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Powerful! Vintage yet modern.
Unique among Warwick basses the Streamer CV4 has the modern Warwick streamer body with a neck more reminiscent of a Fender Jazz and two powerful single coil MEC pickups. The passive electronics provide bass and treble tones and the tone and output of this passive instrument is comparable to an active circuit with the advantage of no batteries. CV stands for Classic vibe and with its tone like a cross between a Warwick and Vintage Jazz bass and a pickguard you have a blend of modern and vintage. The swamp ash body is light as a feather but there is no neck dive. It’s a pleasure to play and looks good on stage.
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Handles bass with room to spare
Two 12” speakers. This is an amazing cabinet. It can handle over 1000 watts and will respond well to 100 watts played at low volume. This cab projects it’s sound making you bass players heard clearly in the live mix. It is also very light to carry with the handles in just the right places plus it tips onto roller blade wheels making transportation a breeze. I love it!
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Built like a vintage tank
Crafted in Japan it could convince you it’s been around since 1962. The wood is yellowed, the machines are open reverse winding and they stay in tune! The bridge is the old spiral groove for very fine string spacing adjustment. It looks wonderful and feels valuable. It’s only weakness we’re the DiMarzio Collection pickups which I replaced with Fender Custom Shop 60s. Now it sounds like it is supposed to.
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Great looking! 70s vibe. Low output
With the pickup spacing like they had in the early 70s with the treble pickup nearer the bridge you get more aggression from this Jazz than most. However, the stock pickups have rather low output. This isn’t nevcessarily a bad thing I just prefer hotter, more responsive pickups. I’m considering a J-Retro preamp by John East to give the bass more oomph.
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Rickenbacker 4003 Ruby Red
It’s a Rickenbacker Bass. You know what sound you’re going to get. The basic 4003 has a lot more balls than the classic 4001 but that had the aggressive mid treble growl which is still obtainable by pulling out the treble pot. Get the bass setup correctly to your specifications and it plays like butter. The Ruby with its metallic sheen looks scarlet at some angles and burgundy or crimson at others. Very charismatic looking and sounding instrument. Stands out on any stage!
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Barefaced Super Twin
I actually have the newer super twin. Two 12” speakers. This is an amazing cabinet. It can handle over 1000 watts and will respond well to 100 watts played at low volume. This cab projects it’s sound making you bass players heard clearly in the live mix. It is also very light to carry with the handles in just the right places plus it tips onto roller blade wheels making transportation a breeze. I love it!
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Ashdown sound. Light to carry
At my age it’s very important to have amplification gear that doesn’t break my back. The Ashdown RM 500evo is light in weight and heavy in tone. It pretty much reproduces the sound of your bass and you can add some eq and effects. It takes a while to learn how the eq works best. There is a shape button which gives a bass heavy. Mid scooped tone. Start there. Depending on your bass you may want to pull back some bass and compensate for the mid scoop. You also have a compressor which as well as rounding off those peaks will add volume to your sound. In addition there is a drive control...a kind of tube simulator. I find just a little gives a warm tubey tone. Then there is the sub harmonic control which adds an octave down. Used subtly it adds a hint of extra bottom.