Jack Bruce Survivor Bass - Page 3

DJ Bebop · #41 12-07-2012, 03:44 AM

I would like to see, hear Jack rip around on it for a while

**Ric5** · #42 12-07-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bill reed

it looks like a copy of a Gibson eb3, how do they get away with it! no one seems to bother when a Gibson, Fender is copied but if Warwick had done a bass that looked anything like a Rickenbacker then all hell would have opened up!!!!!
first time i saw the Warwick i was shocked and thought it was a Gibson jack Bruce.

The headstock is Warwick and not Gibson, and the body is slightly different.

bill reed · #43 12-07-2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ric5

The headstock is Warwick and not Gibson, and the body is slightly different.

Hi Ric5
did you not think that it looked like the Gibson when you first seen it. i had to read it twice to make sure it was a Warwick! saw it first a month or two back on "No treble" even has the big Gibson pickup. yes the body is contoured more and its the Warwick headstock but every one that sees it will think of Jack's EB3 he played in the 60 and 70s before changing to the Warwick fretless.

tightbidness · #44 12-07-2012, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by One Bad Monkey

They were just released; mine came from the NY Custom Shop last Wednesday. Here's a demo I did of it this week. It's a pretty slick playing bass, and built extremely well.

Demo - Warwick Artist Series Jack Bruce Survivor

Nice demo (even better than the official Warwick demo IMHO). The bass sounds great.

**Ric5** · #45 12-07-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bill reed

Hi Ric5
did you not think that it looked like the Gibson when you first seen it. i had to read it twice to make sure it was a Warwick! saw it first a month or two back on "No treble" even has the big Gibson pickup. yes the body is contoured more and its the Warwick headstock but every one that sees it will think of Jack's EB3 he played in the 60 and 70s before changing to the Warwick fretless.

Of course it resembles a SG body ... But is the SG shape covered by a trademark?

ShoeManiac · #46 12-07-2012, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ric5

Of course it resembles a SG body ... But is the SG shape covered by a trademark?

Not really. Guild was producing a double-cutaway style guitar that was very similar to the SG. And I think they may still make that model. Their version is slightly offset, but it's easy to mistake it for an SG.

krkozbassman · #47 12-07-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Epitaph04

Or...you guys can just not buy it and move on.

Big +1

I thought forum rules say not to bad mouth? I could say a lot about other brands, but I don't cuz this is a place where no one is to make others feel bad about their $50 bass or $10,000 bass

JTE · #48 12-07-2012, 03:44 PM

Have you seen the picture of Jack with the bass in the January issue of Bass Player? I suspect it's called the "Survivor" because Jack's a survivor- but he looks pretty beat in that ad.

Of course it looks a lot like the EB-3, that's the point. Why can't Gibson restrict it? Because they didn't in the '60s (same reason Fender can't do much about bodies that look like Tele's, Precision, Strats, or Jazzes). Rick can because they were always very protective. I suspect Gibson a lot more cautious now that they eventually lost the lawsuit against PRS for the PRS single-cut/Gibson Les Paul comparison where the "smoky bar" assertion didn't hold up...

I also suspect that it wasn't intended to sound like Jack's old EB-3. If I recall correctly, he had an opportunity to re-acquire it about twelve years ago. He played it, and said he really wasn't interested in having it back. BTW, if you look closely at the Cream reunion concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, something that looks like it shows up in a few shots, sitting in a stand next to the amps. Never gets played however.

John

nukes_da_bass · #49 12-07-2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bassistjoe93

$8775??? For that price, Jack Bruce had better come with it!....With a $7000 off coupon! Yikes.

You better both get along. Do you have the space to adopt a rock star? What if he eats a lot? Is he housebroken?
All questions you should consider before you go and adopt a baby boomer rock star.

DJ Bebop · #50 12-07-2012, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nukes_da_bass

You better both get along. Do you have the space to adopt a rock star? What if he eats a lot? Is he housebroken?
All questions you should consider before you go and adopt a baby boomer rock star.

Liver

just sayin

**mjac28** · #51 12-07-2012, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by nukes_da_bass

You better both get along. Do you have the space to adopt a rock star? What if he eats a lot? Is he housebroken?
All questions you should consider before you go and adopt a baby boomer rock star.

I'm thinking Depends and soon plus the daily argument of mixing the used Depends with the other garbage in the kitchen.

millsbass5 · #52 12-07-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by azzyrazzy

Interesting "mahagony" (my agony?) wood choice

That's the same wood as his old Gibson. Mahogany is way too warm-sounding for me. Give me ash, or die.

johnson79 · #53 12-07-2012, 07:08 PM

As far as Gibson bodies go, I just noticed that all of the Gibson style bodies on Warmoth are not available due to legal "legal demands over potential trademark issues". Not sure what the deal is.

I kind of like the Warwick Jack Bruce basses. Something different for them.

bassvi · #54 12-07-2012, 07:44 PM

I'd love to have this bass but its way overpriced IMO. Also I find it curious its a signature bass and the artist doesn't even play one. I don't think JB is giving up his fretless Thumb bass anytime soon........

WarwickOfficial · #55 12-07-2012, 07:47 PM

bassvi - Although Jack plays his Thumb quite a bit...he most certainly does play his signature bass! It started with the CRB - Cream Reunion Bass - and now the Jack Bruce Survivor. BTW, Jack has been playing his Thumb bass for 28 years! Thanks!

bassvi · #56 12-07-2012, 08:04 PM

Well its a beautiful bass and I'm sure Jack chooses Warwicks because its an outstanding instrument. I'll be glad to play one if I ever make it onto your artist list!!!

One Bad Monkey · #57 12-08-2012, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by bassvi

I'd love to have this bass but its way overpriced IMO. Also I find it curious its a signature bass and the artist doesn't even play one. I don't think JB is giving up his fretless Thumb bass anytime soon........

The German made or the Artist Series? The Artist Series (that I demo'd in the video) is fairly close spec-wise to the German made at a MUCH LOWER price point.

JTE · #58 12-08-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by bassvi

Well its a beautiful bass and I'm sure Jack chooses Warwicks because its an outstanding instrument. I'll be glad to play one if I ever make it onto your artist list!!!

In his biography Jack talks about discovering the Warwick at a music shop in a small town in Germany. He says "I tried it, I liked it, and bought it. Warwick found out, got in touch with me, and asked me what I thought of it. "*

They were very responsive to his suggestions ( a seemingly common assertion by Warwick artists- find Steve Bailey's comments regarding moving from Fender to Warwick for example) and he's been playing Warwick's since the early '80s.

*From "Jack Bruce Composing Himself" by Harry Shapiro, page 284; Volume , © 2010 Outline Press Ltd., text © Harry Shapiro