These are high quality basses Dave- that nut being adjustable is genius; every goddamn fender should have one from the factory. I’ve owned 6 Warwick’s and they’ve all been rock solid
These Warwick basses are well made and they’ll last as long as any fender you throw at it, in saying that I have 2 Warwick 4 and 5 string rock basses and a fender deluxe American jazz bass , and I use them all for different sounds / genres . So I also love both makes . I completely understand where your coming from but I wanted to go the extra string to see how it would change my sound and it did , but also love the 4 string probably as much Dave . Cheers
You should look for between 0.6mm and 1.0mm at the 7th when fretting at the 1st and 24th for proper relief. I’ve always set my Warwicks at 0.8mm which works well for my playing. For the nut adjustment, capo at the 3rd fret and shoot for .02mm or .03mm at the first fret. The plastic Just-A-Nut functions, but is flimsy. The brass Just-A-Nut III is actually a good piece of kit, and pretty much bulletproof. The 3-D bridge is actually great, once you understand it. Loosen the set screws, move the saddles to get your preferred string spacing, then lock them in. Done. I personally like the ability to totally dial in my setups with all of these options. Your results may-no doubt, will-vary.
Dave. Thanks for helping to keep all of us somewhat grounded and somehow still not insane. Your channel is great, love your cynical humor, shit we’re cut from the same cloth! Greetings from Ann Arbor!
Some time ago I did an in-depth setup following Dave's method. Today thanks to Warwick's "fiddly bullshit" bridge system I lowered my string height in seconds while retaining string spacing, ±intonation and radius in a matter of seconds.
I've tried a 5 with a top C but it's the low end I want out of it really. My 1st 5 was around '88 but that had too narrow spacing. Coupla years later I got an Attitude 5 which sounded nice but was a bit of a handful neck-wise. Since '96 I've rocked a Modulus Q5 (35" scale) and although I have other basses That's my GoTo ... Low B 😉
Another classic video. When I was 16 I bought a bass. And a friend of mine who "knew a lot about guitar" was with me. I pointed out the truss rod to him and I said what's that? And he said "Never touch that!" So, for a long time I was deathly afraid to do anything to the truss rod and thought it like unwound the entire guitar and removed the frets and spikes came out or something.... until an uncle of mine was playing like....you ever adjust the truss rod on this thing??? And I was like...Truss?...Rod???
And to think that even before 20 years of Internet, we had Dan Erlewine books and videos encouraging us to adjust every damn thing.. HMMMMMM!!!! 😐 Lots of instruments come new with adjustment wrenches too so that's funny also.
Makes me sad but your story is very common. How to set up your own instrument really ought to be day 1 instruction for beginners. Nevermind how to play the instrument, learn how to put the thing in to a playable state first, THEN learn how to play mary had a little lamb.
I find it's worth pressing all strings especially the B and E, hard down towards the body where they come over the bridge saddles. A slight curvature at this point, caused by string core stiffness, may add 1mm or so to the string action.
I had one of those borrowed from a buddy as a 4 string in oiled finish to check it out as an addition in my home studio. It sounded pretty good and was light. However he wanted quite the money for it and as a guitar player i didn’t want to pay that much for it. I went with a Marcus Miller V7 Bass and don’t regret it at all.
I've got a 2015 Warwick Corvette. A month ago I was changing the strings and the nut sheared in 2 (had to take a putty knife and hammer the very bottom off, I wish mine came off as easily as this one did. Ordered a new nut (brass) for 150 bucks, I flipped out. The plastic is 45 but I knew the same thing would happen if I ordered the plastic again. The bridge is fiddly, but whoever previously owned that evidently lost the locking screws, mine don't fall out like that. Other than that, mine's been awesome and hassle free. Whoever owned that streamer didn't deserve to own it, with the way they treated her. Just a shame
Ouch, man. Vitriol for Warwicks AND five strings all in one vid. I'm totes triggered and my inner child is very hurt right now. You're still a hoot to listen to. Heh.
Strange seeing a Warwick on the work bench! I thought these things were built good, but man! This thing needed it, also good to see ya wearing gloves and keeping safe Davey!
Every bass when not taken care of correctly will get out of shape at some point. My local guitar center had a used alembic that sadly played like ass. It just comes down to the owner taking care of the instrument correctly. and being the guy he got this bass from didn't even know what a truss rod was really shows haha.
This is also an offshore made and not a core model made in Germany, correct? I would expect their best stuff would have no short cuts whatsoever. PS Dave calls this a Wal bass in the intro, how are people missing that Getty Lee played a beautiful WAL4 string UK made bass in the mid 80s, it is in the video for "Time stand still.")
@@j_freed dude, this is a German built, early 90s, Warwick Streamer FNA. I have no idea why it has the 'STD' truss rod cover, probably a replacement I'm guessing. And may I add, as was said elsewhere on here, these are well made basses, but you need to know how to look after them...and as you've all seen they do take a lot of caring for.
FYI Warwick has a new "just an nut 2 " brass replacement. I had to get one for my 6 string thumb bass. Much more durable and robust. The only place I know to get Warwick parts in the USA is The Bass Place. Good guys there and helped me get new tuners and a brass nut........(so many jokes can be said).
I live in AZ where The Bass Place is... Awesome company!!! Got my ampeg classic 8x10 with my ampeg svt 1000 head there. The only thing I hate about The Bass Place is... They moved out of Tempe into BFE Peoria. There's nothing in Peoria!!! Wtf The Bass Place?!!! Still super awesome people there. Any professional bass player from anywhere in the world would feel at home in their shop.
Two things i don't like with your channel is the metric system hate.... My science ! how is 16/1000inch easier to understand 0,04mm ? And anything else than Pbass or Jbass and we loose the Dave... Come on thoses warwick sounds great and execpt the plastic nut, it is a good build. You did not brag on the complete bridge falling off without strings on the violin bass ? Execpt that, great channel !
Dingwall basses are a dream to play! The only problem I can see with them is the string spacing is wider than most and that since its a multi scale instrument the stretches will be a tad bit more aggressive than some non multi scale basses. My favorite Multi scale basses come from Kiesel and Ibanez because the string spacing inst any wider than 17mm.
Kind of agree with you about five strings in general. I’ve owned several over the years and eventually just get rid of them. My opinion of five strings is meh.
Dave has done two warwicks and has completely killed my desire to buy one (I was about to buy a rockbass corvette $$)... Over engineered bass just to be different.. I'll stick to my stingray 4hh and get a precision
Hi. I have to disagree with you - I think the engineering solutions for Warwick basses, especially the German-made ones (most of which have the dark ovangkol necks, plus the non-German ones are termed "RockBass") are elegant and practical. The adjustable nuts, for example, are actually very useful: they allow you to lower the nut-end height of each string so that it's just eliminating fret buzz on an open string, and also assist with overall intonation (since the strings are deflected by less height when notes further up the fingerboard are fretted). But on top of the engineering, the real key to the excellence of Warwick basses is the wood. Warwick is masterful in the selection, carefully-controlled drying, lamination and assembly of its wood. I have three German-made Warwicks, and I can totally assure you that their sustain and harmonic richness are unlike almost any other bass. I also own several Mex and US Fenders, plus some lovely Ibanez, Yamaha and Spector basses, and they all have their different strengths and preffered usages. But I have to say, if I were ever forced to keep just one bass, it'd definitely be my Pro-line bubinga Warwick Corvette 4-string. I strongly recommend that you find a shop stocking German-built Warwick basses (whenever music shops are allowed to reopen) and spend some time playing and examining a few. You might be surprised!
Don’t let his obviously limited experience-yet equally obvious distain-with these basses prevent you from considering one as an option. I gigged professionally with a Streamer Standard and a Corvette FNA Jazzman (both German made though, not RockBass models) for over a decade. Several hundred gigs on them and they were rock-solid reliable, played great, and sounded killer. The list of players (Lee Sklar, Jack Bruce, the Ox, Steve Bailey, P-Nut, Bootsy, etc. just to name a few) all loved ‘em ...
I started on cello, then moved to upright bass, and added electric in my late 20's, I never saw the point in 5 string, for any of the music I've played, to me it's just too much,,
@@Ndlanding That’s the best you can come up with? What an intellect. What a wit! No wonder a fifth string “is just too much” for you! You must have run out of neurons trying to figure it out. Did you hear an audible “bonk” as your brain maxed out? Or do you just drool uncontrollably?
Yes I think 5 strings is useless too. but 6 and especially 7 strings bass make sense with extended ranges. They are great for solo, playing chords, arpeggios, and using guitar classic techniques on them. Indeed you must buy a 6 or 7 strings or just a 4 strings.
Many years ago I was looking to move to a six-string bass - tried a (new) Warwick in a well-known bass shop in London. Thing weighed a ton and had a tone deader than road-kill. Closer inspection revealed a 4 inch split in the back of the cricket-bat neck. Pointing this out to the 'salesman' in the shop, he said "Oh, not another one". !!! Never been near a Warwick since. I ended up with a 6-string headless Sei bass from Martin Peterson at The Bass Gallery. In nearly 30 years of playing it's been back to Martin once, for a minor truss-rod tweak and a service. Never let me down, and I now have 3 Seis, all equally great.
i've been playing professionally for about 35 years, this one band i play for wanted me to play a 5 string, i told them it wasn't worth me buying a 5 string for an extra 5 notes, cause you know thats the only difference(low b,c,c# d d#) cause when you get to the 5th fret on the b string thats your open e string, its been 2 years now and i'm still playing with these guys
Just slapped a hipshot kick ass bridge on my fender aerodyne... Gave it the balls it was missing with the floppy fender standard L shaped bridge. Anything high-mass would be an needed improvement.
Wal .. lol... you're only about $10000 worth of bass guitar off ... That's not even a Germany Warwick .. I think it's one of their China specials.. ?🤷🏽♂️. And I agree, bass is a 4-string instrument!
Not sure you should have taken that job on Dave. But we don’t know the circumstances.The owner needed to fix a lot more than you did? New Nut, new bridge, fret dressing to name a few things. But I guess there’s always a funds issue. As to 5 string not liking and obviously you don’t like working on them and that’s cool. Unfortunately your time was wasted. But we subscribers etc got an insight thanks.
If it’s not a fender, it’s not a base. Lol by the way, Dave, no matter what comes in your shop no matter how crappy it is you seem to always be able to fix it. You’re amazing.😊
That nut is the previous version and desperately needs to be replaced. It sucks. On 5 strings, it always softens in the center. The newer version is much better.
I'm with you Dave.....4 on the floor! Most Classic Rock, including Canadian bands, were recorded with a 4 string bass. I have thought about a 4 string bass with the low string being a B and the high string being a D. You could get the low note like a 5 string, and still have access to a G note on the D string! Get what I'm saying? You would have to adjust your playing to match the tuning, but what the hey! This would really work well on a short scale bass. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm going to try it. I have tuned down the low E to D, but I forget to tune back up, and it makes for a large mistake when you are playing a song in the E chord! You end up having to remember to fret the low B on the 5th fret to get an E note. Confused? I am! Love ya Dave! Thanxz
4 string bass with a thumb rest. LoL I've been playing bass for 48 years now, and have always adjusted them as needed. Anyone whose never heard of a truss rod shouldn't play a stringed instrument. I play in cover bands and have used 4 string basses for the first 20 years. Then the styles of music we played required I go to 5. I love being able to deliver that low end below low E. Also I do a lot of octaves, giving a simple D or B a nice bottom end. So intonation is very important to my playing style. I mainly play Fender and MusicMan but I recently purchased a Warwick Streamer (the low-price version) 5 string and I'm happy with the sound. But it has the same locking bridge.Every time I have to tweak the neck I pray to the "Intonation Gods" as well. Yes, those are locking screws on the bridge for individual string height. I had to adjust a few of them when it was new, and I hope never to have to do it again. Great show.
These are high quality basses Dave- that nut being adjustable is genius; every goddamn fender should have one from the factory. I’ve owned 6 Warwick’s and they’ve all been rock solid
These Warwick basses are well made and they’ll last as long as any fender you throw at it, in saying that I have 2 Warwick 4 and 5 string rock basses and a fender deluxe American jazz bass , and I use them all for different sounds / genres . So I also love both makes . I completely understand where your coming from but I wanted to go the extra string to see how it would change my sound and it did , but also love the 4 string probably as much Dave . Cheers
You should look for between 0.6mm and 1.0mm at the 7th when fretting at the 1st and 24th for proper relief. I’ve always set my Warwicks at 0.8mm which works well for my playing. For the nut adjustment, capo at the 3rd fret and shoot for .02mm or .03mm at the first fret. The plastic Just-A-Nut functions, but is flimsy. The brass Just-A-Nut III is actually a good piece of kit, and pretty much bulletproof. The 3-D bridge is actually great, once you understand it. Loosen the set screws, move the saddles to get your preferred string spacing, then lock them in. Done. I personally like the ability to totally dial in my setups with all of these options. Your results may-no doubt, will-vary.
I have a Warwick from mid 90s. Never had to
Touch the neck once
Same here
Dave. Thanks for helping to keep all of us somewhat grounded and somehow still not insane. Your channel is great, love your cynical humor, shit we’re cut from the same cloth! Greetings from Ann Arbor!
Some time ago I did an in-depth setup following Dave's method. Today thanks to Warwick's "fiddly bullshit" bridge system I lowered my string height in seconds while retaining string spacing, ±intonation and radius in a matter of seconds.
On my 98 Thumb BO; I had the JAN II replaced with a solid brass nut years ago.
She cleaned up pretty nice...and you made her sound like a piano!!!!! 👍
Thank you sir for your service you are a true musician
You might like the streamer lx custom shop series, Dave. Best of both P and J worlds. Thanks for your videos and the sticker, too. Love you!
I have been playing 5-string bass since around 1990. But I have always tuned them EADGC. It just made more sense to me.
Do they sell 5 string sets like that?
@@burtreynolds2969 Yes or you could use a six string set and just not use the B string.
I've tried a 5 with a top C but it's the low end I want out of it really.
My 1st 5 was around '88 but that had too narrow spacing.
Coupla years later I got an Attitude 5 which sounded nice but was a bit of a handful neck-wise.
Since '96 I've rocked a Modulus Q5 (35" scale) and although I have other basses That's my GoTo ... Low B 😉
@@burtreynolds2969 yeah a few companies do. My Ibanez came stock with a high c it is a btb 845 V
Another classic video.
When I was 16 I bought a bass. And a friend of mine who "knew a lot about guitar" was with me. I pointed out the truss rod to him and I said what's that? And he said "Never touch that!"
So, for a long time I was deathly afraid to do anything to the truss rod and thought it like unwound the entire guitar and removed the frets and spikes came out or something.... until an uncle of mine was playing like....you ever adjust the truss rod on this thing??? And I was like...Truss?...Rod???
And to think that even before 20 years of Internet, we had Dan Erlewine books and videos encouraging us to adjust every damn thing.. HMMMMMM!!!! 😐
Lots of instruments come new with adjustment wrenches too so that's funny also.
j freed as long as you know what your doing then it’s fine. Just make sure to put things back properly
Makes me sad but your story is very common. How to set up your own instrument really ought to be day 1 instruction for beginners. Nevermind how to play the instrument, learn how to put the thing in to a playable state first, THEN learn how to play mary had a little lamb.
1:25 is why I love this channel.
5:53 Thats tone cardboard Dave, you gotta put that sh!+ back! Very important.
12:05 Wow that B string got some clang to it!
"Sleigh ride!!!" ...That's my new one!!!
A Sleigh Ride down Gooched Pass!
I find it's worth pressing all strings especially the B and E, hard down towards the body where they come over the bridge saddles. A slight curvature at this point, caused by string core stiffness, may add 1mm or so to the string action.
Wish Dave would take a stand and have an opinion
WOW!BReally getting a kick out of your stuff man! Keep up the awesome content!
“The adjust-a-nut is what they call this fuckin’ thing.”
Hi-lariously said. I literally LOLed.
Just A Nut
I had one of those borrowed from a buddy as a 4 string in oiled finish to check it out as an addition in my home studio. It sounded pretty good and was light. However he wanted quite the money for it and as a guitar player i didn’t want to pay that much for it. I went with a Marcus Miller V7 Bass and don’t regret it at all.
about the adjustable nut you are right... that's a mess... old ones have a bronze nut which is perfect because you never need to take it off to adjust
"I started playing 25 years before this thing was even invented and..... oh the phone rang....."
"This is nuts!" well thats just-a-nut for ya!
"Let the gods of intonation be on my side"
The second ‘w’ is silent mate! Say warick! Like the English town of Warwick In Warwickshire- glad I could help!
I see. Noted for future pronunciation. Thank you.
I've got a 2015 Warwick Corvette. A month ago I was changing the strings and the nut sheared in 2 (had to take a putty knife and hammer the very bottom off, I wish mine came off as easily as this one did.
Ordered a new nut (brass) for 150 bucks, I flipped out. The plastic is 45 but I knew the same thing would happen if I ordered the plastic again.
The bridge is fiddly, but whoever previously owned that evidently lost the locking screws, mine don't fall out like that.
Other than that, mine's been awesome and hassle free. Whoever owned that streamer didn't deserve to own it, with the way they treated her. Just a shame
That was the most copyright infringement avoiding intro ever. 😂
And I'm still looking for a good fingerboard material for my own 5 string beast... Looking good in the black gloves Dave!
I always like your vids when you have a co- star such as Mr. C Clamp in this episode 3:37 😁
Ouch, man. Vitriol for Warwicks AND five strings all in one vid. I'm totes triggered and my inner child is very hurt right now. You're still a hoot to listen to. Heh.
I wanted one of these badly as a kid
Strange seeing a Warwick on the work bench! I thought these things were built good, but man! This thing needed it, also good to see ya wearing gloves and keeping safe Davey!
Yes, I thought they were supposed to be quality instruments. Jack Bruce played them. I guess we trust Dave over Jack Bruce.
Every bass when not taken care of correctly will get out of shape at some point. My local guitar center had a used alembic that sadly played like ass. It just comes down to the owner taking care of the instrument correctly. and being the guy he got this bass from didn't even know what a truss rod was really shows haha.
This is also an offshore made and not a core model made in Germany, correct?
I would expect their best stuff would have no short cuts whatsoever.
PS Dave calls this a Wal bass in the intro, how are people missing that Getty Lee played a beautiful WAL4 string UK made bass in the mid 80s, it is in the video for "Time stand still.")
@@j_freed dude, this is a German built, early 90s, Warwick Streamer FNA. I have no idea why it has the 'STD' truss rod cover, probably a replacement I'm guessing.
And may I add, as was said elsewhere on here, these are well made basses, but you need to know how to look after them...and as you've all seen they do take a lot of caring for.
FYI Warwick has a new "just an nut 2 " brass replacement. I had to get one for my 6 string thumb bass. Much more durable and robust. The only place I know to get Warwick parts in the USA is The Bass Place. Good guys there and helped me get new tuners and a brass nut........(so many jokes can be said).
I live in AZ where The Bass Place is... Awesome company!!! Got my ampeg classic 8x10 with my ampeg svt 1000 head there. The only thing I hate about The Bass Place is... They moved out of Tempe into BFE Peoria. There's nothing in Peoria!!! Wtf The Bass Place?!!! Still super awesome people there. Any professional bass player from anywhere in the world would feel at home in their shop.
Cool looking guitar
i'm enjoying the grumpy.
Its a double decker sandwich after that one. Be safe Dave, Rock on!!
Great title Dave!
It has a pretty finish...that's something
KILLER SOUND...........what is this model......
The original 5-string bass?: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Bass_V
Can I make a list of things I hate about this bass? I betcha can...
Luv it! ✌️
Two things i don't like with your channel is the metric system hate.... My science ! how is 16/1000inch easier to understand 0,04mm ?
And anything else than Pbass or Jbass and we loose the Dave...
Come on thoses warwick sounds great and execpt the plastic nut, it is a good build.
You did not brag on the complete bridge falling off without strings on the violin bass ?
Execpt that, great channel !
Like all other quality instruments, Warwick needs love too, especially if you don't take care of it on a regular basis.
hey DAVE, you have overflow you hate working on, I will be glad to make fun of them for you while working on them also....haha
A sleigh ride. Down to gooche town. !
M in the name is '''Masterman'' single pick up version of the Warwick Streamer bass
series.
Watching Leland Sklar's new channel, I think I wouldn't buy a 5 string that wasn't a fanned fret number.
I love that fan fret 5 that Adam Neely has been using lately.
Dingwall basses are a dream to play! The only problem I can see with them is the string spacing is wider than most and that since its a multi scale instrument the stretches will be a tad bit more aggressive than some non multi scale basses. My favorite Multi scale basses come from Kiesel and Ibanez because the string spacing inst any wider than 17mm.
We all like you Dave! Sounds like a fricken piano string
Another great one. Ungooched!😂
Kind of agree with you about five strings in general. I’ve owned several over the years and eventually just get rid of them. My opinion of five strings is meh.
How often or have you ever gotten a Wal bass in?
those things are logs
Dave has done two warwicks and has completely killed my desire to buy one (I was about to buy a rockbass corvette $$)... Over engineered bass just to be different.. I'll stick to my stingray 4hh and get a precision
Hi. I have to disagree with you - I think the engineering solutions for Warwick basses, especially the German-made ones (most of which have the dark ovangkol necks, plus the non-German ones are termed "RockBass") are elegant and practical. The adjustable nuts, for example, are actually very useful: they allow you to lower the nut-end height of each string so that it's just eliminating fret buzz on an open string, and also assist with overall intonation (since the strings are deflected by less height when notes further up the fingerboard are fretted). But on top of the engineering, the real key to the excellence of Warwick basses is the wood. Warwick is masterful in the selection, carefully-controlled drying, lamination and assembly of its wood. I have three German-made Warwicks, and I can totally assure you that their sustain and harmonic richness are unlike almost any other bass. I also own several Mex and US Fenders, plus some lovely Ibanez, Yamaha and Spector basses, and they all have their different strengths and preffered usages. But I have to say, if I were ever forced to keep just one bass, it'd definitely be my Pro-line bubinga Warwick Corvette 4-string. I strongly recommend that you find a shop stocking German-built Warwick basses (whenever music shops are allowed to reopen) and spend some time playing and examining a few. You might be surprised!
@@john1469 Warwick Thumb = Excalibur, Thanks Ryan Martinie.
Don’t let his obviously limited experience-yet equally obvious distain-with these basses prevent you from considering one as an option. I gigged professionally with a Streamer Standard and a Corvette FNA Jazzman (both German made though, not RockBass models) for over a decade. Several hundred gigs on them and they were rock-solid reliable, played great, and sounded killer. The list of players (Lee Sklar, Jack Bruce, the Ox, Steve Bailey, P-Nut, Bootsy, etc. just to name a few) all loved ‘em ...
Also, Dave, are you okay?
I could see that bass with a new custom made bone or ebony nut.
12:49 "This is the thumb rest. Right?" LOL #4string4lyfe
What's a truss rod mommy ?
The saddles should not fall out of the bridge... there's something going wrong with the locking nuts
Its, phonetically, warrik, i think. Silent w in the middle. Nice looking bass, though!
as a guitar/bass musician a $30 tool kit to help you adjust your instrument and some youtube videos will help you go far
I started on cello, then moved to upright bass, and added electric in my late 20's, I never saw the point in 5 string, for any of the music I've played, to me it's just too much,,
What are you talking about dude? I bought a five string specifically to get that low C for cello parts.
@@memonk11 Anyone who says "dude" has lost my respect, so your comment has been filed under "R" for rubbish.
@@Ndlanding That’s the best you can come up with? What an intellect. What a wit! No wonder a fifth string “is just too much” for you! You must have run out of neurons trying to figure it out. Did you hear an audible “bonk” as your brain maxed out? Or do you just drool uncontrollably?
Yes I think 5 strings is useless too. but 6 and especially 7 strings bass make sense with extended ranges. They are great for solo, playing chords, arpeggios, and using guitar classic techniques on them. Indeed you must buy a 6 or 7 strings or just a 4 strings.
As I Wal owner the start of this video was my worst nightmare, of a trivial sort.
Just get a Fender Precision bass and call it a day.
Actually the original just a nut is brass, with adjusters for each string. The new ones like that suck
Again, Dave - imagine playing in G on the B string on the the 8th fret. Now you have a higher string with shorter fret spacing.
MomoTheBellyDancer Bully for you, Momo!
Brand new cheap garbage strings on a high end German bass... Love it!!!
Many years ago I was looking to move to a six-string bass - tried a (new) Warwick in a well-known bass shop in London. Thing weighed a ton and had a tone deader than road-kill. Closer inspection revealed a 4 inch split in the back of the cricket-bat neck. Pointing this out to the 'salesman' in the shop, he said "Oh, not another one". !!! Never been near a Warwick since.
I ended up with a 6-string headless Sei bass from Martin Peterson at The Bass Gallery. In nearly 30 years of playing it's been back to Martin once, for a minor truss-rod tweak and a service. Never let me down, and I now have 3 Seis, all equally great.
You need to make a sonic cleaner that you can put the whole bass in-lol-gooched again-cheers!
Dave, the 5-string was invented so guys wouldn't have to tune down the E string to D to play "Another One Bites The Dust" !
1:57 looks like two fifths of The Music Machine.
B for Brown note!
Swap the plastic Adjust yer nuts for a brass one. Brass nuts rule.
i've been playing professionally for about 35 years, this one band i play for wanted me to play a 5 string, i told them it wasn't worth me buying a 5 string for an extra 5 notes, cause you know thats the only difference(low b,c,c# d d#) cause when you get to the 5th fret on the b string thats your open e string, its been 2 years now and i'm still playing with these guys
Congratulations
A sleigh ride. LOL.
"It's a Wal".
Lol
Wok on!
Pay me the strings and never send it back. That'll be payment enough.
Why a five string ?
Low B !!!!!
Thumb rest ... 😜
Oh and the occasional low note ... Nah, it get's me down in Synth territory.
That intro lol
Should have added a Badass bridge!!! 😂
Waste of money seeing as how this has a locking high-mass bridge already.
Travis It was a joke. LOL You know how everyone put a BAII on their basses back then.
Just slapped a hipshot kick ass bridge on my fender aerodyne... Gave it the balls it was missing with the floppy fender standard L shaped bridge. Anything high-mass would be an needed improvement.
Well Dave.... Would you be happier with a Rickenbacker??? LOL. Some instruments are not fun to work on.
Jack Bruce is crying right now
Dave can’t set up a 5-string without verbally abusing it and expressing how much he hates it
Wal .. lol... you're only about $10000 worth of bass guitar off ... That's not even a Germany Warwick .. I think it's one of their China specials.. ?🤷🏽♂️. And I agree, bass is a 4-string instrument!
Not sure you should have taken that job on Dave. But we don’t know the circumstances.The owner needed to fix a lot more than you did? New Nut, new bridge, fret dressing to name a few things. But I guess there’s always a funds issue. As to 5 string not liking and obviously you don’t like working on them and that’s cool. Unfortunately your time was wasted. But we subscribers etc got an insight thanks.
If it’s not a fender, it’s not a base. Lol by the way, Dave, no matter what comes in your shop no matter how crappy it is you seem to always be able to fix it. You’re amazing.😊
Fair enough!
The owner doesn't deserve this bass.
As AVE says "and demonitized"
That nut is the previous version and desperately needs to be replaced. It sucks. On 5 strings, it always softens in the center. The newer version is much better.
Better still, they do a Just-a-Nut III in brass.
Its got some cheese on it lol
So, you sure work yourself up. It is just a bass. Fix it or give it back. Ulcers here we come. Lol
Glad to see another older player who doesn't like these Warwick horrors!
Owns a £800 bass - "Truss Rod? Whats that..?"..... wow..
I'm with you Dave.....4 on the floor! Most Classic Rock, including Canadian bands, were recorded with a 4 string bass. I have thought about a 4 string bass with the low string being a B and the high string being a D. You could get the low note like a 5 string, and still have access to a G note on the D string! Get what I'm saying? You would have to adjust your playing to match the tuning, but what the hey! This would really work well on a short scale bass. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm going to try it. I have tuned down the low E to D, but I forget to tune back up, and it makes for a large mistake when you are playing a song in the E chord! You end up having to remember to fret the low B on the 5th fret to get an E note. Confused? I am! Love ya Dave! Thanxz
4 string bass with a thumb rest. LoL I've been playing bass for 48 years now, and have always adjusted them as needed. Anyone whose never heard of a truss rod shouldn't play a stringed instrument. I play in cover bands and have used 4 string basses for the first 20 years. Then the styles of music we played required I go to 5. I love being able to deliver that low end below low E. Also I do a lot of octaves, giving a simple D or B a nice bottom end. So intonation is very important to my playing style. I mainly play Fender and MusicMan but I recently purchased a Warwick Streamer (the low-price version) 5 string and I'm happy with the sound. But it has the same locking bridge.Every time I have to tweak the neck I pray to the "Intonation Gods" as well. Yes, those are locking screws on the bridge for individual string height. I had to adjust a few of them when it was new, and I hope never to have to do it again. Great show.
Someone paid how much for that bass and they don't know what a truss rod is???
The frets look like they did 3 tours in Iraq!!!
Sandwich time with Dave
Used to be Molson time.
That just ain't natural!
Dave this is a Wal bass... it looks way different.
reverb.com/uk/item/2449109-wal-custom-mk1-1982-4-string-bass