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  1. thodrik
    I mean, bad book-matching of bodies and tops annoys me a bit, but it happens frequently on £3k plus Les Paul guitars though so it isn’t always a sign that the whole instrument has been constructed shoddily. A natural or transparent finish is going make the body joins very obvious unless the matching is done very well. Obviously here it appears it wasn’t. However, I would probably at least plug it to see what the other QC was like in terms of general fit and finish and fretwork and at least take a photo of the top to attach to the resultant email to Guitar Guitar detailing that ‘this is not acceptable on a bass at this price point’. If the top just looked awful I probably wouldn’t keep it either to be honest, unless it was so bad and not matching I thought it looked cool. To me the Fender Ultra should be a better instrument but it is priced accordingly so for me it isn’t a like for like comparison. So long as the OP is happy with the bass they ended up with though that is the main thing. Those ultra Fenders look like cracking instruments.
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    The only bridge I have changed on a bass was installing a Babicz bridge on my Gibson EB3 as the original three point bridge was infuriating to intonate. I haven’t noticed an increase in sustain as much as I can actually now adjust the action and intonation of each string individually. It has made a massive difference to the instrument. I have never had any issues with traditional Fender style bridges. If the stock bridge on a bass works in the sense that I can easily adjust the action and intonation then I generally don’t see any need to replace it.
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    I was planning to buy a Darkglass B7K Ultra or Vintage Ultra as well as a Boss LS-2 or equivalent to start pairing stacked pedals as 'loops' that I could turn on and off with a single footswitch. I had even sold £300's worth of gear lately in anticipation of making the purchase. However, in the last week or so the plumbing in my house has gone to hell and I also need to help pay for the pressing of my bands album that all of the missed paid gigs this year would have paid for. So, essentially, what I am currently anticipating in the mail is an invoice from my plumber.
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    Nothing planned for the rest of the year. We have a finished album which is currently being mastered and then released. We thought about sitting on the album until things go back to 'normal' but there is no prospect of normal returning any time soon. So we are just going to release it and do a limited vinyl and CD pressing or a couple of hundred units, which should hopefully sell out amongst our existing fanbase. Gigs or rehearsals are just not on the agenda at the minute. Maybe next year.
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    The Orange AD200 and matching 1x15 looks like a hell of deal.
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    The Boss Chorus has now been sold. Just the Akai left.
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    Yes, and Flea pretty much ended the venture after about 18 months or so.
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    Its a cool finish and if I was dropping that kind of cash on a bass I would rather it be this than the Fender Custom Shop Phil Lynott version which was retailing at about £11k, though to be fair I would probably want both for the sake of variety.
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    My old S9 Precision I have had since 1999. It doesn't get gigged much now as the lacquer on the neck is starting to come off. The pickguard was cut into two by a previous owner because the jack socket was apparently 'dodgy' and needed to be accessed regularly. Funnily enough, I re-soldered the jack when I was 14 and the jack has been in perfect working order for the last 20 years... Definitely the most played, but the Sadowsky Metro is catching up as it has been my main gigging bass since 2010. If I had to sell all my basses, this would be the last one to go.
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    With the SMX, or any graphic preamp, I think that the best advice is to generally avoid boosting any frequencies below 100Hz. Boosting at around 100-250HZ gives the effect of adding Bass but at frequency level that your speakers can replicate. This allows you to use the amp at higher volume levels. Also, I would recommend getting a copy of a manual for an SMX. Here is one, though your own amp might differ slightly, but the principles of how Trace Elliot amps work are broadly similar. http://www.munns.info/manuals/Trace_elliot_gp75m.pdf
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    I love that.
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    I put a set of Elixirs on my Vigier last November. The B string is still really tight and crisp some ten months later. Normally I am changing strings every 6 weeks or so, so the Nickles are really saving me loads of money.
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    Price drop: Boss Chorus £40 plus postage Akai: £30 plus postage £60 plus postage for the pair of them. Probably my last price drop.
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    I recently sold a Sansamp Bass Driver to Matthew. A top Basschatter to deal with. Very easy transaction, great communication and prompt payment. Great stuff!
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    Lovely bass, 26 frets as well I see. I really like the look of the non-gloss open grain-style finish on the back of the neck. Very Warwick like all round. Very nice. Monorail bridges are very cool too, though I find them to be a pain when it comes to trying to dust the spaces inbetween the individual bridges. Congratulations!
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    Yet seemingly think it is perfectly acceptable to sand through a finish. I think that the additional costs is partially to cover the cost of the licensing agreement, partially to cover the cost of undertaking the additional work to make 'non-Warwick' shaped instruments and also adding in a decent profit margin. It just makes the instrument about £1k more expensive that ideally would be. However, at least the finishes are more fancy than the old Metros, at least when the finishes are not sanded through by accident.
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    Exactly, the Japanese Metro instruments had really good levels of quality control. The prices of the Metros went a bit sky high latterly, but when I bought my Metro the main comparables were a Fender American Deluxe Jazz or a Sandberg. The Metro came out top for me, which was impressive given I that really liked the Sandberg. Honestly, I was hoping that the price of the Warwick made Metros was going to be closer to the price of the GPS Warwicks, where a five string Thumb is just about £1600. It seems though that the Metros are being put in around £2.5k which is a very tough price point unless the quality control is utterly exceptional.
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    I really like that one. In a 'plus' point for the Warwick metros, the fingerboards definitely have a lot more figuring than the old Japanese Metros which tended to have very plain fingerboards. If I remember correctly, the hardware on the previous Metros was pretty much identical to the NYC line. I might be wrong though. Those definitely look like different tuners though. I'm not sure I saw many five string HPJ Metros though.
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    Absolutely, having members from all over the world is one of the best things about this forum.
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    The String Tension Pro site is great. For D Standard and drop C (the drop D equivalent when in D standard) I use the D'Addario balance tension 120-50 set (120, 90, 67, 50). I find the tension to be similar to a 45-105 set in standard. You might think that 120 for a low d is ridiculously heavy but when you look at the tension ratings they are actually pretty much in line with the rest of the strings. However, I think it would be pretty tight for a half step down tuning. For E flat tuning I would just use the 105-45 set you use for standard tuning. With two basses I would have one bass set up for DADG and one bass set up for standard tuning/E flat. If something happens to your main DADG bass on a gig, the E flat bass could easily be tuned down to DADG in an emergency.
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    Aguilar pedals and Mooer pedal sold pending. Only the Boss Chorus and Akai left. Feel free to make me an offer.
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    Boss ODB-3, Boss NS2 and Sansamp Bass Driver all officially sold. Dropped the price on everything else by £10, bar the Agro which I might still keep.
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    PM's replied to.
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    I actually prefer the back to the front!
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    Boss NS2 and ODB3 sold.
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