New basses for Jack Bruce

[Chris P.]

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.

[leftybass]

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.

[Dave W]

Couldn't be any more unbalanced than his Warwick Thumb.

[Aussie Mark]

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 :-)

[Pilgrim]

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.

[copacetic]

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.

[Droombolus]

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 .....

[Dave W]

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.

[Chaser001]

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. 

[Chaser001]

I looked and was unable to find anything about prices for the Jack Bruce CRB. 

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Warwick REALLY needs to try some new headstock designs.

[Chris P.]

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....

[jumbodbassman]

I don't particularly love warwicks , although i own a few.....  but i actually like the headstock and the tilted tuners....

[Chaser001]

This is one Warwick I'd actually love to have. 

[SKATE RAT]

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