It’s Hadrien’s thing 
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Well…
de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum 
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I saw that. Hadrien keeps riffing on his signature bass color scheme. 
And he never has a chance to age one before a new model comes out, so Mayones is now giving him a hand. 
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I had a modern streamer and a very old corvette, both were German made. I preferred the sound of the streamer and the body of the corvette. Both were great basses!
From all the basses I sold I kinda regret those the most. In Europe Warwicks keep a good value second hand.
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I had two Rockbass Streamers, an LX4 and an LX5. They were excellent instruments for the money; for me, I loved the looks and quality, but just couldn’t bond with them for feel. One thing to note about the Streamers is the playing position is a bit different than most other basses and I found it always felt shifted to the left by a couple cm. No big deal but something I noticed.
The Rockbass Streamer NT is a stealth bargain for what you get, I would recommend checking one out.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I appreciate it.
I’ve had serious Warwick GAS lately. I started with a Rockbass Streamer LX4 that I’ve used in a couple of cover videos. I like it a lot. It has many of the features of the German Pro Series, and they are very good basses. I managed to get it new as a b-stock with a tiny little ding that I will never ever notice, and it was $700 instead of $1200. So if you’re inclined to save some money, there are deals out there. I didn’t really jive with the strings that it came with, but once I put my preferred set on, I really started enjoying it.
Here are some similarities and differences:
- Both have the Tedur Just-a-nut 3 so you can get your string height set perfectly at the nut. Some of the German models have it in brass.
- Adjustable bridge that lets you change string spacing in addition to height and adjusting for intonation.
- Wenge fingerboards on both, but the rockbass uses a maple neck laminated with some veneer strips
- More “exotic” woods available on the German series. Like Bubinga and Ovangkol for the bodies, Ovangkol for the necks. They also come in more “typical” body woods like ash.
- They both use German MEC pickups. As far as I can tell, they are the same rather than a Chinese-built pickup meant to be similar, but I could be wrong.
- Typically 2-way active EQ on the onboard preamp for both
- Nice Warwick tuning pegs on the Rockbass. Don’t feel cheap.
- Both come with straplocks
- The Germans have glow-in-the-dark fret markers on the side of the neck. The ones on the rockbass are the typical white dots.
- The Germans have the “invisible fretwork edge”, where the frets don’t go all the way to the edge of the fingerboard and make it really smooth to play. The frets are made of bell brass commonly, though they do have some models with nickel silver frets. The rockbasses are all nickel silver.
- The Germans usually have a push/pull knob to engage a passive mode.
Bottom line, I think the Rockbass models are great basses that have many of the essential features of their more expensive cousins.
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The only part of Warwick I’m interested in 
Don’t forget the bridge. Warwick makes the best bridge system too. By that I mean that out of all basses, I have never seen a better designed bridge system; you can adjust it in so many ways.
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Lol, I don’t wanna be drilling extra holes into the Sire though
But it’s so good, the brass nut I’d 
consider at some point lol
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thank you for that. It’s incredibly helpful!
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I’m going to restrain myself and my next bass is going to be my “you don’t totally suck at bass anymore” gift to myself. So I’ve got awhile to chew on it before I’m throwing down my debit card. Really kinda digging on a short scale, specifically the Danelectro '56 or Gretsch G2220. I like the body style alot but haven’t put hands on either one. I don’t think I’m going to find a Danny in the area to try out before I buy unfortunately.
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I would give a Sire U5 a serious look too, but the Dani looks good and I hear good things on the Gretsch
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The wood grain on that natural finish is gorgeous.
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So, as much as I do like the Rockbass… my German Pro Series Corvette arrived today. Turning the GAS off for now, LOL, but I do have some more comparison data to share.
In many ways the comparison isn’t completely fair or direct, as there’s also a Rockbass version of the Corvette which would be a better comparison. But you can get the idea.
The Rockbass is really good… but the GPS is just way better overall, in just about every way.
Starting with the side by sides:
You can see that a lot of the details look similar here - the bridge, tailpiece, knobs, nut, headstock, tuners. The knobs are higher quality on the GPS.
Obvious differences in the woods used, perhaps more apparent in the closeups. There’s some woodgrain you can feel on the GPS, while the Rockbass is smooth.
The pots are much nicer on the GPS. They turn much more freely and easily, and there is a pronounced detent in the middle of the range. The pots on the Rockbass are fine, but you can clearly feel a difference.
Things are a bit neater and tidier in the electronics compartment on the GPS:
And the compartment itself is made of flimsier plastic on the Chinese version, while the GPS is a bit sturdier:
Ironically, while the GPS has the higher end bell bronze frets, the “Invisible Fret Technology” is nothing to write home about. The fret edges feel better on the Rockbass. Both of them pale in comparison to the Sires, to be honest.
It’s hard to compare how they play, but the GPS just feels better in the hand. It sounds better too, IMHO, but it’s double humbuckers vs. a PJ configuration and that’s just not an apples to apples compare.
Bottom line, they are both great instruments and worth their respective costs IMHO. (Of course, I did get really good deals on both, so there’s that.)
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The Rockbass body looks like a pancake version of the GPS 
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Ha! It totally does. Again, though, it’s not really fair to compare both different models and different ranges at the same time. The Rockbass version of the Corvette is pretty sweet:
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Looking more closely, is that a subtly red carbon fiber weave I’m seeing there?
And I’m dying to know what that offset quadrilateral pickup is all about.
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Extended along the top edge to address the ergonomic issue when on a strap.
Plus it looks like a multiscale!
I like it!
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