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RockBass by Warwick Corvette Classic 5-String Electric Bass (Almond Burst)

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Brand: Warwick
Category: Musical Instruments

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 79477

Shipping Weight (lbs): 29

Model: WW1505 ALMOND BURST
ASIN: B0002H0FL0

Features:

•	The familiar "Almond Burst" glossy finish encompasses a 2-piece Alder body topped with an attractive, AAA flamed Maple veneer.

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Product Description
The familiar "Almond Burst" glossy finish encompasses a 2-piece Alder body topped with an attractive, AAA flamed Maple veneer. The RockBass Corvette Classic is guaranteed to appeal to the eyes as well as the ears.

Customer Reviews:
4 out of 5 stars

My new main axe October 22, 2007
J. Pouzar (Wisconsin)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

If you want 5 Stars, spend $3,000 on a real Warwick. Until you make your first million, buy the Rockbass - this guitar is great!

The Rockbass is bass-ically a Warwick with cheaper hardware, probably produced overseas. I'll tell you what, it's still well-made. The quality of the guitar lies in the MEC jazz pickups, which is what drew me to it. The tone is amazing. It's a beautiful design (except for the headstock on it, IMHO). The fretboard is deceptively fast, and contrary to what I've read from other reviews, it's not a bad bass for slap/pop if you want to tweak the action a bit.

2 drawbacks: This guitar weighs a ton, almost twice as much as my other axe, so if you're 90 lbs. soaking wet or have a bad back, think again. (It's funny to play this guitar and then pick up another smaller one, because it feels like a feather in comparison.) Secondly, the frets aren't very forgiving like I've experienced on other basses - you must possess good finger strength and accurate hand positioning to get a quality tone devoid of buzzing. (That could possibly be rectified by lowering the action, but you're risking sacrificing your tone if you go overboard.)

Prior to purchasing this guitar, my main axe was an Ibanez SR505. Still a great guitar, but the Warwick blows it away completely. The Ibanez Bartolini pickups, also active, cannot compare to the Warwick MEC's. The Ibanez's fretboard is thinner both width and depth-wise, but surprisingly the Warwick is just as fast if not faster!

If you're into jazz basses, I'll tell you this - I bought the Warwick Rockbass Classic to replace the Fender Jazz I sold a couple years ago, and wow, what an improvement. If you like a nice, crisp low-frequency tone, this is the guitar for you. My bandmates are astounded by how awesome it sounds, and I will probably be barred from playing the Ibanez at practice or out at gigs from hereon out.