Warwick corvette conundrum

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Do I keep my  German Corvette standard ,and get a setup  to B-E-A-D ? Or do I sell and get a Warwick Taranis Corvette which is sold as B-E-A-D tuning ?

🤔

[itu]

If changing the setup to BEAD requires a bass change, go for it. 

 

By the way, how do you manage string changes with your other basses? 

[tauzero]

Get a 5-string Corvette.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Thanks for the input . 
The reason I mentioned Warwick in particular is because in theory , it would make sense to purchase a new version of the corvette without all the faffing about .

The downside if I was bothered  , is that it would cost more for a Chinese version which some would say is mad due to the quality of the original ( 1996 in my case).

 

To further muddy the waters , I do have one other fretted bass I could consider downturning instead . My main go to bass ( Washburn status) will always remain in standard tuning . There is another angle I thought of regarding purchasing an already down tuned  bass  and that was getting an ESP instead . 

I did think about a 5 string . I had a 5 string Schecter which was great , but the band I was in at the time hated it plus I wasn’t  confident using it live at the time.

 

There is a nice red 5 string corvette for sale on Basschat , but seller is too far away …

[lemmywinks]

9 hours ago, tauzero said:

Get a 5-string Corvette.

 

This is the correct answer.

 

The one in the classifieds.

 

 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

7 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

 

This is the correct answer.

 

The one in the classifieds.

 

Mmmm….. if seller  posted  I’d probably go for it 🤔  . I may ask their whereabouts . 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I’ve just bumped the sellers thread for the Warwick 5 string . Interesting to see  the response. 
I am a tad surprised that nobody advised me to keep ,and downtune the bass I already have ..

[lemmywinks]

Always the option of shipping a cheap hard case to the seller if they aren't keen on posting in a gigbag, Thomann do a hard foam case for about £50 delivered and you can usually find the tweed ones for around £55 shipped on eBay.

 

[tauzero]

2 hours ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

I’ve just bumped the sellers thread for the Warwick 5 string . Interesting to see  the response. 
I am a tad surprised that nobody advised me to keep ,and downtune the bass I already have ..

 

There are those of us who are advocates of 5-strings, and those of us who are advocates of buying basses. You should really be more surprised that nobody has told you to buy a P.

[Mottlefeeder]

I had a bubinga/wenge 4-string Corvette which I restrung BEAD as a trial and decided to go for a swamp-ash/ovankol 5-string Corvette tuned BEADG. 

 

With a lighter body and a wider/heavier neck, the 5-string had serious neck dive and I eventually sold it on as I couldn't work with it.

 

Try before you buy.

 

David

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Well the seller of the 5 did contact me and it would have been possible etc .

However after a lot of thought , I’ve decided not to go ahead with getting a 5 string . I’m too used to 4’s .

I’m going to keep  my warwick  for now . I’m torn between getting my Jack Daniels bass set to BEAD or the Warwick .🤔

@Mottlefeeder how was the  experience with detuning your Warwick ? 

Edited 1 hour ago by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[lemmywinks]

A much better idea is to buy a different 4 string Warwick and set that up BEAD, also much more in keeping with forum etiquette compared to simply being happy with the instruments you currently own.

[tauzero]

22 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

A much better idea is to buy a different 4 string Warwick and set that up BEAD, also much more in keeping with forum etiquette compared to simply being happy with the instruments you currently own.

 

No, a much better idea is to buy a 5-string, then sell it on in three months with "I've found I don't get on with 5-strings" in the advert. Incidentally, I moved to 5-string after 30 years on 4s.