| Reviewer | Mack McLaughlin |
| Experience | 23 years as a musican |
| hp1xbg@yahoo.com | |
| Review date | October 10 2003 |
| Manufacturer | Warrior |
| Model | Dran Michael Signature |
| Price | $4000 |
| Item owned for | 1-6 months |
| Bass type | 5 string fretted |
| Neck join | Neck Through |
| Neck construction | Maple and Purple heart, 24 fret, 34' scale |
| Fingerboard | Birdseye maple with Abalone Inlays on Peghead and triangular inl |
| ays on the fretboard | |
| Body | Flame maple |
| Finish | Gloss finish |
| Pickups | Bartolini Soapbar at the neck and single humbucker at the bridge |
| Hardware | G-factor stringing system.....E and B string run through the bass b |
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| Electronics | Active bartolini pickups, 18volt system, Volume control, blend |
| , boost control with a switch to select different freqs, and a tone control. | |
This is a Dran Michael Signature series Warrior Bass, number 8 in the production line. It is the easiest playing 5 string I have ever had my hands on, and everyone that picks it up is overwhelmed by its sound. Everyone. You don't find many instruments like this.
What really impressed me, and something that should be a big selling point, is the level of customer service and support you get when you buy this instrument. I bought it from the Warrior Gallery in Atlanta, and you cannot beat them. They stand behind their instruments and bend over backwards to insure that the instrument is exactly as you want it to be.
| Construction | 100% |
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| (Solid. Craftsmanship is superb with obvious attention to detail.) | ||
| Appearance | 100% |
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| (Although I didn't buy this bass for asthetics, it is absolutely gorgeous. ) | ||
| Playability | 100% |
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| (Very comfortable neck. ) | ||
| Sound | 100% |
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| (This is why I bought the bass. I have not found another bass, even other War | ||
| riors, that have come close to the sound of this bass. It has a full, warm, r | ||
| ich sound with tons of punch, regardless of whether I am amping through my Cla | ||
| rus or ) | ||
| Customer Service | 100% |
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| (The best. Where else can you call direct to the person who built your bass a | ||
| nd ask questions about it? ) | ||
| Value | 100% |
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| (Although this is something that is only determined over time, initial impress | ||
| ions are that you cannot beat it.) | ||
| Overall | 100% |
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| (I would recommend this bass to anyone.) | ||