warwickhunt

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1345049368' post='1772893'] Anyway... [/quote] It's funny how simple things like these contours affect us though; for instance I genuinely wouldn't buy a Fender style bass with those edges and it is one of the reasons that I don't get on with Rics!

The cut-away contours on your JV look very 'curved' but when I compare the Sados to the Buscanti and the bass you posted, the Sados are a lot closer to the JV.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1345048350' post='1772868'] ...sadowskys have the more 'modern' looking sharper on. [/quote] Hmmm you sure? I'm looking at two Sadowsky basses right now and they are quite a 'soft' wide curve to the body edges and I'm pretty sure that the two USA basses I had were similar.

Thomastik Infeld Alloys work for me on Warwicks (oddly they don't quite sound as good on my Sterling).

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1344957360' post='1771621'] Both on top of each other! [/quote] +1

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1344841585' post='1769823'] I think you'd take the output of the preamp into the effects return of the Hartke which would bypass the Hartke preamp making it effectively a power amp. [/quote] What he said. It could be that the Hartke is marked for pre-amp out/power amp in but likely as not it'll be an effects loop which you'd simply get an instrument cable/patch lead (not a short speaker cable) and go from the output of the Peavey into the effects return of the Hartke; obviously then plugging your bass into the Peavey (sorry if the last bit is unnecessary but best put that in just in case you are a novice).

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1344842298' post='1769829'] I've cranked it with the fan off...which as you know you can hardly hear anyway so not entirely to blame and the amp ran VERY hot..as hot as my SWR which has heat sinks only, and it did fine. I wouldn't want to do it often, but this testifies to the sheer quality of the components and build of both, IMO... to run that hot and not miss a beat... I don't think many make amps like these anymore... sheer quality. [/quote][quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1344842298' post='1769829'] I've cranked it with the fan off...which as you know you can hardly hear anyway so not entirely to blame and the amp ran VERY hot..as hot as my SWR which has heat sinks only, and it did fine. I wouldn't want to do it often, but this testifies to the sheer quality of the components and build of both, IMO... to run that hot and not miss a beat... I don't think many make amps like these anymore... sheer quality. [/quote] I was packing away after a gig when I had a sudden thought that I might have switched the fan off when I'd been doing some acoustic/home rehearsals several weeks before; checked the switch and sure enough it had been off for at least a couple of gigs. I hadn't been driving it mega hard (still a 5 piece rock covers band playing pubs and not using the PA to support backline) and it didn't seem to be 'that' hot at the end of the gig, certainly not enough to worry me!

IMHO about £100 on ebay. Is it any good... if you like Ashdown!

I also have a 400w Glockenklang 'Heart Core' amp which has no fan and is passive cooling, it gets warm but nothing that I'd consider 'hot'. Patently amps designed well and built with quality components can manage very well without a fan BUT were I to rack this in a small rack with no space above or below then I'd want to have some air blowing across the heatsinks.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1344785495' post='1769086'] Well, it's back & it sounds better than it did, but I'm just not really happy with it. I'm going to put it on Ebay cheaply so somebody can buy it & have a go at sorting it out if they feel like it.. [/quote] So has the guy charged you for fixing it but it isn't fixed?

Loved the sound of the Star bass... was it 'effected' in any way or do you think that was dry like the others

The Thunderfunk has a switch-able fan (generally for studio use) and in fact even with the fan off at a gig, the amp can dissipate the heat without the need for a fan so long as you aren't cranking it/going daft.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1344584571' post='1766617'] Every part of a Wal bass except the machine heads is custom made by or for Wal. [/quote] Surely you could say that for Fender, Gibson, Warwick... ad infinitum; if the parts aren't made by the company themselves then someone makes them for them ('custom made')!

It's nothing to do with an ebay sale as such hence I've put it in this section. I think that this 'bass builder' misunderstands the reason why we have a bridge... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAM-custom-hand-made-Bass-guitar-one-off-with-Fender-strings-Gibson-Lacquer-/221096981163?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item337a6832ab#ht_500wt_1203"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAM-custom-hand-made-Bass-guitar-one-off-with-Fender-strings-Gibson-Lacquer-/221096981163?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item337a6832ab#ht_500wt_1203[/url] Aside from the fact that the saddles are set to follow the shape of the bridge (they could be reset easy enough); the plonker has used dome head screws (not even sure how substantial they would be at holding the bridge) which means that there are certain places that you can't set the saddles and what happens when your G string needs to be set forward of the D string as it is set now?

It could be some size sticky that would take some trawling through; covering N Scotland to SW England!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1344411514' post='1763937'] It's actually very difficult to produce sounds from a Wal Custom that don't sound "right". [/quote] Sorry but I have to disagree for the very reasons that you think that they are great! I agree with all of the statements that a Wal can sound great BUT having owned one many years ago (and having one in the house now on loan), I have to say that they infuriate me with their ability to allow 'me' to screw the tone up! I found that when I owned mine that if I gave it just a bit of a tweak mid song/gig it had the potential to start to sound pants and I'd then spend the rest of the gig trying to get back what I wanted... not my idea of fun. Not saying that they aren't great basses, I have liked the neck of everyone that I have tried but I find them generally a bit too heavy and those tone circuits are just not for me.

I think we'll have to give it a rest for a while Col, otherwise people will begin to talk! Glad you like the Parker, I'm sure that it'll be a keeper.

I knew that whoever got it would love it. I'm sure it has the potential to be your main bass... glad I sold you the other two first!