warwickhunt

Offering £300 was very generous! I saw a whole bag of 'W' hardware (2 sets) sell on ebay for £43, so you'd be paying £257 for a set of used MECs and a preamp (firewood body is free). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warwick-Gold-Hardware-Bass-4-String/253319179248?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

The 'M' basses are consistently the lightest full size bass I've encountered... total opposite of the Lakkies!

Another warning about Lakkie weights; I've owned a few Lakland Skylines (JO BG DJ) and NONE have been 9lb (never mind less), most have clocked in closer/beyond 10lb. I've heard multiple people say they've had uberlight Lakkies (particularly DJ models) but not one has been able to put them on digital scales and post a pic! Oh and tread very warily of the seller who says that it is 'the lightest P bass they've ever played' (they've only played 1) or that the bathroom scales read less than 9lb... I've got the T shirt for those replies!

Oddly I watched a sound engineer (PA hire) set the desk master fader to '0' (ie max output), all of the channels in use to max and then started increasing the individual channel gains for voices/instruments (active PA cabs were at max). I asked why he didn't set each channel using the input gain and corresponding PFL meter and he said that his way was easier... just saying.

They are 'allegedly' passive with active EQ but if you have a dead battery out you should find they don't work at all hence they are active (needing power for the preamp in them). I don't think MEC had the silver logo models back in 91 so they will defo be the gold as fitted to the top of the range basses at the time. My bass is stock and doesn't have a push/pull pot as the Pro I basses have.

The raw/unadulterated tone of a Pro I is (subjectively) better than a Pro II; just as you might argue a P bass sounds better than a J but then you can blend pups and add/subtract EQ to the Pro II and get a superb sound which is 'different' to any you could get from the Pro I. I think the reason I kept a Pro II over a Pro I is that the whole bass may have that individual outline but the Pro II hangs slightly closer to the body due to the inset neck and the bass is lighter and balances great (not that the Pro I doesn't balance). IIRC the overall neck dimensions are slimmer on a Pro II, again much like the J v P analogy. The actual tone of the type and location of the pups is so subjective that it is almost the least important factor... I wouldn't say that mind if the actual tone of a Pro II was naff.

Mine.

I have E-355-91; black, silver hardware... identical to yours! I'd be amazed if you get to the bottom of it because even Warwick can't get facts straight. I've always assumed mine was MIJ (despite the MIG cover) but there is no way of being certain. I've owned a couple of Pro I NT basses and despite this being a fraction of their value I've kept this in preference to those. Swamp Ash body with maple neck and wenge fingerboard is a great combo. The bridge pup solo is a bit 'meh' mind!

Bargain if it did sell!

You can't! Sadly they didn't commute over; there was a general warning that 'might' happen but the Mods weren't sure what might happen and warned folks to save important messages.

On a positive note, I don't need to worry about trying to trawl back through old PMs... onwards and upwards!

Wish we were closer but daft trying to organise getting these (ours are cloth and tired).

I'm sure I still have a picture disc of Paradise Skies. Great band.

Ouch, they are trying to pass it off as real... fully expected them to say the decal wasn't real as you'd be wrong in the head to believe it was the real deal!

Quite distinctive!

Got to love a 5th Anniversary... yours is in way better nick than mine! When you see the Thumb and Streamer side by side you can see how the placement of the top horn / 14th v 16th fret level, makes the Thumb hang out to the left a bit.