The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Chris P. on March 19, 2011, 04:33:25 PM
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http://www.warwick.de/modules/custom_shop/NewsCustomShop.php?newsID=3177&modell=Jack%20Bruce&page=0&cl=EN
Jack Bruce plays two new Warwick basses. Mahogany bodies and necks. Fretted and fretless.
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They must have finally worked out whatever Jack thought wasn't right with the prototype. They sure look nice, and I like the 20" FB radius.
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I wonder if he's actually gonna play those basses........ He's confessed in his bio he's really not into improving his gear but much more into the comfort of the gear that has proven itself over the years .....
Having said that I'm impressed with the looks of this bass as long as I don't look at the usual Warwick scared hare placing of the tuners ....... :sad:
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I would love to try such a bass with the new humbuckers in it as featured in the singlecut Star Bass. Same size, same looks, but humbuckers insetad of those singlecoils.
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Looks much better than the first version. Has a nice modern take on the EB format.
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Nicely done. :mrgreen:
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Having said that I'm impressed with the looks of this bass as long as I don't look at the usual Warwick scared hare placing of the tuners ....... :sad:
"scared hare" lol, never thought of it that way.
Let's not forget Warwick's body shapes that look like they have been left on a radiator and melted from the heat. These Jack Bruce basses are a welcome change.
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One of my favorite all-time silhouettes for a bass. Looks very familiar!
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Long scale for Jack? Interesting.
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he has been playing long scale basses since the 80's i think. aria then warwick?
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They kind of look like what I would have expected Gibson to evolve the EB line into.
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+1 on the scared hare remark. ;D
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he has been playing long scale basses since the 80's i think. aria then warwick?
Correct. He "believes" he had an endorsement with Aria, never much liked the instrument though ..... The Dan Armstrong/Ampeg he played live ( on the Jack Bruce Band mk.1 2CD ) when his fave EB-3 was stolen was supposed to be long scale as well. It's a pity his memory with regards to his past gear is so sketchy .....
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i remember an aria add in a music magazine with him and his aria. maybe jack should read more.
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That looks great!
I have been wondering how those Warwick pickups sound, anyone know?
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I reviewed the Star Bass and in my humble opinion one of the better basses I reviewed. The normal Star has the same singlecoils and the new singlecut has the humbuckers.
Within a couple of months I reviewed the long scale Star and the long scale Gretsch White Falcon Bass. Both sound very tight, very HUGE. I think the Star is an awesome combination of oldskool 60s sounds, the tightness of a long scale bass and also with a bit of Warwick growl.
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Wonder what kinda neck-dive that thing has, I bought a long-scale Epi EB-3 a few years back but quickly sold it, the neck-dive from putting a long-scale bass neck on a guitar-sized body is a bad idea.
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Couldn't be any more unbalanced than his Warwick Thumb.
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the neck-dive from putting a long-scale bass neck on a guitar-sized body is a bad idea.
Yeah, those Thunderbirds were a really bad idea :-)
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Wonder what kinda neck-dive that thing has, I bought a long-scale Epi EB-3 a few years back but quickly sold it, the neck-dive from putting a long-scale bass neck on a guitar-sized body is a bad idea.
My experience exactly with the EB-3. Long scale neck on EB-body = imbalance.
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I remember the interview he did around the time of the Cream 'reunion' where he said he was finished with short scales and he had actually brought the Gibson EB bass along for the ride and the sense you get from the interview was that he did not realize(or just plain blanked it out of his mind) it was in fact a short scale. In listening to those recordings I much preferred the sound of the Gibson as opposed to the Warwick. On the Robin Trower collaboration he did 3 years ago you can definitely hear the Gibson EB in all it's glory in a studio setting.
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On the Robin Trower collaboration he did 3 years ago you can definitely hear the Gibson EB in all it's glory in a studio setting.
He played the EB-1 live with Trower also ........ Here's some footage on YouTube from when they recorded the live CD .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgidBkqP4SM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgidBkqP4SM)
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I remember the interview he did around the time of the Cream 'reunion' where he said he was finished with short scales and he had actually brought the Gibson EB bass along for the ride and the sense you get from the interview was that he did not realize(or just plain blanked it out of his mind) it was in fact a short scale. In listening to those recordings I much preferred the sound of the Gibson as opposed to the Warwick. On the Robin Trower collaboration he did 3 years ago you can definitely hear the Gibson EB in all it's glory in a studio setting.
IIRC he said that he wouldn't go back to the EB-3 as he regarded it as almost a toy. It's hard to imagine that he wouldn't know that the EB-1 is short scale.
In any case, he's been mainly a long scale guy for 30 years or more.
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Wonder what kinda neck-dive that thing has, I bought a long-scale Epi EB-3 a few years back but quickly sold it, the neck-dive from putting a long-scale bass neck on a guitar-sized body is a bad idea.
Considering how big the headstock is on an Epi EB-O or EB-3, I'm not surprised that there is neck-dive, whether it is long scale or short scale.
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I looked and was unable to find anything about prices for the Jack Bruce CRB.
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Warwick REALLY needs to try some new headstock designs.
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I have to say they are instantly recognizable... That's quite good. From a distance it's hard for me to see if someone's playing Epi or Gibson. There are too many Fender clones....
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I don't particularly love warwicks , although i own a few..... but i actually like the headstock and the tilted tuners....
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This is one Warwick I'd actually love to have.
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the one they did a few years ago looked awesome and sounded great but weighed twice as much as my T-40! but that one was a crazy sandwich of different woods this one is all 'hog, so it should be lighter
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An EB-1 is one fat hunk of body wood - it gives the bass something substantial that EB-0/3s lack. Yet you can still make a long scale SG shape balance. The nineties one-off SG Bass which George bequeathed onto me simply has a body that, although retaining the SG shape, is as thick as an LP Standard. Problem solved.
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There are too many Fender clones....
Word!
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"imitation is the sincerest form of flatery".