warwickhunt

[quote name='sonny-d' post='452019' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:42 PM']I really think that some you should go back and read part 6 of the introduction which outlines the conduct and behaviour of members on this forum. I find a lot of the things said on these pages offensive, accusatory, and even liabelous. Some of you seem to think that your status outside of this gives you the right to slag off anyone and everyone without any real understanding of the situation at hand. Some of you don't even have a clue what you are talking about. If you spent just half the time you do writing these scathing reports on shops and websites etc as you do on actually playing bass then maybe you wouldnt be so frustrated. I find it childish, futile and pathetic that some of you feel the need to be so anally retentive. To me this sums up everything depressing and tragic about these so-called forums. If this the way you carry on behind peoples' backs then it's no wonder that YOU are the ones who get a reputation for being difficult. Its pathetic and god help anyone who has to deal with you.[/quote] A point well made... so why did you bother joining? I think you'll find that the point of forums is that sad deluded people without real lives can talk utter b*ll*cks 'behind people's backs' (though how you manage to do that whilst openly posting on a public forum, I fail to comprehend). In summary you don't have to deal with people on here... you can simply extricate yourself and go elsewhere! That isn't how I normally welcome people but it is how I react to individuals who come on and start slating all and sundry with less than an hour as a member; you'll find that to slate all and sundry you have to be a member for at least 2 hours.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='449597' date='Mar 30 2009, 04:14 PM']Bidder 2 took 3 days to decide that he had placed a bid of an incorrect amount! Still looking good atm for a cheapie. [/quote] I thought as much... £720. Did anyone off here get it?

[quote name='Marcus' post='451275' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:54 AM']Keighley..... close enough if ya serious enough !! HOW MUCH DO YA WANT IT PUNK !!![/quote] That's like Yarksha isn't it? I may have sourced a couple of downsized Jazzers closer to home so we shall see.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='451161' date='Apr 1 2009, 08:26 AM']No we didn't unfortunately. They offered us £1500, mainly because they said this forum has too many difficult members compared to some of the other forums out there that they had looked at. However Basschat has size in its favour, so there we go.[/quote] Difficult members...! Oh OK, give me the £1500 and I'll leave.

[quote name='Marcus' post='451126' date='Apr 1 2009, 07:23 AM']CHRISDABASS now has 2 downsized Sadowsky basses...... the lucky bugger !!!! [/quote] Not in the NE I assume?

[quote name='Marcus' post='450989' date='Mar 31 2009, 11:53 PM']Hey Up mate..... You did like my full size Sadowsky didn't you !! For me the Lakland Skylines are chalk and cheese from their USA cousins, picked up some nice ones and some dogs.... The Sadowsky Metro's are virtually identical to the NYC basses..... Buy a MV4 and live happily ever after !![/quote] Anybody got an MV4 I can try? Seriously though, I'd equally love to try a 'downsized' Sado but even your mate Steve doesn't have one in stock! Hence the chance to try a DJ seemed more likely. You never know I might strike lucky and find a good Skyline!

[quote name='Linus27' post='449912' date='Mar 30 2009, 08:56 PM']I'm sure this bass is cursed as it seems to have had problem after problem Any advice is really appreciated.[/quote] Sell it to me for eleventy-twelve pence... problem solved! Soz can't be more constructive but as it is a passive bass it can't be rocket science to get the pups/pots/wiring either changed or checked... or sell it to me.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='450878' date='Mar 31 2009, 09:07 PM']Hey lads up north What's a good store up north? I like it in Newcastle so I might come and look for my Jazz up there. Been getting good quotes from guitarguitar.co.uk in N castle. Gaz[/quote] GuitarGuitar, Soundslive are 'probably' your best two options but occasionally you can find something in Brian's Guitar Shop or Windows. There is a new one (in the old SoundControl store) called Aire Guitars but not a great selection or particularly keenly priced.

[quote name='chris_b' post='449849' date='Mar 30 2009, 08:06 PM']So, tell us about 4 112 cabs.[/quote] [quote name='Marcus' post='450651' date='Mar 31 2009, 04:29 PM']Very Loud, very very loud.... full bodied and very very tight bottom end, I thought it might get a little wooley with the 4 of them but not at all, It punched you in the back of the head stood in front of it..... Shame we didn't think to video some of the other stuff...... bit of an after thought, we had some canny gear in the room !![/quote] I have to say that there was no real specific focus for the impromptu get together, it was just a case of we did because we could! I think it was quite illuminating for WoT to try his Bergs against Aggie 12s and to try the DB750 against his mesa; it was also a chance for Marcus to simply see what happened when you tried out the 2ohm capacity of the DB going through 4 vertically aligned 12's (scary); I also got the chance to try Marcus's Sadowsky and now have a hankering for a downsized Jazz. Any excuse to make a racket and induce GAS!

I find the standard sized jazz body a tad large for my taste so I've been drawn to some of the Sadowsky Lakland DJ style basses and as the Skyline DJ appears to be the most readily available and reasonably priced, I thought I'd ask if anyone has one that I can have a plonk on? I could take a punt and buy a 'cheap' used one blind knowing that I'd not lose too much if I had to resell but tbh I'm getting tired of using that route to try different basses out, as it is a fair bit of hassle handling the sale and then packing up the bass and waiting in for a courier etc. It doesn't matter whether it's a USA or Skyline, nor what pups it has or fingerboard wood etc. as I only want to get an idea of physical dimensions/feel. I could reciprocate and let you try out a Warwick or a Spector! Cheers

[quote name='eubassix' post='450671' date='Mar 31 2009, 04:57 PM']one-year-on bump / link (gear 4 sale)[/quote] Do you have a set price yet Dave and is there meant to be a link?

Bidder 2 took 3 days to decide that he had placed a bid of an incorrect amount! Still looking good atm for a cheapie.

[quote name='RayFW' post='449156' date='Mar 30 2009, 01:22 AM']Glad I could help. I knew I'd seen it over on TalkBS because I was searching for exactly the same thing a few days ago. I've not been brave enough to try it yet though,. I'll let you be the guinea pig if you want [/quote] Will do!

Pah you had my hopes up there... they aren't basses they have too many strings for a bass! Please amend your title to show ERB!

[quote name='RayFW' post='448944' date='Mar 29 2009, 08:36 PM']This thread over at talkbs may be of some help: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500416"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500416[/url][/quote] Really appreciate that, I tried searching but there were so many permutations of words that I kept getting loads of irrelevant stuff so gave up!

Any idea how the heck you remove the grilles from these cabs without damaging the cab edge or the cloth/frame? I want to give the mounting screws/bolts of one of my cabs the once over but can I heck find an easy way to get the cloth grille/frame out! Cheers

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='448648' date='Mar 29 2009, 01:17 PM']So in theory, if you plugged the bass into one these TC Dual Parametric EQ jobs: And then in to the rig, that should do the job? I've found that adding a pickup to an acoustic guitar for example, doesn't give you a real true interpretation of the guitar's sound, but that these jobbies work wonders.[/quote] That would do the job spot on. If that is a preamp as well as EQ you could try putting that into the effects return and thus bypass the main amp preamp and just utilise the power amp section, just an option.

If the amp has some form of parametric EQ it might be better suited to acoustic bass as you then have more scope for sorting out feedback, eliminating problem frequencies etc. but essentially there isn't any reason why you can't. A few bass amps have notch filters to help with the troublesome nature of amplifying acoustics and my old H&K BassBase 600 had such a thing built into the 2nd of its 2 channels to accommodate said acoustic basses.

Levinson aren't really mainstream enough to warrant many 'collectors' of their instruments so I wouldn't pin hopes on getting a huge valuation, especially as your bass is refinished! The problem with prototypes is that it would be far too easy for someone to stick the neck onto a homemade body and claim it was 'unique'... and before you leap to refute that, I'm NOT saying that is the case here BUT it can be one of the reasons that getting a value on such an instrument would be difficult. Could your relative who gave you the bass not give you an idea of value? If you don't want to sell it then tbh the value is pretty immaterial isn't it? If it helps you I've seen early Blade basses sell on eBay for £500ish, while one was advertised (but afaik didn't sell) on here for £750... oh and the Blade that sold for £150 needed a refin! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=27578&hl=blade"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=27578&hl=blade[/url]

Toto - Hold the line Queens of the Stone Age - No-one knows 'Slightly' different styles but both for the same band.

As a Stage II fretless with LED's it should be worth over a grand all day long BUT in the present market! I'd say the bass started life as a fretless mainly because that doesn't look like a wenge fingerboard (which a fretted would have had), too smooth which does look ebony and my eyes might be off but I can't see any fret filler (though I concede it could be colour matched). The thing that I do find odd is that the serial number on the back of the neck suffixes with 94 which would indicate it was made in 94 and the prefix looks to be a G which means that it was made in July. Now if that is the case then Zender may well have had to do some Space Cowboy style travelling without moving (see what I did there ) as the preported recordings were released in 94, so I'd have thought they would have been physically recorded earlyish 94! I'm not saying the time scale isn't plausible and it certainly isn't impossible but if someone knew a bit of JK or Zender history they should be able to say when stuff was recorded. Thinking about it... Zender may well have literally just taken delivery of the bass during recording sessions and felt the need to try and include it on JK tracks, so it may be correct.

[quote name='tischbein' post='446068' date='Mar 26 2009, 03:08 PM']LeFay Singer IV.... local german bass builder around the corner... check it out: [url="http://www.lefay.de/"]http://www.lefay.de/[/url] He builds the most amazing fretless, too.[/quote] [quote name='ped' post='446160' date='Mar 26 2009, 04:25 PM']I Love LeFay basses.. go on, show us some pics![/quote] Ever since they reviewed one in the old Bassist mag I've wanted to try one but they are like the proverbial Rocking Horse stuff and most of those I've seen advertised have been 5's and 6's.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='444122' date='Mar 24 2009, 07:08 PM']Not now they won't! [/quote] I think you missed my point. I was trying to say that now it is down to the highest bidder which potentially could be the bidder on £700.