Well as much as I hate to part with this bass, priorities dictate that I should. I picked this up early this year in a pawn shop score. First time I had seen a Warwick with a finish like this. I checked the history and received an email from CEO Hans Peter Wilfer, confirming that this was one of 50 made in 1996. It's a flawless (this finish is tough) German Made corvette with the thin C-shaped neck profile. NOT a baseball bat neck. It's also wenge, feels great in the fret hand. Currently strung with DR Black beauties.
Here's the email.
Code:
Dear Mr. Michael Xxxxx,
thanks for your request and interest into your Warwick Bass and for
giving me the requested information. Please note as following :
Bass Corvette Standard
4 string
Serial Number H XXXXXX 96
Year 1996
Month August
Number 032XXX
Neck Wood Wenge Wood
Fingerboard Wenge Wenge
Frets Bronze Warwick Frets
Nut Just a Nut Brass Version
Neck construction Bolt On
Body Swam Ash Wood
Surface Black Marble Stoned High Polish Surface
Pickups JJ MEC Dynamic Correction Pickups
Electronic Passive MEC Electronic
Hardware Chrome Hardware
We hope this information is helping you and all the best
with you nice 1996 Warwick Corvette Standard 4 string
Bass.
with best regards
Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG
H.P.Wilfer 24.02.2011, 17:13
President
Markneukirchen / Germany
I gigged this a few times, and struggle with switching from my active music man to a passive bass. Too much knob tweaking to make sense. So now I gig with two active basses and this Wick gets zero playing time.
Not being one to let an instrument sit around and not be played I am going to offer it up to TB and the forum over at Warwick.de.
$900 + shipping in a brand new fender gig bag. $1000 + shipping in a brand new TSA SKB case.
This is going up on Warwick.de as well, act now - don't miss out on this rare bass.
EDIT: The finish is like stone or a bowling ball (ITS HARD). You CANNOT leave a fingernail mark in it like you could with a wood finish wick. IT'S TOUGH!
Lot's of pics
here 
