warwickhunt

I've covered a few of the tracks from the first album but agree that recent direction is pants!

[IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g119/warwickhunt/GasolineJunkiesColourresized.jpg[/IMG] As a sideline our posters double up as a pub quiz round; 'Name the bands'.

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1341097953' post='1713917'] The Rockbass Corvette is a very impressive bass. In the last 2 years they were completely updated, and now feature [b][u]the same pickups and hardware as the German basses[/u][/b]. [/quote] [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1341254531' post='1715895'] They are not German MECs, which are sealed with epoxy. These are cheaper MEC versions (Far East I think) and are not epoxy sealed. [/quote] That's why I was querying the initial statement.

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1341248928' post='1715757'] warwickhunt - Yes, since revamping the entire Rockbass line - they come with MEC pickups, and the same 3D 2-piece bridge, tuners, and Warwick security locks as found on the German made basses. Thanks! [/quote] Is it the 'exact' same parts or similar style but made in a different factory. It could hardly be justifiable to charge the replacement part prices quoted when they are supplied on a cheap Warwick bass for a lot less... if you were after a new set of pups and hardware for a project (or updating hardware on an existing German Warwick bass) you'd be better off buying a rockbass and taking the parts off, then selling the Rockbass skeleton!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1341234575' post='1715456'] My 2p: I always believed mixed speaker sizes/ratings to be a no-no as well... seems quite logical to me, but through necessity I used an ABM 410 and a BFM J12 together at rehearsal recently and I have to say it sounded extremely immense - and that's the bottom line, isn't it? LOGIC > WINDOW [/quote] I think some people lose sight of the fact that it isn't that mixing speaker sizes or different manufacturers isn't ALWAYS going to be negative it can simply be 'unpredictable'... which means that sometimes it does work but it isn't a certainty. Keeping the same size driver from the same manufacturer will give more predictability; the example of an ABM 410 and a BFM J12 could have been equally as good if you'd used a pair of ABM 410 or a pair of BFM J12, equally neither may have worked for you as the tone mightn't have been what you wanted but it would have been more consistant.

Just picked up a Sadowsky Jazz from Basschatter Dom (214of500) and I have to say that this thing is even better in the flesh than it was in Dom's (or my) pics. Mint condition (is there a serial number dater on the Sadowsky site?), well I did have to give it a bit of a fret polish but that was just to make it bling rather than because it had to have it done, and the creamy/off-white colour is much nicer than in the pics that Dom posted. I thought at first that I might miss the fact that it doesn't have the VTC but tbh it sounds ace just as is. I love the slightly reduced body size in comparison to a Fender and the fit and finish is exemplary (neck pocket is as tight as a gnat's chuff). Looking forward to gigging this! [IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g119/warwickhunt/IMG_0877.jpg[/IMG]

To pair with my Sadowsky PJ I've just acquired this... [IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g119/warwickhunt/IMG_0877.jpg[/IMG] Just polished the frets, fettled and restrung it and it plays as good as it sounds!

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1341096719' post='1713909'] Quite a number of numbers is murkier the waters again. So for instance. If you had a 500w amp you would recommend going into a 4ohm version of a 600w 2x12 cab rather than two 8 ohm versions of the same cab. [/quote] It makes absolutely no difference if you are talking one 2x12 v two 1x12; it is still a 4 ohm load and it is simply down to personal preference and for me the modularity of the pair of 1x12s makes that the winner. However if you are talking about one 4 ohm 2x12 v two 8 ohm 2x12 then the latter wins hands down (by a mile) due to the fact that you have twice as many drivers, double the displacement.

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1341097953' post='1713917'] The Rockbass Corvette is a very impressive bass. In the last 2 years they were completely updated, and now feature the same pickups and hardware as the German basses. [/quote] Let me get this right... the £300 Rockbass has the same pups and hardware as a £3000 German made bass? That's the same pups alone, that if bought from the Warwick shop to drop into your bass, would cost you 398 Euro (not mentioning the hardware)!

Now if they did away with that 'F' hole... Oh it'd be a 70's B&B Jazz!

The driver dimension doesn't matter and aside from anything else, asking which is better is a bit like asking which is the best flavour ice-cream! On this thread alone (never mind the dozens of others over the years) there will be contradictory views that one driver 'size' sounds better than another... the same size driver (even the actual same driver) will sound different in a cab of a different size or material construction of the cab. I love my Aguilar DB112s but I don't like ALL 12" driver loaded cabs (I personally have disliked the Barefaced 112 as I found it too mid rangy and boxy in comparison to my DB but that is just my perception). I loved the sound of my old Hughes & Kettner 2x12 but I detested the sound of a 2x10 Ashdown that I had (briefly). JTUK on here has stated that his pair of DB2x10 cabs sound better than his pair of DB1x12 cabs; I'll disagree EVERY time and say the pair of DB1x12s sound better (and yes I have done a direct A/B comparison with the same cabs), is either of us proving the other wrong? NO, because it is just a different view on the sound that 'we' want to hear. I can also pass comment (not stating fact or some scientific law) that I prefer the sound of my pair of DB1x12 Aguilar cabs as opposed to the DB2x12 that I have and it is solely down to the fact that I can stack my 1x12s on their side to get a bit of extra height at a gig whereas the 2x12 is fixed in the position that it is. Oh and vanilla is best!

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1341003189' post='1712848'] The best Warwick is the Fortress One active. [/quote] I beg to differ and that could be another whole thread!

Be aware that there is the rarer Fortress Flashback with the 2-Tek bridge, this one is slightly later than the rarest model.