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NBD! 2008 Warwick $$

Spooge

Spooge

Sep 1, 2014
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0FED9774-E81E-4278-A7E8-B9E75D37CA4D.jpeg 07A2D4F9-CD10-477C-AE02-EC332A902185.jpeg Several years ago I owned a 2008 $$ 4 in the Nirvana black finish and sold it. My mistake. I bought it from a small music store that had no idea what they had, felt kind of bad buying at the price I did, but my gain I guess. Anyway, many years and basses later I missed that thing. Flash forward to today and I found a 2008 $$ 5, made an offer that I “almost” felt bad about again, nonetheless I have it now. Picked it up, plugged it in. Battery dead. No worries, pulled the active/passive switch and away I went. Instant gratification! Another other $$5 owners here? Also could someone ID the strings? Felt almost like flats or half rounds/tape rounds. Very smooth. Winding looks like Warwick but not 100% sure.
 
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Spooge said:
View attachment 4116437 View attachment 4116436 Several years ago I owned a 2008 $$ 4 in the Nirvana black finish and sold it. My mistake. I bought it from a small music store that had no idea what they had, felt kind of bad buying at the price I did, but my gain I guess. Anyway, many years and basses later I missed that thing. Flash forward to today and I found a 2008 $$ 5, made an offer that I “almost” felt bad about again, nonetheless I have it now. Picked it up, plugged it in. Battery dead. No worries, pulled the active/passive switch and away I went. Instant gratification! Another other $$5 owners here? Also could someone ID the strings? Felt almost like flats or half rounds/tape rounds. Very smooth. Winding looks like Warwick but not 100% sure.
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Whether the ovangkol or wenge necks, those $$s are NASTY. They have waaaaay better tone than the maple necked ones, even the custom/LTD stuff with maple necks...night and day difference.
 
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seedokebass said:
Are they half rounds?

Congrats on the sweet bass! Those were pretty sick when they came out, I was really considering one in my heavy Warwick days.
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They might be I’m not sure. I’ve only played rounds, coated rounds and flats. Tension is fairly flexible so could be a flex flat set but I’m maybe halfs or tapes but I’ve never played those so not sure. Hoping someone could tell by the strings but colors or windings but not sure.
 
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Nice, congrats! I've always liked those basses but have never owned one. In regards to the strings, if they're tapes, they will most likely be black as the nylon tape material is usually black (I think there might be a few exceptions). The way you have described them, I would say probably half rounds but I'm not good at identifying strings just from looking at them like some others here are able to do.
 
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What a beauty, congrats! :thumbsup:

$$ used to be my dream bass and at some point around '05 i was ready to buy one, but for some weird reason the local Warwick dealer got annoyed when i told them that i needed to try it again, for a second time, before i order one (let me add that they didn't carry a lefthand version of it, so i've only tried a righthand one for a maximum of 10 minutes - quite difficult to decide especially given how much they cost).

They were like "if you're still not sure after you've tried it once, maybe you should leave those instruments to the pros". Quite ridiculous customer treatment if you ask me, so i kept my money and never looked back again.
 
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