warwickhunt

This is where I think he's being clever; take the guilty plea for a few crimes, in a short time frame and not get it to open court where other misdemeanours could be dragged up.

Sadly a judge will have to go by the guidelines and it is likely that all of his past, spent convictions won't be taken into account because of the timeline. TBH that is probably why he is being taken to court for such a small time frame; were they to actually act upon some of his actions documented on here, then he'd be in the realms of committing crimes whilst still serving his 2 year suspended! His solicitor has likely come to an agreement that they'll not contest the action if he is only tried for a small number of cases in a recent time frame!

With that neck in 1995, a one off / custom order makes sense, especially with it being a broadneck 5 string.

That's a repaired neck break! Though I'm puzzled as to why you are saying it is a 90's bass. By 1990 Warwick necks were Maple with Wenge stringers; that neck is predominantly Wenge and likely an 80's bass. 'If' done correctly and by someone who knows what they are doing, a break can be repaired as strong as new. However... the fact you can see it a mile away makes me wonder how competent the repairer was. Unless it was significantly cheaper than other examples I'd just wait for another to come along. Saying that, if this was repaired in the late 80's and looked like that when repaired, then it is 35 years with that repair so could be fine.

I'll agree that through IE/headphones there are are lot of amp SIMs that just sound too anaemic or polite. Adding cab SIMs via my recent acquisition of an HX Stomp helps but some the classic bass cab SIMs are truly awful. Simply scrolling without reading what a cab is, has revealed that some choices such as 1x12 'guitar' cabs sound as good as anything that is marked 'bass' and has improved the IE sound. The MS60 does have a couple of cab tweaks which can really help.

Do you have any preconceptions about each amp SIMs tone or that you simply didn't like ANY of the amp tones it has? I only ask as I scrolled through the amp sounds and I was underwhelmed that I 'really' disliked the classic SVT sounds etc BUT I stopped listening with my eyes and happened upon a couple of amp SIMs that I thought were good and with a bit of tweaking (inc some cab tones) they were very useable; in particular the SWR SIM. I would never have delved into an SWR tone if choosing from any amp available but when I switched off my preconceptions I could really get it to work for me.

RCF310 (used price £150ish). We use(d) one as our single FOH PA for our Duo until I upgraded to QSCK10 for use in other band scenarios at which point the RCF310 became the floor monitor. However, the QSCK10 has such a broad spread of sound that we can get away without the monitor and just get some bleed from the side of the single QSCK10. So what I'm saying is... the RCF310 makes a great monitor but it could also double up as a sole FOH speaker.

It's all about technique and posture... and if all else fails, having a couple of mates around!

Your pics make my 12 string look 'normal' sized! LOL

A busy day for me on Sunday; set off from the North East 07:00 to get to Newark for a 12:00 festival gig, then across to Preston for an evening gig... then back home for maybe 01:00 on Monday.

TC Spark does not have to be full on 'drive', it can do very subtle (I have one). I had the MXR and Ampeg Scrambler and I couldn't quite dial them back far enough... on the least setting they were 'almost' too much. As you are on a budget, the TC works BUT you could also look at a Boss MS60B; it has lots of options in one pedal. You could have the aforementioned compressor and/or a bit of OD and/or an amp sim to warm up your signal + you get a tuner and all the other effects for free. All to be had used for about £60.

Sadly I'm not sure I can justify £500+ for that pedal when I own gear that does 90% of what it does... if I can get the other 10% for £150.