Hi everybody!
as mentioned in this topic I opened (Warwick Straplocks - are they reliable? you are welcome
), a couple of days ago I bought my first Warwick. found it near me, in Rome, and the owner was also a "forum friend" from our italian forum Megabass, so we organize and I tried it.
1) first thing I noticed was the weight. I've always heard that Warwicks are heavy, unbalanced, neck-heavy and whatever, and in fact I tried years ago a Thumb that wasn't the best.
what I actually noticed is that this Streamer, despite the maple body, is light, and despite (again) the strap-button position, it's perfectly balanced and stable.
2) what a beauty! I've had many and many basses, probably more than 30 (some were bought and sold in a weekend the hardest part when you buy online), and I've even had some high quality Fender USA, G&L USA, Status Made in England, old Ibanez Musician, tried some lutheris here in Italy... but this Warwick is far the best made instrument I've ever had!
every millimeter is perfectly made:
- bell-brass frets mounted in a (I think) patented way so that they don't arrive to the edge of the fretboard.
- brass Just-a-Nut easy to setup... no more struggles with sand-paper! just a turn of an allen key, and here it goes.
- 3D bridge with every possible regulation... you can even raise or lower the entire bridge left and right, if the saddles are already done.
- gorgeous woods (see the pictures!)
- the "User Kit", which I think is probably the best "customer service" you can ever think about. I don't know why it's not standard on every High quality instrument... there's everything: allen keys for bridge and nut, the long and "handled" allen key for the truss rod, a polishing cloth, the manual and the beeswax to clean and maintain the woods...
3) Pickups and electronics: I've had many active instruments, also used to "pimp" some basses with EMG pickups, and always red that these MEC pickups were crappy "1€ pickups"...
I find them to be wonderful sounding, balanced and shielded. the 2-way eq is 100% usable, not that kind of eq where you only get "too much". I can use the highs without the fear of cutting ears.
also, on the mentioned italian forum an user made a blind test on his Warwick, comparing EMG and MEC setups, and most of the "MEC hater" got it wrong, even adding "sommelier like" comments
I also like the reverse-P configuration, but it's not a "warwick signature" thing.
so, here it is after some cleaning. nut and frets were opaque and dirty, now it's all shiny and gorgeous <3
as mentioned in this topic I opened (Warwick Straplocks - are they reliable? you are welcome
), a couple of days ago I bought my first Warwick. found it near me, in Rome, and the owner was also a "forum friend" from our italian forum Megabass, so we organize and I tried it. 1) first thing I noticed was the weight. I've always heard that Warwicks are heavy, unbalanced, neck-heavy and whatever, and in fact I tried years ago a Thumb that wasn't the best.
what I actually noticed is that this Streamer, despite the maple body, is light, and despite (again) the strap-button position, it's perfectly balanced and stable.
2) what a beauty! I've had many and many basses, probably more than 30 (some were bought and sold in a weekend
the hardest part when you buy online), and I've even had some high quality Fender USA, G&L USA, Status Made in England, old Ibanez Musician, tried some lutheris here in Italy... but this Warwick is far the best made instrument I've ever had! every millimeter is perfectly made:
- bell-brass frets mounted in a (I think) patented way so that they don't arrive to the edge of the fretboard.
- brass Just-a-Nut easy to setup... no more struggles with sand-paper! just a turn of an allen key, and here it goes.
- 3D bridge with every possible regulation... you can even raise or lower the entire bridge left and right, if the saddles are already done.
- gorgeous woods (see the pictures!)
- the "User Kit", which I think is probably the best "customer service" you can ever think about. I don't know why it's not standard on every High quality instrument... there's everything: allen keys for bridge and nut, the long and "handled" allen key for the truss rod, a polishing cloth, the manual and the beeswax to clean and maintain the woods...
3) Pickups and electronics: I've had many active instruments, also used to "pimp" some basses with EMG pickups, and always red that these MEC pickups were crappy "1€ pickups"...
I find them to be wonderful sounding, balanced and shielded. the 2-way eq is 100% usable, not that kind of eq where you only get "too much". I can use the highs without the fear of cutting ears.
also, on the mentioned italian forum an user made a blind test on his Warwick, comparing EMG and MEC setups, and most of the "MEC hater" got it wrong, even adding "sommelier like" comments
I also like the reverse-P configuration, but it's not a "warwick signature" thing.
so, here it is after some cleaning. nut and frets were opaque and dirty, now it's all shiny and gorgeous <3
