Right, as a Warwick fan I'd love to take part in this debate, but I only own Rockbasses, and it would be unfair to judge the company's products only by their low-cost lines. Note to self - This is by far [b]the best excuse[/b] to get yerself a real Warwick Corvette
As I have mentioned in the past, I love the uncluttered, stylish look (which means I'm not keen on Metallica Rob's green distressed thingy advertised below), and the small size and light weight, and I'm infinitely grateful to Warwick for producing so many left-handed models, all of which cost the same as their right-handed ones (including the cheapos).
In my opinion, the company should concentrate on being more accessible to individual musicians, as opposed to focussing almost exclusively on distributors and retailers. That implies not just inviting us to travel and see their headquarters in Germany, as they did very recently (still gutted I couldn't attend) but also showing their bass guitars in stores and at events in countries where they have a market.
There was a thread on the Warwick forum a few months ago where I lamented the absence of a Warwick stand at the last two Bass Shows in London. The company itself didn't reply, but other contributors expressed the view that it wasn't worth a manufacturer's while to court the likes of you and me - trying to achieve bulk sales to music shops and similar made more economic sense. I was a bit appalled at this arrogance. I repeat, the replies came not from Warwick but from other members of their forum, but that led me to believe that such view is common. If we, the final users, are not worth bothering with, then who is? And looking at an ad on a website just isn't the same as laying hands on a real instrument. Warwick could save some of that advertising money and instead come to a few more events in this country and elsewhere outside Germany and the US.