Seeing a guitarist with a fretless is a rare sight for sure. You did great mate B)

As others noted, you play bass very well.

I just started playing bass after ~30 years of guitar. Talk about the most fun you can have with your clothes on!

I'm a Bass player that watches your channel, this is not weird. We are on stage with you guitarists, we are bros. thanks for this one!

I really regret that I didn't bring my Warwick Bass back to Australia from Germany, simply because I didn't know what I had in my hands at the time 😔 Respect that you have one mate!

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

Well YOU'RE a right wanker hey Knackers? ;oP

I used to go see the wooten brothers play at a bar in nashville every week. I don't know if they still play there but it was incredible to be able to see such amazing musicians for free. No cover charge at the time. Victor wasn't always there, but sometimes the whole family was and they are all really good.

One of the greatest bassist in metal is a "converted" guitarist; Geezer Butler. So there's absolutely nothing wrong being a guitar player who's playing 4 strings. :)

‘I’m not a bass player‘ *plays bass*

@KDH

Жыл бұрын

I’m not a competent bass player

@microwaveableselfie3421

Жыл бұрын

Plays competent bass

@Rex-golf_player810

Жыл бұрын

@@KDH you're better than all the bass players that Glenn Fricker shits on lololol

@otavio048

Жыл бұрын

the hardest part about playing bass as a guitarrist is realizing that playing bass doesnt make you a bassist

@ashleygreenaway6312

Жыл бұрын

@@KDH just cause you’re not slapping and stuff, you sounded like a pretty competent bass player to me. But then maybe I’m not a competent listener. Who knows?

Actually, flatwounds are not compulsory, you can use round wounds just as well. However, on a fretless you should not do a sideways vibrato, as this would indeed chew up your fretboard. But since you'd do it more in a classical fashion, like on a classical guitar or violin, roundwounds are indeed fine. I've been using roundwounds on my fretless for years, and the only time the strings leave marks on the fretboard is, when rock-guitarists have played it :)

I’ve a 1999 Warwick and emailed them with pictures of the neck, body & pots & they were able to give me full specs

Wow, I'm impressed with your intonation on an unlined fretless bass! HOWEVER. To have more of that singing fretless tone solo the bridge pickup and - hear me out here - use roundwounds. Flats don't produce that signature fretless "mwah". I've been playing fretless for over a quarter of century now and I've used rounds almost all that time. I never had issues with fingerboard wear. Yes, there will be markings over time but I'll quote one of the great fretless players, Tony Franklin: "People say 'what about the fingerboard?' I say 'what about the tone?'" I suggest nickelwounds as they're much easier on the fingerboard than stainles steels and don't sound as aggressive. Pressurewound strings, e.g. GHS Pressurewounds or Dean Markley Helix are also a great choice - I'd use those on my fretless all the time if they were anywhere to be found here in Poland, lol. Annnd maybe one more suggestion but that one might be a bit controversial. For a truly great tone, you might want to use something else than a Warwick. Yes, it's rather subjective, but I absolutely HATE the Warwick sound. I know many great bassists used them (Ryan Martinie, T.M. Stevens, Stuart Zender, to name but a few) but their sound is so dry and just plain ugly. Maybe a simple (and reversible) pickup swap might help? MECs have provably the ugliest, nastiest top end I've heard (and make no mistake, I do like some glassy highs). I suggest Bartollinis - I've found they're great for a fretless bass with their round low mids and fairly delicate treble. All that said, great video!

No need to ever change flatwound bass strings. Decades of enjoyment.

Based!

@KDH

Жыл бұрын

Based and fretless pilled

You play bass better than me Sick

I love Type O Negative. Maybe you could write a song like theirs and play it in the demo part of one of your videos.

@psylopanda2841

Жыл бұрын

HAIL Type 0 !!!

@wadeguidry6675

Жыл бұрын

@@psylopanda2841 Hail!

Had few German Warwicks, my favourite was an early Fortress One. Great basses from that era.

I have the fretted version of the Corvette, with the wenge fretboard and the Ovankol neck 🤘🤘🤘🤘

I was born in 92' soon to be 30 in October

Thankyou so much for showing me TM Stevens, phenomenal stuff.

There seems t be a strangely large amount of second hand fretless Warwicks in Ireland, I can think of two or three that I know of for sale here in Cork right now haha. I know a lot of people who were very active playing fretless in the 90's, I'd say that has something to do with it. Also I wouldn't worry too much about using rounds on a fretless, they don't actually do all that much damage to the fingerboard.

@joriankell1983

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semi flatwounds are the perfect compromise. too bad they're hard to find.

@jackegan6784

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@@joriankell1983 true, Ernie ball Cobalt Flats are really good too, although I've only used them on fretted basses myself, they have all the sound of roundwounds with none of the finger noise.

Im more a bassist than guitarist so ive been looking forward to this vid, I love fretlesses too

Great sounding bass!! Those older Warwicks certainly are beautiful to play...

You saying that you're "a guitarist playing 4 strings" is kinda the opposite of Tal Wilkenfeld and also MIsa of Band-Maid. Apparently they both started as guitarists until their respective guitar tutors remarked to them that they "played guitar like a bass player"! This got them to thinking and the rest, as they say, is history! 🙂

I use nickel plated rounds on my fretless bass. It’s really not as extreme as people think of it just tearing into the fretboard. It still just depends on your playing style and how aggressive you are with it. It’ll chew into the wood regardless of your strings. I’d say best not think on it too hard, grab your favorite pair of strings and go to town.

Dude, I have a 2000 German made fretless corvette STD - bubinga body and wenge neck. Warwick’s German made basses are absolutely brilliant

@joriankell1983

Жыл бұрын

what? that's amazing and I want one...

@mgn567

Жыл бұрын

@@joriankell1983 i have some STDs if you want

Finally some bass!

As an owner of an even older Warwick I agree with all the points you say that make these basses awesome. Wouldn't bother with their newer ones, but their late 1980s/early 1990s basses were the golden years. Great find for not a lot of money! Enjoy it, which I can see you already are.

I've seen this is so many videos and always wondered about it.

There is one bass that I could see myself buying at some point. The Fender Mustang PJ bass. Basically a short-scale bass with a Jazz Bass pickup in the bridge and a Precision Bass pickup in the middle. Short-scale because I am a guitar player. Another bass that I find interesting is the Squier Classic Vibe 50s precision bass.

@frankcarter6427

Жыл бұрын

I bought a £58 harley benton shorty P cos I have the hands of a girl child and never played my long scale bass cos it hurts - play the cheapo HB all the time - love it - needs a new p/up , but great to play

The roundwound strings eating up the fretboard thing is almost entirely a myth. I have a fretlees ebony board on a basss that I've used alot on gigs and practing over a 9 year period. I also used stainless steel rounds on it for most of that and there is barely a mark.

Great deal... That bass is priceless...

Your finger style is really impressive for someone who doesn't play a lot of bass. Nice work.

youre getting a nice tone out of it!

You're a fine bass player kdh

What a find for such a badass price!

Wow. Have you ever had an experience in which you saw, heard, smelled something you haven't experienced in many years and it triggered a memory? As soon as I saw this bass, I recalled a video by a band called Seed from the mid 90s. Why I remembered that guy playing a fretless Warwick is a mystery, but there you go. I had to search for the video on YT just to refresh my memory. Rapture was the name of the song if anyone else recalls the band.

Nice bass, love the old Warwick's with the wenge necks. My first bass was a Warwick Fortress 5 string from '94 I picked up from the forums a few years ago. I've got a couple basses now that I prefer but the Warwick is super solid, reliable and has its own sound I have trouble achieving with my other basses. Too bad yours doesn't have the active circuit as this adds some needed flexibility and really doesn't need battery changes often at all. I am jealous of yours being fretless with the ebony board though; Warwick made some really nice basses back in the day.

BRO WTF Yesterday I was thinking about that bass and I was looking for a detailed video on it, specially because I like Warwicks and fretless basses, nice coincidence

Warwick’s depreciate a lot, it’s always surprised me.

Just for the Type 0 Negative comment give you a thumbs up! You should try to interview Kenny Hickey, he's a pretty accessible guy and he is back again with his project Silvertomb.

Looked like you played bass well enough to me. 👍

Super nice bass

Everything is relative, but flat wounds are around twice the cost of round-wounds, however they technically never go dead, some people use them for decades and only change them if they wear out.

Was wondering when you'd go over this bass, it's a beautiful piece of kit. If you're a guitarist reading this and don't know much about bass, here's a couple of general pointers / things KDH left out (not an insult, as he said he's not a bass player (he's a perfectly fine bass player)) - 1. Bass strings are not wound round the peg and cut like guitar strings - as much as I know about guitar. While I'm sure there are outliers, every bass I've ever owned and played features a system in which the string goes straight down into the machine head; perpendicular to the rest of the string. This means you have to measure and cut the string before placing and winding. I normally do first tuning peg to headstock-end for my lowest string, then just eye-ball the rest at about the same length. 2. Some types and terminology if you don't know. The 2 most common style of pickup combination are "P" basses and "J" basses. Both of these terms come from Fender - the P for Precision Bass as Fender's original had frets and was therefore more "precise" than an upright double bass, and the J from Fender's Jazz Bass. Because... jazz. KDH's Warwick is a J style, although I'm sure Warwick's inner circuitry have some fancy muguffins that differentiates it. You can spot a standard P Bass right away from the distinctive mid-body-maybe-slightly-towards-the-neck position of a split offset pickup. There'll be 1 volume and 1 tone control. Your standard J on the other hand, rather than a pickup selector, has 2 volume controls - 1 for each pickup. I'm unsure of the controls for the Warwick but being early 90's I imagine it's much the same. I personally prefer having 1 volume so I can turn the bass off quick at rehearsals and on-stage, and volume-swells if I really wanna be that guy. Of note is that you also see the two styles combined as a "PJ." Probably most often with the standard P split pickup and a single straight J pickup at the bridge, although I've seen the other way round and both Js as well. My PJ style Aria Detroit is the first style with a single volume and tone, and an analogue balance between the two. Ps and Js differ in other ways - most notably the necks - but that's a whole other thing. 3. Haven't seen this mentioned yet so I'm going to be the pedantic one. You'll notice KDH's fingerstyle playing has him anchor his thumb on the pickup. This is fine for some simple practise and mucking around, minus some strain over the long-term from stretching up to the higher strings. However (and this is not a slight on KDH) if you are tracking in a studio, have picked up a 5+ string bass or insist on playing some upper range, D-string G-string stuff, I implore you to learn how to mute. Bass is a big resonant instrument by design and those lower strings catch air and move around when you don't have them under control. Your well composed upper range chordal parts might sound great in you ear from on-stage monitoring with less power, but the P.A and your audience are being subjected to a slowly building, out of key drone. Your studio producer will redo your parts when you aren't there, if they don't just throw you out for wasting their time. And all of this will only get 10 times worse when there's a big floppy B-string in play. If you really wanna play bass competently then learning to mute at least your E-string with your thumb will take you miles. Cheers, this comment got away from me. Have a good day. :)

The thing about roundwound string plus fretless necks is not correct. My main bass is fretless and I have steel (!) roundwound strings, the fretboard is still in excellent shape. Apparently, many people still believe that you need special strings to play fretless - no.

I had a fretless corvette for years. However, as beautiful as the bass was, I never could get used to it. The shape felt wrong in my hands, and indeed, if I played it for any length of time, I got a repetitive strain in my left wrist. Eventually, I traded it for a fretless Fender Jazz bass, which I love. When it comes to Warwick, I love the look, I love the sound, but they're just for for me. That's a shame :(

there's a duo of masterbuilt fretless double buck fours locally to me and they're fabulous. way out of my budget, and not my favorite instruments ergonomically for ME, but man are they amazingly crafted instruments, quintessentially Warwick.

It's a lovely instrument, I'd love one for recording my music for the vibes.

i love these

Ah mate your playing is sick

Had a six string version of this bass but it was a bit older, more like 2010 model and it also had active electrics, but passive pick-ups. I sold it on because a 6 string Warwick neck is like a putting your hand around a tree trunk. 😂😂 Still have my Warwick streamer Jazzman though. 😎

My first bass when I was 16 was the TM Stevens Cort signature, the awesomely named Funkmachine. Not sure if he played Cort before or after Warwick though.

Initially produced from 1992 onwards the first Corvette models were called Corvette Proline and made in Germany. Later these configurations became the Corvette Standard. All this accorcding to wikipedia. Warwick used to have a good archive on their website which i didn't check. I do love my streamer chrome tone from 1994 to death, but its hardly being played :( You play bass quite well i think mate, its all groove and feel even in metal :)

Warwick & Framus are highly underrated.

You have surprisingly good intonation on that thing it seems.

I have a fretless bass myself although it was converted from a fretted by an old owner and I found fretless bass are good at metal

@joriankell1983

Жыл бұрын

I converted by first Bass into fretless. Upgraded the pickups. It's amazing now. had it for 25 years

Whats your opinion on the Slash signature Epiphones and even the Gibsons not having the Slash signature pickups?

I wish some companies that makes bass guitars would sell basses like what Geddy lee and Chronos (from venom) used, what Im meaning is a half fretless bass. Normal frets up to 12 fret and the rest is fretless.

I have a German made vampyre warwick. It's an amazing guitar.

I've got an old p base would like to have a short scale one.👍

I dont know why but whenever I see a 4 string warwick it just looks off, mostly because whenever I see them they are usually 5 or 6 stringed basses

I'd love a fretless bass to mess around with Primus sounding stuff!

Ayy I asked for this one on the first re string sunday

I don't care that the 90s were 30 years ago, they will always be only last decade to me

TM Stevens. thats an hot take

Round wound strings are also popular on fretless basses, especially for those who want the "mwah" tone of Jaco Pastorius and Pino Paladino. Jaco played on an epoxy-coated rosewood fingerboard but a bare ebony fingerboard will last for years even with round wound strings.

Wow, great bass playing, don't think I was aware you even really played bass, even though you say you don't really play bass, lol. How long have you not been playing bass?

Reminds one of a Maton JB4. Me like.

I paid £250 for a German made one ! Traded in a Mexican jazz for it. Untouchable basses

I would guess that playing a fretless guitar or badd would make any player better. You obviously get lots of sliding practice, but overall, you have to be in tune with the location of where to fret notes and chords, as well as the amount of pressure being applied by the fingertips. I'd imagine that being more aware of these things would help a great deal on fretted instruments.

bass is cool

🤘👍

hi from Mexico. Are you using Half Round strings? BTW I have a Warwick Corvette Fretless standard with roundwound strings.

@asuntos.publicos

Жыл бұрын

Oh I just saw the complete video where you say the strings typo. Thanks.

Never cared for the sound of fretless. You changed my mind.

I think Charles Berthoud and Lee Sklarr play Warwick’s too

Roundwounds won't cut into the board in seconds. I've played roundwounds on my 6 string fretless for 12+ years. Barely any witness marks on the board and it's unfinished. There are exceptions based upon wood density, sealed or unsealed, etc. Just my 2 cents.

I wonder how it would sound using a slide.

kdh how do u make your money for all these guitars

Top points for not sounding like a guitar player,playing bass if that makes sense

We care A LOT!!

That's a nice bass man. MIG Warwicks are so cool. A lot of people play with roundwound strings on a fretless, but it does mark the fingerboard. It doesn't really wear huge grooves in it, but it does mark them more than flatwounds. I have one bass dedicated for flatwound strings, and it usually goes a couple of years between re-stringings. Also, it's pronounced OH-vain-cole. An alternate name is Shedua (SHED-oo-uh).

I’m getting some Fretless monster Tony Franklin vibes.

Hi bro I don't know if u remember but I gave you a hard time for not uploading on Sunday for this series.but you have been on point.i just want to let you know I appreciate all your hard work and I love all the content you put out.

I think you said.. I'm not a Bass player but dam you slam n slap the crap out of it!!

>Checks old Warwick prices on Ebay. Holy crap dude that was a steal, even the old ones are $2k+

Haha , for an non-bassist you played a fretless with the correct intonation

I have a 1993 Streamer, just the best basses made! (paid $650 in 2002)

@idiotburns

Жыл бұрын

Cherry Body, Maple Neck, Wenge Fingerboard

@idiotburns

Жыл бұрын

rechargeable batteries, then faith no more

What das re-string mean ? Is he changing the underwear once a week ?

A certain sound engineer is unsurprised by the lack of restringing

I got the same bass but 5 string and fretted. So not the same but the same.

6:41 We care a lot

all bass strings are pretty pricey. if your used to buying guitar strings, you'll have a heart attack the first time you walk into to by bass strings and see the cost budget strings will get you a mid to high (ish) end set for guitar. think the cheapest dunlops at my local are around 40 aud. so like 20 euro's or pound?

Why do older German made Warwick’s go for so cheap compared to modern German made ones

That bass makes others seem pretty bassic... See what I did there?

@carlchameleon9847

Жыл бұрын

nope. please explain?

@psylopanda2841

Жыл бұрын

Yes, please don't.

@Tomislav_B.

Жыл бұрын

Daddy, is that you?

I have a huge piece of Wang wood if u want it I'll give it to you.

That ebony looks vanta black

No brbr deng 0/10 We care a lot 10/10

You should get a set of Fender Stainless Steel 9050 Flatwound for it, I use them and they're the best sounding and longest lasting flatwound I've ever used, I've used Rotosound, Earnie Ball, DR, GHS, none of them can top Fender 9050's. They work on fretted as well.

Something you can do to preserve your bass strings is to put them in a boiling pot of water to clean them. Yes, that is a real thing bass players do.

@kainagami

Жыл бұрын

Everything in order to not buy new strings

@thelastchannelonyoutube

Жыл бұрын

@@kainagami It's actually a really common practice. It doesn't work on guitar, though.

I was torn whether or not to hit the like button simply because it was at 69 likes. I'm 70.