lemmywinks

Really when a bass has noticeable age related wear, discolouration and surface damage it should just be sold as used, maybe with a mention in the description that it's an ex-demo instrument or whatever and pictures showing everything so there's no unfortunate surprises when you open the box. Can't speak for everyone but when I see something described as ex-demo I get the idea that it's basically a new instrument with maybe the odd surface mark or something. The only thing that would bother me with that bass (assuming the pot is replaced FoC) is the yellowed paint near the control cavity which looks really unsightly on a white bass.

Saw this video recently where someone was converting a Squier P and Strat into a doubleneck, when he chopped part of the bass body off it revealed a sizeable void in the wood, kinda put me off the cheaper Squiers

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We use one of these, the 3u shallow version as we don't need any drawers or other rack stuff in there: https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/3U-19-inch-Shallow-Rack-Bag-by-Gear4music/WNQ It has a small gap at the top and bottom so we just feed our ethernet and aux in cables through there. You can fit a 5ghz router in there (mine is taped to the back of the XR18 with 3M tape) and also a power strip on the back. For the power strip I recessed it into the case slightly with washers so anything plugged into it doesn't protrude. We also have a USB powered bluetooth dongle on the power strip (via a regular USB charger) which is plugged into the 1/4" aux ins so we can stream bluetooth music from a phone. These are also handy, hook round the back of the rack bag so you have somewhere to put your laptop or tablet: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006865252616.html

That's exactly what I did, was my main gigging bass for years until I fractured my left collarbone and could no longer do standing gigs with the 11.6lb Sire. Great platform for modding though, just takes them that little bit further.

I had two basses with the JAN 2 on, I think my record was 2 string changes before the first tab snapped off. I preferred the brass one on my Fortress, given the price of Warwicks they should just use those as standard.

Just had an email and apparently there's still one on stock so they've put it to one side and will give it the once over before sending it out, mine is being picked up on Thursday so hopefully I'll have the replacement next week.

Oh and the gigbag is decent too, not TGI Extreme good (and they're almost twice the price of the TGI) but still good.

Had a quick play plugged into my mini mixing desk (take it to work on NBD!) and it does genuinely sound brilliant, if you want a modern super Jazz thing with a really solid low B it's right up there with anything I've played and pretty astonishing for £749. I've put mine back in the box now, it did need the intonation sorting on the E but that's the shop's problem! Also worth noting that the 3 eq controls are the wrong way round - treble is bridge end and bass is neck end which is confusing, will swap them round if/when I get my replacement. If you get one without any issues you'll be delighted I think, hearing how it sounds definitely convinced me to go for a replacement over a refund. Mine was 8.6lb/3.9kg which seems fairly typical for these. You would think with basses that are around a grand (well outside of the sale anyway) they'd at least open the box and give them a cursory glance, the binding was one of the first things I spotted!

I read elsewhere (grain of salt, may just have been random forum gossip) but the effects in on the HB Block clone is pretty much flat response so it would make for an ideal tiny power amp that costs peanuts.

The annoying thing is apart from the binding it's extremely well put together. I'm not even a fan of bound necks really but the binding on these is quite subtle. Hopefully they can swap it for a good one.

Always fancied one of these, nice and light with crazy spec. Ordered yesterday from Guitar Guitar at the sale price of £749 and it arrived this morning, excitedly opened the box and immediately noticed some extremely dodgy binding. The most noticeable when playing is where it joins the fingerboard on the 5th fret here: However far worse is this on the fingerboard at the 11th fret, treble side: Ugh, very disappointing, how did this one get through QC? Had a ton of Cort built basses before and never seen anything like this. Aside from that the bass is beautiful to look at and play, no doubt it sounds killer. Booked it in for a return, hopefully they can source another to swap it for. What a pretty bass though

When the system is set up to undermine and exploit artists you can't really grumble when artists figure out how to undermine and exploit the system.

There's a PJB Double Four on eBay at the moment with a very low start bid if you fancy a long drive.

Earlier this year I stuck an East Uni Pre in a bass I picked up for £130, gigged it and it sounds incredible. Did win the "cheap bass with a great low B" lottery wth it and the neck is fantastic so thought it was worth getting it to where I wanted sonically.

The older plastic JANs you'll encounter in the wild will also be loose because the retaining tabs broke within about a month of owning the bass!

Potential steal for someone though, around £400 ish new these aren't they?

Unfortunately that's exactly how most bass players rate amps, blame the companies that market them that way. It didn't help that the Superfly sounded a bit underpowered if just used with a single cab that wasn't particularly sensitive, so buyers with a less than stellar single cab would have been a bit underwhelmed with their new 500w amp. I got enough volume for rehearsals out of mine with a decent Deltalite equipped 1x10 but had mixed results with other cabs. At the end of the day they have to slap some sort of power rating on it and I think if you'e producing an amp that only gets it's max rating with a cab configuration most players don't have then it's safe to just rate it like they have done.

Presumably they're quoting what it puts out with 2 x 8ohm loads as it has two separate power sections. Not a bad idea really, I can remember when Ashdown released the Superfly/Little Giant heads and people were a bit annoyed when they realised they'd be unable to get the full power output from their new amps as they didn't own 2 x 4ohm cabs. Better to under promise and over deliver sort of deal.

I use those for my EHB as well, they come free with most of the GS stands I think. One thing to note is that if you have a very old Hercules stand or mount (mine is ancient, like almost 20 years old!) then the arms are a little too wide and long for a comfortable fit. I cut the NINA things down a bit so they'd fit and put up with needing to brace the stand with one hand when removing the bass.

According to this thread the Hercules GS414B Plus stand is long enough: https://forum.warwickforum.com/threads/the-buzzard-brothers.3123/page-24 https://herculesstands.com/international/products/fretted-and-bowed-instrument/guitar/single-stands/gs414b-plus Looks close though and on the wonky side:

Yeah they definitely need to sort that, roughly half the people with the C2 use them vertically.

I hate it when people post pics of a red C2, I already have a great micro setup but it just makes me want to buy one along with a BAM200 for no other reason than it would look fantastic.

Review up: Looks quite cool and sounds ok but seems to be just another standard cheapy with a poorly finished neck and rubbish pots.