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musicman Vs warwick?

#23
I own/have owned models within each camp and I do love both Warwicks and Stingrays. Currently have a Warwick because I just love the way these sound and play, but would love to own a Stingray 5 again. The Stingray 5 was/is one of the most comfortable 5-string basses for me, but I've had more success with the Warwick line.
 
#27
Who cares? The discsussion is valid :)

Not all Warwicks have fat necks, btw. There have been several different neck profiles coming from Warwick over the years. some are more rounded than others. The SSII and SSI I have both have thin necks which I prefer over the fatter necks such as are found on some of the bolt-on basses.

I just got an EBMM 5 string last week. I love playing it, the tone is fantastic, but I do find myself loving the thin necks of my Streamers much more, and also I wish the MM had two full scales like Warwicks do.

Also I have found that slapping on the MM results in the strings hitting the pickup magnets more often than not. I have the strings low and the pickup high because that's the feel and sound I like, but I may have to compromise here.

If the opportunity came along to trade my MM for a Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 string, I would jump on it in a heartbeat.
 
#32
As far as I'm concerned ... both.

I own an FNA Jazzman 5 and a Stingray 5HH. Neither sounds exactly like the other and I love the sound and versatility of both.

If you were to put a gun to my head and tell me I had to pick, I'd say I slightly prefer the feel of the Stingray. On the other hand, I slightly prefer the sound of the Warwick. Overall, I'd say I slightly prefer the sound of the Warwick slightly more than I slightly prefer the feel of the Warwick. So the slight edge goes to my Warwick.

Slightly. ;)



EDIT - Whoa!!! I just realized there's some slightly impressive thread necromancy going on here!!! :eek:
 
#33
I prefer Music Man basses. I like Warwicks as far as their looks, feel and quality of build but I just have never really like their tones on a majority of the ones that I have played. Music Man on the other hand, I love everything about them thus why I have quite a few of them.
 
#35
dave64o said:
EDIT - Whoa!!! I just realized there's some slightly impressive thread necromancy going on here!!! :eek:
Click to expand...

I was thinking 'I don't remember posting in there...' Turns out my posts were 7 years old. :p



I had a Warwick SS1 and a EBMM Sterling. Both are long gone, but I find myself wanting another Sterling (especially since the different pickup configs became available.) Some day... *cue hazy dream sequence where I actually have money to spend on stuff like this* :D
 
#38
Both.

If I had to choose 1 it would definitely be Musicman.

Why.

I'll tell you.

I love them both. Currently own 2 Warwicks (a Fortress One and a Flashback), have owned 2 streamers and a Corvette. I also own a Big Al, a Stingray, A Bongo and a Sterling.

What I like about Warwicks are the unmistakable growl, and just the pure gnarliness of their tone. I also like that they seem indestructable to me. I'm a wenge neck fan, and I never have to adjust the necks on my warwicks. I just did a short tour with the Fortress one, and I didn't even have to tune it before gigs. Seems rock solid all around. All my Warwicks also have/had great action. For whatever reason they seem to be able to go lower than other basses, at least all of the ones I've owned.

What I don't like about them is the fact that in comparison to MMs, and despite the people who will argue vehemently, they all seem like one trick ponies. They get a great ballsy sound, and it's tweakable. But that's it. And one of my streamers was a jazzman. I've said before, and almost made a video comparison which I'm so sorry I didn't, that it seems the warwicks tone controls go from 1 to 4, while the musicmans go from 1 to 12. There is soooooooo much more variation in the tones I can get on a MM as compared to that on a Warwick, and I love versatility.

Other thing thing that saddens me about Warwick are the ridiculous prices, and even more ridiculous resale values. My first Warwick I bought new (nobody knew what a Warwick was then), but I'd never do that again. I think Musicmans are very reasonably priced.

Someone was talking to me and I lost where I was here :).... anyhow, I like MMs more for lots of reasons. I like the way they feel more, I like the way they look, they're usually lighter, and as I already mentioned - the versatility is staggering in comparison to warwicks. Which is probably my #1 reason. And if anyone thinks the endorsement thing taints my opinion, when I got that endorsement I was in a place where I could have just as easily gotten a Warwick endorsement. I owned a Sterling, and a Bongo at the time, and that's all I was playing. Big Al is now the bass for me, and I'm really getting the feeling that nothing is going to ever outdo that bass. At least for me.
 
#40
Had both, definitely the Wick.
I'm a big Breaking Benjamin fan and listen to their earlier stuff like on Saturate and We Are Not Alone. Mark is rocking his SSII5's on those, then used a Fodera Empire 5 on Phobia then used an assortment of EB/MM Sterling 4's on Dear Agony.
I know a lot of that has to do with how Bendeth and CLA felt about production/mixing but definitely my fave tone was from WANA and that Wick. Just so punchy and aggressive.
 

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