=The Warwick Streamer Club=

My opinion on which bass is the best I have keeps changing. Thing is all have their pros and cons.
 
i changed a lot including 17 warwicks... but i know now that i coudn't live without the ssII and ssI 5er:)
 
About the black thing that is heading my way:

US Cherry body, 6 pcs maple neck with ekanga stripes, wenge fretboard, scale 34", 24 brass frets, active MEC soapbar pickups, active MEC 2-way electronic, controls: 1 x volume with push/p ull function for EQ bypass 1 x balance 1 x bass 1 x treble finish: black high polish, weight 5.1kg.

In short: Yum.

This seems an awful lot like the old pre LX "Streamer bolt on" model.
 
today I received the burgundy red one.
Not sure atm wherher I should keep it:)
 
Well yeah but you're mister streamer, meaning it has to compete with the best in your house?
It probably won't be disappointing for a 745 euro bass anyway.
 
Great work, thank you for sharing, sir!

Myh said:
Basic:
Carolena body, Natural Oil finish, Wenge neck, One MEC Vintage Soapbar pickup, Passive tone control.

Pimped:
Carolena body, Natural Oil finish, Wenge neck, One MEC MM-style humbucker pickup, Passive tone bass and tone treble control, White pearl pickguard, White pearl block inlay stickers, Trussrod cover “Streamer $”

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Upgrades:

1. Replace the MEC Vintage Soapbar pickup with a MEC MM humbucker pickup

2. Copper foil shielding of pickguard, pickup cavity and control cavity

3. Change saddle to JAN III

4. Add jack socket in the side, barrel type

5. New pot layout: Volume with Push/Pull switch – parallel or series pickup coils, Passive tone treble and tone bass. Using old jack socket hole for the tone bass control.

6. Replace strap pins with Dunlop Straplok flush mount strap

7. Change std. bridge with Warwick Schaller 3D bridge

8. Add a white pearl pickguard of my own design

9. Add white pearl block inlay stickers

10. Replace trussrod cover with a “Streamer $” type (reworked Streamer $$)


From own stock:
Streamer Standard, MEC MM pickup (reworked to 4 conductor), jack socket, knob, Straploks, pickguard material, capacitors and copper foil.

New purchases:
JAN III saddle, pots, Ww Schaller bridge, inlay stickers and trussrod cover.

Reworking the MEC MM 2 conductor pickup in to a 4 conductor type and checking:

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Jan III and trussrod cover installed:


Jack “in the side” and Dunlop Straploks installed:
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Designing, jig sawing and routing the pickguard and pickup templates, using 12mm MDF plate:
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Routing the pickguard:
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Before routing the pickup cavity; Removing wood bushings and springs for reuse:
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Routing the MM pickup size cavity:
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Looks great:
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Fits like a glove:
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Trying out the pickguard before the copper foil shielding:
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Copper foil shielding of the contol cavity and installing the pots:
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Wiring diagram:
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Reuse of wood bushings, screws and springs for the MM size pickup:
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Reinstalling wood bushings, copper foil shielding of the pickup cavity, and mounting of springs and pickup:
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Cleaning the neck, mounting inlay stickers and pickguard:
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Aligning and mounting the 3D bridge. Stringing. Neck and pickup adjustment. Intonation. Oiling the fretboard:
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Completed:
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Beautiful bass, DiMarco! How's it stack up compared to the German models? I've recently been tempted to venture into 6-string territory, and that bass has certainly caught my eye. Would love some sound clips.
 
DiMarco said:
BAMM!











Now let's check out what she sounds like...
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It sounds really good! (my jaw dropped after I plugged it in and started playing). Is this really a 745 euro bass?

The neck feels really comfortable to play as well, it is nice and flat. I am used to playing broad necks though so YMMV.

I still need to replace the awful Warwick Red Label strings it ships with, this one has two bad strings. The Steve Bailey signature also had a bad string on it when I bought it. Unbelievable that Warwick even sells that junk. So if you decide to order one of these basses also order a set of good strings with it.

A proper setup is yet required although the intonation and neck relief were perfect out of the box the moderate action for me is not... I don't think the action can be set as low as on my Dolphin or other German models I have owned. Fretwork is clearly of a lesser quality then on the German models. Not saying it is bad, just not as good as on German basses. ;)

Might the fretwork not alow the really low action I am used to I will have the frets leveled/sanded because the bass sounds good enough to keep.

Might throw in a video after setting up this baby. So far I like it a lot!
 
It's a shame I don't live closeby, would love to try this beast...
And the dolphin too!
 
My Streamer club! ;)
(yes, I need a better cam...)


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TechJunky said:
Beautiful bass, DiMarco! How's it stack up compared to the German models? I've recently been tempted to venture into 6-string territory, and that bass has certainly caught my eye. Would love some sound clips.
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OK a quick vid. Action is at around 2mm, neck bow perfect yet the highest 3 strings have some fret noise when played moderately hard. I do not care about this much. Don't mind the sloppy playing this is just to demo the sounds of this 745 euro bass guitar, which imho sounds great. Somehow uploading the file to youtube introduced some digital arctefacts in the treble but you will get the idea.

[video=youtube_share;fFEUSI80Erw]https://youtu.be/fFEUSI80Erw[/video]
 
Also just a first impression. Don´t know if I remembered the notes right. New strings are ordered, I also think about a good cam. Gopro4?

[video=youtube;nYkTf1wUSRc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYkTf1wUSRc&feature=youtu.be[/video]
 
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