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  1. I

    Preferred string gauge for a Corvette 4 string?

    Hi all I’m trying to find some new strings for my four string 96’Corvette and I’m not sure what gauge to aim for. Would appreciate some help picking out a gauge. I currently have DR 40-95 fat beams on which I like but I need thicker strings going forward.
  2. Augie

    Quittin Time

    I'm after some advice so as not to be an asshole. I have decided to quit my current band for a range of mainly personal issues and don't want to leave them in them in the lurch, but also not make things awkward. The story is I love the music these guys make, I joined them as an established band...
  3. Ross

    Buying Used Fretless Streamer Advice?

    Howde, I'm going to check out a '99 Steamer S1 fretless next Monday. See below. Amy tips on how best to check intonation/neck etc on a fretless? Cheers… Ross...
  4. Trey

    wanting to do some solo stuff - Advice?

    I've been wanting to do some instrumental stuff, but I never know what to record! I know This may sound like I'm asking you guys to give me the meaning of life, but where do I start? I don't have a cool song ready to record, and I don't even have a band to record with. how do you guys come up...
  5. ?bass?

    advice on possible trade

    hey guys... i don't post much but i read alot... i got a proposal on trading my thumb b0 5 for a streamer $$ 4. i really like my thumb but sometimes i feel it lacks bottom end (not the b string!) , also i have another thumb (dirty blonde 5) and i feel that it can almost match the sound of the...
  6. Callum

    Advice on trade - Thumb for a Buzzard

    As the title says, i've got the option of trading my thumb BO 5 for a buzzard BO - in straight trade which I like. My only reservation atm is that it's a 4 string (I prefer 5ers atm)- but having a 4stringer kicking about isn't really a bad thing. Atm i'm thinking i'd just go ahead and trade i...
  7. U

    Need advice pls!!!

    Hey there guys, im very new to this forum and would like to know what's the difference between a 45mm and 47mm brass nut for 5 string corvette. https://shop.warwick.de/product_info.php/info/p348_Just-A-Nut--brass--5-string-.html Pardon my ignorance on these subjects...
  8. Z

    advice for a futur beginner

    hi i'm french guitar player for 10 years ,but it's time to change and decide to buy and beginning in bass. i'lm looking for a bass on a famous store site in germany;) and i found a warwick rockbass streamer at a astonishing price 188€ instead of 450 ppc. i only now warwick by reputation and i...
  9. B

    Amp advice

    If everything goes well, next year i should start playing around with my band. Since we've started from scratch I am looking for some advice on buying an amplifier for my vampyre. Any suggestion is welcom, wich one you used to start too, best sound or whatever for small and medium audience...
  10. BassPlyr Randy

    Seeking Advice - DAW

    If this has been previously discussed, I am sorry. I have beed searching the forum and just not finding direct answers to my questions so I thought I'd start a thread. Anyway... I've been wanting to put together a little home studio to do a little recording and have been slowly trying to...
  11. Warfender

    Hanser service?????? advice.

    I'm frustrated. I had a Warwick gig bag that the zipper pulls were broken off. I called DanaBGood seeing if I could get some replacement pulls and they said that it was a defective bag and they would send me a new one. I was very happy that Warwick would stand behind thier product and have an...
  12. Callum

    Advice for a new Warwick - $$, FNA or Jazzman

    So i've sold off my SSI, my thumb is on ebay, i'm trying to downsize and upgrade. I was thinking of getting a second hand thumb NT 5 or SSII 5 but i think i'd want something fatter and a little more tame (my synth pedal sh*ts itself when faced with too much low mid growl!). I need to get this...
  13. P

    self set up advice for a fortess?

    hello everyone! ok so im trying to set up my fortess one bass and im having some challenges with the neck. im trying to lower the action as much as possible but have several problems arrise every single time i adjust a part. first i lowered every string on the bridge all the way and it came out...
  14. Callum

    Kinda urgent shipping advice

    Hi guys need some advice from you international sellers! I need to send a bass to EU - only its in a gig bag. My guess is to get as much polystyrene and bubble wrap and just pad the whole thing out and get a sturdy box - i'm thinking a bike one from a local shop! Also do i loosen the...
  15. S

    Urgent advice please!!!

    Hi to all you folks out there. I need an advice because I'm going to buy in the next 24 hours a used Thumb BO 4 string that shows the serial:1224030000BZOVAOWW. The problem is that I browsed the Warwick site and found in the "FAQ's" section an idication about what should be a typical serial...
  16. otto07

    Need advice on a Thumb NT4

    I need some adviced, I owned a 1990 Thumb NT 4 Strings. The bass has good sound, but you mostly hear the mids and highs, I can't get that deep bass to come out, I already move the Pick ups close to the strings and still I can't get it. I was thinking to change some electronics to see if I can...
  17. P

    have i been given the right advice? (pups/electronics)

    i have a corvette std ash with passive MEC dynamic correction pickups, and i was looking into ways of bringing a more bright sound and woody character out of the bass, but without killing the original tonal characteristics which i love. i've been advised to install an MEC 3way pre, but leave...
  18. otto07

    I need some advice on restored the headstock shine

    I need some help, I have a 1990 Thumb vintage and the headstock is not longer shinny it just dull, I had try lemon oil and I wax it several times and it just don't work. I would like to sand it a little to erase some few light scratches and restore the shine to a new look, I would like to do it...
  19. Florin

    Need advice for studio...

    Hey guys, can you please recommend me a good studio? We've recorded a song here, and we need to send the tracks for mixing and mastering. Thanks a lot, Flo
  20. Callum

    Refirbish/Fixup and Pickup advice on a SSI

    Well my SSI has had a few issues with the neck, and maybe broken truss. Spoken to hans peter whos said warwick will fix it so i'll be doing that as and when i get the finds. As this is a big job, i thought why not go nuts and just pimp the bass out. I was thinking: - All new hardware -...
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