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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1385230292' post='2285910'] The pickup would suggest an Aria Pro II of some description, but none of the rest of it does. I'm intrigued. [/quote] Aria used that four over one tuner config too, maybe BigRedX has guessed it?

Ilian bought my Warwick Fortress - very easy transaction and a pleasure to deal with. Highly recommended basschatter.

Been a fan since 88, prefer the first four albums but still listen to the more recent albums occassionally. Personally I think the band would benefit more from a Rod Smallwood (Iron Maiden) type manager who can give creative citicism and not be a complete "yes" man like Cliff Burnstein seems to be. What manager would listen to the St. Anger mixes, the song Temptation and the Lulu album and not question them? I think maybe Lars and Jame's egos have ran away from them. All that said I would rather listen to a new Metallica album than 99% of new music I hear.

I watched some footage from Download 2013 on tv and was pleasantly surprised at how many Warwicks were being used. The Warwick midrange sound cuts through the distorted guitar crunch very well.

[quote name='grayn' timestamp='1378489396' post='2201141'] Yes, you are right but I wasn't just referring to the nut's width, when I was talking aboiut the bass's neck, compared to a J's or P's. On reflection though, it is nearer the P but slightly comfier, to my hands. Then again, that depends on which P we're talking about. [/quote] I understand, the neck profile can make a lot of difference to how the neck feels. The 90's Warwick Corvette had a 48mm nut width and a shallow neck profile where the 2005 Corvette $$ I tried had the same 38mm nut width and a much deeper profile that felt a lot more comfortable in my hands. Also my Ibanez Roadstar and Roadster have a 40mm nut width but the Roadstar has a more shallow neck profile, not super skinny but noticibly less girth (ooer). Congrats on the new bass, if it sounds as nice as it looks it must be amazing.

[quote name='grayn' timestamp='1378398392' post='2199735'] Probably nearer 42mm. [/quote] Isn't that the same as a P bass?

Very nice, is it a 40mm nut width?

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1378158745' post='2196545'] I've kept the basses that were gifts from my wife but no other reason than sentimental I guess. If I was going to sell any of them I would ask for her opinion and approval before going ahead. I would probably have a different view if I truly needed to sell one of them to buy something else I definitely needed. Think if you ask your parents if they will be ok with the sale they will probably say go ahead its yours to do what you want. [b]If your parents had bought you a car instead you would trade it in at a later date for something else and no-one would bat an eye-lid. Its the done thing.[/b] All in all - ask parents and if ok then go for it. Dave [/quote] Dave's post makes a lot of sense but when parents buys a first car it's usually a cheapo runaround to learn to drive in. If the instrument had been a beginers instrument you could assume that they had intended it to be traded in as and when needed.

[quote name='clauster' timestamp='1378052174' post='2195147'] Not on my crappy cameraphone. Plus I don;t want to [b]become[/b] the creepy stalker of the block [/quote]

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1377725871' post='2191125'] Warwick 5 string necks are frakking enormous though. I had a 5 string Fortress once and it sounded perfect, but the neck was so painful for me. [/quote] That's interesting as the only reason I got rid of my fortress four string was the neck was too skinny.

Sounds good through a flanger though

[quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1377185684' post='2184515'] Very nice! Now onwards to collect the other top-of-the-line models of that time, the ST924 and both versions of the MC924 [/quote] one day...

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1377140882' post='2183900'] Yes I have just measured it today to add it to my worksheet (see below) The nut is 40mm which is in between a Jazz 38.1mm and a Precision at 41.3mm The body is Basswood and Birch, and it weighs 4.17kg / 9.19lbs which is a comfortable weight, nothing will beat the 7.6lbs that my Dingwall ABZ5 weighs but you really don't notice the difference I've found the spec page on the net at this link: [url="http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1984/roadstar2/p06.jpg"]http://www.ibanezrul...adstar2/p06.jpg[/url] [url="http://s144.photobucket.com/user/xt660/media/BassFactfile_zps1058a18d.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] That's one of the many things I like about Roadstars, they are somewhere in between P and J neck dimensions. The Roadster neck feels more Precision like it's still 40mm but it has a deeper profile.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1376785832' post='2179208'] Are those the original knobs on the one with a maple board ? Looks like the original pickups have been swapped for EMG'S , too . I'm sure it still sounds great though . I remember Steve Harris having one of these that he played occasionally , and , by way of contrast , 1980's London - based session ace Graham Edwards ( he lives in L.A nowadays ) played one of these a lot , too . In fact : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mMoeWkDhqA[/media] (I hereby claim my Basschat 1980's Bass Guitar Anorak award for knowing these things . Yes , my life[i] is[/i] that empty ) [/quote] Funnily enough I've seen pictures of Adrian Smith playing roadstars too. Not sure if Steve played one outside of the Run to the hills video but it definately stuck in my mind from an early age.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1376785832' post='2179208'] Are those the original knobs on the one with a maple board ? Looks like the original pickups have been swapped for EMG'S , too . I'm sure it still sounds great though . I remember Steve Harris having one of these that he played occasionally , and , by way of contrast , 1980's London - based session ace Graham Edwards ( he lives in L.A nowadays ) played one of these a lot , too . In fact : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mMoeWkDhqA[/media] (I hereby claim my Basschat 1980's Bass Guitar Anorak award for knowing these things . Yes , my life[i] is[/i] that empty ) [/quote] Sorry for the late reply, yeah the knobs have been swapped out and the dimarzio pickups. I was unsure of whether or not I should wait for a more original example to come along but after playing it for a few minutes I felt if was the best bass I've ever played. Love the neck, very resonant body and I'm not the biggest emg fan but I'm in no rush to replace them as they sound much fuller in this bass.

Love it, was tempted to bid on this too but a lack of funds meant I had to give it a miss. Great job on the clean up, out of curiousity is the nut width 40mm like the other Roadstars I've played?

[quote name='bjelkeman' timestamp='1375996802' post='2168519'] They are mine, mine, MINE. You can't have em! [/quote] You're just keeping them warm for me Thomas,

Thanks for the kind comments. I did harrass every Roadstar owner on basschat to sell me there Roadstar at one point, that must have been quite annoying, so apologies all.

I received the RB924 a few weeks ago and have only got around to photographing it with the RS924 I have had for a couple of months now. Very happy with these two and it was well worth the aggro of trying to find an RB924 that someone would consider selling. [URL=http://s712.photobucket.com/user/darkskies/media/STA40497_zpsba325a0d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww129/darkskies/STA40497_zpsba325a0d.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

A punk song with a bass solo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFzk1eh9UDE

[quote name='Kobra11' timestamp='1373995262' post='2144042'] [url="http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Bludshot89/media/randy_marsh_jizz_zps5816ce74.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Time to decorate again?

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1373974622' post='2143693'] I've just started to watch the episode which focuses on thrash, within the first few minutes they are in the SF rehearsal studio for the Bay Area thrash bands and already Testament and Exodus are heavily featured. Fokin" Awwwsom! [/quote] I think I will be watching this very soon then

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1373553821' post='2138981'] I don't think the music after punk isn't real - it just isn't 'punk'. I think lots of people referred to it as 'post-punk', 'new wave' or even 'oi' and 'hardcore'. And then there's the punk revivalists of the later '80's and early '90's - some of these are still going now! I think anyone who was around during the height of punk 'proper' would acknowledge that anything beyond '79 has to be 'post' punk. Exact timing of punk's demise will always be a source of great debate. Eg A lot of hardcore Clash fans will say that Give 'Em Enough Rope was the end of the Clash as a punk band because of Sandy Pearlman's overtly American rawk mainstream production. Meanwhile others will say London Calling was the last punk album proper and yet more will say the spirit managed to survive Sandinista and continued until Joe Strummer's untimely passing. For me it was the release of Public Image in October '78. Mr Rotten resurfacing as Lydon, Jah Wobble's sinuous bass and Keith Levene's jangling crashing guitars signalled the death knell for me. The flat I lived in had housed Billy Idol for a while and was visited by many a Pistol, future Ants, Pretenders, the odd New York Doll and even the Clash turned up one night on the way to see the Mighty Diamonds in Harlesden (I bummed a free ticket, yay!). By early '79 most of the London crowd were moving in droves to what became the New Romantic nightclub scene. A lot of them, including me, still wearing the same colour nail varnish and mascara and using Krazy Kolor on top of peroxide but with less leather and more lace [/quote] I can appreciate that the genre has become something quite detached from the original scene. I mean the fact that a Warped tour will annually play dates across America with a whole bill of punk bands is probably quite far removed from the original diy ethic. Plus the existence of punk only record labels is almost anti-punk in that they themselves have become a corporate entity. I personally don't pay too much attention to musical genres as they confuse and can bias what a listener may want to listen to.