Bass Gear Review

Reviewer	Ogar
Experience	4
Review date	July 03 2003
Manufacturer	Warwick
Model	Quadruplet
Price	cca 500$
Item owned for	1-2 years

Dimensions	1 HU
Weight	5 kg
EQ	Gain, Bass, Mid1, Mid2, High, Bass and High boost, Mid1,2 switches. 4-way
	rotary knob changing the basic EQcurves, distortion
Other	mute switch, headphones jack, FX loop, two line outs, two balanced lin
	e outs with EQ/noEQ switch, groundlift switch, line/instrument switch.

Key to the sound is Quadrumatrix (4-way rotary control), that changes basic EQcurves of sound (valves). First with somehow boosted bass and highs and somehow scooped mids. Very warm sounding. Second is flat. In the path of third and fourth is "power valve" involved, so the sound gets a bit rougher. Third one is almost flat with slightly boosted mids and mid-highs, reminding me of the SVT sound, fourth with massively boosted bass and highs and scooped mids (classic smile curve), sounding quite brutal to my ears, very heavy sound. As I play (or trying to) mainly jazz, blues and rock, I use mostly second and third position (especially when playing old stuff like Hendrix and the Zeppelin with my custom f-less 5 with single Kent Armstrong humbucker right to the PA, it sounds great). Sound is very clean, sound engineers always very appreciate simplicity of signal path. I do not use EQsystem, let everything "flat" and Bass and Hi boost switches off, although EQ system is very powerful. Great for recording! Pros: very versatile, clean sound from Hi-Fi to Heavy. Easy to use. Cons: Quadrumatrix is not footswitchable, distortion knob is quite useless, it only eats the sound. To sum up: I am very happy with this purchase.

Construction	95%
Clarity	95%
Versatility	100%
Customer Service	75%
(for a small market, they're not very helpful)
Value	90%
Overall	90%