Joker Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Hi Guys, I bumped by chance into one of these little gems and it aroused my curiosity... Has anyone played one or has any idea of how it sounds? is it as good as its bigger 34'' brother? I checked on the Warwick custom shop website, they told me a new one would cost around €5000!!! How much do you think it might be worth it second hand? My budget would be max €1000... Cheers Edited April 20, 2021 by Joker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I was unaware they made these in a short scale length! That's pretty cool. I see there's one in their online shop that was a special order by a Japanese dealer. They also made this incredibly cool shortscale Streamer CV with Gibson EB-0 specs! But €5000 is eye-watering... They made shortscale basses under the Rockbass brand too, those might be more easily within reach. In the second generation Rockbass line (with the two-point Warwick bridge) there were a shortscale and medium scale Corvette. I don't know of any Streamers though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I have a medium scale (32") Rockbass Corvette 5 string - it's a very capable little bass and I don't miss the extra 2" , the B string is excellent too. Not exactly relevant, but you know...😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Based on other people's review, the Rockbass should be much lower quality, above all the ones made in the last few years, with respect to the Streamers and the original Corvettes. In theory the Streamers should all be of very high quality, both in terms of woods and electronics. But to justify such a price, the quality must be really high! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Yes, I have a German Corvette Standard 4 string passive too - Bubinga and Wenge - and that does feel that bit nicer than the Rockbass, has a bit more of that Warwick woody growl to the tone. But, I've been impressed with the Rockbass - the preamp and pots are probably the weak point - and I like active basses to be passive switchable which this isn't - but then it was mint and about £300 second hand, so ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 14:01, redbandit599 said: I like active basses to be passive switchable Be aware that most active Warwicks are not switchable to passive. Most have active pickups (the gold label MECs) which require 9V at all times. There's only a switchable EQ bypass, but they're never fully passive unless they have silver label MECs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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