Well I think so but then again is all subjective. I just think that when a instrument is custom made the maker is almost certainly going take a littl e more time than a stock made factory bass, and I really do think that makes a big difference to the end product. How many time have people said old Warwick were better. Thats because in the old days they were pretty much made like the custom ones now. Buy that I mean not mass produced item. But like I said there is a mile difference between a standard Streamer Jazzman and my custom one. Thats not to say the standard one is rubbish...
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Ok - here is mine. Sorry about quality of pics - the flash lightened the body a bit.
Its an older Corvette 5 Standard (one with brass nut). Has Bartolini 3 band eq preamp and pickups. Extremely low action. I absolutely love this bass!
Also has the Pedulla polyester coating on the ebony board. I get more comments about the fingerboard than any other part of my gear .. like "ohhhh thats shiny!"
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Its an older Corvette 5 Standard (one with brass nut). Has Bartolini 3 band eq preamp and pickups. Extremely low action. I absolutely love this bass!
Also has the Pedulla polyester coating on the ebony board. I get more comments about the fingerboard than any other part of my gear .. like "ohhhh thats shiny!"
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And here we go! Crappy resolution though...
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ScottyBoy said:Ok - here is mine. Sorry about quality of pics - the flash lightened the body a bit.
Its an older Corvette 5 Standard (one with brass nut). Has Bartolini 3 band eq preamp and pickups. Extremely low action. I absolutely love this bass!
Also has the Pedulla polyester coating on the ebony board. I get more comments about the fingerboard than any other part of my gear .. like "ohhhh thats shiny!"
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aye, that 'board is shiny like a Steinway piano... but that's some mighty fine bodywood grain too! Hooray for natural finish.
Think there was a fretless four for sale in Brisvegas recently... maybe there needs to be a subchapter of the WWick club ... of Brisbane affiliates!
rock on,
reens
If all goes well, i will have a tourquise blue FNA corvette with a single musicman this weekend!
tommyr01 said:ScottyBoy,
that is sweet! ..........boy is that board Shiny!
aw shucks! I bet you say that to all the fingerboards
Getting my frist Wick on Friday afternoon (taking a half day from work to pick it up)!
I'm going to be thumping on a Streamer Standard 4 with an upgraded Bart preamp!
It'll be good to be in the club!
-Rick
I'm going to be thumping on a Streamer Standard 4 with an upgraded Bart preamp!
It'll be good to be in the club!
-Rick
hey,
here is my LX5 which I purchased new in 2000.
in the passing year I installed an Aguilar OBP-3 pre and Bartolini 59Js.
and here is my recently acquired '88 Streamer.
everything is stock. the photo doesnt show it but she has lots of battlescars - remains from her previous life where she saw a fair share of usage. I cleaned her and tried to iron some of the dents but ended up with some burn marks I had to sand down...so I decided to only apply beeswax and leave the dents be, they are part of her charecter anyway.
here is my LX5 which I purchased new in 2000.
in the passing year I installed an Aguilar OBP-3 pre and Bartolini 59Js.
and here is my recently acquired '88 Streamer.
everything is stock. the photo doesnt show it but she has lots of battlescars - remains from her previous life where she saw a fair share of usage. I cleaned her and tried to iron some of the dents but ended up with some burn marks I had to sand down...so I decided to only apply beeswax and leave the dents be, they are part of her charecter anyway.
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air_leech said:hey,
here is my LX5 which I purchased new in 2000.
in the passing year I installed an Aguilar OBP-3 pre and Bartolini 59Js.
and here is my recently acquired '88 Streamer.
everything is stock. the photo doesnt show it but she has lots of battlescars - remains from her previous life where she saw a fair share of usage. I cleaned her and tried to iron some of the dents but ended up with some burn marks I had to sand down...so I decided to only apply beeswax and leave the dents be, they are part of her charecter anyway.
How's the Aggie pre with the Barts? I swear by Aggie pres in my Wicks, but I've never heard them with anything other than the MEC pickups...
I bought the bass used. The previous owner had the coating put on by Pedulla. So I can't say the difference in that bass.
I have only played one other corvette fretless. It had stock MEC so you need to take that into account.
I belived the stock fretless had more of a "woody" tone, if that makes sense more like an upright.
The coating I belive is definately more "alive". Seems to get good mwah and is very subtle to things like vibrato.
I have only played one other corvette fretless. It had stock MEC so you need to take that into account.
I belived the stock fretless had more of a "woody" tone, if that makes sense more like an upright.
The coating I belive is definately more "alive". Seems to get good mwah and is very subtle to things like vibrato.
threshar said:
Someone please buy it before I do something bad.......................My recently purchases new (to me) Streamer STD 4-string with active Bart pre.
Now, my member number please!
-Rick
Now, my member number please!
-Rick
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