{"id":12000,"date":"2018-02-12T11:08:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=12000"},"modified":"2018-02-12T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:09:40","slug":"bootsy-collins-artist-series-bass-vs-space-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/bootsy-collins-artist-series-bass-vs-space-bass.html","title":{"rendered":"Bootsy Collins Artist Series Bass vs. Space Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For aspiring bass builders out there, you may be faced with the decision of whether to build a show bass or a performance bass. An example of this is looking at two Warwick signature models, the Bootsy Collins Artist Series vs. the Bootsy Collins Space Bass.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll start with the Artist Series model which is no longer in production.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/artist.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This bass has a super-flat 20&#8243; fingerboard radius, illuminated side dot markers, 24 jumbo bronze frets described as &#8220;extra hard&#8221; by Warwick themselves and active electronics.<\/p>\n<p>This bass is the better performer simply for the reason it&#8217;s easier to get along with and because Warwick based it off the already-established Infinity model, which Warwick Custom Shop still makes. (To clarify: The Bootsy Artist Series model is no longer in production but the Infinity model still is.)<\/p>\n<p>Here is a demo of it:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmghTckIY48?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s the Space Bass, a model still in production from the Warwick Custom Shop today:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/space-bass.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The first question most people have is &#8220;Do all 5 of those pickups actually work?&#8221; Yes, they do. There are 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/emg-j\">EMG J pickups<\/a>, all active, all working. The neck has 24 extra hard bronze frets and a 20-inch fingerboard radius like the Artist Series does.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Space Bass in action:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBC6A2svChE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Show basses are cool, but building one may lead to frustration quickly<\/h3>\n<p>The Space Bass is certainly a showstopper; it does perform; Bootsy does in fact use one on stage &#8211; but in the end this is a show bass more than anything else. Even simple things like resting this instrument without damaging it on a guitar stand is a challenge because of the gigantic angled point at the rear of the body.<\/p>\n<p>Construction-wise, crafting an exotic build like the Space Bass is a large undertaking, and the video below does show some of the manufacturing process Warwick goes through to actually make one.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re thinking about building something as exotic as the Space Bass is, know this phrase well: &#8220;Know what you&#8217;re getting into.&#8221; For any builder, this would be a monster-big project to complete, especially if it&#8217;s only one man crafting the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/id1qFBYyuj0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For aspiring bass builders out there, you may be faced with the decision of whether to build a show bass or a performance bass. An example of this is looking at two Warwick signature models, the Bootsy Collins Artist Series vs. the Bootsy Collins Space Bass. We&#8217;ll start with the Artist Series model which is &#8230; <a title=\"Bootsy Collins Artist Series Bass vs. Space Bass\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/bootsy-collins-artist-series-bass-vs-space-bass.html\" aria-label=\"More on Bootsy Collins Artist Series Bass vs. Space Bass\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}