Warwick Corvette Taranis 5 String 2008 NOW £850!!!! £899 Loughborough, Leicestershire

[Fettsman]

 

This is really rather lovely but we just haven't clicked. It's a Warwick Corvette Taranis 5 string in Burgundy Red. The swamp ash body has a sand blasted finish exposing the grain which may or may not be to your liking! 

The neck is laminated from some beautiful ovangkol.

It's very manageable 8.8ilbs/3.99kg.

 

 Usual Warwick build quality all round. Large pole piece MEC pickups, jazz at the neck and MM at the bridge. the bridge pickup has a series/single(neck coil)/parallel switch so combined with a pick up pan control and two band eq you get a lovely range of sounds. The Volume control has a push pull active/passive switch.

A few scars on the body and one small ding on the back of the neck by the octave on the low side.

 There's a reasonable gig bag with it. I can't post so a meet or collect is best.

I travel about a fair bit with my work so we may be able to sort out something.

Edited Wednesday at 11:25 by Fettsman

[Machines]

12 minutes ago, Fettsman said:

The bridge pickup has a series/single(neck coil)/parallel switch so combined with a pick up pan control and two band eq you get a lovely range of sounds.

 

 

Great bass - had this exact one before you. They don't come with this switch stock, but it definitely opens the sounds up to make it even more versatile.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Nice colour ! 

[andydye]

What does the Taranis part of the name allude to? what does it mean?

 

also... @Eli of the T

[Fettsman]

I've no idea what 'Taranis' means but apparently this was a bass designed for metal.  Not that I used it for that and it sounded great for the more mellow stuff 

i've been using it for of late, very woody!

 

 

EDIT  Just found that Taranis is a Celtic god of thunder. The four string variant was tuned BEAD.

Edited July 24 by Fettsman
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[Fettsman]

Price tickled down a bit!

[Terry M.]

6 hours ago, Fettsman said:

Price tickled down a bit!

Straight sale only?

[Fettsman]

13 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Straight sale only?

Sale only, yes. 
 

[Paddy777]

Is this setup normal tuning? I’d always had in my head that these are tuned down and run F#-B rather than B-G but I might be wrong or you may have set yours up differently? 

[Machines]

Just now, Paddy777 said:

Is this setup normal tuning? I’d always had in my head that these are tuned down and run F#-B rather than B-G but I might be wrong or you may have set yours up differently? 

 

The Taranis 4 is BEAD, the 5 is a normal 5 string tuning.

[Paddy777]

Just now, Machines said:

 

The Taranis 4 is BEAD, the 5 is a normal 5 string tuning.

Ah awesome, that’ll be where I picked that up from then - I’ve never really looked into one before, but have been on the lookout for a Streamer Jazzman 5 which is the same pickup config on a different body shape, will definitely give this some consideration