I have used this bass in metal, pop, rock, dance, and now a busy touring blues band. The variety of sounds you can get out of these is amazing. Mine is older so I have Ovankol which I love. I cant imagine playing anything else!
I'm a junior high school student in Japan. My hobby is playing basses. Now I'm not good at playing basses. But I really want to be a great bassist. And I really want to order a Warwick bass in future.
this is my weapon of choice! Been playing one of these for a couple of years now in a variety of styles; black metal, death/doom metal, funk, jazz... It really is the most versatile bass I've had the pleasure of playing AND owning!
I've never had that issue myself. When I first got the bass, the pickups were set-up quite "loose" and elevated, so there was only a small gap between the strings and the pickups. I tightened the small screws in each corner of the pickups to increase the distance and have kept them like that ever since. It all depends on preference and playing style, but maybe give that a go and see if it solves your problem?
If you have a low action and a heavy hand, definitely lower the pickups. I learned this lesson first recording on a stingray but it can be even worse when you have a neck pickup that isn’t adjusted
Update: The Warwick ProSeries Corvette now comes in a variety of pickup, preamp and wood configurations. including active pickups in conjunction with active alectronics if desired, or the classic active electronics with passive pickups. Original Comment: Hi there! I hope I can give some helpful information: Our humbuckers are passie and only the electronics are active. With the correct winding of the coils, the single-coil hum is reduced to an absolute minimum, so there is no need for an extra buffer. Thanks for watching!
Hello, Warwick! Just curious, if I select both pickups to the single coil position, do you think the sound would be similar to a streamer model? I am a big fan of both models, but I think I could get the streamer sound combined with the versatility of the $$ bass in one bass, do you think this is possible?
@@leonamferreira8053 Hi there! Both yes and no. You are correct in the assumption that if you split the humbuckers to two single coils it would create a sound that is close to a J-Style bass or specifically a Warwick Streamer with two single coils. However the deactivated coils from the humbuckers will still effect the electromagnetic field and it will not be quite the same sound as if you had two actual single coil pickups. On the other hand, the on-board preamp can indeed shape the tone and emphasize frequencies that actual single coils produce and having an additional EQ in your signal chain or DAW and targeting the right frequencies can really get you very close to what you are looking for. Hope this was helpful!
Awesome explanation Andy. Well played. All the details that make this instrument stand out are shown. killer instrument. So whatever you play...... You'll be heard.And hey bass players..... That neck is even better when you feel it..... It really is one of a kind.....
I used to have a $$ 5 string and it was my favorite bass I ever owned. Unfortunately I lost it to a pawn shop when I was going through a rough patch in my life. I recently ordered a $$ 6 string and I can't wait for it to get here.
Sitting here pondering this: 1) I've heard of Warwick, why did I wait this long to check them out? 2) I (not bragging at all), thank The Lord, can afford one of these.3) Why the hell don't I own one yet? 4) My Thunderbird classic pro will always be my favorite bass, (even above my Gibson T-bird) but tomorrow morning is Warwick shopping day!
This is definitively the way to do reviews. By far one of the best, most in depth commercial reviews i have seen. Great editing, Great sound quality, Great lighting, Great VID!
I have one. Its a '95 and to me it sounds better than the new ones. The old ones have a better or more authentic growl in the bridge mode. Love the fretwork.
I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video. I'm a broke third world student looking at a warwick bass, the same way a poor kid looks at the expensive chocolate bar at the candy store.
Yes I just got mine a week ago and I'm totally blown away by the sound, build the look.. just everything! The 2019 version it's by far the best bass I've ever played. And I've played many great basses!
I have been wanting to get a Warwick for over 20 years and I just ordered this exact bass. The wait is out to March but I know it will be well worth the wait.
+DaveSwag I don't know what Warwick wouldn't cut through...it's a Warwick. They have that presence that slices through everything, at least the German ones. The only gripe about this model, is the restricted upper-fret access.
A neck-through active made in Germany I've seen for $3k +. A passive, bolt on made in China I've seen for about $700. From what I read, they share many features.
Sorry, I know this is gonna be a dumb question but...when the control settings are shown (like 0:41), do I have to visualize the instrument as I was looking at it from the front and someone else was playing it? Seems so, given that the PU switches and the knobs look the opposite order than it would be holding the bass to play it (in that case it would be balance - treble - bass - neck pu - bridge pu) Thanks
It’s definitely not a dumb question I had the same thought. The diagrams in the user manual are from the perspective of the player looking down at the bass
Dear 88DEATHwish08, you should check out the Corvette $$ Rockbass :) : www.warwick.de/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--RockBass--Corvette--Corvette-$$--4-string--Manuel.html Best regards, Michael.
I first bought a corvette rock bass standard (5) with single coils , then saved up and got a German corvette double buck 5. I still have/used the rockbass . Still Sounds n plays great .
Attn. slappers.. I have black gaffer tape covering the faces of both pickups with a strip of 1/2" UHMW over the gaffer tape between the poles of the neck p/u. This allows me to slap as hard as I like without the strings clinking out on the poles. Anyone else have other solutions?
hello like to know about the regulation of bass arm warwick corvette basic 5 strings made in China. some people say they have problems with the tensioner to adjust the strings. thank you!
I have the 4 string version of this bass and I'm getting this weird overtone kind of sound on the low open E string. It sounds kind of like a wobble, I've had the bass set up at a music shop with new strings and the sound is still there! It's really irritating, any advice what I should do?
Hello, can you please send the description with audio sample of the problem to the service@warwick.de , we will try to figure out what the problem might be
they originally used wenge but when it became scarce they switched to ovangkol because it is tonally and structurally similar. As of this year wenge is officially plentiful enough again for them to return to using it for their primary neck wood.
I own a 2006 $$ 5er and refer to it as my Swiss Army Knife of Bass tone and the only other Bass I use is a active Single Bartolini Quad coil pup Music Man Stingray 5er for it's powerful punchy bottom and mids that I use for covering old electro funk stuff
I got an active Warwick rockbass 5. Could somebody tell me it this model is a low-end, or mid-end bass? Considering Warwick's high standards of course.
i want to get into warwick and feel like a corvette would be a good start but frustratingly my roommate has a 00 thumb 5 and you just cant compete on the sound difference so ive been spoiled on the good stuff
can't say that it isn't, but usually andy irvine makes his own little tunes for these vids. some of 'em are on one of his solo albums, but usually he mensions it when it is so in either the vid or the subscribtion
I am not talking about single coil or humbucking mode, but more specifically series vs parallel. Doesn't the impedance factor in to how the pickups load each other, so having a passive blend control means that depending on whether a humbucker is in series or parallel it will interact with the other pick in a different way?
I have one of these, and I have to say that, while it is incredibly versatile sonically, it is by far the least stable instrument I own. The neck is very sensitive to climate changes and needs frequent adjustment. It is also incredibly neck heavy. I use it almost exclusively for studio work, as I have found it too cumbersome to wrestle on a gig, always having to keep the neck from dropping while trying to navigate. Not saying don't get one- the pre-amp/pickup combo is unique- but, don't expect it to be your road warrior.
Hi Framus & Warwick i have a Warwick Corvette $$ just like in the video. i bought it second hand. It was made in 2007 but, i would like to know if it was made in germany?
Do these have a buffered active blend or passive blend? Wondering how the pickups interact if one is in series and the other is in parallel... wouldn't there be some sort of loading effect on the pickups?
Hi there! I hope I can give some helpful information: Our humbuckers are passive and only the electronics are active. With the correct winding of the coils, the single-coil hum is reduced to an absolute minimum, so there is no need for an extra buffer. Thanks for watching!......This is the answer Framus & Warwick gave. 6 years ago
Hello Andy I really love your demo and your playing as well. Can anyone please tell me the difference between the 2008 model and this one? How does the 2008 model sounds like? Does it have the same sound like this one. There one I want to purchase but it's 2008 model one. Any idea will appreciate it it so much. Sam
Eric Kamanzi I have a 2009 model. It sounds great, really versatile and beautiful. The differences I noticed though this video : - The Just a Nut is a teddur model on the 09 (I assume yours is the same) where it's a brass one is this video - The neck is in ovangkol and not wenge, the fingerboard remains wenge like this one. - No side position marker, but who cares ? - The MEC pickups are a little difference, on the previous models, the screws of the pickups are integrated in the pickup plastic cover, which is a good point from the previous model IMHO Maybe you already bought your bass, maybe not, hope that helped. This is a great bass anyway.
Even with an active or buffered blend there'd be hum in single coil mode. What I'm wondering is how the pickups load each other if one is in series humbucking mode and the other in parallel humbucking mode.
Any reason behind not using Ovangkol as a neck wood on bolt-on Warwicks anymore? I love my Corvette STD's Ovangkol neck.. it feels amazing and the wood looks a lot better than wenge in my opinion.
When are we having a corvette taranis (the rockbass series one w/ emg soapbars)? That bass looks nuts in that nirvana black finish and also w/ a monster tone w/ those emgs...
i know it s been almost 6 years since this vid but always annoying with warwick are the fact that there is no clear way to distinguish all tiers the their instruments through a naming system, other than the cheap rockbass. For example i searched for a 600 euro corvetter $$ 5 and i find this review of their high end Masterbuilt bass.
orgasmic im buying this bass soon just gotta order it from my local guitar shop but dont know if ima get the 5 or 6 string version i really want a 6 string bass but im so comfortable on a 5
