Germany (April 9, 2012) -- Warwick has announced two additions to its family of basses: the Jimmy Earl Signature Series Bass and the Streamer LTD 2012 Warwick 30th Anniversary Bass.
Warwick Jimmy Earl Signature Series Bass
Warwick is proud to announce the return of Jimmy Earl to our Warwick family which coincides with the release of the Jimmy Earl Signature Series bass.
The Jimmy Earl Signature model – based on Warwick’s renowned Streamer bass – is hand-crafted in Germany. The bass is equipped with a smooth US Swamp Ash body, a bolt-on flamed maple neck and a maple fretboard with Yin/Yang inlays and illuminated red LED side dots.
Active EMG J/J Pickups and a special MEC 2 band EQ (the original 2 band blackbox-electronics used in the first Jimmy Earl bass from 1986 with a push-pull volume control, balance, treble and bass controls) allow for a wide variety of full bass tones. The Just-A-Nut III brass nut and the slick tortoise shell pickguard add the finishing touches to this distinctive signature bass whose look and tone are both unmistakable.
Besides his renowned jazz projects, Jimmy Earl’s unique and memorable groove is currently being heard throughout the Jimmy Kimmel Show night by night.
We developed and built the Jimmy Earl Signature Bass specifically after Jimmy’s needs. This unique instrument only comes as a fretted, right handed 5 string bass.
Warwick is very excited about presenting Jimmy this bass as a gift for his return to our family.
Specs
• Bolt-on neck
• Only as fretted, righthand and 5-string
• Just a Nut III Brass Bridge
• 34“ Long Scale
• 24 frets
• Maple-fretboard with Yin/Yang-inlays
• Red side dot LEDs
• Flamed Maple Neck
• US Swamp Ash body
• Natural Oil Finish
• Active EMG J/J-Pickups
• MEC original 2-band Blackbox electronic from 1986 first Jimmy Earl bass, Volume Push-Pull + Balance + Treble + Bass
• Warwick Machine Heads
• Warwick 2-Piece Bridge
• Warwick Security Locks
• Chrome Hardware
• Weight: 3,8 kg (rounded)
• EMP Strings, 040“-.130“ (38300 ML 5)
• Including Warwick User Kit
• Including RockCase Flight-Case RC 10830 B W
• Including individually issued certificate of authenticity
Streamer LTD 2012 Warwick 30th Anniversary Bass
The bass manufacturer Warwick from Markneukirchen, Germany is celebrating its 30th anniversary on September 13th 2012. For this event, Warwick created an absolutely worthy special edition: the Streamer LTD 2012 Warwick 30th Anniversary Bass.
This bass represents the soul of Warwick and the legendary love of detail and design of the German instrument manufacturer that is respected worldwide.
The US cherry wood for the body of this limited anniversary bass was allowed to dry for more than 25 years. It was stored in the former Warwick headquarters in Pretzfeld/Germany (Bavaria).
The Streamer LTD 2012 Warwick 30th Anniversary Bass is a real “Made in Germany”-beauty with a neck-through construction, a natural oil finish and a flat wenge neck with 3mm cherry stripes made especially for this bass. It also comes with a wenge fretboard with Abalone dots and Warwick?s in-house developed features such as the Just-A-Nut III brass nut, the Warwick two-piece bridge as well as Warwick Security Locks and tuners.
Professionally combined, all of those elements make a masterpiece instrument which shows why Warwick is the number one bass manufacturer for numerous musicians all over the world, which it has been for three decades now!
The electronics are based on the original Streamer Bass and combine EMG® P/J-pickups with a replica of the active 2-band MEC electronics from 1984 (Volume (without a push-pull feature) + Balance +Treble + Bass). The Bass is limited to 75 pieces. It is only available as a fretted 4 string, right handed model. The delivery includes an individually issued certificate of authenticity.
Specs
• Neck Through
• Only available as righthanded fretted 4-string version
• 34“ (Long Scale)
• 24 frets
• Wenge-fretboard
• Abalone Dots
• Wenge Flat Neck with 3 mm Cherry stripes
• Cherry (25 years old) body
• Natural Oil Finish
• Active EMG P/J-Pickups
• Original 2-band MEC replica electronic from 1984 (Volume (without Push-pull) + Balance +Treble + Bass)
• Warwick machine Heads
• Warwick 2-pieces Bridge
• Warwick Security Locks
• Black hardware
• Weight: 3,8 kg (rounded)
• EMP Strings, 4-String: 045“ – 105“ (38200 M)
• Limited to 75 pieces worldwide
• Including Warwick User Kit
• Including RockCase Flight-Case RC 10830 B W
• Including individually issued certificate of authenticity
For more information:
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