I did a weeks work in a music shop for experiance around January and I was already considering getting a Warwick then. Now considering that for the last three days of the experiance I just sat down and got to know all the basses in the shop, I have to say that I was seriously considering the FNA Jazzman, but the $$ was much more within my price range and I already new from a few reviews in magazines that it was going to be a versatile instrument. I'd say get your hands on one of each and decide for yourself. If you are a 5-String user then I would definatly go for the $$, I read another review about a 5-string $$ and it said the the Low B sounded phenomonal!
On a slightly related topic, I've been waiting for my tax at work to come back, and it should in the next few weeks, so it's new bass time for me. So it's time for me to go for what I've always wanted, a proper Warwick. I was considering both the $$ and FNA Jazzman strongly. But the guitarist in my band just told me that one of is fathers employee's is selling a 5-String Warwick Thumb(Blue with gold hardware) for only 450 euro. Considering that a 5-String Thumb on a cheap internet site is 1400 euro, I decided to try and get my hands on the blue one. Alas, I got there too late, somebody took it away to try it, I'm not certain but I think they're going to keep it. So I'm heading up to the shop where I did my work experiance to try out th Warwicks tomorrow morning, they already said that they would give me a discount(they give a discount on everything up there anyway, they even give my firends discounts!), which is pretty handy. I'd say I'll probably go for a brand new 5-String Thumb... mmm...
It might be tough switching from 4 to 5 but I'm looking forward to hearing it in action... with a discount!
