warwickhunt

Even though you've already PMd OBBM... Get one of OBBM's cables, no need to spend more!

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='149194' date='Feb 29 2008, 09:41 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_u35sHICjE"]TAKE A LOOK[/url] Unbelievable. (Thanks to [url="http://www.myspace.com/solobassstevelawson"]Steve Lawson[/url] for the tip-off)[/quote] Your link to S Lawson led me to watch this youtube clip ( [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8zq6HRRhQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8zq6HRRhQ[/url] ) and I love the whole song/arrangement/vocal/playing/mistakes but I'm particularly impressed by their honesty and humour. Thanks for that Any idea what looper he is using?

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='149397' date='Mar 1 2008, 11:57 AM']Hello, Mr. Hunt! No... but that's why I'm asking here! Fair point... However, for my needs (small gigs, rehearsals, back-up to my main rig) I only need something which is well-built with a decent power amp and speaker. I'm sure the onboard Pre willl be fine for open mic's, but If the tone is a country mile away from what I need for band gigs, I'll just go via my EBS Microbass into the FX return. Sorted! I'm looking at these because they seem to be well-built (in Germany, not the Far East) and are a resonable price. Ideally, I'd like a Walkabout combo but Mrs. WoT would break my legs. [/quote] Ah! I forgot that you had the EBS pre so tone from the preamp isn't such an issue and any way the tone from this may well be way better than the jobbie I tried a few years back. The H&K stuff is pretty well made and I had no issues for 15 years with the combos that I used. However, why don't you buy the combo that you really want, after all... broken bones mend

A small rubber car mat. The type you might put in the rear footwell of a car, it should be about the right size, it'll be rectangular to fit most cab tops and pretty cheap from a car autoparts shop (not a BMW dealership etc).

I know you're a grown up lad and all that but have you tried one? I tried the rest of the H&K range after I had my first Bassbase combo repaired and the range, as was then, sounded nothing like the range that I was using. Normally a manufacturer kind of has a generic tone across their range but the BassKick amp that I tried after using the Bassbase may as well have been from another manufacturer, it was totally different in tone!

Personal preferrence Vol & Pan. I like having one vol to turn down and the pan has always given me the range that I need.

I can appreciate you'd be annoyed but you'll be wasting valuable time and effort trying to report him. What can you report him for? If you claim that he was trying to do a deal off eBay he could reciprocate saying that you made the approach and were trying to make an offer of eBay... you could end up in the cacky! I'm not saying you are wrong but it will likely as not be a fruitless exercise.

I have to say that I think £320 was still a decent price for the combo version of that amp! 50% of the new price seems a bit of a low estimate for used amps/combos especially desirable marques such as GK, MB etc.

Dave Wilson at the Haltwhistle Custom Shop isn't exactly on the corner of your street but he isn't a million miles away and he did all the Overwater stuff and now works on Sobell Acoustics (£10k guitars). He did the refinish on my Orange Pumpkin Warwick and he does a lot of work for other guys on this forum who live in the North. PM me for his number if you want it.

[quote name='Danny' post='147993' date='Feb 27 2008, 06:07 PM']I've had this video "bookmarked" for a while now. Journey - Don't Stop believing - Live[/quote] Ah the memories... takes me back to my yoot, headbanging at Newcastle Mayfair (sigh) Happy Days. Is that an Ovation bass that he's playing?

That is actually better than most and would certainly fool the unsuspecting Fender noobie.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='146861' date='Feb 25 2008, 07:49 PM']Whether I can still justify owning the other basses if I don't otherwise record with them is another question I may have to ask myself down the line.[/quote] You're probably a short step away from where I was recently with the Warwick basses that I had. Even though I'm 'probably' going to regret selling each and every one I have to say that it has been liberating and the fact that some of them literally went from one string/battery change to the next with a couple of hours playing kind of consolidates my justification in selling up. I don't think you've quite reached the point of selling up yet because the decision literally comes upon you one morning when you wake up.

I'm after a copy of the review of the Bolin bass that was in the Bass magazine (fairly) recently or for that matter any review in any mag of a Bolin bass! If you don't want to sell your copy can someone let me know what magazines and which month/number any reviews are in. Cheers

[quote name='pete.young' post='147485' date='Feb 26 2008, 10:42 PM']I think you're right to be suspicious. [b]Don't we have any basschatters resident in Orkney[/b] who could pop round and check this out? I know a few dive boat skippers but they're not renowned for their expertise in bass guitars (though they've got a highly developed nose for bullshit, to a man!)[/quote] We do indeed! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10388&hl=orkney"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...8&hl=orkney[/url]

[quote name='bobpalt' post='147082' date='Feb 26 2008, 08:32 AM']The chap who is selling is a BassChatter, [b]and a really nice guy[/b]. And the colour is a lot deeper blue/green than it looks! I know, I have just sold one that is exactly the same, and in the flesh, its a beauty (and plays, like all Zons, superbly).[/quote] I'm sure he is and no one has said otherwise

I bought a Yamaha one from SC for less than a fiver and it's really well constructed. I'm guessing by the time you factor in the parts and the time you'll spend doing it, buying one from any of the outlets mentioned would be cheaper. Just a thought, have you tried Thomann?

Listing removed! Wonder what happened there?

[quote name='BigRedX' post='147010' date='Feb 25 2008, 11:29 PM']Some interesting ideas. The rotated neck has been done before in a more extreme form on the [url="http://www.littleguitarworks.com/torzal/"]Little Torzal Twist[/url] which is mentioned in the article and also in the [url="http://www.nortonguitars.com/"]Norton Guitars and Basses[/url] where the angle of the neck to body is completely adjustable via the Mainframe system. I like the way the strings fit into the head on this bass but I'm a little concerned as to how well they're going to stay there under agressive playing?[/quote] Isn't the headstock string seat system just a direct rip-off of the Kubicki sysyem?

I've no idea how it would work in practice but I like the idea of the rotated neck... but would it make it easier to play? The rest is pretty much covered by a whole bunch of basses already out there.