warwickhunt

By all accounts the preamp is integral (when combined with the ray pup) to the Ray tone... not sure if you need the body and neck then! Let me go find the tinopener for this can of worms I have in the cupboard.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1332963848' post='1595666'] True, but with the pain of potentially having up to seven buyers, seven lots of postage, and seven times the risk of deadbeat bidders compared with just one buyer for the complete bass, he'd have to be making a [i]lot[/i] more to make it worthwhile, surely? [/quote] I wouldn't disagree but if it were a whole bass and he wanted £2000 for it he'd have a VERY limited audience. However, if he sells the parts he has a much wider audience... though I personally think he's going to be pushing it to find a buyer for the bridge/Preamp/pup at those prices!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1332961189' post='1595623'] Why would anyone do that. [/quote] I suppose IF (and it is a big 'if') his BIN auctions go and he gets decent prices for his neck and body he could potentially make more than it is worth as a whole!

That's right £875 via BIN auctions will get you a Musicman Stingray from 1977... unfortunately you will have to take a punt and place bids for several of the 'extra' bits... Oh and do a bit of self assembly! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/kevfits/m.html?hash=item3373dfa65b&item=220987369051&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&_trksid=p4340.l2562"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/kevfits/m.html?hash=item3373dfa65b&item=220987369051&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&_trksid=p4340.l2562[/url]

It may well be a genuine sale, just because he/she has cut and pasted generic info into their thread and they are a brand new user doesn't make it a dodgy bass but... nobody, not ever... should ever wind the G string that way on a Stingray bass! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/musicman-stingray-/180850711959?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a1b8add97#ht_982wt_1396"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/musicman-stingray-/180850711959?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a1b8add97#ht_982wt_1396[/url]

The worst bit is he can't even leave negative feedback for this guy!

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1332693796' post='1591726'] Whenever i come across sellers not offering postage, i just ask them if they will put bubble wrap and a box round it, and i'll have a courier pick it up (Arranged by me for collection at a time to suit them.....usually their work address), so far, i've [i]never[/i] had that option refused by a seller. I pay £12 for a courier to collect a bass from anywhere in the UK, and bring it to my door. Well worth considering guys, dont be put off from a potential bargain because buyer wants collection only!!! [/quote] I regularly do that and actually did it with this guy but it was a none starter! Some people can't be bothered with waiting in for couriers to turn up and/or they fear that breakages (or if on ebay 'alleged' breakages) will give them more grief than it is worth. HOWEVER, worst case scenario happened to a friend; he sold a remote control car on ebay and the buyer paid via paypal and phoned my mate asking if he could organise a courier. Not a problem so my mate duly packed it and it was collected next day... just over a week later the buyer demands a refund for none delivery of item! My mate doesn't have a leg to stand on as he has no 'proof' that he sent the item, as the buyer did all of the booking etc. A cautionary tale.

My whippet ate one of my fingers so I can ownly coont tu three!

Had this guy offered carriage I reckon he'd have received a good deal more for his Ltd Ed Stingray! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190657584569?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1202"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190657584569?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1202[/url] I sent a message and got nowt back but I'd have bumped his bidding up to about £700.

Just to be clear; the fanned frets make the bass sound more 'in-tune' across the whole fingerboard (better than the Buzz Feiten affair)? If so doesn't that make the guitarists appear even MORE out of tune than they frequently are!

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1332278648' post='1586126'] Is it Mexican? Is it even a Fender? I've offered 99p [/quote] Oh that one...

Remember if you use the calculator above, Parcel Force may well want their handling charge if it is coming via a courier whereby they don't handle the UK end (USPS etc.). I've always reckoned on 25% on top of whatever the 'total' cost (inc carriage) of the instrument is.

If you can't see this in person be sure to get good pics of the body as I've seen loads of the fotoflame finishes with splits and cracks in the covering; not to say the wood below is cracked, simply the covering.

I've owned Warwicks with all sorts of pups in them and tbh 'most' of the tone of a Warwick comes from the bass (construction/materials) itself with some colouration/tone/sound attributed to the pups. I have directly swapped out (and back) EMGs and MECs and tbh there wasn't a whole heap of difference! There are some subtle differences between say MEC and SD/Bartolini etc. BUT you could equally get as large a difference by fitting a different brand/material of string or tweaking the EQ on your amp. The cost to buy a new MEC P pup is extortionate, so if you are intent on fitting MEC just wait till someone is flogging a used one, which they have taken out of their bass to fit an EMG... but get it quick as they may realise there is no difference worth speaking of.

I know that early ones 'can' be removed, however despite having owned many early Warwicks I've never had a duff truss rod. There are reports of failures with some alloy rods in early basses but they should have been sorted by now or they just aren't likely to fail by now. I knew that rods in some basses toward the back end of the 90's couldn't be removed easily and that would tally with the addition of the volute around that time. The odd thing with Warwick is that there is so much transition between models/years/upgrades that as you say Mart there isn't a definitive answer re. any aspect of Warwick ownership. I was asked a question recently re. the profile of Warwick necks and they are so varied that it is literally impossible to give a definitve answer.