The making of Leonid Maksimov's custom Warwick Streamer Stage I - Aged Red Mirror Finish

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Features:
  • Swamp Ash body
  • Maple neck, 3-piece lamination with black veneer strips
  • Extra slim neck profile (18.7 mm at 1st fret / 23.3 mm at 12th fret)
  • Black Ebony fingerboard
  • 24 nickel silver Jumbo frets, extra high
  • 20" fretboard radius
  • Hipshot UltraLight machine heads with D-Tuner
  • Skull inlays and name plat inlay at 24th fret
  • red side and front LED
  • EMG GZR PJ pickups
  • EMG BTS HZ System
  • EMG knobs for VOL/BAL/TREB/BASS
  • Warwick 2-piece Pro Series bridge
  • Aged Red Chrome finish on body and headstock
  • Black hardware
Leonid Maksimov’s approach to the bass is direct and deliberate, and this Warwick Custom Shop Streamer Stage I reflects that without overstatement. Built in Germany as Custom Shop #24-4400, it’s a four-string that focuses on control, balance, and consistency. The swamp ash body and maple neck with hidden neck-through construction keep the response even across the full register, while the aged red chrome finish and black hardware give it a distinct but restrained visual identity. An extra slim neck profile paired with an ebony fingerboard and high jumbo frets keep the feel fast and precise. EMG GZR PJ pickups with the BTS HZ system deliver a wide but usable tonal range, shaped through straightforward controls without unnecessary complexity. Details like the red LED markers, skull inlays, and Hipshot hardware add character without getting in the way. This is a Custom Shop instrument built around function first, carrying Leonid Maksimov’s preferences into a format that stays reliable under any playing condition.

For a chance to get a similar custom bass, click here: Warwick Custom Shop Streamer Stage I, 4-String - Aged Red Chrome Finish - 24-4400
 
Question for the experts (and with that I mean @Hardy , Custom Shop's favorite costumer):

Do they charge extra for the "making of" video, or they include it on very special orders like this bass (or Hardy's BuzzTard and Buzz8, for example)?
 
The process of making that finish is awesome, I'd love to know the details. I imagine some parts of it are kinda "industrial secret", so they can't reveal every aspect, but I'm curious about what's going on when they are spraying the bass along water (obcene amounts of water, if you ask me).

Do you know what kind of chemical reactions are involved??


PS. The "normal" P pup array makes this Streamer looks weird, a little bit "fake", if you ask me. :D
 
Nachobassman said:
Question for the experts (and with that I mean @Hardy , Custom Shop's favorite costumer):

Do they charge extra for the "making of" video, or they include it on very special orders like this bass (or Hardy's BuzzTard and Buzz8, for example)?
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Both times I asked for a vid in the very beginning and they planned them for the project. I did not pay upcharge but ofc the two basses were top end and top price range.

For the Buzzeight we had planned a "making of" too and to add it with parts of an own vid of our band. We have one song with the bass on our album and we would have used this as soundtrack. During the process someone forgot about that and so "only" a standard vid was recorded. But again with one of our songs as soundtrack and perfectly made!
 
Nachobassman said:
That’s a different bass, isn’t it?? Different pups, different finish… What’s going on here??
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His first one. It was made nearly in the same time like my BuzzTard. The new one is an update.
 
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