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Warwick Corvette Taranis or Lakland Darryl Jones

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theleteri

Aug 9, 2008
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#1
as some of you know i have put a Lakland Skyline DJ4 on layaway. it has recently come to my attention that there is a flood of used Corvette Taranis by warwick in the local shops and they are going for around 800

i have not had a chance to plug them in but they feel nice. how do they sound compaired to the Lakland? are all warwicks made in the USA? what brand is better known for quality? is 800 a good amount for a used warwick?

thanx for your help.

(did i break and rules by telling a price :eyebrow: )
 
#6
is it the double humbucker one? $800 is an OK deal (i snagged one on my local CL for $695 cause the guy was a tweaker)
lakland is better at quality control but both are solid instruments

id just suggest un plugging both and playing them, then choose which one feels better, then plug them in and choose again
 
#7
They are very much apples and oranges. The decision will come down to your personal style. The Warwick will have the growlier, more aggressive tone out of the two. The Lakland, while aggressive in its own way, is more traditional in nature than a Warwick. I don't think either is a bad choice, it just comes down to which is better for you. Only you can answer that question.
 
#8
Double Agent said:
They are very much apples and oranges. The decision will come down to your personal style. The Warwick will have the growlier, more aggressive tone out of the two. The Lakland, while aggressive in its own way, is more traditional in nature than a Warwick. I don't think either is a bad choice, it just comes down to which is better for you. Only you can answer that question.
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#14
Thingus995 said:
The taranis has a different body wood and tuning then the jazzman as far as I'm aware
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I believe they are both ash, but the Taranis is passive and comes tuned BEAD, the Jazzman come with the preamp.

I have owned a corvette and a DJ, it's a tough choice... But I would go with the Taranis because of the pickup conf and two full octaves.
 
#15
As said above, the Warwick will have a more modern tone, and the neck profile you either love or hate, so you gotta try it first.

However, there's something wrong about it. I clearly remember it being offered a while ago with a 35" scale, even the 4 string version. Now they say it's a 34". Either I don't remember correctly (I highly doubt that, at the time the Taranis was one of my options, the 35" being one of the highlights) or the newer ones are 34". In that case you might wanna find out which ones they're offering. Myself, I'd always go for a 35" over a 34", but that's just me. Again, it's a choice between modern and classic.
 
#19
i owned a Taranis 5 and honestly its a different beast. never tried Lakland b4 so no comments ;p and i tuned it 1 step down to A and use heavy gauges, even tho its a 34" compare to my other basses which is a 35" i have no issue with spaghetti string and what not, and i got it professionally set-up so its great.

i prefer the passive PU's and other folks ask me to add a pre-amp but i decided not too cos it works great right off the shelves. cos i've used a pretty truckload of effects and my other active basses got issues with them but the Taranis works flawlessly.

the neck profile is slightly thicker than other basses i tried but it works for me cos i got gigantic hands.

the tone on that bass is really growly, really harsh, but works well for me cos i play mostly death metal ;p. The Taranis is an acquired taste.

best way is to play both side by side and u can hear a very big different i think ;p. both got its own merits and flaws.
 

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