Warwick RB Corvette Taranis 4 NBTS

Warwick has been one of Germany's top specialists in electric basses for decades, and this expertise is written all over the Warwick RockBass Corvette Taranis 4 Black. Named after a Celtic god of thunder, this four-string bass has an extra-long 35" scale length (889mm): As such, it's one of the more exotic instruments in Warwick's RockBass series, which offers genuine Warwick DNA at affordable prices. The Taranis is specifically designed for BEAD tuning; it's a four-string bass tuned like a five-string, just without the high G. The lower tuning is perfectly complemented by the pair of active EMG 35DC soapbar humbuckers with ceramic magnets, which combine with the active 2-band EQ to give the Taranis its crisp, aggressive sound. Given its range of features and reliable build quality, the Warwick RockBass Taranis is quite simply a bass that offers players an outstanding price-performance ratio.

Many of the modern sub-genres of Metal place very different demands on an instrument than was the case in the '80s and '90s. Virtuoso playing, switching between techniques, and ultra-low drop tunings are the norm now, not the exception – and to rise to these challenges, bassists need an instrument that's up to the task. The Warwick RockBass Corvette Taranis delivers exactly what a bass designed for contemporary heavy styles should: strings factory-tuned to BEAD, with a flat fingerboard and hard-wearing frets providing the foundation for precision and speed. And the sound is the same story: The two DC35s deliver an immensely powerful low end that still gives extraordinary definition to even the lowest frequencies. As befits the god of thunderstorms, this instrument's hot output and punchy mids are perfectly suited to wringing the very last drop out of a Metal bassist's favourite overdrive or distortion pedals.