LeftyJ

There's more to Warwick than just the Streamer - and the Streamer has evolved away from the design it once copied in many ways too

Would be a shame to cover up such a lovely piece of wood and such a beautiful finish, but then again I think a J-style control plate looks "off" without a close-fitting pickguard attached. I'm not a huge fan of the control plate shape on this. On a Fender, the side of the plate follows the curves of the body, but because this one is shaped differently it doesn't line up as nicely. The Lakland DJ-style control plate (with a slight bend) might have been a better fit (below is an East DJ-Retro preamp).

Wow, I love the thought that went into your design and the attention to detail, and those recessed tuners are incredible! The tight fit on them (and the block inlays) is impressive. The styling of the P-style bass isn't for me, but I do like your JPJ! That upper cutaway on both basses is so high up I bet it almost has singlecut-like rigidity. I'll be watching this thread closely

...or crazy wide Broad Neck option on some models gives you 20 mm on a 5-string. I own a 2003 Streamer LX5 with 16.5 mm spacing which is fairly narrow (similar to a Stingray 5) and with a very substantial ovangkol neck, and it's a great playing and sounding bass though I do agree with @funkypenguin that the MEC J-style pickups and 2-band MEC preamp are a bit harsh and bright. I've been thinking of replacing the pickups and/or preamp but haven't really looked into my options yet. With my guitars, I've always been happily modding various specs but with my basses I've never had that urge before.

Yep! I've got an '84-'87 E-serial Strat and a '91 Silver Series Strat that I both got for a steal (175 euros for the E-series around 15 years ago). The E-series is my main guitar and I could never see myself sell it. I bought it with the intention of flipping it at a much higher price, but that idea faded as soon as I'd played it. The Silver Series isn't as nice but is also a fun guitar to have around and high quality. May come up for sale at one point though.

From what you're describing, that sounds like a Corvette $$ (two MusicMan-style humbuckers, each with their own microswitch for coil splitting and series/parallel options). What you're describing as walnut could likely be bubinga, as the standard Corvette $$, like the Corvette Standard, comes / came either with an ash or bubinga body. It doesn't sound like any other Warwick, but has a large following because it has a huge range of great and usable tones, largely because of its unique pickup placement with the two humbuckers close together around the MM sweet spot.

I used to play with two 7-string guitarists. If I wanted to stay an octave below the guitars, I needed to go down to B as well.

I always wanted to be a train driver when I was a child, on a NS ICM train (until recently commonly known as the "Koploper") specifically. They were called Koploper (headwalker?) because the trains could be coupled together, and the doors in the front and rear of the connecting trains could be opened so you could literally walk from train to train. This feature was removed from 2005 to reduce weight and costs. I always found them fascinating as a child

Ibanez ATK "back when they were made in Japan", and many other old Japanese Ibanez guitars and basses for that matter. If you start comparing prices of old Ibanez instruments with current new Made in Japan Prestige models, many old ones are an absolute steal but won't stay that way. You can buy a high level Japanese made instrument at less than many current Indonesian models. Bass Collection Fleabass

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with Status. I bought my S2 Classics used, and have been very impressed with both. My 4-string has a faulty jack that doesn't reliably switch on the preamp when plugged in, but otherwise I've had no issues with them whatsoever and the finish and attention to detail on both of mine seems of very high quality. I haven't had to deal with the company yet other than to order strings in their webshop. Based off the other replies in this thread I'm assuming you must have caught an exception. That's definitely not the experience you'd hope to have when going through a custom shop process.

Wasn't that covered by any warranty at that point, or did you buy it used?

But here's the funny thing: the BB1100s has an active 3-band, but also a passive 250k tone pot So in passive mode, the only thing that sets it apart from for example the BB1600 mentioned in the first post is the 1600 has two volumes whereas the 1100s has a 3-way switch and one master volume.

I wasn't aware. My order showed my ukulele shipping from Germany with UPS

I bought my ukulele there last summer. All was fine. Realistic ETA, better pricing (the same Kala KA-STG uke I got for 188 Euros at G4M would have cost me 245 Euros at Thomann!) and while their main storage and shipping facility is in Germany, I was surprised to find they appear to have a stock here in the Netherlands as well which means some items can be shipped to me more quickly.

That's an absolute stunner! The Paramatrix EQ wouldn't be for me (I prefer much simpler controls: my ideal Status would have the regular Board 303 preamp but with the filter frequency knob moved to the control cavity as a trim pot (set and forget) and the 3-way boost/cut switch replaced by a boost/cut pot). I mostly leave the EQ on my S2 Classics untouched.

Very cool For me the Cardinal bass was immortalized by the lead singer and bass player of Dutch ska/reggae band Doe Maar.

Looks great, especially at that price! I bought a TGI ukulele hardcase last summer, really happy with it. Great value, well-made and decent protection.

I've never been a fan of these "reverse burst" finishes. Fender did this before in the mid 90s, with Midnight Blue Reverse Burst and Black Pearl Burst. I do agree it looks better with a maple board: https://reverb.com/au/item/3749156-fender-jazz-bass-plus-deluxe-1992-blue

Looks pretty cool and well thought out! Does the bridge require using that little tool to tune it, or can you just tune it by turning the knobs by hand too? Love this picture BTW

Try contacting Allparts UK, they are long-time Gotoh dealer and may be able to source spare parts. https://www.allparts.uk.com/pages/contact-us

Thomann is stocking them again, and the Polytune Clip is also back in stock in both black and white. I just received my second Unitune.

This site estimates there must be 103 This aged pelham blue almost looks like inverness green! Also a great classic Gibson colour.

I would probably bee that b'stard, if this was my number 1 and fit me like a glove. I wish them all the best in retrieving it though!

I agree there would be a lot more choice when you include the MC824 and MC924 in your search The Musician range has seen many changes in shape (round edges, bevelled edges), neck dimensions (models up to 1983 had HUGE necks, 1983 and onward are a lot sleeker and narrower), pickup configuration and electronics. All are well-made and were at the top of their league together with the Yamaha BB series and Aria Pro II SB series in my opinion.