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How long does your love endure?

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lowregister

Feb 26, 2009
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Madison, WI
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I'm rolling on three years of bass playing and I still have a massive crush on my Warwick Standard Corvette. I was glued to it the first time I saw it. I find myself starring at the warwick website wanting everything shaped like it but still the bubinga has me sold. I have other basses but they are not nearly as treasured. I even want to buy the fretless version because no other basses strike me visually like this one

So I wonder, how long will this last until I find a new "love." Any similar experiences?
 
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lowregister said:
I'm rolling on three years of bass playing and I still have a massive crush on my Warwick Standard Corvette. I was glued to it the first time I saw it. I find myself starring at the warwick website wanting everything shaped like it but still the bubinga has me sold. I have other basses but they are not nearly as treasured. I even want to buy the fretless version because no other basses strike me visually like this one

So I wonder, how long will this last until I find a new "love." Any similar experiences?
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With some basses the love can disappear, but with my Sadowsky it keeps growing. I got it 5 years ago, and it's my #1 with a bullet. My Sadowsky count will increase sometime this year.
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^^^ Lots of playing time
 
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Scottgun said:
Good on ya! I see so many Corvettes on Ebay I sometimes wonder why so many unload them.
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Over my limited experience I have heard any number of guitarists say how they love the sound of Wicks. The same is not true of bassists. I have owned two, a Thumb bolt on and a $$, and to my ears they were nowhere near as good as the Squier VMJ.

Great basses, well built with great materials, quality Hardware... but not the sound for me. Although it has to be said the they are often described as "slap machines", which to me is a sound that they excel at, but thats it. Flame away.
 
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lowregister said:
I'm rolling on three years of bass playing and I still have a massive crush on my Warwick Standard Corvette. I was glued to it the first time I saw it. I find myself starring at the warwick website wanting everything shaped like it but still the bubinga has me sold. I have other basses but they are not nearly as treasured. I even want to buy the fretless version because no other basses strike me visually like this one

So I wonder, how long will this last until I find a new "love." Any similar experiences?
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I've had my fretless for about 13 years and still like it very much.
My main bass is about 7years old and I like it more and more...
 
#10
Now that I reflect, I lost some love for basses that I wish I could get back. A Rick 4001 and 4003 cause I was convinced that basses with extended range and active pups was the way to go. Waaahh! :bawl:

Then I had a custom built Bongo fretless 5 with everything including the kitchen sink. Sold it when I was in a financial crunch. Loved it, but not enough I guess. Waaahhh! :bawl: Let that be a lesson: Financial pinches come and go, but regret lasts a long time. Think very hard before you sell. I even miss my Peavey from 1985 (the entry level not the T-40, don't even remember what it was.)
 

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