Re-profiling a Warwick bass neck.

prowla

I've just bought a 2nd Warwick bass and the neck profile isn't quite right for me.

I'm thinking about getting it modified to match my other one.

Any advice?

John_P

I’ve had warwicks with a huge nec and with a much slimmer neck - could it be easier to find a similar model with a more comfortable neck that suits you better?

Funkfingers

John_P said:

I’ve had warwicks with a huge neck and with a much slimmer neck - could it be easier to find a similar model with a more comfortable neck that suits you better?

It would need to be a screwed-on neck.

prowla said:

I've just bought a 2nd Warwick bass and the neck profile isn't quite right for me.

What model do you have?

prowla

A Corvette Proline 5-string ('93) and a Corvette Standard 5-string ('05).

It's the darker neck which is the one I'd like to have the work done on.

fretmeister

Jon Shuker will do it. Top quality work too

prowla

fretmeister said:

Jon Shuker will do it. Top quality work too

Ah yes - that might be a good option!

Funkfingers

prowla said:

A Corvette Proline 5-string ('93) and a Corvette Standard 5-string ('05).

Is that two Korean instruments or one Korean and the other German?

mart

Funkfingers said:

prowla said:

A Corvette Proline 5-string ('93) and a Corvette Standard 5-string ('05).

Is that two Korean instruments or one Korean and the other German?

From those years they’d both be German - non-German models only got the 2-piece bridge from about 2010 onwards.

prowla

Funkfingers said:

prowla said:

A Corvette Proline 5-string ('93) and a Corvette Standard 5-string ('05).

Is that two Korean instruments or one Korean and the other German?

I think the original ProLine (not Pro Series) were all German and only produced for a couple or so years before being rebranded the Standard.

I think the '05 Standard is also German; the control panel cover says Made In Germany and the tuners say Germany, but I don't know if they used the same part on the Korean ones.

The Warwick serial number hasn't got the '93 (K-000435-93) on it and of the '05 one it says

Serial number:
F 115639-05

Article number:
1245080000CZASHOWW

produced:
01.12.2017

Description:
CORVETTE ST 5 Natural OF CHROM MEC Act ActEl ASH Fretted

I might email Warwick to get the details.

Funkfingers

prowla said:

I think the original ProLine (not Pro Series) were all German and only produced for a couple or so years before being rebranded the Standard.

Makes sense. My Corvette is a Standard or, more precisely, an STD. 

prowla said:
the tuners say Germany 

... despite being made by Ping.

prowla said:
I don't know if they used the same part on the Korean ones.

Neither do I.


I cannot help wondering whether the ovangkol/wenge neck is chunkier out of necessity. Perhaps, the timbers do not resist string pull as well as rock maple.

prowla

Funkfingers said:

prowla said:

I think the original ProLine (not Pro Series) were all German and only produced for a couple or so years before being rebranded the Standard.

Makes sense. My Corvette is a Standard or, more precisely, an STD. 

prowla said:
the tuners say Germany 

... despite being made by Ping.

prowla said:
I don't know if they used the same part on the Korean ones.

Neither do I.


I cannot help wondering whether the ovangkol/wenge neck is chunkier out of necessity. Perhaps, the timbers do not resist string pull as well as rock maple.

Well, we're hardly the Warwick cognoscienti, are we!

I hadn't considered that for the neck, but it's not massively chunkier, more just a feel thing.

mart

Funkfingers said:

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I cannot help wondering whether the ovangkol/wenge neck is chunkier out of necessity. Perhaps, the timbers do not resist string pull as well as rock maple.

I’m sure it’s not that. My 2008 thumb has a massive ovangkol neck, but I had a 2010 corvette that had a really slim ovangkol neck. And my first Warwick was a 97 Fortress that had a thick maple neck.  hey just changed the profile from year to year according to taste.