Definitely looks better than the stock black one. I know I have one of the stock ones laying around, but I should have two.
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Short Scale Basses
- Thread starter edbnuts
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Definitely looks better than the stock black one. I know I have one of the stock ones laying around, but I should have two.
Have you seen many warwick corvettes for $200?
What makes it best? Just curious.
Not under $200, no, they are hard to come by as well. BUT once you play one you will not want to touch any other short scales. I reckon if even the most hell bent Fender lover tried one (which is hard, because they aren't usually floor stock in music shops unlike the fenders, micros etc) they would be the best selling shorty on the market...
I initially bought an Ibanez Mikro for $180 brand new, played it for 2 months and it was good for a cheap bass to play at home but honestly wouldn't play it anywhere aside from my bedroom. It had a crappy BO set up which meant a dead 12th fret, and the machine heads were jumpy and sticky. The plastic knobs also bothered me, just looked/felt tacky. It sounded Ok but there was also a fair amount of pickup noise, ended up needing to use a ISP to kill it, which in turn, killed a lot of the sustain. I'd only recommend this if you intend to purchase something else later, or upgrade the living crap out of it with new pickups, machine heads etc. Which makes it a $200+bass anyway
I got my Warwick for $600 as a showroom second with no issues, just had been displayed. I love it so much I am going to get a custom short scale warwick made rather than buy 2 rockbasses or a different short scale so I have a backup.
NECK
-Neck is not your typical warwick "wide as hell and feels like playing a tree" kind of neck. It's on par with the Mikro or most Ibanez' for being thin and fast.
- Just a little longer at a full 30.75" rather than the 28" Mikro so the frets feel a bit closer together but overall it feels less cramped to play (i havent measured it exactly)
- Adjustable bridge is excellent. When you consider that half of the reason people buy short scales in the first place is for the fact they have small hands, this means you can adjust the spacing between each string to suit your hands/reach a bit better.
-Adjust-a-nut. Again, AWESOME if small hands is your reason for playing short scales so you can lower the action a tad and make it a bit easier, or if you are picky with your action. You can make it nice and low, and if you find you get comfortable with the low action, you can raise it again later.
OVERALL/BODY
-Comfortable to play, no neck dive at all, good balance due to the longer horn. Warwicks get a bad rep for neck dive, this ones fine.
-Weighs more than a Mikro.. but you can hear every bit of that weight when you play it.
-Fits in a standard guitar gig bag or case easily.
-The body doesn't look silly or childish at all cause I believe they keep as close to the normal Corvette full scale body size as they can. You don't feel like you're holding a toy or a kids beginner bass.
-It's stock MEC passive pickups with the dynamic correction sound awesome. There's probably videos of it on youtube if you want to hear for yourself. Can't speak for the active version.
-Solid construction, I can't flaw any of the hardware of anything else. It's as well put together as my partners NT German Thumb.
-Comes with warwicks security locks, which is cool since I shoved earnie ball straplocks into my mikro.
-Adjust the truss rod at the head so it's super easy, and you dont need screws to get into the back cavity. Especially relevant if you get the active model.
DOWNSIDES:
Doesn't come with a case so you have to get a guitar case for it (at least mine didn't come with but maybe your distributor can get you one)
Harder to find than your average Mikro or Squier so prepare to shop around or order one to your location.
Not priced to be a cheap beginner bass to muck around with or for the kids to play once and then lose interest
And no, they don't pay me to say this stuff.. I legit just LOVE this bass and before I bought it, I had a hard time finding reviews or suggestions of it so I'm happy to write heaps explaining the bass. If anyone has any questions about these feel free to ask more
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warwick rockbass corvette short scale. $449 USD brand new on ebay. im sure it wont be hard finding a second hand on for about $200 ish.
if you buy a smeg squire jaguar chances are you will eventually upgrade the tuners, pickups, preamp, bridge and so on. by the time you do that you could have purchased a new rockbass corvette and still have a better instrument.
the squires a great for the money, no doubt, but it in no way compares to something as equiped as the warwick rockbass.
especially the passive one. sounds bloody ripper!
Thanks for the info guys.
I've heard of them, but have never even seen one yet, much less get a chance to try one.
I'll keep on the lookout for one though.
I've heard of them, but have never even seen one yet, much less get a chance to try one.
I'll keep on the lookout for one though.
I bought a Warwick Short Scale through ebay, satin finish. Just a bit over $400 as a manufacture refurbished. Hard to find these Warwick shorties. Didn't like it when I first plugged in but after a good set up and string change from roundwound to GHS Pressure Flats it was just what I wanted. Has a nice vintage vibe if dialing in most of the neck pickup.
I'm pretty happy with the $179 SS jazz SX I just bought. American swamp ash body. Plays very well, I like it better than any of the Squier SS right now. That's not a shot at Squier either, I own 2. It's just a good bass. People scoff I'm sure, but it really shocked me when it got here.
I had a Squier SS Jag and still have a Gretsch Broadkaster (the first SS I ever purchased).
Main difference for me was the Jag felt way too small and you knew it was a short scale in your hands,couldn't come to grips with it so it was sold.
The Gretsch on the hand feels just like all my other long scales to hold and play,the string spacing is the only real difference i notice,this is why i will never part with it.
Main difference for me was the Jag felt way too small and you knew it was a short scale in your hands,couldn't come to grips with it so it was sold.
The Gretsch on the hand feels just like all my other long scales to hold and play,the string spacing is the only real difference i notice,this is why i will never part with it.
....And no, they don't pay me to say this stuff.. I legit just LOVE this bass and before I bought it, I had a hard time finding reviews or suggestions of it so I'm happy to write heaps explaining the bass. If anyone has any questions about these feel free to ask more
Thank you for your detailed comments. A used, passive short scale Warwick RockBass 4 turned up locally.
I remembered your comments and beat feet out the door to try it.
After giving it a spin, I snatched it up, brought it home, and have a hard time putting it down when playing.
All I can say is that it's great. I'm glad I asked about it, and glad you took the time to sing its praises.
Very, very nice bass.
After playing 34" for years I'm making the switch to short scale.
This should be done late January.
This should be done late January.
That's awesome, congrats on the new bass, welcome to the short scale warwick club felis! I still have trouble putting mine down and it's been a while now
I just ordered a short scale custom thumb bass I mentioned I was thinking about when I wrote my review, no doubt it will be great as well.
