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Real Warwick, or RB?

#5
Nice.
No offense taken. I am one of those 'desperately in need of a 'wick, but not sure which way to go' guys.

I am drawn to the 'vette standard 5's in bubinga, but there seems to be a quiet school of thought that the 'vettes are somehow less awesome than the Streamers.

If anyone would care to discuss that....by all means....
 
#6
bassteban said:
Looks like a *standard*, Warwick's pre-RB budget line.
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+1

The Vette's have a flat body and I think so does the one you showed above. The other Streamers and Thumbs (the two piece bridge is a good way to tell) have a contoured body (the whole body curves) and much better wood. My Thumb sounds IMHO way better than the Vette std. but I found it for $700, if I didn't get that deal I would have got the Vette.
 
#7
If my info is correct...

The info in the listing is correct. This model was replaced by the RockBass line, but this one was still made in Germany. I believe they were made until '99? I know mine is a '99, but I can't verify that was the final year of production right now.

I'm very happy with mine...I haven't compared it to topline Warwick's, but I know I'm not scared to take this one out to shows and it gives me some ballsy tone.
 
#11
Hi condro776,

I had both the Corvette and The Streamer Std. The Streamer you saw has the Basslines unit which is not the stock type for the Streamer. My Streamer was a 2000 bought at GC for $469 (originally $499) and has an "Old School" bassy tone. There was a lot written on this in Warwick.de forum. The bassline system might change the whole tonal palette though. I brought back the Streamer after the e string machine head died before the 30 day guarantee was over and bought the Corvette 5er in Swamp Ash for another $100.00. The Swamp Ash Corvette is a lot sharper in attack and more versitile.
The Corvette was new "old stock" from 2006 and had the Dynamic Compensation pups on it (passive). I must say the price is lower for my new Corvette than any other Wick, and it may not be fair to compare them to a much more expensive Wick. The straplocks on the strap for the Streamer did not fit the Corvette BTW. Perhaps you could audition the Corvette at your local music store to check the tonal pallette for yourself.
 
#13
DoubleBuck said:
Hi condro776,

I had both the Corvette and The Streamer Std. The Streamer you saw has the Basslines unit which is not the stock type for the Streamer. My Streamer was a 2000 bought at GC for $469 (originally $499) and has an "Old School" bassy tone. There was a lot written on this in Warwick.de forum. The bassline system might change the whole tonal palette though. I brought back the Streamer after the e string machine head died before the 30 day guarantee was over and bought the Corvette 5er in Swamp Ash for another $100.00. The Swamp Ash Corvette is a lot sharper in attack and more versitile.
The Corvette was new "old stock" from 2006 and had the Dynamic Compensation pups on it (passive). I must say the price is lower for my new Corvette than any other Wick, and it may not be fair to compare them to a much more expensive Wick. The straplocks on the strap for the Streamer did not fit the Corvette BTW. Perhaps you could audition the Corvette at your local music store to check the tonal pallette for yourself.
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Thank you very much.
I intend to lay my hands on everything I can once I have saved up enough nickels and dimes. I am in the 'research' phase. I know corvette standards (most likely I will go bubinga) will be fairly easy to track down, but there are a lot of varieties of the Streamer to grasp.

You hinted at something I am curious about. The difference in price between the corvette and the Streamer. Is it just the carved top, wide spacing, and electronics? Or is it intended to be fundamentally a 'lower' model?
 
#15
The most talented musician I know (he's one of those virtuoso types) plays a RockBass through SWR stuff and if you didn't see him hold it there is absolutely no way one could tell is a band setting. I say this b/c we have a rich buddy who bought one of the "pimped out" top of the line Wick's and then we A/B'd them. Another note, for me, I prefer the RB due to it's weight, and with all the Wick electronics is sounds like a Wick. Your ears should decide, not your eyes.
 
#17
Warwick Streamer Standard, should have wenge neck and fretboard (looks like wenge). Could be that the wenge necks were phased out in favour to ovangkol (serial hints at july 2001, so a very late model).

It's a sort of entry-level streamer. Not a SS1, not a SS2, nor a LX. The body is not contoured and made of caronela, it's a bolt-on, early precursor to the rockbass range. The pickups look like original MEC passive, with a added after-market preamp (as stated). That looks like the genuine article, and the description looks correct.

Head to the Warwick forums if you want more info from the warwick boffins.
 
#18
I play a SS2 7 out of ten sets. It just looks weird to me, the tailpiece, the proportions, the Pick ups. I'm not saying it's not legit, it's just so much different than mine it's weird.

PS. You keep your RB and I'll keep my SS2 and we'll all be happy.
 

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