Another pug-ugly bass

[thinman]

I'm not sure if this very thing was the subject of another derisive thread earlier on this year (Warwick/Framus?) but having just seen this thing myself I think it warrants another bashing:

Would anyone buy this bass even if it wasn't £3000? It's hideous. I quite like a lot of Warwicks but it's like some steroid-fuelled moon-faced mutant.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_hellborg_signature_bass_ns.htm"]Hellborg[/url]

[GreeneKing]

Methinks it's nowhere near THAT bad.

Peter

[thinman]

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='217871' date='Jun 12 2008, 07:40 PM']Methinks it's nowhere near THAT bad.

Peter[/quote]

It must be the price tag making it uglier to me then. I probably wouldn't give it a second thought if it was £150.

[BigRedX]

Apart form the totally inappropriate to the rest of the bass generic Warwick headstock, that's pretty cool...

Although on the whole Warwick signature basses are grossly overpriced. The only Warwick I've ever played that I liked was the Jack Bruce Cream Reunion model, but at around £4000 it's simply not worth it for an instrument that isn't a one-off custom built to exactly my specifications.

Edited June 12, 2008 by BigRedX

[Guest]

I really like it, apart from the price

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I'm not a warwick fanboy, so I'm probably not qualified to comment, but it doesn't seem any worse than other warwicks.

[7string]

There's a film on the Bass Player video site.

Go to www.bassplayer.tv choose "BP Live 2007" then "Jonas Hellborg" - and you'll see Jonas playing that bass. The whole thing's worth watching, but if you just want to hear the bass, jump straight to number 5.

I think the bass looks very, very cool. Shame it's so darn expensive....

Edited June 12, 2008 by 7string

[Galilee]

It's foul, the body looks like an over-filled novelty hot water bottle.

[Leowasright]

It's not that bad....

However, I can't understand anyone to buys anything other than a Jazz or Precision.

Or maybe a Stingray, or to be different, some sort of Gibson SG bass.

[BigBeefChief]

My views on Warwicks are well documented, but I must say, that is the nicest looking Warwick I've ever seen. I almost think its OK (its still firewood obviously, its a Warwick).

The rest of the range is designed with the mulleted, wannabe 1980's session musician in mind. This has a tiny bit of style.

[thebeat]

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='218194' date='Jun 13 2008, 11:38 AM']My views on Warwicks are well documented, but I must say, that is the nicest looking Warwick I've ever seen. I almost think its OK (its still firewood obviously, its a Warwick).

The rest of the range is designed with the mulleted, wannabe 1980's session musician in mind. This has a tiny bit of style.[/quote]


More or less what i was thinking...i've seen a lot uglier.

[lowhand_mike]

hand crafted from the ugly tree, obviously.

frankly its rancid

[john_the_bass]

I like it, but then it doesn't look like a Warwick
Wouldn't pay €4k for it - bugger it, I'd probably just about spend €4k on a car!

[tauzero]

[quote name='Leowasright' post='218177' date='Jun 13 2008, 11:15 AM']However, I can't understand anyone to buys anything other than a Jazz or Precision.[/quote]
Anyone apart from people who've played decent basses, you mean?

[Bilbo]

I would only spend £4K on TWO cars. Minimum.

PS I think its ugly too!

Edited June 13, 2008 by bilbo230763

[Merton]

The Status Jonas Hellborg sig bass was far nicer than that but the Warwick ain't anywhere near the fugliest bass I've seen

[grapevinebass]

I don't think this looks so bad - just very plain. Most Warwicks seem to me to resemble the amoebas I had to draw in school biology lessons.

Now for basses that have been beaten by an ugly stick, I don't think you can beat an Alembic. They must be very, very good to play.