Bass GAS

[Greenfuz]

supro pocket bass


I almost bought one of these beauties over the summer for FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS, but the day I was supposed to pick it up the douche informed me that some guy from new york was flying down to buy it for one grand to put it in some museum


needless to say I got very drunk that day

[foomanfat]

Put one of these guys on layaway after playing it for over an hour in the store.

[dubkitty]

those Squier fretlesses are wonderful...i played one at Guitar Center that sounded so good that a bass-shredder slap-'n'-pop kid who was in the Bass Department with me started asking me questions about where i learned to play and stuff while i was doing my middle-school Charlie Haden thing

if i hadn't found a MIM Fender fretless JB for a bargain used price, i would have bought the Squier.

[skullservant]

YES FRETLESS YES

I really REALLY enjoy playing fretless, a lot more than I thought that I would. It definitely takes a bit of a learning curve, but its so so soooo good.

Kind of makes me want to put some new strings on my Kramer...

[foomanfat]

Definitely fun to play. I was surprised at how easy it was to just pick up and play.
I was always kind of intimidated by fretless, but, oh man, it's like butter.

[skullservant]

Isn't it?? When you get it are you going to put flats on it?

[warwick.hoy]

I quite like the sound of rounds on a fretless,...but flats have their place as well.

I doubt I could swing it,...or that the wife would allow it,...but I want it.

http://spokane.craigslist.org/msg/3311627868.html

German Made Warwick Streamer Standard 5er. I want something for standard tuning while my thumb BO lives in C#

[skullservant]

Yeah I have rounds on my fretless right now. I dig the rounds, but part of me is curious to try flats for slide droning/looping!

[foomanfat]

Flats are the plan. It was a little too bright with rounds.
I ended up playing it mostly on the neck pickup with tone rolled completely off, and the bloom was just wonderful.

[dubkitty]

the negative side of rounds on fretless is that they chew up the fretfingerboard.

[Mudfuzz]

the negative side of rounds on fretless is that they chew up the fretfingerboard.

that and you end up sounding like "that" guy.....

[one bad monkey]

I quite like the sound of rounds on a fretless,...but flats have their place as well.

I doubt I could swing it,...or that the wife would allow it,...but I want it.

http://spokane.craigslist.org/msg/3311627868.html

German Made Warwick Streamer Standard 5er. I want something for standard tuning while my thumb BO lives in C#

That's waaay overpriced for the Streamer Standard (which is pretty much the precursor to the original Rockbass line). They show up now and again on other sites for usually $500 for a 5 string. See if he'll go down.

[dubkitty]

and what he wants for the bass too.

[warwick.hoy]

I quite like the sound of rounds on a fretless,...but flats have their place as well.

I doubt I could swing it,...or that the wife would allow it,...but I want it.

http://spokane.craigslist.org/msg/3311627868.html

German Made Warwick Streamer Standard 5er. I want something for standard tuning while my thumb BO lives in C#

That's waaay overpriced for the Streamer Standard (which is pretty much the precursor to the original Rockbass line). They show up now and again on other sites for usually $500 for a 5 string. See if he'll go down.

I don't know much about the values not sure about the timeline of the Rockbasses either, figured they were all made in Asia but I could be wrong. I would trust zee quality on the German Made Standards much more than that of the Rockbasses. I always thought of the Standards as being a step up from the Rockbass, even if they are from different eras in the Warwick space time continuum. Just something they offered that was different from the "Exotic-e-ness" of the BO's and NT's.

The bass was a nice thought,...but a bad reality. The owner of the house we live in wants to put it on the market and we don't want to buy it,...so we have to move and that means that I'm done with frivolous spending for the moment. Which sucks ass cause I really want an Earthbound Audio Iron Pig.

[one bad monkey]

I don't know much about the values not sure about the timeline of the Rockbasses either, figured they were all made in Asia but I could be wrong. I would trust zee quality on the German Made Standards much more than that of the Rockbasses. I always thought of the Standards as being a step up from the Rockbass, even if they are from different eras in the Warwick space time continuum. Just something they offered that was different from the "Exotic-e-ness" of the BO's and NT's.

The bass was a nice thought,...but a bad reality. The owner of the house we live in wants to put it on the market and we don't want to buy it,...so we have to move and that means that I'm done with frivolous spending for the moment. Which sucks ass cause I really want an Earthbound Audio Iron Pig.

They may be a step up, but not by much; they came out at the start of a time when people said the quality of Warwick was really low in general (usually ~1999-2009) and were still a stripped down, low end entry. People try to sell these for a premium because, like you said, they were still made in Germany. If you look, you can get a decent used German Warwick for $700, only slightly higher than what he was asking.

Especially now, the latest incarnation of Rockbasses (that have the two piece bridge and not that awful headstock ROCKBASS text) really kick some serious butt that I'd have no qualms about grabbing one of those and gigging with it.