aguacollas

Amazing list. I have so many questions for you right now about many of those basses... 

I’m going to read the whole list again... wow  

Just watched a Meshell Ndegeocello concert on tv. Sounds great, of course. I like the shape and choice of pickups. A bass with personality. 

It looks fantastic. 

3 hours ago, Rubbersoul said:

Is tennis grip tape the best way to combat neck dive / strap slippage?

Probably not. I just happened to have some lying around and when I tried the strap with two Warwicks five strings the strap slided too easily to where the basses wanted to be.

I like to wear the bass with a great angle sometimes (maybe 35-40 degrees from the line of the floor)  and other straps have more grip than this one, so I just applied some tennis grip to the inside of the strap and it worked. Not really elegant, but you can’t tell it’s there. 

 I should’ve bought the “raw” leather in the inside strap for the extra grip. Excellent strap nonetheless, and there’s a raw leather less expensive version I want to purchase in the future. 

Great bass. The body in mine is a one piece ash, weighing just under 10 pounds. A bit uncomfortable to play seated, but it sounds mighty. 

I have a wide, padded Richter. Classic leather. Really great strap, only a bit slippery if you have a bass with some neck dive. I put some tennis grip tape on the inside and it’s a very comfortable strap, even with an over 10 pounds Warwick 5 strings bass.

https://www.richterstraps.com/screen/product/guitar-strap-1149

I have a RightOn strap too, narrower but well padded, good grip on the inside. Beautiful strap. I like it a lot, too.

http://www.rightonstraps.com/en/bandolera-correa-ancha-para-bajo

I agree. 

I have the five string corvette version. This is the most beautiful jazzman I’ve ever seen, love that color.  And it is the more versatile of all warwicks I’ve played. Great bass. 

Wow. Beautiful Streamer. 

Custom shop?

Holidays, probably 😉. 

That Stage 2 of yours, bassbora, year and pickups, please? 

I played a 91 or 92 Stage 2 with Bartolinis once. It really was a tone monster. Amazing bass. 

My first good bass was an Ovangkol necked Warwick, and I played that bass for years before playing a wenge neck. Now I own and like both types. I can understand why many prefer the old basses with wenge neck, though. 

A strange choice, ovangkol to substitute wenge. Such a different tone. 

Regarding the original post 2006 SSI, I guess any faulty tuner have already broken and have been replaced, I wouldn’t worry about that, it happened to my 03 Corvette, replaced 4 tuners that broke over 3 years, now it’s been ok for 10 years, so no problem with that, they should’ve stick with Schaller though. I have two spare tuners just in case. 

The barrel socket ends up failing sooner or later, cheap replacement, like strings have to be replaced now and then.

If the neck and truss-rod is ok, it sure is a great model. Of course the late 80s Streamer were supposed to have better woods in them, but you can’t hand pick wood for thousands of basses when your company grows that big. 

You can when it is a small factory. It happens to many builders. Apparently maruszczyk is having the same problems lately, as many have in the past. That’s why my 1987 Streamer looks and feels different to my 2007 SSII. 

If you find a good one... they are really really good. 

@Al Krow

1 hour ago, Chris2112 said:

 The move to ovangkol necks away from wenge. The wenge necks looked better, sounded better and felt better. The ovankgol necks not only sounded worse, but they were cut much fatter too. I had a 1998 Thumb BO 4 string with a wenge neck and a 2005 or 2006 BO 5 Broad Neck. The sound and feel was remarkably different. I once played a violin-honey colour Corvette FNA Jazzman at Howard's and it had a disproportionately massive, clubby neck and miserable tone. I can get on with most any neck so it takes a real stinker to stand out. 

I disagree. Wenge definitely looks better most of the times, and has a snappier more maple-ish sound, Ovangkol is mellower and not as beautiful, but sounds great. And it feels good to my fingers too.

I have to say I prefer having Ovangkol in my 2007 Streamer Stage II. It sounds and looks amazing and it doesn’t need any more snappiness or clarity to its sound. Neck is massive, but you get used to it, I find it more comfortable for my hand, in fact. It feels a more natural ergonomic position for the hand. 

I have a 2003 Corvette Fna jazzman too, and the neck on the SSII is even chunkier, specially when in the upper frets. Not a problem, just a different design, you may like it and get used to it or not  

I have a 1987 cherry Streamer with slim wenge neck and is gorgeous looking and sounding, and you can feel it’s been hand made and unique. Love the sound and feel of that bass, though the routing of the pickups is not great, much tighter in a 1983 matsumoku I have. But you can definitely feel the difference between 80s Warwicks an 2000s. And yet, the Jazzman and SSII are amazing basses with its own voice. I like that. 

I’d like to play one of the new ones, but strangely lately I find I only want used, well played basses, with years of gigs if possible. My latest purchase was a 1982 Ibanez Roadster that sounds completely different to a Warwick and has many scars on it. I wouldn’t change it for any new Wick, no matter how shiny and great sounding. I guess I’m getting old. 

ovangkol on a 2005 SSII I traded some years ago:

Outstanding bass. So beautiful. 

GLWTS

You may want to change the thread title to "Roadster" and include year of manufacturing, I waited 4 years until I found mine, and I wasn't interested in Roadstar basses at all, only Roadster. It may help. 

Great craftsmanship anyway. I am very happy with mine 😉

And looks beautiful. I thought these were made at the Fujigen factory.

Hope you find the sound you're looking for. Good luck. 

I can't see clearly the serial number on my phone, first number is the year of production, if it's a E00... then it was made in 1980. 

And definitely built to last. It's a Roadster, though, not a Roadstar. Different years of production. 

Great bass, I just bought an '82 active/passive version of this Roadster a month ago.

Great tone and very well built. I prefer the passive tone, btw. 

GLWTS 

Te ha traducido mal. Cosmo Valdemar ha preguntado si han pintado alrededor del logo, barrabass. 

Yes, it looks like they painted around the logos. 

Very nice project. Looks really good.

Sen wood sounds amazing in my 82 Ibanez Roadster, a bit heavy but sounds great.

I think you are going to be really pleased with the bass once you are finished restoring it. All the work will make it even more special. Lovely basses these 70s 80s japanese ones. 

My two ones:

Good luck. I'd say it's a good selection. I specially love All blues. 

An afternoon at the beach...