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Warwick = Soon to be Korean Made?

#63
What is wrong with you people?
First, this is just the Corvette stds that move to Korea. Second, I really don't understand all the people that are happy to hear this stuff, I mean, Warwicks might not be your cup of tea but there are people out there that really like them(like me) and maybe I don't like Fenders but I don't wish they would no longer be available. Third, The Streamer is NOT a spector knock-off!, the original design was Spector's and Warwick payed for it, later, the Streamer design had some changes and Warwick no longer had to pay for the design, would you really pay for something you don't have to?

Amit
 
#65
People can make good products anywhere if given the right training and materials. But, I never believe a manufacturer when they shift some production to another country and state that there will be no drop in quality. Why? It's because there are probably other factors besides labor that they are reducing. i.e. cheaper components. If the Korean's are provided with lesser quality materials than their German coherts, the basses will be of lower quality. If the maker claims that the same quality of materialsl will be used than what's the value of their higher end models other than who's hands assembled them? I don't buy any of it.

Cost savings drives companies to offshore production. And labor will not be the only thing they are going to pay less for.

Chinese, Koreans, etc. have made excellent things throughout their history. They can do it. But if given crap they will produce crap. My objection to Warwick doing this is not the Korean worker, but the decision to cheapen a product while living off of a name that was established with a former high quality product. Everyone does it.

Where's the believable logic in the reason for making a $$ Corvette in Germany and a JJ Corvette in Korea, if the electronics are the only difference?
 
#67
i hate username said:
Its only the corvettes that are going over seas. I have a German one and have to say i love it. Would be interesting to play a korean one and see if i could spot the diff.

I wonder if in a few years people will be looking second hand for German made corvettes in the same way the look for the wenge necked ones
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Please Check www.warwick.de - PRODUCTS.

Only the Corvette STD ash, and Corvette STD Bubinga are moved in Korea.

Corvette $$, $$ NT, etc are still made in Germany, and they will not go anywhere :-)

I played the Korean one at Frankfurt this year, and it was 100% identical with the German one, even with a nice optical improvement - Ekanga Veneers in the neck between laminations.
 
#68
Boogie.Man said:
Where's the believable logic in the reason for making a $$ Corvette in Germany and a JJ Corvette in Korea, if the electronics are the only difference?
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But your question IS the answer.
The corvette $$ was 50% more expensive than the Std Model. Warwick were losing money for each Corvette STD sold.

You can still have the German Made Corvette STD, just ask for it. But you have to pay the real price, and that will be similar to corvette $$
 
#71
Not sure if this is a real concern as long as Warwick maintains quality control and production standards. So many have made a big stink when Ibanez moved their production to Korea. I've had both Japanese and Korean Ibby's. My latest one is a BTB 1205e prestige, made in Korea. The craftsmanship is top notch and it's a very high quality bass. Just because production is in Korea doesn't necessarily correlate to cheaply made basses. There's alot of very nice basses being produced in that country. It's really a matter of the company insuring a flawless transition to a new manufacturing site and using the same materials and designs. It's more Warwick's responsibility than the Koreans.
 
#75
Shmone said:
Third, The Streamer is NOT a spector knock-off!, the original design was Spector's and Warwick payed for it, later, the Streamer design had some changes and Warwick no longer had to pay for the design, would you really pay for something you don't have to?

Amit
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Actually, the original design was Steinbergers, which Spector licensed from him. Warwick made the Streamer so close to the NS body that they were sued and had to pay licensing fees to use the shape. They later altered it just enough so they wouldn't have to keep paying them. So it did begin as a Spector knock-off.
 

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