Ok, the Warwick, Double Buck Corvette (Rock Bass)
Ehh! IDK, I wanted to love it, and I did like it, but did not fall in love with it.
It may be 100% Combo of the place that it was selling it, and the condition (which was not bad, just no way to fall in love with it).
first the good.
1-The bass is beautiful.
2-The tuners are solid, my friend said they look and feel the same as the ones on his MIG.
3-the Nut and Bridge, are almost 2nd to none, their design is stellar
now the bad (and its not just the bass, not much bad about it)
1-the strings. So bad, old, brittle, thick, and hard to play at all. it was like they were caked in a .25mm thick layer of dust and grime, but they were clean (IDK, cleaned on the surface, couldn’t get the rest out of them). they we’re the strangest “OLD” strings I have ever seen.
2 - the pots are cheap, and at least one is worn out, and will need to be replaced, and probably the input jack, all of which are easy fixes and not too expensive, but need to be factored in.
3-The AMP, that was a real heartbreaker. I LOVE this amp they had there to test. I know because I have played thru it before. I at one point almost went down there to buy the amp, but I held off because, although it is a great amp, it was in no way practice for me (I have some sense, sometimes). But fortunate I did not because the amp was not broken. not broken like it did not power on, but something was very wrong with it, it was completely flat, could not get a good tone out of it. The tweeter may have died, some of the EQ could have gone bad, IDK, sounded like one of the 4 ten inches was blown, but not fully blown, just a tiny rattle from it. I could not tell you for sure exactly what was wrong with it, but there was something wrong with it.
4 - the guy there, that seemed to be the guy in charge of the shop was a complete tool. I have been to this pawn shop one time before and I bought a bass there. got a great deal, played it thru the same amp (which sounded amazing that time) and they guy was pretty cool.
This guy acted like we were bothering him asking to look at one of the basses. last time I was there, they guy got the bass down, set up an amp, gave me a chair and a strap for the bass, and let me rip til I decided I wanted the bass.
This guy, acted like we were bothering him when asking for the bass. then I asked if he had a chair and, he did go get one, after making it seem like I was ruining his afternoon. I asked for a strap, and to play the bass thru an amp, and he reluctantly did both, but in a very dickish manner.
The bass was priced $369, and I asked about that because it was $335 on Offer up. he said that all things on offer up are 15% off what they are in the store, and that is the only price they could sell for, only the boss, that would not be back until Tuesday could sell goods for lower then they are priced.
after we played with the bass for like 15 minutes, told us we had 5 more minutes to decide, saying we had enough time with it.
the store was empty, except the 3 employees that were there, one if which was camped out, laying down on the floor, infant of one of the Tv’s on the wall. turns out we were interrupting movie afternoon.
I pretty much got up and left. I told him I might come back when his boss is there and bring my own amp so I can test it properly.
This was at 2:30 on Saturday afternoon. They close at 3pm on Saturday, they are closed on Sunday, and they are closed this Monday for Labor Day. there is zero chance that it could be sold before Tuesday, so I could still go back and get it, and I am still undecided.
If it was the other pawn shop that I go to, which is called Beach City Pawn AND GUITAR, the guys are cool AF. They would put new strings on it for me to test, plus they would have a bass amp for me to test it with, And at the very least, they would let me put new strings on it, or different strings on it to test it out.
I doubt this place gives 3 f’s about selling it to me, and would probably not allow me to change the strings to test it. I would actually bring old strings, but ones that have life to them, and probably wouldn’t even mind just leaving them on the bass if I don’t get it, but I still doubt they would go for it.
So, I am not sure about this bass. I have to love it, because it would be a bass that I would probably change all the electronics out, and it would be a bass to keep for life. IDK if I even like it enough to change it into a keeper for life. I am still undecided at this point.
