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Warwick 30th Anniversary

30 years and not one bit quiet! Warwick will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on September 8th 2012 with clinics and workshops for bass players. We want to invite all bassists and all other musically interested parties to come to Markneukirchen the 2nd week of September 2012 for an extensive factory visit and lots of [...]

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 [...]

Review: Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar Pedal

Ty Campbell Staff Contributor The Ravish Sitar pedal, an unique pedal with an endless variety of tones not only emulating the sitar, but also drones and some really cool fretless tones as well. This pedal will keep you busy for hours on end, experimenting with all the different tonalities that you can create. You control [...]

Warwick officially inducted into the “Umweltallianz Sachsen”

We at Warwick & Framus are now an official member of the “Umweltallianz Sachsen” (Environment Alliance Saxony) as of April 11th 2012. This alliance accommodates companies which provide voluntary environmental services. Its goal is to further contribute to a cleaner environment. And a cleaner environment is our main concern. Thanks to our commitment to solving [...]

Warwick Alien Acoustic bass m.i.p.a. award

For the fourth time in a row the Warwick Alien Acoustic bass received the renowned m.i.p.a. award (Musikmesse International Press Award) on the Musikmesse 2012 in Frankfurt/Main in Germany. After winning the Award in 2009, 2010 and 2011 the Alien got it in 2012 again: during a big celebration on Messe-Thursday, 22nd March the results [...]

Review: Hal Leonard The Ultimate Bass Songbook

Ty Campbell Staff Contributor The Ultimate Bass Songbook contains 70 songs from all different genres of music. Complete with tunes from Jaco, Aerosmith, The Clash, Guns and Roses and more. Bass Riffs from tunes such as Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” to “Peter Gunn” and Iron Maiden’s “Run to the Hills” as well as “Low [...]

Review: Tom Randles – Destination Music City

Matt O’Donnell Managing Editor Does it surprise anyone that in Nashville, with its dubious title of Music City, that even the NBC television affiliate, WSMV, has had its evening news broadcast infiltrated by one of its secretly most talented instrumentalists? Didn’t think so. With that, I draw your attention to the fourth album release from [...]

Warwick Streamer LTD 2012 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 [...]

Review: Hal Leonard Jazz, Bass On Top

Lee Francis Contributor Jazz, Bass On Top, is an instructional book written by Andy McKee that focuses on the modern techniques of the upright bass. The book covers the advancement of players from high-action single note lines, which were due to the lack of microphones and amplification, to the more modern approach of melodic lines [...]

Review: Kala Solidbody uBass

David LaBruyere Contributor A portable bass with no audible sense that there’s anything portable about it is a pretty good goal to shoot for, right? While there have been many claims to the throne over the years, including Steinberger and the DeArmand Ashbury bass (which is by far the closest, with it’s rubber strings and [...]