The Official Warwick Club (Part 6) - Page 16

HaPpYfAcE · #**301** 01-16-2013, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by fmoore200

Yeah, I wasn't sure about whether it was a jazz, but I got it used and never saw just the fna on the internet, my bad

The g string kept popping out in the normal position, so I stopped fighting it, lol.. Whatever works I guess..

Thanks for the kind words anyway!

sorry to sound so critical!

on a positive note, though, this was the bass i used to obsess over when i was a kid. i had an ad that i tore out of a bass player mag or something. i even had a warwick catalog that i used to read and look at over and over.

so, in other words, the FNA was where my love for warwick started!

fmoore200 · #**302** 01-16-2013, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HaPpYfAcE

sorry to sound so critical!

on a positive note, though, this was the bass i used to obsess over when i was a kid. i had an ad that i tore out of a bass player mag or something. i even had a warwick catalog that i used to read and look at over and over.

so, in other words, the FNA was where my love for warwick started!

No problem dude, I didn't realize I was defacing your teenage bass pr0n with my unorthodox stringing

I have no evidence of this besides my own experience with this particular bass, so take what I am about to say with a grain of salt, but with the g string in opposite way the g string stays in tune longer than the other strings (especially the b string). Probably an anomaly, but still pretty cool

Macrocosmcwh · #**303** 01-16-2013, 02:38 PM

Just a question for you Warwick guys I have a line on a FNA 5 string 2000. What is a good price for this bass? Flame maple top (stained red) all brass hardware. Single pickup. I am not sure of the actual model. Thanks!

ilikebass7 · #**304** 01-16-2013, 04:23 PM

Under 700

Macrocosmcwh · #**305** 01-16-2013, 06:20 PM

OK COOL...... I am good then.... =) Thank you!

dbd1963 · #**306** 01-18-2013, 08:10 PM

New Thumb!

Well, new to me. It's a 2000. I love it!

MaddAnthony_59 · #**307** 01-19-2013, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Tewest86

Can I join? Just got this yesterday from here. My first Warwick and it's everything I thought it would be including weight...The tone is sexual.

Playing this bass in Church Should require Confession/Absolution! A Bart preamp might go better with those pickups than the Aggie. Or up the Pups to Nordies!

I just made payment on a 6er Proline in Ocean Blue. I'll post pics once it gets here. Stock MEC pickups/preamp.

jamestown94west · #**308** 01-21-2013, 09:29 AM

I want in!

Just got this Saturday.

'01 Warwick Thumb BO 5

krkozbassman · #**309** 01-21-2013, 10:52 AM

I am in love all over again!!! with my "new" fretless Corvette - this bass is just too awesome to put into words!!!

'07 Corvette Standard Passive Fretless, 4-string, Ovangkol neck, Bubinga body, Tigerstripe Ebony Fingerboard

'02 Thumb Bolt-on, 5-string, Ovangkol neck and body, Wenge fingerboard

**BoomBoomOGTL** · #**310** 01-21-2013, 10:58 AM

Sign me up....

07 Doublebuck

05 Doublebuck 5

07 Dolphin Pro1

TolerancEJ · #**311** 01-21-2013, 11:09 AM

Plenty of fine looking instruments!

Harrow · #**312** 01-21-2013, 03:31 PM

I'm a Dolphin-Fan. Very Nice ...

**Sleepwalker42** · #**313** 01-24-2013, 08:46 PM

Question: do older Warwicks, say mid '80s early '90s, generally speaking sound better (more growl, deeper lows?) or are more desirable for some reasons than later production? Is the higher price tag justified or it's all about the romance of the older stuff that feels different?

jamestown94west · #**314** 01-24-2013, 08:54 PM

The older ones are made of different tone woods. Some people prefer that, and since those aren't in production anymore it puts a premium on the used ones. Other than that, some of the older ones had different electronics (not MEC) from the factory, but I haven't seen that really play into the value a whole lot.

ilikebass7 · #**315** 01-24-2013, 09:18 PM

Some had different woods but largely the same from 80s to 1997 other than the dolphin and ss1 bodies. Wenge was used and brass hardware. I love my 1988 thumb. Got it for a steal though.

**Sleepwalker42** · #**316** 01-24-2013, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ilikebass7

I love my 1988 thumb. Got it for a steal though.

So when will you sell me that?

Fathand · #**317** 01-29-2013, 03:10 PM

It's a homecoming! Well, sort of..

I just traded in a Warwick Corvette Standard (an 2004 German one, not the new korean made). I played a '97 Corvette exclusively for a few years in the early 2000's, so when I picked this one up I knew exactly what I was dealing with.

The neck is a tad slimmer, or it's just that it's really smooth compared to my previous one's Ovankol (IIRC) neck and that's about it. The growl is there (I did not realize how much I missed that..), the same workhorse/bulldozer feeling is there.

To tell you the truth, I'm a gearaholic and have moved a lot of instruments & gear throughout the years.. but I haven't been this excited about a bass for a while. So this trade: epic win.

WarwickOfficial · #**318** 01-30-2013, 12:53 PM

Starting again in 2013, most Warwick basses made in Germany are going back to using Wenge necks, and all Warwick basses made in Germany have milled brass bridges. All of our wood choices are nearly identical to the earlier basses, and we air-dry all of the wood for a minimum of 3-5 years, usually longer. MEC electronics have been used as standard since 1984, and MEC pickups have been used as standard since 1988. In our opinion, the instruments we are currently producing are the highest quality we've ever produced, especially since 2012, with even more improvements for 2013. Thanks!

ilikebass7 · #**319** 01-30-2013, 01:30 PM

Warwicks are consistently good. They use crazy precision and make some of the best basses in the World. The old stuff was less consistent and their measures seem to be more strict now. To me the only reason I go for older wicks is wenge and slimmer necks. They have remedied that for me. Love me some Warwick growl.

TechJunky · #**320** 01-30-2013, 01:32 PM

Question for you, WarwickOfficial. I know they switched to the thinner neck profile a few years back (which feels great), and now with the switch to wenge for necks in 2013 onward, are these new neck profiles identical to the pre-ovangkol (with thicker D profile) necks they used to make? Or are they tweaked (excluding the steel inserts, which I believe were not installed in the original wenge necks...or am I mistaken in that assumption?)

Also, do you know which models are sticking with ovangkol? Or is ovangkol gone, and it's only the models with other woods like maple? (even though I noticed the SSI got rid of the maple neck for wenge...and looks absolutely amazing for it!)