RockBass by Warwick Fortress Electric Bass

Maple bolt-on neck. Rosewood fingerboard. MEC Gold P and J-style pickups.

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This bass is amazing. The sound is round and full of tone for fingerstyle and has the most amazing slapping 'n popping sounds. It has a very powerful tone and body mainly due to its active pickups, light fretboard and rosemary wood body. I LOVE this bass and don't plan on getting a new one anytime soon. Its a true feather in warwicks hat at its low price and high quality and I would strongly recommend it to any bassist who wants an amazing bass.

Submitted: 8/28/2005

Style of Music: suitcase ska

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Description
The RockBass Fortress is a re-issue of the Warwick Fortress, which was taken out of production in the late 1990's. There was so much public interest in the Fortress shape like Warwick decided to bring it back as a new member of the wildly successful RockBass line.

The Fortress features a swamp ash body, maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard. The 4-string version comes loaded with active MEC Gold P and J-style pickups, while the 5-string comes with two active MEC Gold J-style pickups. Both basses have MEC active 2-band preamps on board. These basses are available in the US in either a honey violin stained, high polish finish or a beautiful burgundy burst, 3-tone high polish sunburst. For the perfect finishing touch, Warwick used black hardware.

The Fortress is a classic Warwick design that balances perfectly on a strap and has a wide range of tones. Go to your nearest Warwick dealer and ask them when they will be getting a Fortress for you to check out!

Technical Info

Scale: 34 in.

Warwick Red Label M strings

Maple bolt-on neck

Rosewood fingerboard

String spacing: 19 mm

RockBass 1-piece bridge

Set-up tools (5 mm and 1.5 mm allen wrenches) are included

Neck width: 1.52 in.

Neck thickness, fret 24: 2.48 in.

Neck thickness, fret 1: 0.83 in.

Neck thickness, fret 18: 0.96 in.
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