warwickhunt

[quote name='DrDrill' timestamp='1355864858' post='1903895'] Shhhh, be vewy vewy quiet! She Who Must Be Obeyed doesn't know yet..... [/quote] Sell me your Ltd and she won't mind what you buy!

[quote name='DrDrill' timestamp='1355859278' post='1903819'] OOOOOH Mine is No 035. There was a guy on Talkbass from Finland (Mika) who had one as well. I also noticed the Ltd Ed has appeared on the Warwick website, but, it says the fingerboard is wenge, my certificate says it's ebony so it looks like even Warwick can't remember what they've made.....too many mushrooms in the '80s methinks [/quote] The fingerboards are ebony NOT wenge! Yes, Mika and I compared notes on our basses some years back and I don't think either of us had seen more than a couple of them over the many years we'd looked; in fact he'd been aware of my two 89 LE basses before I even registered on TB.

[quote name='DrDrill' timestamp='1355858697' post='1903814'] Bought it in Sound Control in Glasgow. It was either this or a Spector that was for sale in The Guitar Store and the Warwick won on the day. The Bartolini was a bit too 'civilised' for my tastes [/quote] In fact the pic I was comparing with your bass was my 'first' one of these MM Ltd Ed 89 basses not the later one that I sold on BC. The bass that I had must have been consecutively numbered with yours as the markings of the birds eye maple look almost identical; on very close scrutiny they are different but not far off!

That looks like one of my old basses... Birds Eye Maple matches with my old pic of it. [s]However, I'm 99% certain that the pup isn't original; both because I remember the guy bought it off me talked of changing the pup and/or pre as it seemed to be lacking something, added to which the basses when released in '89 had the sealed Bartolini pup sans exposed pole pieces. Not that it matters a jot as they are fabulous basses! [/s] <edit> Ooops edited as I'd misread what you said... you've clearly actually said that it has a replacement pup!

Just out of interest, is it a fairly easy job to fit the two volumes on one stack and the tone control(s) on the other? I only ask as on occasion I need to fade the volumes (either at the end of a song or as a volume pedal style 'swell' effect) and I dislike basses with two volumes on separate pots (I'm used to a master volume and pan).

[quote name='Opticaleye' timestamp='1355081006' post='1893836'] I was of the understanding that Markbass stole the thunder of Thunderfunk ( )with the LM11 by having a similar tone but lighter and cheaper. This, as I recall, was the feeling of those on TB at the time of the LM11's release. Personally. I feel I can get all the tones I need from my TTE 500. I've discovered that the colour knob is subtle when playing alone but "thickens" the tone drastically when in a band mix. At it's lowest setting you get quick SS type attack (but not sterile character).By turning this knob you can get just the right sound for the type of music you're playing. [/quote] I think any comparison between TF & MB over on TB will have between between a very small select group of bassists I'm not sure that the general populace of bassists would even have heard a TF in the flesh never mind having played one to make a comparison, so the stealing of thunder (sic) was probably just on that thread. However, being a TF owner and having also owned a couple of MB amps (inc' an LM) I'd not have said the tone was comparable... certainly not in a band/gig situation. You've hit the nail on the head with regards to the various 'other' tone controls on Dave Funk's amps, they probably do as much as any full range of tone controls on other amps.

Stick the strings on and see what happens, it may be stiff enough or be already set-up for strings of that tension.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1354899554' post='1891860'] The website suggests it's made for valve jobbies, so I wonder if using something like a class D power amp would have any negative effects on the amp or the cab. [/quote] If you mean 'negative' as in damage to the amp or cab then no that isn't possible. However, if you mean negative as in tone, then that really depends on what sound you want out of it; "one man's meat..." and all that!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1354646346' post='1888702'] I saw this...isn't £1k a bit steep?(though they are great basses).. [/quote] Not expensive at all for a Pro I bass.

Only one question... how come I wasn't asked to cover this?