First Warwick

[The Kool-Aid Kid]

I'm looking into upgrading to a Warwick from a MIM Fender Jazz, and I'm looking for a $$ model. What are the major differences in the Corvette $$ and Streamer $$? I need a fairly versatile sound as I play a bit of everything depending on the day.

The Corvette's price looks better than the Streamer's, but I don't want a bass limited to metal.

 

[flipper_gv]

I'm looking into upgrading to a Warwick from a MIM Fender Jazz, and I'm looking for a $$ model. What are the major differences in the Corvette $$ and Streamer $$? I need a fairly versatile sound as I play a bit of everything depending on the day.

The Corvette's price looks better than the Streamer's, but I don't want a bass limited to metal.

the streamer has a maple neck. It has contoured body, sandwich body construction and gold hardware. That's all. It sounds more open, less growly/warwickesque. It is a more traditional sounding bass than the Corvette.

The corvette has an ovangkol neck. Non contoured body, std 2 piece body construction and black hardware. Sounds is tighter, a lil more growly and has a lil more warwick character. Can be a little muddy but that can be solved with proper eqing.

 

[paperbag1213]

ok well, if you want transient, smooth, not muddy, articulated bass, sort of bright sounding get the Streamer version

If you want a bass, that is extremely vesatile, slightly muddy at time, you can model the Vette to sound like the streamer, basically, if you want the bass for Rock, Metal, RnB, get the vette, if you want the bass for Rock,jazz,Rnb, more calming music

 

[TylerDurdenPSSC]

I had no clue there were
such things as 'metal basses'

Aside from the Kramer Alumi-neck,
of course.

It's all in technique and application.

Sam Rivers took a $3k+ CS Streamer,
and played bass for Limp Bizkit.

Jaco Pastorius used two beat up
Fender's to become the idol
of many fretless bass players,
despite Fender not even manufacturing
fretless basses at the time.

The ability to play "Metal" is in your
hands, not in the bass.

Just as the ability to hammer nails
comes from the movement of your
arm, not the hammer.

Guitars are tools.

Expensive, tasty, often finicky tools.

 

[paperbag1213]

Actually your right, I play metal, stuff like that, no matter what instrument I play ie. thumb, vampyre, streamer

 

[rusty]

Tyler is correct, but some tools of the job are different. It like comparing a 1/2 inch spanner with a 13mm spanner. Almost the same thing but slightly different!

Different basses do sound different, you cant compare a warwick to say a stingray of a fender to an alembic for example. Although I agree, most of the sound is manufactured at your finger tips, each bass will sound different.

Getting back to whyachi's initial question, i think the streamer would be his choice, as it is more versitile in its sounds & can still be made to growl if needed. You dont want to buy a bass just to have to sell it later cause it wasnt quite right. Thats why I sold my stingray, cause although it had a great rock & slap tone, I could not tame it for the theatre work I was doing at the time.

Cheers

Rusty

 

[Florin]

I'm looking into upgrading to a Warwick from a MIM Fender Jazz, and I'm looking for a $$ model. What are the major differences in the Corvette $$ and Streamer $$? I need a fairly versatile sound as I play a bit of everything depending on the day.

The Corvette's price looks better than the Streamer's, but I don't want a bass limited to metal.

There is no Warwick bass limited to metal.
I'd see the average Warwick sound more on the soul, modern jazz area anyway.
Warwicks deliver a nice clean articulated sound, which is good for Jazz, but it 's good for metal too.
The most aggressive looking Warwicks, like buzzard and stryker, are actually more on the funk - old school rock side. Ok, the vampyre looks aggressive too, but... you know, Seth Horan is playing one, and he is not playing metal.
I heard a good advice somewhere, it was genial:
Close your eyes, and imagine you listening a recording with your band. Listen to your bass sound. You will actually hear how YOUR bass sounds.
Then try to describe it: is it warm, is it growly, low, nasal, modern, old , etc...
Then try to describe your sound here, and we will try to narrow your search.
And welcome to the forum man

 

[The Kool-Aid Kid]

Getting back to whyachi's initial question, i think the streamer would be his choice, as it is more versitile in its sounds & can still be made to growl if needed. You dont want to buy a bass just to have to sell it later cause it wasnt quite right. Thats why I sold my stingray, cause although it had a great rock & slap tone, I could not tame it for the theatre work I was doing at the time.

Cheers

Rusty

So the Corvette to Streamer comparison is a bit like the P-bass to J-bass one, if I'm reading it right. Good sounds from both, just one is a little more versatile.

And welcome to the forum man

Thanks mate.

 

[Zirkade]

Hey there,


i can just say sth about the vette because i never played a streamer $$ so far.
but if you ask me its the most versatile bass i've ever played.
basically the sound is based in every kind of rock but with the possibility to change the wiring to singelcoil mode you can play in every jazzband i think!thats actualley the reason for me to try to get the money for a vette $$5

greetz!

 

[golem]

ok well, if you want transient, smooth, not muddy,
articulated bass, sort of bright sounding get the
Streamer version

If you want a bass, that is extremely vesatile, slightly
muddy at time, you can model the Vette to sound like
the streamer, basically, .......

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Bagster, I wouldn't argue with your comparison of the
Streamer vs the Vett. The relative difference between
them is not in question. Keeping them in their relative
positions to each other, I'd just slide the whole pair UP
along the "muddy-to-articulate" scale, taking them both
in the direction of "articulate".

Is the $$ "slightly muddy" as you put it ? Or is it not at
all muddy but the Streamer is MORE articulate ? Yes I
know it's a sorta rhetorical question. But consider the
player whose question opened the thread. He plays a
MIM Fender. From that baseline, a swamp ash Vett $$
is an extremely articulate bass, not in the least muddy,
not a hint of it ...... leaving the Streamer to be defined
possibly as overly hot, possibly "ultra modern".


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IOW, you may know what you know , but addressing
the actual reality in which the decision is being made,
Golem just wants to say to Mr Fender player, if you're
looking for an upgrade, if perhaps your Fender is just
too "Fendery" for your needs or taste, please don't be
put of off the Vett $$, fearing that it doesn't deliver you
from your current situation. You will be blowed away by
the clarity of the $$ Vett. I can't milk any mud outa the
Vett $$ .... so I still keep olde skool basses on hand for
olde skool fun. You won't get much trade-in for a MIM,
so you may wanna consider likewise holding on to it.

Of course, true to the Bagster's comparison, if you do
wanna bump the difference up to an even higher orbit,
then Wick has the bass for that as well, the Streamer.

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