I got my Corvette Std 6 recently and i am very happy with it - except the weight and that im still in the process of setting it up
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Warwicks---Yay or Nay?
- Thread starter Skerik1
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yea and nay!!!
my corvette proline 6 (and five string - has an extra neck and conversion kit) sounds awesome!!
i can't really use it though, it has a big neck dive problem!! i'm am looking for every way to actually be able to use it.
i found www.bassbrace.com, this may help with the neck dive problem as well as take some strain off my shoulder.
for the warwick choice, i would get one that doesn't dive.
my corvette proline 6 (and five string - has an extra neck and conversion kit) sounds awesome!!
i can't really use it though, it has a big neck dive problem!! i'm am looking for every way to actually be able to use it.
i found www.bassbrace.com, this may help with the neck dive problem as well as take some strain off my shoulder.
for the warwick choice, i would get one that doesn't dive.
I can see why alot of people dont think much of warwicks. It took me awhile to get used to the neck and body shape of my fna, but now im totally comfortable with it and its hard for me to adjust to play a non-chunky neck bass.
I like some of the new models, but if i were to buy another Warwick it would be a pre'97.
I like some of the new models, but if i were to buy another Warwick it would be a pre'97.
jive1
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I have four of em.
Corvette Standard
Corvette Fretless
Corvette Proline 5
Fortress 4
I love em all. They have excellent playability to me. I especially like the neck. They are built solid as a rock. They mean it when they say the sound of wood. They have a unique sound and you can coax other sounds out of em. Some call em a one trick pony, but I find them very responsive to the way you attack the string, and where you pluck it. Anyway, I could also see why others may not like em, but I have been getting plenty of love from my Warwicks. And believe it or not I got all of em for under $2000 total. Man I love Warwick! I'm hoping to visit the factory this fall.
Corvette Standard
Corvette Fretless
Corvette Proline 5
Fortress 4
I love em all. They have excellent playability to me. I especially like the neck. They are built solid as a rock. They mean it when they say the sound of wood. They have a unique sound and you can coax other sounds out of em. Some call em a one trick pony, but I find them very responsive to the way you attack the string, and where you pluck it. Anyway, I could also see why others may not like em, but I have been getting plenty of love from my Warwicks. And believe it or not I got all of em for under $2000 total. Man I love Warwick! I'm hoping to visit the factory this fall.
You could call me a bit of a Warwick fan; I've got five at the moment. Three are '90 models (Dolphin, Streamer SII and Thumb) and one is a custom job (white Dolphin w/ LEDs).
Recently I picked up a brand new Infinity LTD2000 as well. It was set up like most Warwicks you find in a local music store... action high and uncomfortable, in need of a trussrod adjustment and the strings were dead. It had been sitting in the back for three years, covered in dust and marked down several times. It played SO poorly and sounded terrible - you'd have to be crazy. I brought it home for $1400US. It took a new set of strings and all of 5 minutes with a trussrod tool and allen key to turn this into a truly wonderful instrument. Moral: don't dismiss the current Warwicks too easily.
Recently I picked up a brand new Infinity LTD2000 as well. It was set up like most Warwicks you find in a local music store... action high and uncomfortable, in need of a trussrod adjustment and the strings were dead. It had been sitting in the back for three years, covered in dust and marked down several times. It played SO poorly and sounded terrible - you'd have to be crazy. I brought it home for $1400US. It took a new set of strings and all of 5 minutes with a trussrod tool and allen key to turn this into a truly wonderful instrument. Moral: don't dismiss the current Warwicks too easily.
I have a Warwick in my collection: a Streamer Stage I 5. It has perhaps the chunkiest neck profile I've ever played, but I get around on it ok. Nice chunky tone. No neck dive, perhaps because the flame maple is so heavy (weight is the one downside to this bass).
The flame looks better in person.
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i've got two, an SS2 5 and a Thumb BO 6 fretless, and have owned a Thumb N/T 5
the SS2 is THE bass for now and forever. tone and playability are second to none. the thumbs...meh. i love how they sound and play but the body is awful. i can put up with it with the 6er because the body is a little bigger on the bolt ons, because i play it about 20% of the time, and because i got a great deal onit. the NT5 though, just became too much neck dive to deal with in my main bass.
but there have been multiple times where i've A/B'd a corvette standard 5 against a zon/roscoe/modulus/elrick/warrior/etc and felt that the warwick sounded and played better. they're the exact sound that's in my head, and the streamers fit me PERFECTLY.
i prefer the wenge necks and brass nuts, but besides that i have no problem with the later ones (all of my warwicks have been 98's). the MEC electronics sound good to me but i've had some reliability issues (nothing horrible or terribly abnormal, just consistant things like the stacked volume/blend pots dying.)
the SS2 is THE bass for now and forever. tone and playability are second to none. the thumbs...meh. i love how they sound and play but the body is awful. i can put up with it with the 6er because the body is a little bigger on the bolt ons, because i play it about 20% of the time, and because i got a great deal onit. the NT5 though, just became too much neck dive to deal with in my main bass.
but there have been multiple times where i've A/B'd a corvette standard 5 against a zon/roscoe/modulus/elrick/warrior/etc and felt that the warwick sounded and played better. they're the exact sound that's in my head, and the streamers fit me PERFECTLY.
i prefer the wenge necks and brass nuts, but besides that i have no problem with the later ones (all of my warwicks have been 98's). the MEC electronics sound good to me but i've had some reliability issues (nothing horrible or terribly abnormal, just consistant things like the stacked volume/blend pots dying.)
I love my Warwicks. I have several Warwicks amongst my many basses, and I have to say, I think two of my all time favorites are my Infinity LTD 5 and my Fortress Masterman 5. While tone is a subjective thing, I have never had a sound in my head that I couldn't get out of these two instruments.
Steve
Steve
The funniest thing occurred to me...As i scroll through this thread i find that the number one issue is the look. I love the way the warwicks look: Thumb, Corvette, Streamer, Dolphin...If the sound is even better im definately buying one.
They are good high-mid range basses in general.
I don't really like when a manufacturer reatils out of GC and SamAsh. I also don't like second-tier branding (Rockbass, Rebop, etc). These things bring down the value of the brand.
I don't really like when a manufacturer reatils out of GC and SamAsh. I also don't like second-tier branding (Rockbass, Rebop, etc). These things bring down the value of the brand.
I have a 1988 Thumb NT 6 string fretless. I love the sounds avavilable from this beast. When I bought it I was not looking for a Warwick, but having playing (unplugged first), I fell in love with the tone. Sure, it's heavy, but the tone...
i love the sound of my 4-string corvette proline. real fat bottom and the highs cut right through. however, my complaints lie here...very heavy. i didn't realize how much it weighed until i tried other basses. also, there are too many little parts that can come loose and fall off if you break a string, and this is not fun in the middle of a gig on a darkened stage. and this may only be because i'm somewhat lazy, but having to wax it every week gets a little old, although it sure does look mighty purty all shined and buffed. i would probably sell it, but it has sentimental value, so it is my sweet 2nd bass since i am now thumping a musicman stingray 4.
i was a a music store and tried one out. the cuple of notes i got in were great, but that was before the lame a$$ clerk told me nt to play it. 
The Official Owner's Manual says you only have to wax it that often in the first few weeks, then a layer will build up - and you wont need to apply it so often then, once a month I think will be enough
I once owned a bunch of Basses.
Since I bought a Wenge Neck '97 Warwick Streamer Pro M 4,
all the other's began collecting dust.
Then I started selling off those instruments that
never got any play.
Now it's down to just the one Warwick.
Funny thing is that everytime I get the itch for
a new bass, everything I try feels like cheap c*ap in comparsion.
Even the neck through Woodstock, NY hand-signed Spector wasn't as sweet.
Guess I'm happy with just one.
Since I bought a Wenge Neck '97 Warwick Streamer Pro M 4,
all the other's began collecting dust.
Then I started selling off those instruments that
never got any play.
Now it's down to just the one Warwick.
Funny thing is that everytime I get the itch for
a new bass, everything I try feels like cheap c*ap in comparsion.
Even the neck through Woodstock, NY hand-signed Spector wasn't as sweet.
Guess I'm happy with just one.
It's probobly been said, but I just gotta throw in my $.02.
Warwicks are awesome basses. I love my thumb 4 BO, and future thumb 6 BO
, and would never consider going back to fenders and musicmen... but there was a very awkward 'adjustment period'
that I went through when I first took my thumb home, and the first time I played it with a strap.
My last bass was a squier, so when I stood up with the thumb I immediately noticed the weight. It was heavy[/b\! So I got a thich leather strap and now it doesn't bother me.
It, initially, also felt VERY strage to play; I couldn't do half of the stuff that I could on my squier. But this also passed and now I couldnt be happier with my beautiful, albeit chunky, bass.
She's wonderful.
Warwicks are awesome basses. I love my thumb 4 BO, and future thumb 6 BO
, and would never consider going back to fenders and musicmen... but there was a very awkward 'adjustment period'that I went through when I first took my thumb home, and the first time I played it with a strap.
My last bass was a squier, so when I stood up with the thumb I immediately noticed the weight. It was heavy[/b\! So I got a thich leather strap and now it doesn't bother me.
It, initially, also felt VERY strage to play; I couldn't do half of the stuff that I could on my squier. But this also passed and now I couldnt be happier with my beautiful, albeit chunky, bass.
She's wonderful.
i own two warwicks a streamer std and an infinity sn. i will say they are quality basses with one hell of a sound. there are things on teh basses that i dont enjoy. on teh streamer ther isnt to much high mid. on teh infinity it is the afore mentioned volume, whichi had the eq tweaked. however teh body style, minus the vampire and buzzards, i dont midn at all. i mean teh infinity is one of the odder ones, but i enjoy it. so i say yay.
I would have join the yes club. Im particularly pleased with my German made Fortress One Masterman and my new Infinity S/N Fretless bass that I purchased from Bass Central. My other two basses, an Ibanez SR406 and a Fernandez/Fender Japanese copy are currently used as sacrificial dust collectors.
