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That Didn't Last Long - Stu Hamm goes to Warwick

#41
BassHappy said:
Hard to tell from that angle and I can't find any more pics of Stu with the bass, but it looks like he MAY have gone back to medium scale.

I said MAY have gone back.

Doesn't look like a full scaler to me but it is an angle which makes it very hard to tell.

BassHappy
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That would be cool. The Urge I was magical. Can you tell from this pic? I'm not sure.
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#42
I think that's great for both Stu and for Warwick. Artists go where they can benefit - both financially and for additional exposure. Stu's getting some additional exposure with this years Warwick Bass Camp and I bet he's delighted to be there.
I usually steer away from endorsed basses but I always take a look to see what's different or changed. There have only been two basses I think capture what the artist had in mind and the manufacturer was willing to build that are winners: the Fender Roscoe Beck and the Warwick Hellborg Signature. Both are designed and outfitted "outside the box" and are winners.
 
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#43
Pretty hard for me to tell on both of those photos what scale it might be. My drummer Ron Riddle toured with Stu when the Urge I was first available. I went to a couple of shows and got to hang - I thought Stu was a really good guy - but he was raving up and down about the medium scale Urge I and I was frankly quite disappointed when the Urge II came out as a long scaler. I still kind of wonder what happened there - whether the change to long scale was a Stu thing or a Fender thing or mutual - but Stu was a really hard worker and a ridiculously accomplished player - and one of the nicer guys around as far as I am concerned. Later I realized it must have been a Stu thing as he seemed to emerge here and there playing long scalers.

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#45
f64 said:
I think that's great for both Stu and for Warwick. Artists go where they can benefit - both financially and for additional exposure. Stu's getting some additional exposure with this years Warwick Bass Camp and I bet he's delighted to be there.
I usually steer away from endorsed basses but I always take a look to see what's different or changed. There have only been two basses I think capture what the artist had in mind and the manufacturer was willing to build that are winners: the Fender Roscoe Beck and the Warwick Hellborg Signature. Both are designed and outfitted "outside the box" and are winners.
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Although I do not own any sigs, more than a couple intrigue me. Not as much because <insert artist's name here> had a hand in it's development, but more because of the "outside the box" designs and features. It allows and/or pushes a company to produce something that they probably wouldn't have before.
 
#50
stuhammfan said:
I disagree :) listen to his first cd (Radio Free Albemuth ) it was groundbreaking at the time in a sense- stu was doing monster two handed tapping (a Debussy tune on there ) not to mention harmonics , chords , lead bass with muti- tracked parts , and killer slap licks. Mark king is a slap monster no doubt but stu is technically every bit as good , probably better on the two handed stuff. Stu attended Berklee and played w Steve vai , he's no slouch. :) and yes his Kubicki's sounded killer , his best tones and playing were on the Exfactors IMO
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I was referring to Mark's prowess as an endorsee of every product under the sun and sig model World Champion, not his playing ;)

I think there's a big difference between endorsing a brand and releasing a signature model with a brand which is being overlooked. It's only natural to jump from one instrument to another as your playing evolves but to work with a company to create an instrument which is being sold on the strength of your connection with it should be a little more of a commitment. There is clearly a market for celebrity associated instruments and, as I said, I'm not part of it but even I find it odd that someone would say "This is my dream instrument which I helped deisgn" and then leap into bed with another manufacturer after, what, a couple of years? It cheapens the association, in my opinion.
 
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stuhammfan said:
I disagree :) listen to his first cd (Radio Free Albemuth ) it was groundbreaking at the time in a sense- stu was doing monster two handed tapping (a Debussy tune on there ) not to mention harmonics , chords , lead bass with muti- tracked parts , and killer slap licks. Mark king is a slap monster no doubt but stu is technically every bit as good , probably better on the two handed stuff. Stu attended Berklee and played w Steve vai , he's no slouch. :) and yes his Kubicki's sounded killer , his best tones and playing were on the Exfactors IMO
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I'm pretty sure you missed the point of the comment. He meant "catch up" in the number of endorsements/gear changes Mark King has racked up. Not chops.
 
#53
stuntbass77 said:
Just curious, how did it go down. If you you don't mind elaborating :)
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We opened for him, him and his crew walked "Through" us like we weren't even there (like we were obliged ot get out of his way). I'd be willing to bet that he wouldn't remember it now and would likely apologize in retrospect - like I said, we were really young then - it was the late '80s.. But by contrast, when we opened for Tower of Power, Rocco came over and chatted me up after out sound check - REALLY friendly guy.
 
#57
boomtisk said:
BassHappy, according to Warwick's (not very well laid-out) website, Stu's custom bass is long scale.

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Thanks for that - Looks like he ought to update the GEAR page on his website - even though he mentions Warwick in the NEWS section and provides a Warwick link below - the GEAR section is only showing the Washburns.

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#59
anavar said:
oh no.

someone is trying to earn more money from an endorsment. the horror, the shame.

as if you wouldnt do the same if the offer presented itself.
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You know, it's easy to say that, but looking at some of the quotes coming from said artists, like mentioned before, with ebullient praise and "I found home" or "finally the sound in my head" and all that other hyperbole, then to jump ship to the next thing a year later makes it all seem disingenuous. I mean, most people don't even follow that stuff, and put it out of their head the second after they read the ad, but to a lot of us who do notice, it reads hollow. So, sure, not gonna besmirch someone new gear this or that, but it's not always as innocuous as you put it, to their credibility.
 
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