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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]#2 Warwick Streamer Stage I 1990 Bass (info on the youtube footnotes)[/font][/color] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPu-TcEPrDc&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPu-TcEPrDc&feature=youtu.be[/url]

Not sure where these might go best but they are Warwick related... so here they are! I've been asked a couple of times for reference sounds for Warwick basses and though I don't have a fraction of those that I've owned in the past I thought that I'd stick a couple up (thanks to Luke for reminding me... again ). #1 Warwick Streamer Stage I '5th Anniversary' 1984/1987 Bass (info on the youtube footnotes) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qd9lvcWRsw&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qd9lvcWRsw&feature=youtu.be[/url]

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1346613352' post='1791252'] Well be assured that it will be much appreciated [/quote] Between me and you... It's just to keep Luke quiet!

Ah! Now I've just realised that my first attempt/trial was with my Streamer 5th Anniversary bass and the file is busy uploading from the memory card in the PC rather than from the hard drive (learned a lesson here); hence I'm going to have to wait 30mins for that to finish before I can retrieve the memory card and do the Dolphin and SSI. At least I know that other than the upload time this can be done relatively easily.

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1346612754' post='1791242'] well, I'd accept 'mustang sally' at a push - I don't want to push you out of your comfort zone! [/quote] You get what you're given me lad... and it may be in a couple of hours!

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1346610296' post='1791193'] oh go on... do you do requests? Maybe a bit of Meters, or (at a push) Santana? [/quote] Do I look like a 'Jukebox'... it's worse than the heckles at a bad pub gig; 'Do something we know!' 'Do you do The Hunter?' I've started trying to do some recording on our little camera but the first 30 second clip that I did is going to take an hour to upload to youtube! Best you spend the next hour or two constructively, go listen to some Meters/Santana... that way you won't be disappointed when I don't do any!

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1346609976' post='1791186'] talking of distinctive tones, wheres that video of a streamer stage one you meantioned doing? I'm thinking it will be back at work on monday and we'll all have to wait till half term! [/quote] LOL Will see what I can do now. I'd record the Dolphin but mine has got OLD flats on and doesn't sound 'typical' Warwick just now!

I've owned x2 Pro I - 4 strings and I have to say that my '89 4 string fretted bass had a nut width as wide as some 5 string basses. However, it was a flattened profile so not a handful, I'm not sure how wide the nut on a 5er is but I'd certainly have a try of one before you commit to buying. I presently have a Pro I CS fretless and the nut width is NOT as wide as the older one but the profile is also different (more squared off shoulders). The Dolphin looks like it will be large and unwieldy but they aren't, they are very comfy to play and have a very distinct tone.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1346579248' post='1790666'] Here's a pic of my old Stage 1. I used it exclusively for near on 20 years. [/quote] Really nice. I've only ever seen that pup config once before (could be the same bass ) so there can't be that many about!

[size=4]He's responded and said...[/size] [size=4]"[color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif]went to pack the amp and thought there was a problem. turned out to be the surge protected socked not the amp. I didn't want to send it off un;ess it was perfect - it is perfect and all in the original packing. Used about 6 times. The guy was upset and destroyed my 100% rating even though I was just doing what I thought was right."[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif]When he sussed the amp was OK could he not have offered it to the OP? [/font][/color][/size]

I've asked him if it is the same combo for which he has negative feedback? I got messed around with an identical situation regarding a new SAAB transponder key. Won it cheap and the guy ignored me for a week despite me paying immediately upon winning and then when I initiated action through paypal he refunded me saying it was lost... he relisted it 15 minutes after sending ebay the message about being lost. He then wanted me to retract my neg as he then claimed it was because my paypal payment looked dodgy, I said 'no' and then he responded to my feedback posting that he had multiple keys that's why it was relisted. Boiled my urine that he was telling so many stories but there is little you can do but leave negative feedback telling others what he has done!

[quote name='BarnacleBob' timestamp='1346436789' post='1789299'] Yes that should be enough to get it pulled - but is that only if someone actually complains - do eBay check the ads themselves? BB [/quote] I've no idea if it is random/complaint/vigilance but I've had plenty of ebay pulls and I have a feeling that all they have to do is search using 'include description' and putting in "cash on collection only"!

His sale may not reach to the end... he has stated cash on collection ONLY! That's generally justification for ebay pulling a listing; after all, that circumnavigates their chance of getting more money out of the seller via paypal.

There's no reserve on that!

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1346080409' post='1784978'] Yes agreed it is a difficult area - mind you index linking over 21 yrs should add 100% ish to the original insured value? [/quote] No the maths doesn't quite work like that! Oh and you can work it out however you like but at the end of the day the only calculation that counts is the formulae that the insurance company use! BTW it is presently insured for £2200

Insurance is a funny thing because 'new for old' means that you'd need to look at the cost of one NOW which you patently can't get, so generally an insurance company would want a written quote (or two) from retailers as to the value. As to what would it cost you to buy a used one; I watched one sell on ebay for under £1000 and one sold on here for £1250 but you can guarantee if you desperately wanted to buy one, you'd not find one for love nor money... or approximately £1500! LOL Real life situation - I have a Ltd Ed Warwick of which 100 were made and it retailed in 1991 for £1800 yet to get an identical bass made from Warwick CS it'd cost me £6000. However, my insurance company will only insure it for £1800 +index linked inflation.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1346063457' post='1784621'] You should really read the thread before pointing out something like this to the guy who helped write the guidelines. [/quote] I did read the whole thread and yes I read the part about money being spent but what I was pointing out (unsuccessfully it would seem) was that the other party could theoretically have equally 'claimed' that you wasted his time and money (I've no doubt he had to drive to the meet). I'm not wishing to get into a debate on your transaction, I am simply trying to highlight the fact that in ANY transaction there are two sides to a story and it is an almost impossible task to simply say that there is a black and white line between what constitutes a transaction/expenditure of money that would allow feedback and what doesn't. I have to confess that I find it slightly arrogant that just because you helped write the guidelines that you feel that they must be 'absolute' and that they can't be simply discussed or even challenged. It is (I would have thought) in the best interest of any community's interest to refine and consider such matters. Though I do know that at the end of the day it is ultimately up to the person who owns the rights to Basschat to decide and adjudicate on these guidelines and that is fine and dandy but I'd like to hope that it could be seen that open debate on such matters is healthy. Yes/No?

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1346017909' post='1784255'] One time, a guy agreed to trade a bass and was really enthusiastic, I wasn't available to do the deal so I sent the Mrs out on a long train journey to do the deal. Guy turns up and basically lays into the bass and says it's not as described even though I provided over 30 photos of the bass and an in-depth description. He took advantage of my Mrs ignorance over the actual advert and refused a trade. I left bad feedback as it cost me a lot of money and care to get the Mrs there and make it up to her. I left bad feedback, he started harassing me and sent threatening text messages to me and the Mrs. He got banned eventually and he stopped contacting me. Frightening experience, absolute loon. [/quote] Playing Devil's Advocate... Aren't you guilty here of doing exactly what you are arguing to stop? The potential buyer of your bass will no doubt have has his view of the transaction and he may well have felt that he was being pressured into buying a bass that wasn't as described (I stress I am simply offering an 'alternative' view of the transaction), folk might well think 'what kind of bloke sends his wife to do a deal with a stranger on a bass'! He could well be within his rights to leave you negative feedback as it is your word against his that the bass was as described... but a transaction wasn't concluded because he felt that the bass was misrepresented. Yes/No? PLEASE understand I am not casting aspersions, simply pointing out that it 'could' be (mis)construed that you may have misused the feedback system in the way that you are saying it shouldn't be used OR if honest open feedback had been left by both parties then individuals could make there own mind up. Oh and I have no axe to grind nor do I know or have any affinity to persons involved in any transaction! ...just saying!

[quote name='jdt' timestamp='1346057297' post='1784461'] ... the guys at the shop suggest shielding as the next step. [/quote] That'll be the guys that will charge you to do the shielding? I can't believe that anyone who has any understanding of guitar/bass workings is suggesting shielding your bass, the caveat being if the bass is actually perfectly OK but there is a tiny bit of humm that you are trying to tweak to get rid of. The Sterling if working correctly does not require ANY extra shielding (for starters it is humbucking)! Adding shielding is like putting an elastoplast on an amputation; if the bass is humming that bad then you need to establish what is wrong with the pup or electrics as there is something amiss that shielding will not cure.

It's a strange twist that many bands would prefer to play more varied/diverse stuff BUT when you do you get criticised for not playing <insert any song in the vein of the aforementioned banned songs>! The number of times over the last 30 years that I have spoken to other bands/musicians and the topic of covering (churning out) certain 'Classics' always comes up. However, there are certain venues where the crowd is just your average punter and they want to hear that stuff and would likely walk if they heard obscure bands or songs that they weren't familiar with. Saying that there are some bands that steadfastly refuse to trot out the same old stuff and they can and do pretty well, though they do on occasion fall flat on their face when they encounter a pub/crowd that wants the 'Classics'.

Many and diverse Warwick sounds now but I'd suppose the Streamer tone of Stuart Zender (Streamer Stage I 4 string on the early Jamiroquai albums then a Stage II 5 string) or the sound of a Thumb bass would be the classic Warwick 'Sound of Wood'... in fact I might dig the camera out and do a quick recording of my SSI.

What you describe is a classic 'earthing' issue; I have two Sterlings and no such problem with either. Are you saying your bass developed this issue THEN you had it resoldered (assuming you mean you had all of the solder joints redone) or have you had a soldering job done and now it is buzzing? One point of note; has anything else changed? i.e. are you using the same amp, leads, cab and in the same location (bad earth in certain buildings can give grief). I would also add that if you are sitting with your bass in proximity to a computer, laptop, striplight etc. you can get interference.

[quote name='lee650' timestamp='1345849959' post='1782526'] I would truly love to try that hellborg system with my accugrooves ! I take it you gave the massive power amp too john? [/quote] I've got a Hellborg pre and a QSC power amp and even though the QSC is rated @ 1200w (into x2 4 ohm loads) it isn't like you can tear your cones out of their baskets even with it on full... just ensure you don't fully crank the preamp output! If you are visiting family and friends (and can hide the Accugrooves in the boot from SWMBO) and want to give it a blast just let me know.