Warwick RB Corvette $$ LH 5 NB TS

5-String Electric Bass

Left-handed model
Ash body
Bolt-on 4-piece laminated maple neck with Ekanga veneer strips
Fretboard: Wenge
Fretboard radius: 660 mm (26")
Scale: 866 mm (34" Long scale)
24 Extra high nickel silver jumbo frets
Just a Nut III Tedur nut
Nut width: 45.0 mm
Pickups: Passive MEC MM-Style humbuckers
Active RockBass 2-band electronics
Volume (push/pull)/treble/bass controls
Push/pull function on the volume control for series/parallel connection
Warwick machine heads
Two-piece Warwick Bridge
String spacing: 16.5 mm
Distance from B to G string: 66 mm
Wwith Warwick RED Strings (42301 M) .045"-. 135"
Warwick Security Locks
Hardware: Chrome
Weight approx. 4.4 kg
Finish: Transparent Matt
Colour: Nirvana Black
Incl. gigbag and hex key for truss rod

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Available since October 2018
Item number 442666
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Black
Body Ash
Neck Maple
Fingerboard Wenge
Frets 24
Scale Longscale
Pickup System HH
Electronics Active
Including Case No
Incl. Gigbag Yes

€959

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Born to rock

Warwick RB Corvette $$ 5 Black Left-Handed, five-string bass guitar

Warwick has been one of Germany's top specialists in electric basses for decades, and this expertise is written all over the Warwick RB Corvette $$ 5. In fact, the name alone almost says it all: RB stands for RockBass, and everything about the Corvette is geared toward Rock in all its forms – starting with the choice of woods and extending to the pickups and electronics. When an instrument like this is designed for Rock and Metal from the ground up, the inevitable result is a combination of authentic looks, effortless playability, and maximum punch. That punch is primarily delivered by the Corvette's bolt-on maple neck and duo of MEC humbuckers, which together with the active two-band electronics also offer plenty of flexibility in terms of sound. Given its range of features and reliable build quality, the Warwick RB Corvette LH is a bass that offers left-handed players an outstanding price-performance ratio.

Top, Warwick RB Corvette $$ 5 Black Left-Handed, five-string bass guitar

Full of flexible features

The ash body of the Warwick RockBass Corvette $$ 5 LH is paired with a bolt-on maple neck, a robust construction that gives the sound plenty of attack, while the wenge fingerboard harmonises with the body's quality tonewood to produce a midrange response that will cut through the mix with ease. True to what any lefty would expect from their modern Rock or Metal bass, the Corvette 5 features 24 frets. The high-quality chrome hardware is made in-house and includes Warwick's signature two-piece bridge and tailpiece construction, an adjustable nut, and security locks. The two MEC humbuckers – the "double bucks" referred to as $$ in this model's name – are perfect for authentic Rock and Metal tones, and for further fine-tuning the sound, the Corvette is equipped with active two-band electronics. What is more, it also ships with a gig bag and a hex key – for easy truss rod adjustments and safe transport, respectively.

Bolt-on maple neck, Warwick RB Corvette $$ 5 Black Left-Handed, five-string bass guitar

Rock and Metal in its DNA

The target audience for the RockBass Corvette $$ is no secret – this is a bass for Rock and Metal players to fall in love with. It starts with the visuals: The Corvette's body, with its pronounced upper horn, makes its intentions perfectly clear, and this model's Nirvana Black Transparent finish is as dark as it is mysterious. But it's not just a pretty face: It offers all of the features musicians would expect of a modern bass. With its 24 frets, low B string, and smooth-playing action, bassists can really show off their full repertoire of techniques. Same story when it comes to the Corvette's sound, thanks to the two punchy humbuckers and flexible active electronics – the perfect way to make a Metal bass growl. With its attractive price tag, the Warwick RockBass Corvette is ideal as an affordable way for ambitious Rock and Metal southpaws to upgrade to their first five-string – or a nice addition to an existing stable, especially for a genre-focused specialist.

About Warwick

Based in Markneukirchen, Saxony, Warwick, initially a manufacturer of premium basses, is known today for providing a wide range of music equipment in all sectors of the industry. The product range extends from bass guitars, bass amplifiers and cabinets (in all price brackets), bass strings and accessories, to effects units. In addition to this core business, the Warwick Distribution sales company offers almost everything that bass players, whether of four, six or even more string instruments, could require. Among them are the instruments of the Framus brand, which are remarkable for their consistently high quality. In addition to its headquarters in Markneukirchen, Warwick also has locations in Nashville and Shanghai.

Ready for the demands of modern lefties

Many of the modern sub-genres of Metal place very different demands on an instrument than was the case in the '80s and '90s. Virtuosic playing, switching between techniques, and ultra-low drop tunings are the norm now, not the exception – and to rise to these challenges, left-handed players need an instrument that's up to the task. The Warwick RockBass Corvette $$ 5 delivers exactly what players expect from a bass designed for contemporary heavy styles, with a flat fingerboard, slim nut width, and 24 frets providing the foundation for precision and speed. And its tonal capabilities tell the same story: The high output and pronounced mids are ideal for pushing overdrive and distortion pedals to their limits, while the dual MEC humbuckers offer not only a powerful low end, but also clarity and definition, even in the very deepest registers made possible by the low B string here.

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Warwick RB Corvette $$ 5 - NB TS

RL-NL 02.05.2025

+ Somehow this bass looks matte black online, but it is actually a very dark moss green colour.
And it is much more beautiful in real-life. The paint feels very thin and you can feel the wood grains with your hands. Very beautiful and a very nice feel.
+ The frets have a soft nickel/gold look. Beautiful.
+ Neck feels great, very smooth

- Fret-buzzing above 10th fret, but not on all strings/notes. Odd. I thought: Maybe the bass needs to adjust to the climate at my home, but nothing changed.
- The stock strings did not sound new. Maybe this bass has been in the Thomann store for a while?
- The B-string disappointed me honestly. Lose feeling and bit dull.
- I tried another set of strings, and the replacing of the strings is just annoying. The strings pop out the bridge very easily and the tuners were stiff and at an angle. It took me 20-25min at least. (Usually it takes me 5-10min)
- Oh boy this bass is heavy. I weighted it: 4,6 KG. Besides that the balance feels weird. My shoulder muscles hurt after only 5min playing.. )
- Palm-muting is hard on this bass, the bridge pickup is very close to the bridge. It is very easy to accidentally to have ringing strings while trying to palm mute.

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NikiVr 01.10.2024

This was my first warwick 5 string bass. In terms of sound it delivers a massive well-defined low and low-mid tone which is really nice for the more aggressive genres of music. The action of the strings was set nicely, the frets were well polished etc. However there were a few flaws which made me ask thomann for a refund: When it arrived the strings were really, really old and delivered a numb deaf tone. For some reason the electronics were mirrored so that the volume knob was the last one and not the one closest to my hand (I concluded that from the warwick "all basses" manual). Thomann's description of the instrument turned out to be misleading because there was no push/pull knob on the instrument i recieved - a feature I trusted to deliver for the tone versatility.

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