Warwick + Trace Elliot... the (90s) dream combination!

[SimonK]

Yes I know I posted this picture on the Warwick thread a few weeks back, but I was just running through a few things this afternoon ready for taking the new (to me) Warwick Streamer 5 and TE stack out for their first gig together next week, and the combination just sounds like everything I have ever wanted. It's taken me almost 30 years to finally get the set-up I lusted over as a teenager and it's exactly as I hoped!

 

Has anyone else done the Warwick + TE combination?

 

Edited June 4 by SimonK

[paul_5]

Nice rig! My teenage wishlist was a TE rig (very similar to yours) but with a Corvette instead of a Streamer. These days it’s Ampeg and Fretless Jazz, but I’ve always wondered…

[Bassman68]

Yup, been there…done that

 

Amp rack with GP12 & 500w power amp, 1048 & 1518 cabs

Warwick Corvette pro (when they first come out in ‘93)

 

[SimonK]

I have to admit my "dream" rig was actually the GP12 plus 1048 and 1518 cabs, and a Corvette 5, but the above is close enough due to bargains coming my way and also tastes at least altering a bit with time. The crazy thing is that my rig only cost £1300 in todays prices with the vast majority being the bass, whereas in the 90s it probably would have been north of £2500 in 90s prices, so well over £5k now! Apart from the weight benefit, I struggle to think of a £5k new rig that would be much better than this combination.

[paul_5]

The closest I got was a Hohner 5 string through an AH something (AH150) GP7 through an 1153 and 2103H.

 

[SimonK]

...and that was a bit of a disaster! I don't think I fully appreciated how different a 5 string Warwick feels to play compared to the four string Stingrays that I have been playing for the last twenty years. I really struggled for the whole gig adapting to both the five strings, but also the entirely different feel of the thing. I'm hoping that if I persevere things will get easier as I do think very different instruments can inspire in very different ways, but adapting does seem to be a bit of a challenge. Most notable was quite how big and chunky the stingrays felt to wear after playing the Warwick, albeit the Stingray necks are much slimmer!

 

Mind you the Trace sounded as equally awesome with both - didn't change any settings as signal level, EQ etc. was all fine or at least nothing I couldn't tweak using the controls on the basses alone.

 

Every day's a school day even after 35 years of playing!