WHUFC BASS

[quote name='dlloyd' post='849304' date='May 27 2010, 12:05 PM']! Now that's just lazy... Surely it would take at most a couple of minutes to check that the truss rod and saddles were adjusted correctly?[/quote] Yep - or even just pick the thing up, give it a couple of minutes playing to see that it was remotely playable and then stick it back in the box. I know you're all taking my word for it on this one so I'll post pics up later of how its been sent and the nut and string height ratio.

[quote name='dlloyd' post='849276' date='May 27 2010, 11:25 AM']I don't think it's likely to be a problem with the bass, or with the way it left the factory. It sounds more like the shop simply didn't bother to set it up.[/quote] Correct. As mentioned the bass itself looks OK and the workmanship appears to be OK - its just the set-up. Well I rang Andertons, spoke to a sales assistant and they've agreed to refund me the price of a set-up which is fair enough. Thumbs up for that. They were at pains to tell me that I was the first person to experience this problem with a Musicman guitar or bass which I can believe. They don't inspect every guitar that goes out the door apparently because the sheer volume of guitars they sell wouldn't make this viable.

Thanks for the replies... It could well be the truss rod, neck looks to be dead straight apart form a slight curve towards the body end of the neck. Worringly though, compared to all my other basses, the nut looks excessivley high - I'll post a picture up tonight if I can. It looks to me that the set up was set so high to avoid any string buzzing, which it did admirably but in the process has made the bass almost unplayable. Apart from that, the finishing and workmanship on this bass doesn't look too bad. Reasonably light and identical to a Stingray. Sound wise, can't really tell in the state its in - pickup height is all over the place.

Possibly, I'm more inclined to think that the nut has been cut too high - but the point is that if it says it is set-up and inspected in the U.S. I would assume that it is part of their marketing strategy (one of the reasons I bought the bass in the first place). This clearly hasn't been set up or inspected by anyone by the looks of things and if it has, it has been set up in a way, simply to prevent the strings from buzzing. The shop I think is at fault here too for not checking their instruments before they go out the door. I'm going to ask them for the price of a set-up to be knocked off the bass or for to take it back and give me my money back I reckon. I've heard some good things about the Sterling Ray34s so I assume that the one I've got is a duff one.

...and its a bag of sh*t. Plays like bow and arrow. Got it from Andertons music via mail order - set up and inspected in the USA ? What a load of crap. The action was so high the string saddles had about one turn left on the screw posts. Even one turn lowering them produced buzzing on the frets. To me the nut looks like it is cut too high. Back its going tomorrow. You'd think Andertons would check their stuff before it goes out too. Obviously not. ....and breathe....

Great bloke to deal with. Top notch.

I wonder if the Germans pronounce Warwick "Var-Vick" ? Personally I think the Koreans don't make bad guitars at all and there's a lot of snobbishness surrounding country of manufacture when it comes to guitars and basses.

Any news on these basses yet ?

[url="http://probass.co.uk/Home.html"]http://probass.co.uk/Home.html[/url] I must admit some of them look top drawer. I"m a bit confused about the set neck construction on some of them though

Its LTD so not really ESP - the real ESPs are made in Japan. This is probably no different to any mid-spec Korean / far-eastern bass

[quote name='Clarky' post='835867' date='May 13 2010, 08:14 AM']Thanks chaps. I was thinking of experimenting with some TI Flats but the neck is not set up for these (and the truss rod adjustment tool I ordered on eBay has not yet arrived) - plus I wasn't sure flats would suit this bass. As Shaggy said, its quite dark sounding so I assume (perhaps incorrectly) rounds would be better.[/quote] You'd be right too. I had a Thunderbird and the only strings that worked for me on it was DR-Hi Beams. Its a dark sounding bass what with the all mahogany construction so the brighter the string the better IMO.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='826486' date='May 3 2010, 02:24 PM']I am being had a go at by a local promoter for raising money for H4H apparently it makes a nazi, who knew?[/quote] Ha ha! I know who you mean. We did a few gigs for H4H and he's tried to get a few of our gigs in Kent pulled too because apparently we're Nazis too. The bloke is a f***ing melt. He's pissed off a lot of people by doing this.

Sounds great. Crap shape.