1984 Warwick Streamer Number 196

[spacecowboy]

Hey guys,

Just thought i'd let you all see *an excuse to show off* my new *very old* Warwick Streamer Bass from 1984 stamped Number 196.

Of interest for all you Warwick geeks out there, it features the Spector Style headstock without the Stuart Spector Licensing as it came before Warwick had to state Spector Licensing agreements. I found this bass for sale over on the Warwick Forum and couldn't resist investing in it *don't worry it gets played every day this is certainly not going to become a museum piece!* The seller provided me with the original fitted case from an even older Streamer dating back to god knows when, stamped with number 22.

Like my other 1988' Stage II this bass is just incredible in feel, sound, and look. The body comprises of Cherry Wings, and a multi laminate Wenge and Cherry/Maple neck and Ebony Fingerboard, original bridge, schaller tuners and brass nut, the Mwah on this bass is just fantastic and the bite and drive has to be heard to be believed.

I'm Very happy with with it as you can tell and thought i would pop some images of the bass along with my other old Streamer on here as i'm sure some of you guys will appreciate it.

Enjoy!






Cheers Ben.

[silverfoxnik]

Wow! A real piece of history... Nice looking bass too.

[budget bassist]

That's stunning, really interesting too, i love seeing these old 1 piece bridge streamers! Don't think i've seen one with that headstock before though, awesome.
That SSII is really pretty too, i'd love to own one like that some day the new ones aren't as pretty IMO

[cgordonfreeman]

Wow that's nice. Love the look of neck through wenge with the contrasting body wings.

[cetera]

VERY nice!

[7string]

That's a [b][u]really[/u][/b] great bass.

[Dubs]

I'm not jealous :snob:

[xilddx]

Er, yes, WOW! Luck, lucky boy!

[josh3184]

oddly enough thats one of the few basses where I prefer the back of it to the front. The neckthroughs are lovely. Both are to be fair!

[spacecowboy]

[quote name='josh3184' post='753943' date='Feb 22 2010, 03:35 PM']oddly enough thats one of the few basses where I prefer the back of it to the front. The neckthroughs are lovely. Both are to be fair![/quote]


I agree with you on these two, the neck construction is flawless, the shaped heels in to the bodies from the necks is incredible they are so contoured, as a guy who works with wood everyday i'm amazed how much effort and time this work would have taken considering both are made from Wenge which is notoriously hard to work with and requires some serious tooling and labour, masterpieces.

[spacecowboy]

Oh and thanks for all the comments guys, i see a few of you are down south if we have a southern bass day this year i'll bring them along!

[Bassmonster]

nice!! i am always on the lookout for an 80's S1, Lefty of course, last one i missed out on, think it went to someone who used to MOD on here or the old forum can't remember now