Is this Warwick Thumb real?

https://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Warwick_Thumb_BO5_files/TE1.jpg

https://www.talkbass.com/attachments/slxbody3-jpg.1602966/

 

The broad necks all have humbuckers. Looks legit to me

 

That’s real and I bet that price is real too!

 

It looks identical to my old one!

 

Looks as real as any broad neck I’ve ever seen. As mentioned, they don’t have the slim J looking pickups. Gorgeous looking thing.

 

The reason the Broadneck has Humbuckers is that the standard J pickups on the standard Thumb5 are basically too narrow to envelope the 20mm string spacing.

And that is one glorious looking Thumb!!! I’d buy it…

there were a few cool videos available to view the broadneck, but many have disappeared.
This one has the best view

 

And your back pain from that thing will be real too!

 

No joke. My old one was 13 lbs!

 

I had a broadneck Thumb BO 5 string years ago. I generally like a wide spacing and don't mind a fatter neck but damn, that thing was hand-cramp city. It really lacked the more focused tone of my old 4 string BO Thumb which had singlecoils too.

Beware that the problem I found with these was not necessarily the width of the neck or the string spacing but the depth, front to back, around the first five frets. Your hand will really be working around that area and you'll feel it. I've had a few nice Warwicks and played many Thumbs.oget the years; my old BN 5 string is not one I want back.

 

Although Corvettes are not as "nice" as a Thumb, but they are a good bit lighter.

 

Some of them no doubt are, but the couple of Corvettes I tried in the early 2000s were boat anchors. I think a lot of it has to do with the wood being used (I'm pretty sure the Corvettes I tried had bubinga bodies and bubinga tends to be quite heavy).

 

Counterfeit Warwicks never have ovangkol or wenge necks as far as I'm aware. Every one I've seen has had a maple neck of some sort.

 

My Corvette 5 string is a 2006. It's not the 13lbs monster another poster said about his Thumb. The body is made from Babinga, which is as I understand it, the second most dense wood on the planet. Being a 5 string, the weight of the neck isn't helping much. I'm pretty sure it's around 10lbs or a little better.

That said, I'm 70 and have used it for hours on end with no issues with my ususal disclaimner, for now. It's a great sounding bass.

 

That looks legit to me and honestly awesome. My complaint with my Corvette (weight aside) is the narrow string spacing...broadneck thumb is on my wishlist.

 

My corvette is a 2003 bubinga body / wenge neck and it feels very heavy, but that Warwick mid-growl is something else.

 

Found some of the videos I was looking for…

 

I am friends with Jose. He is a monster player!

 

Looks legit to me. The broad neck 5 and 6 string thumbs all use the soapbar pickups. The broad neck is basically a 6 string neck but with 5 strings and a wider string spacing. I’d want a better picture of the back of the headstock to be more positive before buying. But looks legit to me.