A relic too far?!

[AndyTravis]

Spotted this on Warwick’s Facebook...

as an owner of several relic or aged basses in the past (currently still own my favourite which is a custom shop 64 jazz)

i have to say this is too much for me...

 

[discreet]

Jesus H Christ and Holy Mother of God!!  

There's 'relic' and there's 'been under the sea for 100 years'.

Is this really a commercial bass produced by Warwick for general sale? How is that neck joint going to be at all stable? What the hell is happening? I don't care if it's the best-sounding and best-playing bass in the world, I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot-long bass pole!

At least not without a tetanus shot. 

[Bassassin]

I would say "kill it with fire" but it looks like someone's already tried that.

[cattytown]

Are those schaller straplock buttons? Wouldn't want to damage the finish.

Edited July 1, 2018 by cattytown

[CameronJ]

That neck join is giving me the runs.

[lemmywinks]

Warwick do regular one-off showcase basses in their Showroom section:

https://shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/Electric+Basses/Warwick+Showroom

Most of them are more extravagant versions of standard basses, some are a bit experimental and out there while the odd one (like this) is pretty awful looking. You can buy it if you really want and have 5000 Euros to throw away, I wouldn't recommend it rhough.

[discreet]

3 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

You can buy it if you really want and have 5000 Euros to throw away...

WHAT?? 5000 Euros!!!???

You may as well just stick your current bass in a garbage truck for a week and flush 5000 notes down the bog!

[lemmywinks]

Yup, 5k Euro. Somebody somewhere will buy it and have a unique (and incredibly ugly) bass, thankfully it will be a collector and the bass will never see a stage so there's zero chance of actually having to look at it in the flesh.

 

Check this out for a better example of the Showroom section:

https://shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/Electric+Basses/Warwick+Showroom/Warwick+Custom+Shop+Streamer+Stage+I,+Lefthand,+4-String+-+Vintage+Sunburst+High+Polish+-+18-3769+_+Showroom+Model

[discreet]

I quite like this black satin stain, though it be a little 'dull' compared with some on that site.

https://shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/Electric+Basses/Warwick+Showroom/Warwick+Teambuilt+Pro+Series+Corvette+__,+5-String+-+Solid+Black+Satin+-+Showroom+Model

Trouble is, I don't much care for the shape of Warwick basses. But I do like the shape of Spector basses, so pick the bones out of that!

[discreet]

5 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

Yup, 5k Euro. Somebody somewhere will buy it and have a unique (and incredibly ugly) bass, thankfully it will be a collector and the bass will never see a stage so there's zero chance of actually having to look at it in the flesh.

That's something I suppose, though I can't unsee it now. Where's the brain bleach? 5000 Euros beggars belief. You could buy a proper bass for that!

[LukeFRC]

we are presuming warwick don't have a sense of humour...

[discreet]

15 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

we are presuming warwick don't have a sense of humour...

Well... they ARE German... 

[lemmywinks]

Here's a custom Fortress they did a while ago, had to stop looking at it and was a little relieved when it sold. They did a few variations on this, all looked beautiful:

https://shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/Electric+Basses/Warwick+Custom+Shop/Fortress+Modelle/Warwick+Custom+Shop+Fortress,+5-String+-+Nirvana+Black+Transparent+Satin+-+16-3210

[Cuzzie]

I have to say if the front looked like the back grain and it wasn’t a Warwick I actually quite like it.

The fact it has emerged from Davy Jones’ Locker is cool but at 5000 dubloons that’s a bit much.

When it’s back in the seconds market at a fifth of the price I may have a dabble

[discreet]

15 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

I have to say if the front looked like the back grain and it wasn’t a Warwick I actually quite like it.

The fact it has emerged from Davy Jones’ Locker is cool but at 5000 dubloons that’s a bit much.

When it’s back in the seconds market at a fifth of the price I may have a dabble

I think I'd rather take a turn in the apple barrel then walk the plank.

[stingrayPete1977]

Gash

[cattytown]

1 hour ago, discreet said:

Trouble is, I don't much care for the shape of Warwick basses. But I do like the shape of Spector basses, so pick the bones out of that! 

I thought I was the only one that thought that...

[Pea Turgh]

Weirdly, I think it looks alright. And I don’t usually like relics. Or Warwicks. But I’d never spend 5k on any bass!

[Bridgehouse]

Need to update your Tetanus before playing that...

[fleabag]

It probably used to moonlight as a submarine.  Or a carpenters trestle

[yorks5stringer]

I expect it's an 'Apprentice Piece'....😊

Edited July 1, 2018 by yorks5stringer

[Bridgehouse]

34 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

I expect it's an 'Apprentice Piece'....😊

In that case “you’re fired!”

[uk_lefty]

Just awful. Can't believe Warwick themselves would do that. It looks like the kind of thing you see on eBay occasionally.

[discreet]

19 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

Just awful. Can't believe Warwick themselves would do that. It looks like the kind of thing you see on eBay occasionally.

Quite. And it would rightly be derided as such. Boo!

[yorks5stringer]

It would be very cynical for anyone to think this had been done solely for 'click bait purposes'......🙄