warwick thread

[mike f]

@patrikmarky find one and play it. Be patient, necks can vary but you already know how good Warwicks are. There will be one out there for you. Good hunting!

Edited March 11 by mike f

[Machines]

2020 GPS Corvette $$. Amazingly versatile, plays like butter. Haven't been able to find many others with this finish, but doesn't appear to be a Special Edition.

 

[Kev]

Ocean Blue is a lovely finish, I think its the flame that's really setting it off here though!  

[Machines]

21 hours ago, Kev said:

Ocean Blue is a lovely finish, I think its the flame that's really setting it off here though!  

 

The only other one I found was on a review by Mr @Dood a few years ago, but it is a different bass.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lHkkAx9KIM

 

[jimbobothy]

On 15/02/2025 at 20:27, binky_bass said:

Picked up this on Thursday. LX basses are genuinely excellent things... I've had a few top end masterbuilt Warwicks over the years and the LXs are really just as good. 

 

 

... out of interest what was written on the back of the headstock (saw the eBay thread thing)? Is the serial number still visible etc? And is this Broadneck spacing at all please?

[Bassist on the Run]

On 25/08/2024 at 13:44, basso navo said:

Hi @Bassist on the run,

where did you get those inspiring green strings? Who makes them?

Sorry for the very late reply I’ve only just seen this. The came with the bass I believe there made by DR

[Jack]

Are we allowed questions in here or just for showing? If it's allowed then I have a '91 thumb with the brass frets. Will stainless steel rounds 'hurt' it? Conflicting statements online about whether brass frets are longer lasting or not vs others. Thanks! 

 

I have tried to post an image, but it seems nothing quite sneaks under the upload limit and the imgur link won't do anything. Downer.

 

[mike f]

@Jack steel strings will be fine. You should expect some wear on your frets over the years and they can be redressed by a luthier.
Bottom line is; do they sound good to you? If so, play on!

[Bagman]

used my Warwick Flashback 5 last night - Blues trio - with my big Ashdown CTM-300

 

goodness me this is the life 

[BassTool]

On 02/04/2025 at 12:16, Jack said:

Are we allowed questions in here or just for showing? If it's allowed then I have a '91 thumb with the brass frets. Will stainless steel rounds 'hurt' it? Conflicting statements online about whether brass frets are longer lasting or not vs others. Thanks! 

 

I have tried to post an image, but it seems nothing quite sneaks under the upload limit and the imgur link won't do anything. Downer.

 

I've used SS rounds on my '98 ThumbNT for years, and played regularly with the bass.

 

 

Those Warwick bell brass frets are very hardy 👍🏼

 

I like them so much I've recently had them fitted on my Vigier fretless to fretted conversion featured here:

 

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/509739-vigier-passion-ii-fretless-to-fretted/

Edited Saturday at 18:12 by BassTool
Pic added

[Jack]

On 02/04/2025 at 13:08, mike f said:

@Jack steel strings will be fine. You should expect some wear on your frets over the years and they can be redressed by a luthier.
Bottom line is; do they sound good to you? If so, play on!

 

10 minutes ago, BassTool said:

I've used SS rounds on my '98 ThumbNT for years, and played regularly with the bass.

 

 

Those Warwick bell brass frets are very hardy 👍🏼

 

I like them so much I've recently had them fitted on my Vigier fretless to fretted conversion featured here:

 

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/509739-vigier-passion-ii-fretless-to-fretted/

Thanks both. I like the Status rounds on more aggressive basses, just making sure. And I deleted some attachments to show this. 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 18:20 by Jack

[NickA]

I think they're bronze not brass ( copper + tin  not copper + zinc) and really quite tough. Lots of people use stainless rounds with their Warwicks.  Though they are usually quite bright for an already bright sounding bass.

 

My dolphin has stainless frets which are super hard, and I've those nyxl (nickle?) strings on it ...so I can't really speak from experience.

[BassTool]

@NickA this was the spec sheet for the ones I bought direct from Warwick..

 

[mike f]

@Jack have you tried DR Hi-Beams? I’ve got them on my Thumb and would recommend them.

[NickA]

4 hours ago, mike f said:

DR Hi-Beams?

On my other fretted bass.  Like NYXLs but a bit brighter and slightly lower tension. Last well too.  Nowhere near as bright as new rotosound or elite stainless... but those aren't bright for long.

[NickA]

4 hours ago, BassTool said:

spec sheet

Seems some confusion about the alloy.  Warwick ( in translation ) say brass but everyone else says they are "bell bronze"... including in this Warwick / framus video:

 

https://youtu.be/sbzmWEDXX3s?feature=shared

 

 But they're all copper alloys with various amounts of zinc, tin, aluminium phosphorus etc etc.

 

Normal brass would be very soft and it tends to chip easily, so if the frets really were standard brass I'd worry about stainless strings.  But I'll bet they're not!