"entry level" Nobby, anyone interested?

[JanVanHove]

That Silva guy is much too smooth for my taste, but he's not bad at all... He basically uses his bass as a guitar...

A nobby would be better that that steinberger he's playing, that's for sure...

Actually I listened to a few other tracks on his myspace and there is actually quite a bit of groove in his playing... cool...

 

[Stroud]

i personally would rarther not see it. it would stop the real one beong so special some how...


i wouldnt have the soft sopt i have for aston martins if the made cheap cars too...

 

[Echo]

i personally would rarther not see it. it would stop the real one beong so special some how...


i wouldnt have the soft sopt i have for aston martins if the made cheap cars too...

I don't know, you could say the same thing about the RockBass line. Is a glossy black Vampyre from Gemany worth any less to the owner because the glossy black RockBass Vampyre is virtually identical (to the untrained Warwick eye)?

Hell, make a knobby RockBass and we can ALL wang chung tonight.

 

[Stroud]

some good points there :wink:

 

[JanVanHove]

Very very interesting discussion, here... I guess I'll have to send a little e-mail to Markneukirchen to get the suggestion in!

 

[golem]

The Kramers have aluminium necks?

A Duke is on my list of random basses to get, so if you ever want to part with one, drop me a line...

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Yup. A Duke or Alien is about the only way to get that sound without wearing a 12lb bass. It's kinda like getting something for nothing .... but not quite. They are uglee little beasties, and hard to put down
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[golem]

Am I the only one who thinks the Dolphin would make a killer headless?

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You musta been scared by a Klein bass before you were born .....

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[Florin]

Thanks to all of you for this new topic. Very interesting idea this budget version of the Nobby Meidel bass. If you want to be more economical, the neck junction has to be Bolt-on, and using chrome hardware; ovangkol neck with wenge fingerboard; ovangkol, bubinga, or swamp ash body. I think the most cheapest way would be to produce a Rockbass version of this legendary model... But look at the market, the new Steinberger from Music Yo are really cheap! We would have to bring something else with this version. with the current Warwick one, no doubt at all! Made in germany with efficient electronics and a beautiful wood selection...

 

[ThirdthumB]

i personally would rarther not see it. it would stop the real one beong so special some how...


i wouldnt have the soft sopt i have for aston martins if the made cheap cars too...

I agree,

and as a matter of fact, I do feel that Aston Martin has become "too cheap" already. Still friggin' expensive, but compared to how AM used to be 15 years ago, it is quite "affordable" now...................I actually visited the factory back then. Good old days when the V8 was their flagship model..................

 

[JanVanHove]

Thanks to all of you for this new topic. Very interesting idea this budget version of the Nobby Meidel bass. If you want to be more economical, the neck junction has to be Bolt-on, and using chrome hardware; ovangkol neck with wenge fingerboard; ovangkol, bubinga, or swamp ash body. I think the most cheapest way would be to produce a Rockbass version of this legendary model... But look at the market, the new Steinberger from Music Yo are really cheap! We would have to bring something else with this version. with the current Warwick one, no doubt at all! Made in germany with efficient electronics and a beautiful wood selection...

I don't think a rockbass version would do it justice... A bolt-on warwick nobby priced in the same range as a bolt-on corvette standard, now that would be an awesome bass!

A music-yo steinberger is a cheap knockoff of the original steinbergers. Their current carbon-laced version is around 1000 USD...

I think that as an entry-level instrument, a bolt-on nobby could be just as interesting as a corvette. Sure it unconventional, but few warwick basses are, after all!

What about three steps ? first the bolt-on, then a neck-through with the same woods, then the luxurious nobby signature?

You build a reasonably-priced Nobby, and I'll buy it in a heartbeat, bolt-on or neck-trough!

 

[ThirdthumB]

I do wonder apart from the price of the Nobby, how the market would respond. I'm having pretty much the same feeling about the budget Nobby as with the Dark Lord over a year ago. I thought that the market for a Dark Lord was just wayyyy to tiny. I was very wrong, so who knows, maybe it will be a success ?? 8)

 

[Andrew O]

once again, if you can do NT, do it. I don't like the sound of a bolt on nobby....

 

[Florin]

why do you think the neck through models are more expensive??? Because it´s more time to spend on it... So if you are thinking about a cheap version in this way I think you are wrong, sorry.

 

[Andrew O]

why do you think the neck trhough models are more expensive??? Because it´s more time to spend on it... So if you are thinking about a cheap version in this way I think you are wrong, sorry.

ahah, no worries. wouldn't change in woods be enough? maybe a bolt on wouldn't be too bad, it just doesn't sound right to me ::speaks out loud:: "bolt on nobby miedel bass" ::shivers::...

 

[ThirdthumB]

why do you think the neck trhough models are more expensive??? Because it´s more time to spend on it... So if you are thinking about a cheap version in this way I think you are wrong, sorry.

I'm not sure if this was meant for me, but I was referring to the bolt on Nobby that would be about as expensive as a Corvette Standard (bolt on).

 

[JanVanHove]

Thirdthumb, I think Gregory's apparent tone comes from the fact that english is not his mother tongue. His answers seem harsh at times, but I,m absolutely certain that it's not his intention.

As for his point, I guess that seeing that the "premium" nobby is 3000 euros, and that, even without the exotic woods the cheapest NT Warwick is 2000 euros, a "cheap" version of the Nobby (in the 1000 euros ballpark) can only be bolt-on...

Did I get this right Gregory?

 

[Kris]

Am I the only one who thinks the Dolphin would make a killer headless?

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You musta been scared by a Klein bass before you were born .....

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I'm intrigued by the ergonomic design... And I saw Stomu Takeishi with Cuong Vu's Vu-Tet last Friday, and Stomu's Klein has an awesome sound!

 

[Florin]

Thirdthumb, I think Gregory's apparent tone comes from the fact that english is not his mother tongue. His answers seem harsh at times, but I,m absolutely certain that it's not his intention.

As for his point, I guess that seeing that the "premium" nobby is 3000 euros, and that, even without the exotic woods the cheapest NT Warwick is 2000 euros, a "cheap" version of the Nobby (in the 1000 euros ballpark) can only be bolt-on...

Did I get this right Gregory?

You are right Jan, you got it.
On my side I don´t get this story about my answers... You know, we have a lot to do in this company, and we have to be efficient. I don´t stay the whole day on the forum, and try to be there as often as I can. If short answer means for you something harsh, well, I cannot change this... But believe that is not my intention.

 

[Avram]

I still think the neck of a headless bass looks like an arm with the hand missing, and tuners on the bottom? :shock: Anyway, I agree though that it would be cool to have one to travel with, but I wouldn't pay top dollar for it.

 

[JanVanHove]

Ok, let's entertain this idea of a Bolt-on Nobby... How would the shape of the body be modified?

the neck as it is on NT nobbies has 24 frets, with the 24th fret being flush with the "shoulder" of the bass, wheras all Warwick Bolt-ons (that all use the same standard necks) have the neck/body joint at the 20th-21st fret... (exception being the Dark Lord, that has that joint at the 21st-22nd fret...)

Would the body need to be longer? does the position of the bridge on the body allow for a lower placement, and thus no modification of the geometry of the body?

sounds like I'll have to photoshop something...