Warwick Corvette Fretless?

[dhagler]

Greetings LGM Family,

I played a Warwick Corvette (unlined) fretless recently. Liked the tone but thought it was relatively heavy. And playing unlined fretless was not as bad as I thought it would be.

Anyone have experiences, thoughts, or opinions they would like to share?

[ddwilkins]

My general experience with Warwicks is that they are heavy. I quickly got rid of mine. As far as unlined fretless, I like the look of them and they are not that difficult to play. You just need to have good intonation and great muscle memory.

[dhagler]

My general experience with Warwicks is that they are heavy. I quickly got rid of mine. As far as unlined fretless, I like the look of them and they are not that difficult to play. You just need to have good intonation and great muscle memory.

One interesting thing was that the side dots were located where the lines would have been, as opposed to lined or fretted basses where the dots are between the frets or lines.  But I agree with you that intonation and muscle memory are the keys.

[Bullitt]

You probably played a bubinga model and they're known for being heavier.  I have a fretted corvette std 5 (swamp ash) and it's pretty light compared to the bubinga models I played.


Be Blessed,
J

[dhagler]

You probably played a bubinga model and they're known for being heavier. 

In fact, I believe it was.

[Kelz-Da-Basshead]

I actually played it at guitar center yesterday and it was heavy compared to my SR505 but generally every bass is heavy compared to my Ibanez. It had a nice tone to it though. I played two of them, one was passive and the other was active which is a really great idea just in case someone likes the feel of the bass but, only likes to play either passive or active. but i digress, my main problem with it was that the neck was super fat and that made it uncomfortable. It made it hard for me  to wrap my thumb around for the bass note while i was chording.

[Bullitt]

I actually played it at guitar center yesterday and it was heavy compared to my SR505 but generally every bass is heavy compared to my Ibanez. It had a nice tone to it though. I played two of them, one was passive and the other was active which is a really great idea just in case someone likes the feel of the bass but, only likes to play either passive or active. but i digress, my main problem with it was that the neck was super fat and that made it uncomfortable. It made it hard for me  to wrap my thumb around for the bass note while i was chording.

That was also (probably) a bubinga/ovankol model that you played.  IIRC, sometime around 99' Warwick started using different body/neck woods and also changed the necks profile a bit and most people agree that it's a bit more baseball bat feeling. 98 and older models don't seem to catch as much flack for feeling clunky.

Be Blessed,
J