DiMarco Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 On 22/06/2020 at 20:35, ntto said: Music wise, amongst others Tool, Rush, Queensryche, NIN, Pearl Jam etc etc The bands you named all have radically different sounding bass guitars frankly. What you want is a bit of a jack of all trades. The Warwick that comes to mind for this is one of the Streamer models like SS1, SS2 or possibly the jazzman or a double buck (bolt on models) if you can get hold of one. Thumb bass sounds more modern and tight, the Dolphin too - they're not fit for oldskool type of sounds. I have never owned or played any Mayones so I can't tell you anything about those. Having played a lot of Warwicks over time, my Dolphin now just sits there in the rack. I mostly play my Zon Sonus and Fodera NYC Empire which both in fact are Jazz Basses on steroids. Their pickup configuration and placement is exactly that of a 70's Fender Jazz but both have excellent active preamps built in and the build quality is just fab. So I have to agree with some others... All roads lead back to the Jazz Bass. Combining the pickups 50/50 just gives you that spank and upper mids growl that works so well in the mix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 @DiMarco I agree with the "Jack of all trades" comment. I'm sure you do prefer your Zon and Fodera to your Dolphin, but they are "up a notch" in terms of quality and cost (although I'll warrant a German Dolphin costs a lot now!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) It isn't the quality. That Dolphin has better fretwork and allows lower action then the other two basses I mentioned. I only play the others because of their ability to give me a more oldskool tone. Warwicks are technically at least equal, maybe even better. They just have a very different character tone wise. Edited June 29, 2020 by DiMarco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Maybe what the OP needs is something with passive pickups and a passive tone with a bypassable active EQ? But good quality, naturally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjelkeman Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I mainly play on a Warwick Corvette $$ and have a Corvette STD, but always have been gassing for a Mayones Patriot. But since I don’t want to buy before trying it is hard to buy a Mayones. Oh well, the wallet approves I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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