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07-18-2004, 07:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Andover, MA | | | Warwick Alien Acoustic bass?
Has anyone ever played one? How are they? Just gimme details and such :-p.
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07-18-2004, 08:23 PM
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Owner / Tech: Strange Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA | | | Best acoustic bass guitar I've ever played. They are killer. I don't care for the thumb rest, but other than that I had no complaints. Too bad they discontined them; they were fun while they lasted.
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07-18-2004, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange Best acoustic bass guitar I've ever played. They are killer. I don't care for the thumb rest, but other than that I had no complaints. Too bad they discontined them; they were fun while they lasted. | Where'd you hear they discontinued them? It doesn't say they've been discontinued on http://www.warwickbass.com |
07-18-2004, 08:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Greenville, South Cackalacky | | under "Alien Stage Acoustic" it says "Not Currently in Production" in bold and italics. Open your eyes! 
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07-18-2004, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by freshmeat1989 under "Alien Stage Acoustic" it says "Not Currently in Production" in bold and italics. Open your eyes! | Psh! That just means they don't make 'em anymore, not that they're discontinued.
...waaaaaait a second!
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07-18-2004, 09:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Andover, MA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by freshmeat1989 under "Alien Stage Acoustic" it says "Not Currently in Production" in bold and italics. Open your eyes! | That's for the bassists under that text, silly.
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07-18-2004, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by freshmeat1989 under "Alien Stage Acoustic" it says "Not Currently in Production" in bold and italics. Open your eyes! | I see what you're talking about on http://www.warwickbass.com/basses/, but i thought that applied to the basses listed under that - on each of their individual pages they say "Out of production". |
07-18-2004, 09:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Greenville, South Cackalacky | | Ah, I see what you mean, and how easily someone could make that mistake, and now I'm confused. 
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07-18-2004, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Wisconsin | | Yeah it does look nice, but I could never really figure out why they bothered giving it 24 frets.
It seems like the last 4-5 frets would be rather hard to reach.  |
07-18-2004, 09:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia, DC, Maryland | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by freshmeat1989 Ah, I see what you mean, and how easily someone could make that mistake, and now I'm confused. | Sent them an email about it a little while ago, I'll let you know what they say. |
07-19-2004, 07:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Northern VA | | | I second Benjamin - best acoustic bass I've ever played. Problem for me was, I didn't play it often enough to keep it around. FanTAStic for Cure tunes, which was basically all I used it to play =0)
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07-19-2004, 07:48 AM
| | Bitten by the luthiery bug... | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Budapest, Hungary, EU | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by freshmeat1989 under "Alien Stage Acoustic" it says "Not Currently in Production" in bold and italics. Open your eyes! | The basses "Not currently in production" applies to the basses under that. The Alien is still in production, which is urther indicated by the fact that its still on the price list 
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07-19-2004, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by _j_ Sent them an email about it a little while ago, I'll let you know what they say. | Sweet man thanks.
mutantbassist: it was a joke, hence the
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07-19-2004, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia, DC, Maryland | | Here's they said: Quote:
Justin, it is not in production at this time. We keep hoping it will be out soon, but the factory is not making them at this point.
Rob Busch/Warwick technical support
| Guess I'll have to search all over for a used one to try out... |
12-24-2012, 02:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Down South | | | Anybody seen one of these lately? I am gassing for one right now!
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12-24-2012, 04:54 PM
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12-24-2012, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MD  | Yes, indeed. The Alien Acoustic is available in 6-string, fretted and fretless. Please let me know if you've got any questions or need assistance in any way. Thanks! |
12-24-2012, 05:59 PM
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Endorsing Artist: No. (I wish) lol | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | They have both a Warwick and Rockbass Alien 6. I have the RB Alien 6 on order for a tentative March 2013 delivery. I ordered mine at Bass Alien during Black Friday when they had a 15% discount promo.
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12-24-2012, 06:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Up the street from Fender... | | | Aliens are alive and well; I want one!!!
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