom 3 ply pickguard. String mute included. Sum of all the parts is quite staggering as I made this to keep. I will be sorry to see this unique beast go. I priced at less than the cost of the parts alone, if there is no love I guess I'll part it out to get some cash back but it would be a shame as it's a project that's worked out nicely. Paint job is not pro and has imperfect bits which I've tried to show in the photos, it's a rattle can job.. it is starting to age nicely though and has developed some mojo it's kind of ratty in a cool way 😎 ... as far as I know it's 20+ years old at this point. It might be marmite buts it plays and sounds ace and always gets questions thrown at me when I've gigged it. Ive not got anything to ship this in so meeting or collection to to trade / sell would be best. I'm in Devon I may be forgetting some things 🤔 just ask
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    Did these sell?
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    Pm 🙂
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    I like a bold move.. 💪
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    Pm 🙂
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    Pm
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    100%
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    Yeah your probably right before I rush in with another big change ... I should also try this bass in a live setting and see how the bqc eq behaves . I play a passive p bass most of the time so I suppose I'm just used to the pasive tone setup on that and I've gone a bit mental with all the mods on this so probably need to calm down ..
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