Recent content by Don Johnson

Sweet, emg's! I like the way emg's sound with warm wood like bubinga (or ovangal)! Enjoy!

Wow, that is awesome! Great spec, this will be a great sounding (and looking) bass for sure!

As you probably know already, every part of the bass plays into how the bass will sound; wood type, weight, strings, even the material of the hardware. If you love the tone of this bass but are having struggles with the weight I would either sit down on your gigs (probably not considered very...

I think the Jet black ebony as 'most desired' use to be the old way of thinking. Obviously it is entirely personal preference but I really like the figured ebony with the streaks like you show above, or the sap wood type ebony. There is actually a good video from Mr. Taylor on ebony wood at...

Yeah, mine is a five string. That is weird that one of the strings does not line up over the magnet.... This could be your problem, but I have not seen this before on a warwick unless the bridge saddle is not aligned right. Maybe one of your bridge saddles got loose and moved a bit? Tough to...

If your pickup height is correct and your bass is set up properly I don't think a thicker gauge string would do much for this problem. It sounds like it is a pick-up issue. I would take it into a bass tech. I have a double buck and my g string sounds great, and I have the same gauge strings...

sounds like a good match then!

I had both (same combination of woods as well-bubinga wenge), and yep they sound different. The corvette sounds fuller but less articulate, and the thumb sounds more focused with a more mid range sound. This is mainly due to pick-up position. However you can here the type of wood come through...

You are right, warwick prices are all over the place. I would suspect that this is because they used to be fairly prevalent and sold at guitar centers before the prices went up in around 2007/2008. Since then warwicks are more challenging to find new and the used prices are appearing to be...

That's sweet! Do you charge for such a sticker job? This should be a custom add on:)

http://fodera.smugmug.com/Newborn-Gallery-Vol-IV/Newborn-997/i-zNH6wT3 Simply amazing!

Hey Robin, Yep, that was the bass! Great video and great bass - the ash top on that..., nice to see it again! I would for sure be down to do a bass get together at some point. Your imperial looks amazing, and it sounds like you just picked up a fretless standard as well - very jealous:)...

Thanks for the kind words!

Well I finally nabbed a Fodera standard. It has been a good year of saving dollars to get this thing. It all started a year or 2 ago when I played an emperor elite II at a bass store that was located in the Denver area. I couldn't get it out of my head, I thought I had caught the bass...

Thank you sirs, all very good information to keep in mind!