warwickhunt

I may need to sell a JD Thumb to finance something else so my fingers are crossed this is an upward trend

Nice to see prices heading up for a change... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/warwick-bass-guitar-4-string-Thumb-bass-NT_W0QQitemZ160275223734QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/warwick-bass-guitar-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

It'll be a different thread altogether to assess your needs (we'll stick to bass related ones for now)... so to sort this out! Will your combo give you more than the 165w with an extension cab? I'm thinking the 300 designation in its title means that it will in which case beg/steal/borrow an 8 ohm cab (any bass cab, don't worry about make, wattage or speaker config for now ) and stick that in. I've a feeling it isn't the amp distorting but the speaker complaining. That'll get you through your gig then the GAS can begin and we'll all help you spend money that you ain't got

[quote name='Fraktal' post='271825' date='Aug 28 2008, 03:03 PM']Got 2 sets of hartke strings and broke twice the B string while tuning it up to B (and no, I didnt tune them past B ). They broke at the tuning peg 3 semitones before they reached the B. Gave the other 4 strings to a friend that plays a 4stringer and wont buy that crap anymore.[/quote] You may have just been unlucky No disrespect intended but the string wasn't a 'slightly' larger scale and sticking in the nut?

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='271540' date='Aug 28 2008, 09:24 AM']who the hell is Paul Gilbert?[/quote] A skinny string player, synonymous with bassist Billy Sheehan and loads of others.

My 'new' project is dedicated to just what you are doing. I've grown jaded with the whole; loud, full-on rock band thing and I've taken many of the songs that I used to do and broken them down so that they can be played with a guitar/bass/vocal approach... though we are cheating a bit by using a pair of loopers Saying all of that I have come back around to the idea of a drummer playing along with this more 'acoustic' laid back approach... probably going to end up back as a loud full-on rock thing Our set as is (in no particular order): Rock Star/Photograph Chelsea Dagger Mrs Robinson The Story Let Her Cry Dream Catch Me Learn to Fly Stop & Stare This is the Life The whole of the moon Walk this way Hanging by a moment Sidewinder sleeps She called up Games people play Place your hands on Black Horse & cherry tree Throw the curtains wide Sympathy for the devil Time of your life Shine Pour some sugar on me With or Without you Save tonight Mercy People are strange

[quote name='cheddatom' post='271086' date='Aug 27 2008, 03:28 PM']Are you going to have a drum machine or sequencer instead? Wont the songs sound weird without drums?[/quote] When you say 'weird' you do mean better don't you

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='270928' date='Aug 27 2008, 12:53 PM']The OBP1 in my fretless wouldn't work at all on 9v - it's the cube-shaped one - no idea how old....[/quote] Mine is the earlier 'none-cubed' one. I'll give it a blast as soon as I get the pots, at least it'll be obvious if the thing just doesn't work on 9v

[quote name='ste_m3' post='270918' date='Aug 27 2008, 12:41 PM']I suppose its not technically Bi-amping though. Just Wet-Dry mix. So it shouldnt matter about full range cabs. Either way, i bet it'll sound ace as tits.[/quote] Good point but I kinda assumed the OP was talking about splitting the signal into high and low signals (via a x-over or bi-amp preamp) as he is using the term bi-amp and not stereo or full range! Come back at us Finbar and clarify if you are talking bi-amp or stereo <edit> for typo

[quote name='coasterbass' post='270896' date='Aug 27 2008, 12:08 PM']Don't distract the man !!!! [b]Twin[/b] Ampeg 8x10's are essential for ALL pub gigs !! Everyone knows that. [/quote] Ah well he could subdivide each 8x10 into a left & right vertical stereo column I should hasten to add that I tried the mini-rig bi-amped via the preamp as described (pre signal to 2 combos) but as Alex, BFM et al will be able to tell you if you are sending a bi-amped signal to a couple of cabs that aren't designed for the bi-amp job (which a pair of Schroeder 1212s aren't) then you will not be getting the true benefit of bi-amping. Hence my decision to stick to full range signals going to combos that were intended to handle full range signals... and IMHO sounded better for being full-range BTW I did all of this about 12 years ago, way before t'Internet and before anyone could assist me in understanding why bi-amping into full range cabs just didn't sound right [b]for me[/b]!

I used to run a pair of combos with my bass going into #1 then the line out to #2 with my effects in the effects loop of one of the combos. I could then have both clean or one effected and the other clean so that the signal retained some punch. I tried splitting the signal from a preamp that I had and then sending it to the two combos (via effects) but I got better results as above. The only down side was that I 'had' to take both combos (H&K Bassbase, which were quite weighty) to get what I wanted. If you had a stereo cab (1 cab with each speaker(s) with its own separate inputs) you could do it on a smaller scale!

I have the 4 string. re. the sounds available - they are OK and as a basis on which to tweak some interesting sounds it is pretty good (with the exception of the synth thing ) The actual bass guitar itself is on a par with a £200 Fender copy, nothing to write home about but not the worst thing I've ever played. Cost - pretty cheap if you can find someone desperate to sell but some shops can extract the urine!

[quote name='Peaty' post='270253' date='Aug 26 2008, 01:47 PM']Hello Warwickhunt When the dust has settled if you would consider parting with the MEC pre I have been looking for one. In any case I hope the transplant goes well. Pete[/quote] No worries. Drop me a PM after the weekend and I 'should' be sorted.

Just learned Joe Jackson's - 'It's different for girls' for tonights rehearsal. Nice easy number... once you spend a few seconds scratching your ars* trying to identify the fact that it isn't in concert pitch Oh and I'll make the outro bit up later on tonight!

I'm sure I know you well enough to know that my jibes re. Wicks is taken in the right context Josh and I [b]know[/b] there are a lot of basses out there that are better than Warwicks... don't forget I also own a Bolin and I've had a 'lot' of other basses smattered through my Warwick meanderings TBH my main gigging bass for a lot of years ('91 Infinette) has been my worst sounding bass (when played in isolation) but I've yet to play anything that is as comfortable and effortless to play that just seems to 'fit' into band situations. Hence my views on holding on to both basses for a while longer. Have you considered playing about with preamps for your various basses? I'm in the process of swapping out an MEC unit for an Aggie OBP1 just to see what it does and I confess to having put a Demeter pre into a MEC equipped SSI and it turned a good bass into a great one.

[quote name='spinynorman' post='270136' date='Aug 26 2008, 12:09 PM']This one is a discussion about why the OBP-1 needs 18v and the conclusion, apparently supported by Aguilar, is that it can work with 9v, but they don't recommend it. About 2/3rds of the way down is a comment from someone who has the old one, which I read as "it sounds ok on 9v, but should be 18v". [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324541"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324541[/url][/quote] Cheers! If it ain't going to feck it in the process (which it seems fairly conclusive that it won't) I might try it both ways. In fact I might try to do a simple direct recording onto a digital 4 track and see what it sounds like with the present 18v 3 band MEC pre then the Aguilar @ 9v then 18v

[quote name='spinynorman' post='270115' date='Aug 26 2008, 11:39 AM']From various discussions on Talkbass it appears both versions are recommended to be run at 18V, but will actually work ok at 9V if you want.[/quote] Cheers SN. I've just done a search through TB and came to the same conclusion until... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210688&highlight=obp1"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...;highlight=obp1[/url] This seems to indicate that the OBP1 is 18v only! TBH I have room for 2x9v batteries so I can run it at that and I was more concerned about running something that 'should' operate @ 9v on 18v. Thanks though

[quote name='tauzero' post='270094' date='Aug 26 2008, 11:11 AM']Well, I don't like Streamers...[/quote] That's what I like to hear... all the more for me

Item sold. I've tried to contact the buyer to give them the heads up, I hope they believe me! Anyone else want to warn him/her, they might take notice if it is more than one person.

[quote name='markytbass' post='270066' date='Aug 26 2008, 10:30 AM']Seaham is just up the road from me (well up the A19). If I could be arsed (which I can't), I could suggest to the seller that I go and see their bass (if they really have it) and buy their's and they have the other one when/if it arrives.[/quote] I'd like to bet they don't agree to you coming anywhere near them... regardless of the reason

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='269972' date='Aug 26 2008, 07:59 AM']Diffrent strokes, innit. Believe it or not, there are people out there who think Warwicks are fugly...[/quote] Show me where... I'll sort the barstewards out