I had the Warwick Corvette $$ bass made in Germany. Excellent bass all around. Even had the super heavy duty flight case (and heavy). Someone kept throwing $100 bills at me until he got the bass.
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Warwick $$ Review
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Thought about getting an old Streamer for about two secs, but decide against it..just can’t get into active basses too much anymore…I do love Warwick’s design and construction though..
I miss the days when GC would have a handful of MIG Warwicks hanging on their wall..
The $$ basses are sort of the "all in one", especially for the RBs. I am always eye-ing them lol
I’ve been looking at Warwick GPS 5 String Corvette $$’s recently. They are fine looking basses! I’m itching for a new Moog Grandmother though, so the bass will have to wait. 
I used to play a Corvette a long time ago. Really nice modern sounding bass. I was trying to get that punchy sound that Jon Maron had in the early Groove Collective records but I also wanted something I could use for rock gigs since I was getting a lot of those. It was really great for that, but after about 5 or so years with it as my 2nd bass I went into full studio mode and traded it for a Fender Jazz.
I didn't know much about basses then, just that I liked Doug Wimbish a lot, couldn't afford the Warwick he used, and the Corvette popped up used my price range. To me Wimbish was the ultimate guy who could do a heavy rock gig and then slide into a jazz fusion band and tear that up as well. So him and Maron's punchy tone really influenced me back then.
I didn't know much about basses then, just that I liked Doug Wimbish a lot, couldn't afford the Warwick he used, and the Corvette popped up used my price range. To me Wimbish was the ultimate guy who could do a heavy rock gig and then slide into a jazz fusion band and tear that up as well. So him and Maron's punchy tone really influenced me back then.
I have an ash Corvette (very light!) and it still gets that Warwick tone. The feel isn't for everyone but it's hard to deny how well a Warwick sounds in the right mix.
That's interesting that you went into recording mode and took a jazz over a Corvette. The jazz usually is more noise and hum than any Warwick. If it got you the tone you wanted more power to you. That's what matters at the end of the day. My Corvette is very quiet. No hum but definitely loud when you play. It's louder plugged in than anything else I have.
I didn't really have noise issues with either bass. It was more of a tonal preference for me.
You found a good one then. I wish I got along with jazz bass necks better because I like the tone but I've never been happy with how they feel. The Warwick neck is easier for my hand to not feel cramped and when I got mine it made me such a better player having something that fits. Bigger palms and shorter fingers and I found that too slim causes cramps in my thumb. Too wide like a 6 string and I'm struggling. 5 string and Warwick is my comfort zone.
I've had the German $$ for some time and it was a versatile beast. Very fast player, well balanced, and beautifully built. Tonally it wasn't 100% what I was looking for at the time due to the pickups being too close to one another, but I now regret selling her. It surprises me to see they're not easy to resell secondhand if you want a decent price - at least to my experience. Worth every penny though, pure 'deutsche Pünktlichkeit'. Budget willing, I'd buy one again without hesitation. Can't go wrong with one. Their 'tone' really is 'woody'... and my wife seemed to like her 'different' looks, especially that upper horn - or maybe she was just sending me a message.... 
You are right. $$ is a pickup configuration and not a model. Off topic, stay safe my friend!
When was Wimbish playing Warwick? I always thought he was a Spector guy except for his Ibanez signature basses.
He played a Streamer or Thumb for a while when he played with Living Colour.
I remember Wimbish playing on a streamer for a bit. Ibanez I didn't know about. It makes sense though since Ibanez is the easiest bass for me to pick up and play since it's got a similar feel to Warwick. Just lighter and thinner neck. I hear that a Spector will have a wider string spacing than a Warwick. I haven't played one so I'm not sure of the other difference but when it comes to the similarities streamers and ns2 Spectors are very alike so it makes sense to see all the Spector guys messing around on a streamer. Rex Brown from Pantera is a great example. He's got multiples of both. It would be interesting to ask him if he prefers the standard Warwick spacing or the wider Spector spacing and if he changed the one to match the other.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERYBODY!!! Andy is a great brand ambassador.
I feel like my Corvette Taranis sits a little in between a $$ and a Thumb.
I've owned a bounch of german made Warwicks and the 6 string thumb nt was soundwise the best but the BO thumb 4 sounded liike a mad pibull!
