Warwick Lee Sklar Signature

[jimmyb625]

Does anyone have any experience with these? 

After watching his series of YouTube play-along's I've found myself quite tempted by one. So far, I can only find them on Thomann, who conveniently raised the price the other day.

[therealting]

Thomann’s prices are up partly because the pound is so weak

[TJ Spicer]

I've experience with the Starbass II Masterbuilt which I love with flats. The improvements Lee has made to the Sklar over the Starbass are pretty much exactly the things I would change about my Starbass, so I don't think you can lose with one of them. Those pickups have a really wide range of tones available, despite their simplicity, and no bass I have is quite as reactive to right hand placement as my SB. I don't quite understand how that's really possible, but that's how it feels. T

[jimmyb625]

1 hour ago, therealting said:

Thomann’s prices are up partly because the pound is so weak

Hmmm, well the rockbass version was £899 on Monday and £915 on Tuesday...

[therealting]

I don’t follow the currency market closely so can’t comment / but I know prices are creeping up everywhere as a result. Prices in UK retailers probably haven’t followed yet as it’s still existing stock. 

[jimmyb625]

6 hours ago, TJ Spicer said:

I've experience with the Starbass II Masterbuilt which I love with flats. The improvements Lee has made to the Sklar over the Starbass are pretty much exactly the things I would change about my Starbass, so I don't think you can lose with one of them. Those pickups have a really wide range of tones available, despite their simplicity, and no bass I have is quite as reactive to right hand placement as my SB. I don't quite understand how that's really possible, but that's how it feels. T

That's really good to know. Thanks.

[LeftyJ]

16 hours ago, therealting said:

Thomann’s prices are up partly because the pound is so weak

Good time for us Euro-folk to buy gear in the UK then! 

[therealting]

1 hour ago, LeftyJ said:

Good time for us Euro-folk to buy gear in the UK then! 

Yup, I have a KSD sixer and a Yamaha BB435 in the classifieds 😉

[Old Man Riva]

Thomann have some B-stock items listed - not sure what this means, but if it’s an odd nick or ding here and there it may be worth considering?

For some reason I can’t post a link to the page?!

 

[Kev]

19 hours ago, therealting said:

Thomann’s prices are up partly because the pound is so weak

Is the pound really doing worse than the Euro at the moment??

[therealting]

On 01/05/2020 at 09:31, Kev said:

Is the pound really doing worse than the Euro at the moment??

The pound was already slumping due to the B word.

Edited May 5, 2020 by Rich

[jimmyb625]

On 01/05/2020 at 09:34, therealting said:

The pound was already slumping due to the B word.

I *think* what may have happened is that the original price Thomann used (discussed on another thread where it was found that they'd now priced everything in £) was based on the exchange rate in Feb. This was approx €0.84 to £1. In mid-March, this went to €0.94 to £1and at the start of this week went to €0.88 to £1, so if they're calculating the prices manually, this would explain the difference.

It's one of those times where the exchange rate is working against importing to the UK and I agree with your reasoning why.

Edited May 5, 2020 by Rich

[yorks5stringer]

Piqued by the daily videos I've investigated the Star Bass too. I had a Korean 5 string which was lovely but upon examination there is little difference between The Le Sklaar Starbass and the regular one, save the volutes and the producer switch. Not sure if all the sub £1000 are Chinese but they do some German Team Built ones  at £1500 and Masterbuilts at £2500