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1986 Warwick Streamer - SOLD
£1380


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1380 £
1600 Eur


For sale a 1986 Warwick Streamer. Serial #600
This is a 1st genaration Streamer bass when the name was only Streamer without "stage I" or "II"
At that time production at warwick was only handcrafted and each bass was equivalent to a custom shop one.
These basses have unique characteristics borrowed from USA produced Spector basses (see below for the story):
3D schaller bridge marked warwick
ultralight schaller tuners mounted straight (and not angled as on the contemporary warwicks)
EMG active pickup system (not MEC as contemporary warwicks)
In addition:
neck through construction
cherry wood body and wengé neck
perfect craftmanship
Truss rod works perfectly
No issues
Lightweight!!!!!!

The story:
[font=sans-serif]It was well documented that the first versions of the Streamer were near exact copies of the NS-Bass. The Spector NS-Bass was designed by Ned Steinberger for Stuart Spector in 1977, five years before Warwick was formed.[/font]
[font=sans-serif]In the May 2012 article titled "Meet Your Maker: Hans Peter Wilfer of Warwick", an interview with Warwick founder and CEO in [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Player_(magazine)"]Bass Player[/url][/i], the following history is given explaining Wilfer's decision to make copies of the highly sought-after Spector NS-Bass: "'We didn’t see any reason to build Fender copycats, which players could get easily and cheaply from Asia, so we decided to focus only on high-end, innovative instruments.' In the mid ’80s, the Spector NS was tracking well in the U.S., but these basses proved hard to come by in Europe. H.P. saw that problem as a potential solution for the direction of his company and took up the task of designing his own version of this popular, ergonomically friendly instrument. That venture resulted in Warwick’s first widely successful instrument: the Streamer Stage I."[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamer_Bass#cite_note-2"][2][/url][/sup][/font]
[font=sans-serif]At the annual [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikmesse"]Musikmesse[/url] Show (Frankfurt, Germany) in 1985, Stuart Spector became aware that a new German-based company was producing exact copies of his now famous NS-Bass. Spector, along with Ned Steinberger, confronted Hans Wilfer and he agreed to pay a licensing fee to both Spector Guitars and Ned Steinberger in return for being able to continue to produce the Streamer without legal action.[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamer_Bass#cite_note-Spector_1997_Letters_to_the_Editor_Pg.2-3"][3][/url][/sup][/font]
[font=sans-serif]Shortly after this agreement was reached, Spector was sold to Kramer Guitars. The new owners had no interest in pursuing Warwick to enforce the licensing agreement and Warwick continued to make the Streamer without any consequence.[/font]

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