The official WARWICK club thread!

[luca]

cool, i kinda want a more conventional sound cause i already have a bubinga standard corvette. i might go balls out on this and get what i really want. black oil finish, black hardware, bass inlays on the neck and knobs, "Weapon of Choice" on the 24th fret. GAS attack

Man, I have seen one black oil finish and black harware. Sweet bass

 

[funkybassplayer]

I have been thinking about ordering a custom shop Thumb BO with an ash back and purpleheart top, with numerous other things too. My main querie is wheter or not any one has seen CS Warwick with pureple heart on it. I am pretty sure that is an option avaliable. and ideas?

 

[luca]

Hey Byron, The option Iis available The combination seems to be very nice. Deep lows coming from Ash, and bright and nice mids coming from the purpleheart.
What wood for neck and fingerboard?
Here Invalid Link Removed Jan Van Hove will make you a mockup if you ask nicely .

 

[funkybassplayer]

Hey Byron, The option Iis available The combination seems to be very nice. Deep lows coming from Ash, and bright and nice mids coming from the purpleheart.
What wood for neck and fingerboard?
Here Invalid Link Removed Jan Van Hove will make you a mockup if you ask nicely .

Well the neck i would like would be a 7 piece Flame maple/wenge/flame maple/wenge/flame maple/wenge/flame maple neck (i guess saying 7 piece flame maple and wenge would have been a lot easier) with Just a Nut I. EMG's with 2-band pre

 

[luca]

Sweet And Wenge fingerboard? Why 2 band eq?

 

[funkybassplayer]

Yes wenge f-board. i have an 88 thumb NT that has EMG's and a two band pre. I just like it. I know that i oculd get more out of a three-band buti liked the two band becasue it gave me less to tweak.

 

[samueljohn]

how can anyone not like warwicks. so beautiful. the sound. the feel. the wood. my God. i learned to play bass on my warwick. i wish i could put PIC in nothing special. lefty vette bolt on. sooon to be with my lefty thumb bolt on..

 

[funkybassplayer]

i have been mulling around the idea of a Warwick CS for quite some time and have finally figured out what i want. just want some other peoples opinions. let me know what you think.
So here is where this bass stands:
-Thumb 4 B/O
-Purpleheart top
-Swamp Ash body
-Wenge board
-7 pc neck (flame maple/wenge)
-Just a nut I
-5mm face dots/side dots
-D-tuner
-Bart J passive (x2)
-MEC 3 band
-Platinum hardware
-24th fret inlay “Purple Express”

 

[Beskyd]

i have been mulling around the idea of a Warwick CS for quite some time and have finally figured out what i want. just want some other peoples opinions. let me know what you think.
So here is where this bass stands:
-Thumb 4 B/O
-Purpleheart top
-Swamp Ash body
-Wenge board
-7 pc neck (flame maple/wenge)
-Just a nut I
-5mm face dots/side dots
-D-tuner
-Bart J passive (x2)
-MEC 3 band
-Platinum hardware
-24th fret inlay “Purple Express”

I would say that your Thumb gonna neck-dive even more than regular one 'cause ash is lighter then bubinga. Just my 2 c.

 

[warwickhunt]

I would say that your Thumb gonna neck-dive even more than regular one 'cause ash is lighter then bubinga. Just my 2 c.

Where does this 'urban myth' that Thumb basses neck dive come from?

I've personally owned 5 and tried many others and the only way you will get neck dive is if you forget to attach the top strap button!

As someone on another forum recently commented, the body of a Thumb bass is the equivalent of a small black hole, the body is so dense for it's size and the headstock so small and light that it's almost impossible to get neck dive.

The neck protrudes a long way but they do not dive or need supporting.

 

[SurrenderMonkey]

My 5 string Thumb BO balanced horizontally. The upper horn is tiny, and the strap button at the back high up. It's just in the design. Not really neckdive, but I prefer at more of an angle. And it was quite heavy so hard to change the balance. Killer sound and looks though and felt hard as nails. Called it 'The Pitbull'.

 

[Azoore]

Where does this 'urban myth' that Thumb basses neck dive come from?

I've personally owned 5 and tried many others and the only way you will get neck dive is if you forget to attach the top strap button!

As someone on another forum recently commented, the body of a Thumb bass is the equivalent of a small black hole, the body is so dense for it's size and the headstock so small and light that it's almost impossible to get neck dive.

The neck protrudes a long way but they do not dive or need supporting.

Every Thumb I've played has dived

 

[warwickhunt]

Every Thumb I've played has dived

Well other than the 'Black Hole' that Warwick call a Thumb body there's obviously some other galactic forces acting upon the basses that you've had

Seriously, I've personally owned 5 Thumbs (all pre 91) and though I admit I use a wide suede/leather strap I've never had the bass take any form of dive. This is backed up by several other Thumb owners that I know!

Who knows why this seems to happen to some people and not others... strap height/size/material, body/shoulder shape! I'm at a loss.

 

[humpy thumb]

Well other than the 'Black Hole' that Warwick call a Thumb body there's obviously some other galactic forces acting upon the basses that you've had

Seriously, I've personally owned 5 Thumbs (all pre 91) and though I admit I use a wide suede/leather strap I've never had the bass take any form of dive. This is backed up by several other Thumb owners that I know!

I'll back that up.

 

[The_Owl]

I'll back that up.

And so will I!

 

[Gubna]

well, it's not a warwick, but it is a warwick neck... my custom frankenbass.

 

[Azoore]

Well other than the 'Black Hole' that Warwick call a Thumb body there's obviously some other galactic forces acting upon the basses that you've had

Seriously, I've personally owned 5 Thumbs (all pre 91) and though I admit I use a wide suede/leather strap I've never had the bass take any form of dive. This is backed up by several other Thumb owners that I know!

Who knows why this seems to happen to some people and not others... strap height/size/material, body/shoulder shape! I'm at a loss.

Unless you're wearing it high and buy a wide strap, it will dive. There's no black magic going on here, just simple physics

 

[warwickhunt]

Unless you're wearing it high and buy a wide strap, it will dive. There's no black magic going on here, just simple physics

If you say so... but even the most basic understanding of simple physics should indicate that the height at which you wear your bass has no bearing on whether it will dive or not!

I've done a bit of checking and even the 3.8kg Thumb 4 BO doesn't suffer from neck dive so anything with more body mass than that is gonna sit in place no problem!

Either way it don't make any difference to me as I play Streamers!

 

[Azoore]

If you say so... but even the most basic understanding of simple physics should indicate that the height at which you wear your bass has no bearing on whether it will dive or not!

I would love to hear your explanation of this

 

[warwickhunt]

I would love to hear your explanation of this

A bass neck dives due to a poor center of gravity from either an ill-conceived strap button placement (T'bird etc) or a displacement in weight due to an overlarge headstock and/or too small/light a body. The height at which you place this has little or no bearing. Place it high on your chest or down by your knees and the same forces are acting on that center of gravity.

I'd accept that if you have the Thumb so high that the top horn strap button placement would be exacerbated but you'd need to be into serious fiddle player territory to achieve that

Hey if your bass neck dives... it neck dives, I'm not calling you a liar, you know your bass! I'm simply stating that in my experiences (x5 owned and numerous tried) Thumb basses have never dived for me, or it would seem for a few others who've posted!

My initial statement was made simply as a counterpoint to the generalisation made about Thumb basses. I'm not saying that I'm right and anybody else is wrong, simply that people should try for themselves because patently it isn't a 'fact' that Thumb basses have neck dive.

I'm not even a Thumb bass fan!

Now if you had stated that the first position on the neck is too far away due to the diminutive body size I'd have been adding a +1