Warwick Announces Rockbass Corvette Multi-Scale Five-String Bass
Warwick is unveiling loads of new instruments at the 2020 Winter NAMM Show including the new Rockbass Corvette Multi-Scale five-string bass. It marks their first foray into the fanned fret design.
“The RockBass Corvette Multi Scale 5 String Bass offers optimal playability, ergonomics, and sound with its fanned frets,” they write. “The lower the string, the longer its scale length – and the higher the string, the shorter its scale length: multi-scale 35.5″ to 34″ (902 mm to 864 mm).”
Warwick builds the new bass with a red alder body and maple burl top in a Nirvana Black transparent finish. Its bolt-on maple neck has Ekanga veneer stripes and a wenge fingerboard with 24 extra-high jumbo frets. Other features include MEC Soapbar pickups, an active 2-band Rockbass preamp, two mini switches for humbucker modes (serial/single coil/parallel), and Warwick hardware.
The Warwick Rockbass Corvette Multi-Scale five-string bass will be debuted at the NAMM Show with an approximate price point of $1,299.
Warwick Rockbass Corvette Multi-Scale Five-String bass Specs:
| Scale: | Multi Scale 35.5″ - 34″ (902 - 864mm) |
| Construction: | Bolt-on |
| Body: | Red Alder |
| Top: | Maple Burl Veneer |
| Neck Wood: | Maple with Ekanga veneer stripes |
| Fretboard: | Wenge |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 26″ |
| Nut: | Graphite Nut |
| Frets: | 24 Extra High Jumbo Nickelsilver frets |
| Pickups: | Passive MEC Soapbar pickups |
| Electronics: | RockBass 2-way |
| Controls: | Volume, Balance, Treble, Bass, Two 3-way mini switches (series / parallel / single-coil) |
| Machineheads: | Warwick Machine Heads |
| Bridge: | 2-piece Warwick bridge |
| Strap system: | Warwick Security Locks |
| Finish: | Nirvana Black Transparent |
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