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Warrior Basses?
- Thread starter yomchi247
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I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!! HAHA! Great to see another fan! You like Aqua Teen Hunger Force too?
Not too long ago, I was taking Adam Nitti's "Right and Left Hand Technique" course on musicdojo.com. (BTW--great course, totally opened up multi-string instruments to me).
Anyway, his tone in all the recordings was absolutely insane. I figured it must have been his signature model Warrior. But when I watched the video, half of the time it was a black jazz bass. Just goes to prove--the TONE is in the HANDS, baby. Or at least, the bass is just a part of the sound.
I can't say I'd ever buy a Warrior. Too...feudal.
Anyway, his tone in all the recordings was absolutely insane. I figured it must have been his signature model Warrior. But when I watched the video, half of the time it was a black jazz bass. Just goes to prove--the TONE is in the HANDS, baby. Or at least, the bass is just a part of the sound.
I can't say I'd ever buy a Warrior. Too...feudal.
As long as I've known Warrior basses and how close I am to them, I've never actually played one. There is a local Warrior dealer, the Warrior factory is two miles from my grandparents house, and my friend is about to get a Warrior endorsement deal. Its the only bass brand available locally I cannot recall trying.
I just got one. It's a lefty and while it looks nice, it does not sound all that hot to me. It's a mahogany signature with maple top and bolt-on mahog-purple-mahog neck with ebony board. I thought with Barts all the way around, it would be great but I'm not pleased for $2300.00. Again, looks nice!!
I maybe selling it soon for a Pedulla or Smith.
I maybe selling it soon for a Pedulla or Smith.
played 4 extensively, 2 of them rocked, 2 of them did not. Playability is usually great, sound is the problem it seems.
Make that, I "will" be selling mine. It's a lefty and I will post pics and info on the "For Sale" forum of TB.
Not impressed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not impressed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I'm a new fan. I just started getting into it recently. That show is great ... once you get used to the fact that the lead characters are a milkshake, a sack of fries and a lump of meat.B8ssMan89 said:
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I hope the folks at Warrior are reading these posts!
Most of them are real negative towards this brand, and I hope the makers take note and do some serious quality control!
The basses look like works of art. I get emailed bible scripture from them everyday, which is a nice touch!
They also say they will build a bass for you, and you can pay as they go, which is also cool.
The NAMM show display they had last year was excellent, with lots of fine examples..though I was afraid to get near them with my beer in hand!
Most of them are real negative towards this brand, and I hope the makers take note and do some serious quality control!
The basses look like works of art. I get emailed bible scripture from them everyday, which is a nice touch!
They also say they will build a bass for you, and you can pay as they go, which is also cool.
The NAMM show display they had last year was excellent, with lots of fine examples..though I was afraid to get near them with my beer in hand!
first off... I have one, but my next bass will not be a Warrior. Mine just ended up being what I like (neck profile, spacing, tone, weight, balance...it's blue), granted there are a couple things I had to do to it, to make it mine...
Their playablity and tone is not as consistant as their appearance tends to be IM'h'O.
I've played a bunch at the Warrior Gallery (when it was still in operation here in ATL) and there were very few that stood out for their tone and playable comfort, most of them stood out nicely, while remaining to be hung on the wall.
I have played the first AN6, I can't remember the name of the cat that owns it, but he has brought it to a couple of the Warrior gallery partys and the X-mas party that they threw with in the last year or so. I'm pretty sure that was the Proto type that Adam built the current ones off of.
I liked it, even that I'm not a big fan of purpleheart for a fingerbd... The Spacing was cool and the heal cutaway was really nice... Great tone and not your usual Warrior, like the un-predicable others. Too bad I'm not much of a 6'er.
umm... you mean this one?
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mark beem said:I played a couple at the last NAMM show... I wasn't impressed.. Sad too because I really wanted to like them..
Bad_Habit_Bassist said:
Their playablity and tone is not as consistant as their appearance tends to be IM'h'O.
Brian Barrett said:
I've played a bunch at the Warrior Gallery (when it was still in operation here in ATL) and there were very few that stood out for their tone and playable comfort, most of them stood out nicely, while remaining to be hung on the wall.
-Timothy- said:
I have played the first AN6, I can't remember the name of the cat that owns it, but he has brought it to a couple of the Warrior gallery partys and the X-mas party that they threw with in the last year or so. I'm pretty sure that was the Proto type that Adam built the current ones off of.
I liked it, even that I'm not a big fan of purpleheart for a fingerbd... The Spacing was cool and the heal cutaway was really nice... Great tone and not your usual Warrior, like the un-predicable others. Too bad I'm not much of a 6'er.
Brian Barrett said:
umm... you mean this one?
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I posted in the previous Warrior thread, but may as well chime in again. Consistency (or lack thereof) is the main concept with Warriors. I bought one at NAMM for two reasons...It felt great (insanely low action), and a killer sound.
However, I didn't inspect it closely enough for build quality, and have several problems that drive me crazy...On the cosmetic side...misaligned side position dots and a few rough areas of finish. On the possible affecting tone side, a neck pocket gap on the treble side.
The bass does play and sound awesome, I must say, but I tried tons of them at the NAMM show, and this was the only one I liked. So I would say it's a huge risk to have them build you one, unless you can just refuse it if it's not all you want.
However, I didn't inspect it closely enough for build quality, and have several problems that drive me crazy...On the cosmetic side...misaligned side position dots and a few rough areas of finish. On the possible affecting tone side, a neck pocket gap on the treble side.
The bass does play and sound awesome, I must say, but I tried tons of them at the NAMM show, and this was the only one I liked. So I would say it's a huge risk to have them build you one, unless you can just refuse it if it's not all you want.
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lucas vigor said:
I do as well and they look great but beware.
This is what I did, the pay as you go thing. I got it and they had done all of these upgrades that I specifically did not want. I have a bass that is fancy with gold and a 3-way pre, etc. but wanted the new Warrior to be a bit of a workhorse.
So I sent it back. They then wanted to charge me labor time to set it up the way I wanted. One thing that erk'd me the most was that I specifically stated a 9v 2-band pre and they installed an 18v 3-band pre. I wanted simplicity and they went over the top in addition to disregarding the black hardware and going gold. I have enough gold !! This is a custom bass. So anyways, I threatened to have them just send it back so I could "part with it" and they immediately emailed me requesting I call and speak to the owner JD. I will say he was nice but what a pain in the a** this has been and an extra 3 weeks back at their shop having changes done I requested in the first place !! Yeah I'm a little ticked about all this.
JD would like me to try it again but with the correct preamp and hardware. When I told him about the '71 SVT I was playing through, he agreed the pre they installed was not going to fly and be quite sterile in that bass. I knew what I wanted originally, they did it there way. Now more delays and shipping costs and they agreed to make the changes for free.
Sorry folks. A little venting here. Thanks...
yomchi247 said:Anyone play em? How is the sound and playability? Post pics please
Their pretty basses, but not really my thing. I have a buddy who has one and loves it tho
Their looks are kind of part of the problem for me.
I played one this weekend that was an endorsement bass at NAMM so it won't for sale. Pearl white with bird inlays. why does everone like birds? Still gorgeous
ANYWAYs.......I was pretty impressed. The action on it was so low, I really was not used to it, but it was awesome throughout. The sound was equally killer, all bartolini electronics in it. I think some of the basslines models were pretty crappy sounding, and I got a few opinions on basslines as is. But either was, this one was smoking.
There were a couple of finish issues. I think the owner is sending it back to get them taken care of to bring it to mint status. I don't know why that bass would have made it to NAMM like that (routing for the b and e string through was poorly taken care of). But besides 3 issues we found, the bass was smoking and sounded awesome. Barts are a much better thing.
ANYWAYs.......I was pretty impressed. The action on it was so low, I really was not used to it, but it was awesome throughout. The sound was equally killer, all bartolini electronics in it. I think some of the basslines models were pretty crappy sounding, and I got a few opinions on basslines as is. But either was, this one was smoking.
There were a couple of finish issues. I think the owner is sending it back to get them taken care of to bring it to mint status. I don't know why that bass would have made it to NAMM like that (routing for the b and e string through was poorly taken care of). But besides 3 issues we found, the bass was smoking and sounded awesome. Barts are a much better thing.
This echoes my earlier post. Many of them can sound and feel amazing, but the construction flaws (finish things and other details such as misaligned position dots, which I've never seen on any other bass at any price) baffle me, given their intended reputation for "works of art" and their price level.
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