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A gift! My word you are very lucky, that’s the bass equivalent of winning the lottery!

This kind of thing prompts a question I often ask in my mind - who is paying for this??

The new website certainly looks nicer but I’m not sure if it’s any easier to use - kind of annoying that I have to filter the search for specific brands rather than click a link to a specific area. As a default it’s just a super long page of everything they have in stock. Maybe an extra landing page or two with that functionality would help things a bit.

Funny the difference a logo makes - I completely agree! Warwick are notorious for not selling necks separately but it may be different for the Sadowskys…also at the very least they could maybe sell some transfers as a cheaper DIY option?

Good luck my friend, please report back and let us know how it goes!

That would make sense, I think there is something going on atm. With all my previous experiences being decent I last week didn’t get a reply to an email regarding a high value order (for which I’ve paid a chunky deposit) and is 3 months overdue its delivery date. Tried calling and I’m pretty sure the phone got picked up and put down immediately. Have since emailed again but am still none the wiser. 3 attempts to contact with no outcome ain’t great.

I’m happy to chip in if something gets set up. Love Dan’s reviews.

This! Metallica’s first four albums are just perfect. Seasons 3-8 of the Simpsons are just perfect. Everything since then has just been a shadow of what came before. Both are great examples of something legendary truly losing its way.

Holy necro-thread Batman!

Awesome to hear you’re still loving the Thumb, A! Have you seen the new Ltd editions that have a ‘flip flop’ finish not dissimilar to the peacock colour on your one? I like to think Warwick saw our pics and thought it looked so good they stole the idea haha. Anyway, how do I pull this back on topic…oh yes, as others have said it’s defo a bass you should try before you buy. The 4 does sound different to the 5 because of the neck pickup placement. In the end it wasn’t quite the one for me but it was easily the most comfortable bass for slapping I’d ever laid my hands on. I did enquire how much a 4 string with the 5 string pickup placement would cost me at the custom shop a few years ago and even then the price was eye watering…dread to think what it would be now!

Lovely colour. Not sure but the fingerboard could be wenge.

For a bolt-on that looks decent I think. The bubinga body is nice as a lot of bolt-ons have ovangkol bodies and necks (similar tonal characteristics to bubinga but cheaper and not quite as pretty). Unless stated otherwise it is probably a GPS, there are a few Korean-made pro series on the used market but the ones I’ve seen tend to have gloss finishes. If you were saving up for a ‘better’ one you’d likely be looking at a neck thru which are pretty pricy these days and will sound a little different to the bolt on in the vid.

I have a Jam Pedals Dynassor bass compressor and am very happy with it. If you want a very simple interface (which I do) it’s the way to go. Only downside is they’re based in Greece, so would have to factor in additional VAT etc. if ordering direct (I got mine pre B-word). Andertons stock them though and there are usually some on Reverb.

Signed, not too far off the target now!

I’ve just looked them up, the Triad looks like an interesting proposition so I’m going to check it out further. Cheers for the tip!

Warwick prices in particular have gone crazy. I swear a couple of years ago you could buy a Bubinga GPS Corvette for £900, they’re now around £1800 - literally doubled. Surely they (and others) are at risk of pricing themselves out of the market. Or maybe the economics of selling fewer basses for more money is slightly better for them. Having said that I thought the whole point of the investment in that large factory of theirs was to increase output. All very confusing.

Warwick are a good example of this situation for me. In my opinion their Teambuilt GPS models used to represent good value for money, but new their prices are pretty eye watering now. They were also notorious for not holding their value second hand but are now often advertised used for more than they cost new a few years ago. I went to view a particular limited edition second hand model 2/3 years ago with an asking price of £1k. I’ve seen an identical one advertised here for £1800.

I've just watched episode 4 and am enjoying it, but as others have said it's very cheesy and the original songs aren't great (I doubt any band would get signed off the back of those 😜) It reminds me a bit of Almost Famous, and I'm enjoying all of the 70s visuals as someone who wasn't around then.

@ukbassboy you have come to the right place, I recall these helpful posts from MOSCOWBASS a short while back that may help.

I went to Exeter Uni (admittedly 15 years ago!) and there was a good local music scene. That may well have changed now but the Cavern and Lemon Grove were decent venues and often guaranteed a decent crowd because of the student population.

I love how a selling point in the title is the orange drop capacitor…they cost about 2 quid 😂

Yeah I think you could be right, retailers may be willing to ‘write off’ any damages given the volume of instruments they sell. Perhaps they consider it in their overall pricing and annual turnover.

In my experience, nope they still won’t insure it. If sending in a hard case just isn’t a possibility then my suggestion would be to pack the instrument within an inch of its life (decent soft case, plenty of bubble wrap/newspaper so it can’t move around much), and a very sturdy box. That way even if it does take a battering by a careless courier it should arrive in one piece. I have often wondered how the manufacturers and shops are covered when sending their stuff through the post though. I guess they must have some kind of special arrangement/contract with their courier of choice that covers them, because of the volume of items they send and the amount of business they bring.

I’ve researched this extensively and yes, unfortunately you’re not going to find anyone who will insure a bass in a soft case. So if you do use a courier you’ll have to invest in a hard case so you’re covered, or take your chances without insuring it. For the latter option, if you paid more for 24hr delivery there’s theoretically less chance of it getting bashed up because there’s a shorter amount of potential time for it to be chucked around a depot etc.

As someone else mentioned, Overland Express. They were the only viable option I could find for shipping a £2k bass recently. Their insurance covers guitars but it needs to be in a hard case.