warwickhunt

Are you after a 4 or 5 string Streamer/Thumb? If it is a 4 string and you have to have JJ pups you'll be looking at a Streamer Stage II which is more expensive and significantly harder to find than a Streamer Stage I (PJ).

Small body, short top horn... 1st fret is further away than many have encountered on any other bass, which means a big 'NO' for many. "I understand the wenge neck gives that characteristic burp that the Thumb has." - You'd be hard pushed to tell the difference between the neck woods; it's the combination of many things that give that burp.

That looks like an ebony board which indicates it's always been fretless or had a replacement board. If it is 1990 you'll get a reply from W telling you basic info that anyone could give, they didn't keep detailed records back then so I could type up the W reply for you. I'd have a close examination of how good the lines are installed; do they 'look' factory?

Contact Dave Hills at Trillians, Newcastle; if he is interested you'll still not get a gig till 2024 as he is booked virtually every day of the week till then. I have to say there are more bands chasing fewer good gigs/venues, which is an issue!

Thanks for the info @rushbo However... unless I can find a playable TP 12 string it will be 'sound-a-like'!

If you know of venues that put on tributes in your area, please by all means message me and I'll see if I can sort something.

The YI200 was quite a size as I recall, will the physical 'box' be significantly smaller than that?

Stonking gig at Trillians last night. Not blowing our trumpet but it was packed and I had a hard time believing that when I saw my teenage heroes 'ANGEL' there a couple of years ago there were less fans in than we had... mad (but great)! Folks were singing along to nearly every song. Our guitarist knows he needs to up his game!

HOW MUCH?

Isn't the whole EQ thing dependent on too many things to generalise about pro/con? I was about to post that I have a flat EQ on my gigging amps (Thunderfunk/EBS350) but then I realised that my other amp (Tech Soundsystem Blackcat) isn't 'flat' when everything is in the centre BUT it sounds good like that. I also used to use the contour control a lot on the Handbox WD100... which is a mid control. It literally depends on me (fingers or pick), bass (active/passive), strings (flats/rounds/old/new), amp, cabs, effects, room, band line up (guitars/keys) inc drummers kit... the list goes on. However, I should add that I play with 4 different bands (often with interchangeable drummers), using various amps, with various musical outcomes. If you play one thing all the time maybe one setting works.

Are they mini humbuckers? I like basses that are a bit different and that is defo on the tasteful side of different.

Pleasant 30 mins on YT going back to my youth! I did a charity gig for Cancer Research and we put together a 'tribute' band to KISS; it was all low budget but I bloody enjoyed the songs again... more than I did the boots!

Our first 'proper' gig in a dedicated music venue; really looking forward to this one! Obviously we do all of the hits (yes both of them) but loads of early Cheap Trick for this gig. 2023-03 IWYTWM.wmv

Fixed it for you!

I've had them on Warwick basses, so yes. However, I didn't have one to hand.

Really nice bridges those Hipshot B's. I actually don't have an issue with the 'quality' of bridge that is fitted as standard, not bothered that you have to slacken strings and slide to placement but it is a bit odd that the up/down travel is bottomed out and it seems some bridges are either positioned incorrectly (mine was defo 8mm out when comparing 2 identical bridges on Jake basses) or that you can't get enough lateral movement to intonate.

I had a Schaller 3D to hand when I was 'adjusting' my Jake and they are a lot lower profile... otherwise it'd be on my bass by now.

A consideration is, how 'high' is your new bridge? I looked at fitting shorter Warwick saddles into the Maruszczyk bridge but they were 3mm higher. I also had 3 other bridge designs in the house and all would have been higher, with no option to get the saddles lower.

Your bridge is fine compared to mine... which was positioned incorrectly! As to the question of a 5 hole Fender style bridge... someone obviously tried it on my bass before fitting/refitting the factory bridge. I've moved my bridge 10mm further back to fix the intonation issue but the saddles are flat to the base with no adjustment possible and yet I would ideally have liked to have dropped them a little further.

It was a bit of an odd one tbh! We were all psyched and up for it, new guitarist had to be found and drafted in with 3 weeks notice and he aced it. However... we were booked on the understanding this was a 'rock' venue with weekly band nights that were squarely aimed at rock music. Only thing was they gave us a Friday night gig, when the rock nights were always on a Saturday! We ended up playing to a really broad section of punters from 20 - 70 year old; some of the 20 year old's were up and dancing and the older generation singing along to the hits but they weren't CT fans as such! The management were enthusiastic about a Saturday rebooking and apologetic that we ended up on a Friday. It was the type of venue and location that didn't entice a lot of people to travel to. Here's a clip from one of the hits! 2023-03 The Flame.wmv

Get a used Tech 21 Sansamp, it does what you ask and the added advantage, if it doesn't work for you it'll be worth what you paid for it when you resell.