binky_bass Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Years ago I foolishly sold my Warwick Alien 6 to @therealting and regretted it fairly swiftly. I've been on the hunt more or less ever since for another one, and have failed to find one for years... ...Until last week! One popped up within Richtone Music's second hand listings on Reverb. I called them up, agreed a price and paid a deposit. Today being payday saw me pay the rest off, so it should be getting sent out today! With some extreme luck I may even see it tomorrow... Never seen one for sale since I bought the one I sold, so I'm pretty chuffed to finally have one on the way! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Keep it this time, Russ. We both made huge mistakes when selling some basses... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycloud Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Happy you found another one and hope you get much enjoyment from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Glad you found another, I really didn’t want to sell mine! 🤜🤛 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Cool! Looks like the Rockbass version? I think the Warwick one has the same tailpiece as their solid body basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Yup, a Rockbass (though I don't think German ones have tailpieces?) but a lot of bass for the money. Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kev said: Yup, a Rockbass (though I don't think German ones have tailpieces?) but a lot of bass for the money. Nice one! They do Rather than bridge pins, it uses a normal Warwick tailpiece. Edited April 28, 2023 by LeftyJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, LeftyJ said: They do Rather than bridge pins, it uses a normal Warwick tailpiece. When you said it, I had visions of you saying it had a regular Warwick 3D bridge 😅 that makes much more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 IMO the Rockbass version with standard bridge pins, inlay around the sound hole and without the thumb rest, looks loads better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 It is indeed the Rockbass version. However, the RB Alien 6 is in a bit of a different category to the 4 and 5 string versions as the preamp and pickup combination in the RB 6 is exactly the same as the non-RB version, which is why the price point between the 4 and 5 vs the 6 is such a leap. The non-RB versions are still made in China, by the same people, so in reality apart from being slightly aesthetically different, they are almost the same! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 It's really not that hard to find a Unicorn bass ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Due for delivery in 15 minutes according to DPD... 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 It did indeed arrive! Fairly amazed considering I paid the last but off less than 24 hours ago. Credit to Richtone Music and DPD! Looks to be in excellent condition and actually set up very well for once! A tiny bit of fret buzz on the D string at the 10th fret but I'm fairly confident I can get rid of that in short order. All in, happy bunny! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 The unicorn has a twin... https://www.bassic.de/kleinanzeigen/warwick-rockbass-alien-6-string-bass-2017-case.39535/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 That'll be the one with the black painted back and sides and without the abalone rosette. My one is the 'Deluxe' version... but still, a rare thing. Hans P Wilfer mentioned in an email exchange we had a couple of years ago that they'd made circa 200 RB Alien 6 basses, with around a third being the Deluxe ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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