warwickhunt

[quote name='Beedster' post='189984' date='May 1 2008, 08:33 PM']Let it be known that Ian (SMART) is a very bad chap. Last Friday, as if he could read my mind, he emailed me a few pics. A couple of days later I was close to a month's salary less well off but one Modulus Flea to the good. Also, I can't tell you how impressed I was by Ian Morton who drove a few hundred miles to deliver it in person. A top bloke. Cheers Ian. [attachment=8328:P4230302.jpg] [attachment=8327:P4230293.jpg][/quote] So how middle class are you to have a personal shopper Hey Ian you can do stuff like that with me if you like but make it half a months salary and could you deliver to Newcastle please BTW nice one Chris!

Are you just teasing us with these attachments that don't work

[quote name='MB1' post='189873' date='May 1 2008, 05:55 PM']MB1. If they have in fact gone into recievership will the recievers not be selling all there stock off cheaply? can we expect a Sound Control auction or is this just a cull of certain outlets around the country that havent been doing very well? .................what did they tell you when you phoned MR Warwickhunt?........Curiouser and Curiouser? [/quote] I was told that the suits had closed certain stores up and down the country effective immediate and the stores left open were on a 12 week notice of closure should a buyer for the Co. not be found. I asked about a price reduction / sale and he said not as yet but 'keep in touch'!

[quote name='Hutton' post='189763' date='May 1 2008, 02:45 PM']There are already three threads in 'off topic' about this. There is also one thread on this forum about the same thing. [/quote] Yeh I've subsequently seen those and confirmed it in person by phoning SC

I'd endorse the 'try before you buy' but if you are asking for personal opinions... I prefer the down-sized body of the Sterling, which gives you 99% of the balls of a full size Ray but with more tonal options and a slimmer neck. Don't forget that you then have to throw all of the other Sterling pup combinations into the pot along with the Sabre etc

[quote name='BassBunny' post='189266' date='Apr 30 2008, 09:35 PM']Apparently Sound Control and Turnkey Music went into recievership today.[/quote] From whence comes this news, any evidence? I only ask as I must have heard the same thing every 6 mths for the last 3 yrs! re. the original post - you will always get a degree of individualism when dealing with bigger stores. This may have been a misinformed/under-trained member of staff... it equally could have been a ploy to get a bit more revenue for him/the store (do SC work on bonuses etc.?). As has been pointed out it could have been a bargain bin buy out and they may not all have had cases. Saying that you are right in principle that if a bass should have a case and doesn't, then there should be an appropriate reduction on top of any offer of reduction for a bass supplied with case (unless the reason it was cheap was because of no case... I am making sense ).

[quote name='Machines' post='188602' date='Apr 30 2008, 07:29 AM']People who have dozens of basses I feel are simply hoarding and can't possibly use them all.[/quote] ...and your point is? [quote name='FJ1200' post='188611' date='Apr 30 2008, 08:07 AM']re. Line 6 Variaxe bass. Has anyone got one? If so - do you use it on it's own or with a POD?[/quote] I still have the bass, which I use for shows/productions but I *kin hated the POD, I believe someone on here bought it from me back in the BW days. Like others I find some of the sounds very interesting and useful (though I can get quite a few of the tones 'NOT the 12 string/synth etc' using a Stage I Warwick and simply adjusting the onboard pan/EQ etc) but why oh why did they stick it in an uninspiring body that feels like a £200 far east F*nd*r copy... will I have upset F*nd*r owners [quote name='Golchen' post='188632' date='Apr 30 2008, 08:53 AM']I can't see the point in owning 8+ basses.[/quote] If you 'did' have them, you'd see the point! [quote name='wateroftyne' post='188636' date='Apr 30 2008, 09:15 AM']I've got four good'uns, and I play them all... but one is leaving the nest tomorrow. *gulp* Three is a good number, I think.[/quote] 3 is a magic number! [quote name='Steve_nottm' post='188767' date='Apr 30 2008, 12:53 PM']How many pairs of shoes do you (or the missus) have? lots for different occasions, or to go with things, or just because they look good. You can choose what to wear (use) depending on a whole raft of different things, from what looks right to what you happen to fancy. Basses are the same and a whole lot cheaper than my wife's shoes!![/quote] I have a very happy/healthy relationship in this respect... Every now and again I just hand my wife my wallet and say 'Here you are darlin' get yourself away and buy a pair of shoes or boots'. She immediately smiles and asks where the new bass is going to hang The perfect relationship. [quote name='Happy Jack' post='188819' date='Apr 30 2008, 02:09 PM']Isn't it a good thing that I have no particular need to justify owning all those basses? [/quote] Exactly My 'story' for owning so many basses over the years is that I've constantly traded up, aiming for better quality and improved tone. In the last almost 30 years I've owned in excess of 50 Warwicks alone and I've no idea how many other manufacturers basses have passed through my hands. As a new bass came in an old one went out... then I made the mistake of keeping one when I bought another one... then another... and another Just didn't have the heart to sell them but luckily had the funds not to give a flying f*ck In all seriousness it did get to a point earlier this year where I had basses that I was restringing and putting batteries in that I hadn't played since last time I restrung them and put batteries in I decided that this was not best practice and had a bit of a purge. I may have had 7 or 8 Streamers at the same time but they were all different in tone... however some were subtle differences and that was the deciding factor

[quote name='NJE' post='188328' date='Apr 29 2008, 07:03 PM']Hello all, Im thinking about getting a stingray 5 from basscentral. Its about $1000 so what should I be expecting to pay in shipping and taxes? am I right in thinking the grand total would be around £650 - £700 I'm really happy some of you have successfully been down this route, makes me feel a lot better about it. Also How long was delivery? Thanks Nathan[/quote] The bass may be $1000 (approx £510), then I'd imagine you have shipping costs $150 - $350 (£75 - £175) + taxes @ 22% calculated on the total inc' shipping (£710 - £835), then budget for the Customs/ParcelForce handling fee at this end. You can of course look on the bright side and hope that shipping is less than I think and that you may not get hit for all of the taxes and handling fees but realistically I reckon you'd be looking at closer to £750 - £850. I've only ever bought 2 basses from the States and both times I was a bit optimistic with the total (hence I'm erring on the side of caution with your pricing) but I was pleasantly surprised that they arrived trouble free in 7 - 10 days.

How to confuse the p*ss out of your potential buyer. I gave up reading this description after the 2nd read through! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Vintage-Fender-62-Re-issue-Jazz-Bass-Stack-Knob_W0QQitemZ170213339975QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Vintage-Fender-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

[quote name='matty589' post='187703' date='Apr 28 2008, 11:43 PM']With all due respect, there are a fair few posts here that seem to exhibit narrow-mindedness and ignorance. Fine if you don't like the way someone plays but [b]just about everyone mentioned as being overrated has achieved far more as a musician and a bass player than anyone here ever will[/b]. R.I.P Jaco, the Ox and all the other fine bass players no longer with us. And good luck bickering some more as I've had enough [/quote] I beg to differ... much earlier in the thread I put myself forward and I've done f*ck all as a musician or bass player This was a pointless exercise from its inception and should be treat thus!

Leave it as is. In years to come it will be called Mojo and will increase the value of your instrument threefold

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='186517' date='Apr 27 2008, 02:48 PM']No - a 4-string fretless Bubinga Corvette and a 5-string fretless Swamp-ash Corvette. My orignal post was about the 4-string, which went to a long serving menber of their forum, and the 5-string to a newby who posted in 'wanted'. He lives just down the road from me and paid cash when he collected.[/quote] Yes I knew about the Corvette but I'd heard that Flo picked up a Thumb 5 from the UK... so 2 + 2 = 5

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='186423' date='Apr 27 2008, 12:32 PM']I thought the purpose of this thread was to talk bollocks not enter into deep discussion on the meaning of over-rated.[/quote] Correct! I 'was' talking b*ll*cks but it sounded good

Without wishing to incur the wrath of all Fender owners (about 75% of the bass playing community, so that's quite a few enemies)... Fender owners 'can' be quite traditional, if they weren't then they'd be playing one of the many other Fender-alikes on the market. Hence Fender may branch out (as in this case) every now and again but they always come back to the tried and tested. I do recall these being released and though they did offer some advantages over your standard Jazz (the Kubicki inspired/copied controls NOT being one of them) buyers avoided them en masse and they were knocked out in bargain sales in dealerships all over! Not to say that it isn't a good bass... but I wouldn't pin your retirement/pension fund on it

[quote name='matty589' post='186412' date='Apr 27 2008, 12:13 PM']Ah, finally some intelligence! But then you like Warwicks [/quote] ... and I over-rate myself

The original query asks who 'you' think is over-rated... surely if you list a bassist that you don't like, that then means that they can't be over-rated. You don't rate them at all, hence they can not by definition be over-rated by you

Brandi Carlile-The Story Hardly difficult but a great song with the chance to really shine through the dynamic range of it.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='186018' date='Apr 26 2008, 05:06 PM']Me [/quote] +1 for me... (before anyone else does it )

Me

I've tried the polite approach of asking a few of the newbies to pop over and introduce themselves (which some have) but I begin to feel like a fussy tw*t as I'm pretty much one of the few that does. I'd personally sign up to the Beedster approach that if a newbie comes on and starts selling straight away I'd like to be able to tell them a few home truths (obviously only if applicable) without fear of public stoning from a section of BC who would consider me a bully or worse! damned if I do; damned if I don't

[quote name='thedarxide' post='185911' date='Apr 26 2008, 01:36 PM']Have you seen this: [url="http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200804.shtml#2008-04-21085253"]http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200804.shtml#2008-04-21085253[/url] Sell from a different PC (i.e. at work) and they'll want to 'phone you for permission?!?![/quote] Well it has started, I think I'll change my user ID to Nostradamus