The Warwick RockBass Streamer NT I 5 Fretless is an elegant, natural-look beauty – a bass built for smooth, expressive playing, with a fretless fingerboard that lets bassists glide through their grooves with pinpoint intonation. At its heart is a neck-through maple construction, providing rich, long-lasting sustain; the alder body adds warmth and balance to the Streamer's tone, while still keeping things crisp and clear. The fingerboard is made from dark tigerstripe ebony, a wood whose hardness means the strings respond with extraordinary clarity. Every detail of this unique character is captured by the Streamer 5 FL's pair of active J-style pickups. Combined with the blend dial and active two-band EQ, musicians have complete control, able not just to cut the lows and highs, but actually boost them to dial in the perfect tone.
Even just looking at the specs, the Warwick RB Streamer NT I 5 FL NTHP has clearly been built for a life of hard work. With its 864mm long scale neck, it delivers tight, punchy tone and precision across the board. This is complemented by the 16.5mm string spacing, which makes fast, clean runs a breeze. As it should be on a fretless instrument, the fingerboard has clearly been finished with particular care. Up top, there's Warwick's own Just-a-Nut III, a fully adjustable nut made from ultra-durable synthetic tedur. Down at the bridge, there's the two-piece Warwick 3D Bridge, which gives bassists endless scope to tweak their action and intonation. Working together, nut and bridge keep the Streamer's tuning rock-solid.
For bassists who are after the fluid feel and singing intonation that only a fretless bass can deliver, the Warwick RockBass Streamer Neckthru 5 Fretless is an ideal choice, both for accurate recordings in the studio or for nightly work on stage. With its active pickups and onboard EQ, this is a bass with a wide tonal palette to play with, making it a solid choice for experienced amateurs and professionals alike, as well as being a good option for upright bass players looking to make the move to electric. Thanks to its typically musical fretless timbre and rugged build, it's right at home in both classic and modern Jazz, as well as more experimental Rock and Metal songs, where the low B string is a particular advantage. With its full-length long scale neck, it's especially comfortable for players with larger hands: Beginners might find the fretless setup a bit challenging at first, and younger or smaller players could struggle with the neck length.
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.
In the studio, the Warwick RockBass Streamer Neckthru 5 Fretless really shines thanks to its onboard EQ, which is perfect for dialing in a solid, record-ready sound at source. But with its reinforced neck construction and secure strap locks, the Streamer NT is also reliable enough for heavy gigging and long sets. And whether the band is heading to a club gig, an open-air festival, or out on tour: The familiar RockBass build quality and durable materials will always hold up on the move and in new venues, even when other instruments might throw in the towel. Weighing in at around 4.5 kg, it's light for a five-string, certainly enough not to become difficult to play through extended performances. From deep, solid low-end grooves to the smooth, expressive tones of a fretless, this instrument gives bassists a wide, dynamic spectrum to explore, even when they're playing solo.