Which Warwick model is the preferred choice in the celeb/sessions world? Poll

I'm voting Corvette. I see that as THE Warwick bass. Seems whenever I see one live, it's a Corvette. Based on nothing but my impression of what I've seen more.

I think the streamer, in any config, is a close second.

 

Thumb and Corvette are the the most popular I'd assume. You see lots of Corvettes in the metal world.

 

I voted Thumb because of him..

 

Pete Trewavas, bassist of Marillion

 

These days? I’d say none. But if I had to choose one it would be the Thumb (based on the ‘90s and early ‘00s when more high-profile people seemed to be playing Warwicks).

 

The are used by many progressive metal and technical death metal bands. A lot of Spector as well.

Famous Warwick players:
Ryan Martinie, Erland Caspersen, Jon Stockman, Nick Schendzielos, Jeroen Paul Thesseling, Nick Shaw, Robert Trujillo, Troy Sanders, P-Nut, Dick Lovgren, Mike Inez,

The spread of models being used is pretty broad, but I'd say the Corvette and Thumb are the most common and easily identifiable.

 

Probably my favorite bass player... from my favorite band.

 

Corvette is the most ubiquitous because it is the cheapest model in the line up. I'd say the Thumb is the most distinctive, not counting the Dolphin, Buzzard etc as they are so rare.

Streamers are popular too and done seem to cause as many ergonomic issues for a lot of players. I never struggle with my Thumb but a lot of folks don't like the small, curved and heavy bodies.

 

If I had to guess, I’d say SSI and SSII for most studio session players. The Thumb has such a signature tone that it’s often more of a defining element of a band’s sound.

For weekend and road warriors, I gotta hand it to the Corvette. They are great playing, great sounding, relatively affordable and plentiful - making them viable for even the most questionable dive bar or festival.

 

Corvette used to be the cheaper model before Warwick ventured into chinese and korean built instruments. This may just be the main reason why you see a lot of them around. The Thumb NT was made of pure unobtainium. I have owned 4 dolphin pro1, ss1-5, ss2-5, streamer pro-m, thumb nt and a streamer lx6.

Would love to try a Warwick Infinity some time!

 

I dig the sound Mike Chapman got with his SSII on Garth Brooks, Blackhawk, etc. albums in the 90s. Not intrusive, but clean, full, solid and punchy. If I were to have a choice of models to play, it would be that, thanks also to players like Dirk and P-Nut.

 

Ones that come to mind are P-Nut from 311 playing his custom SSII, Ryan from Mudvayne playing a Thumb, and Norwood from Fishbone playing a Thumb or an Infinity. The Dave Matthews bass player played a Dolphin. Jack Bruce played a Thumb.

 

P-Nut from 311 is my favorite and the reason I own a Streamer, though no one has mentioned Dirk Lance (Incubus) and his Streamer, or Sonny Thompson and his upside-down bright white Dolphin...

 

You're right, missed it!

 

Dirk Lance is the reason I started playing bass, his tone is just it for me. There are plenty of Warwick players out there now. Rex Brown is now playing Warwicks as well.

 

Amos Williams from Tesseract used to play one, and I believe both guys from The Omnific used to as well.

 

Memory immediately flashed back to seeing the master bassist John B. Williams in the house band on 'The Arsenio Hall Show' back in the day, rocking a Dolphin in front of a Trace stack (they were imported by the same company IIRC), one hell of a bassist on electric or upright.