hbombgraphics wrote:Man I have always wanted a warwick bass, I have stopped playing them when I go to guitar stores because I know they will sound and feel good and it will just be depressing.
Love the Tele as well, I think the 70's headstock should be the new standard
Some people can't get next to the chunky necks on these guys,....but I've be playing mine for so long (11 years now) that a slim profile neck seems too small in my hands. It was my first real bass,...I bought it on credit,....something I'll never do again,...but it was worth it back then.
RE: 70's strat headstock on the Tele,....I actually prefer the smaller tele headstocks,...the 70's Strat style headstocks are bit out of proportion on Teles,...but it's such a minor aesthetic thing that I'm not put off enough to write the guitar off. I do want to get the PUPs rewound at some point and I may try to pickup a spare set of the RI Wide Range pups,...keep one set stock and the other set rewound for compare and contrast. From what I can gather on the TDPRI site and wiki,...the 72's originally had copper nickel iron magnets for pickups and the only CuNiFe pups available are the Telenators and they are pricey ($450,...and I can't tell if that's for a pair of for a single pup). There are other Wide Range Pup replacements from Curtis Novak, Jason Lollar,...and a few others, which I may get into further.
I'm planning on shielding the cavities and upgrading to 500K pots (not sure if I should do Volumes only,...or Volumes and Tones....) and upgrading to a more solid toggle switch. I've also seen some cap swaps that seem to help,...probably not going to put an orange drop in there though
SmallEQ wrote:
It's a US body with a skyline decade neck. Apparently the bass went through the Nashville floods and all that survived was the body and knobs. Lakland helped the guy out on the cheap with a used neck and bridge that they had floating around the factory and here it is.
Kudos to Lakland for helping a guy a out. That's a pretty neat story. That Nashville flood story is heartbreaking for sure.
The Rev is an import, I freaking love it. My brother has one in white that I played a couple of weeks ago that I fell for.
A local shop was a Reverand dealer for a moment. They had a sexy gold top with cream P-90 styles in it. I wanted it hard,...but they sold it and stopped dealing in Revs. Yours looks sex with the Filtertron/TV Jones style pups.
sexy.
(primary amp is a Deville 4x10)
