Nbd!!

[t_ross33]

Succumbed to GAS. Brought home a brand new Warwick Corvette Standard Active J/J. Man this thing is killer! No time for pictures... back to playing. Just thought you'd like to know :dance

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Cool! Congrats! Looking forward to seeing it when you get done playing.

 

[marnold]

Cool! The Warwick's body shape is very similar to the Spector NS shape, which I've always liked.

 

[NWBasser]

Wow, cool!

We need pics!!

Is it the bubinga or ash body?

 

[MAXIFUNK]

New bass gear hell yeah

 

[Robert]

Warwick - ahw-sum man!

Enjoy it - High Five! (I mean "low" Five!)

 

[t_ross33]

Oops... it isn't the Corvette Standard model. It is actually the Rock Bass Corvette Basic (Made in China). From what I can tell, the country of origin is the only major difference. My local music store had this one and a Made in Korea Corvette in bubinga and I A/B'd them. Not a whole lot of difference IMHO (other than Korean bubinga = double the price). The bubinga body did add a certain dimension of warmth to the tone. My research indicates that these use the same pickups, electronics and hardware as the Made in Germany models. I gather that the Rock Bass brand may have been more of a compromise in the past but recently the Made in China Warwicks have really stepped up in build quality. I can certainly vouch for that!

Pictures will follow when I get a chance, I promise. In the meantime, specs follow

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• Bolt-on
• Alder body
• Maple neck with Ekanga veneers
• Rosewood fingerboard (fretless with tigerstripe ebony fingerboard)
• Scale length: 34" (long scale)
• 24 frets
• Fingerboard radius: 4-string = 504 mm (20")
• Active MEC J/J pickups
• Active 2-way electronics
• 1 x Volume control, 1 x Balance control, 1 x Treble control, 1 x Bass control
• Patented Easy Access™ electronics compartment
• Honey Violin finish
• Warwick machine heads
• Warwick two-piece bridge
• Warwick security locks
• Chrome hardware
• Just-A-Nut III
• Weight**: 3,5 kg (4-string), 3,8 kg (5-string)
• Warwick Red Label Strings: 4-string: 045" - 105" (42200M), 5-string: 045" - 135" (42301M)

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[NWBasser]

Oh very good score!

I used to have a German-made bubinga corvette standard active. It sounded sooo nice, but was way too heavy for me.

I think it weighed around 14 lb. or so. I traded it for a Lakland jazz bass.

With the alder body, that one should be much more comfortable.

 

[progrmr]

This thread need pics!

How's the neck?? Is it p-bass baseball bat like?

 

[t_ross33]

I'll try to get some pictures up today, progrmr. The neck is quite thin and very fast - more like a J-bass which is good because I don't have real big hands. It's very comfortable for me. The tone with the active J/J p'ups is very "snappy" and clear. I sometimes miss a bit of the growl, but I can get that with the humbucker in my Westone. :rockya

 

[t_ross33]

NBD: Warwick Rockbass Corvette NOW WITH PICTURES

Hanging out with friends:

Sweet thang:

I'm ready for my close-up:

Headstock:

Baby got back:

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Lookiing good there amongst its friends! I still like that tele too!

 

[progrmr]

Nice pics!!

Surprised about the neck - every Warwick I've played has had the biggest baseball bat necks. Couldn't stand 'em - but a jazzy neck...that I could do.