I have a Warwick Vampyre Dark Lord bass. 4-String strung F#, B, E, A. It is a BEAST!
Here's what Warwick has to say about it:
Vampyre Bolt-on 'Dark Lord'
The Vampyre Dark Lord is the first bass worldwide to be especially built for F sharp F# tuning and is being manufactured as a regular, production Warwick bass. With its sandblasted Ovangkol body with French Ash top in a sandwich construction, its 35"-scale length and the active electronics it meets the needs of those who love to dwell in the lower realms of tone in terms of optics and sound.
Compared to the other Vampyre models, the body of this Vampyre has been dimensioned larger to manage the extremely low tones of the Dark Lord. The selection of the tone woods has been also done in a manner to best support the extended lower range. French Ash is a very heavy sort of Ash, which shows a more even grain and dense structure of the wood than Swamp Ash. It is perfectly suitable for the extraordinary finish, where the wood is sandblasted and the surface becomes textured in an intense way due to the different hardness grades.
The humbucker "by the way" can be split, thus activating the bridge coil.
The "Dark Lord" is exclusively available as 4-string.
Features:
Bolt-on
Exclusively available as 4-string
Ovangkol body with French Ash top
Ovangkol neck with Wenge fingerboard (fretless with a Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard)
Scale length: 35" (extra long scale)
24 frets
Active MEC J/TJ pickups
Active MEC 3-way tone control
Push/pull-volume pot to split the humbucker (bridge-coil activated)
Natural Satin Sanded Finish, Sanded Oil Finish (coloured) or High Polish Finish (without sand-streamed surface)
Warwick tuners
Warwick 2-piece bridge
Warwick security locks
Black hardware
F sharp tuning (F#)
Just-A-Nut III (F# & Standard Nuts included)
Weight**: 5,1 kg
I also have a 2nd Nut that allows me to string it B-E-A-D, or Standard tuning. (Which I usually drop to C# for Black Sabbath Fiddling!) This is a Made in Germany Warwick. The bass is actually Bright sounding, and the Deep Bass tones come through Clear and THUNDEROUS! It THRIVES on banks of 10" speakers. It is in Perfect condition, and has a "Customized" Vintage Warwick Case in less than perfect shape. (It does protect the Perfect condition of the bass!)
Here's a link:
http://www.warwickbass.com/modules/p...ID=14460&cl=EN Chris Revill Playing Warwick Vampyre Dark Lord F# - YouTube
Here's the rest of the Pics:
Custom Case!
Rest In Peace Dark Lord!
I'm looking for Intersting Fretted 4 String trades.
Alembic
NT Warwicks
Vintage Fender P-Basses
Rickenbaker
Anything else Interesting & unusual.
I can add $$$ for the right trade.
What Cha' Got to Offer?!?
