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Thunderbird Club
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Rectum? Nearly killed em!Not to be confused with "Recto-Fire"... a common alias for hemorrhoids
The farther religion & politics stay away from this place, the better. That s#!t will poison every well it touches
Politics is my other thing. I've managed to sneak in a couple of pearlers.
Good old Henery, the perfect scape goat for everything ever gone awry at Gibson (and well deserving of most of it). Of all the other big name commercial bass makers out there I'd put Warwick right at the top of the list of companies that have the attitude and pluck to make a really interesting Thunderbird clone.
Like Gibson, they march to their own drummer on wood selection, body styles and sound objectives. And like Gibson their company leadership has a tendency to take odd turns or make questionable decisions (Streamer/Spector anyone). They already make a rendition of the SG and something called a Star bass that isn't far off of Les Paul hollow body offerings. I think they could produce a very interesting take on the Thunderbird style and although I'm sure it would be sonically and physically different than a Gibby TBird I bet it would have every bit as much attitude and style.
They and Gibson are about the only two big name builders that haven't drank the Fender koolaide and skipped blissfully down the Fender Shaped Object slathered in Tort road.
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"Bennett, hell I think he broke it!"
Well he wasn't playing a bird shaped Warwick, but wouldnt it be funny if he used a buzzard or vampyre? Was just a typical streamer shape, I didn't get a close enough look to see which type. Might have been an LX, it was black, I will have to check again sometime.
guilty! Although 2 are ovangkol, they all have wenge necks. I did like the wenge/bubinga neck on the older ibanez SR500 that I traded for my first bird, but the preamp and rather soft truss rod nut left something to be desired.I do so love their wenge necks
These are them, sorry for non bird content, but it surely isn't FSO content.
that headstock kills it for me.
oooOOOooo... I luuuuuuuuuuv that 'vette with the natural finishdrooldrooldrool
actually that finish is called honey violin, these were all satin finishes. The natural versions were like an unfinished maple neck, the woods were very light except for the walnut veneer. These satin FNAs were much lower maintenance than the natural oil finished Warwick's. I've seen natural FNAs limited edition, they look very "maple", almost white.
I think it is a bummer they replaced these with the $$ corvette which is just ash, no flame top or walnut veneer, and I don't like those 2 band MEC preamps.
I'm ok with it. If they were trying to market it as a Thunderbird "copy", I'd throw the first egg... but as a custom shop that wants to make a T-bird style bass, but leave their own mark on it... they could do worse. I personally would love to see a T-bird with the headstock from a Flying V {he said as he ran for cover}
it is a 1998, I got it towards the end of 2000 or early 2001. That's the one with the all wenge neck. The figure on the top is not very pronounced.
I happened on this other 1998 at GC last October, nice figure, an odd 2 tone neck but probably just lighter pieces of wenge. I was kicking myself for not being in a position to move money around or extend credit to buy it like I could have in the past. I even offered to pay $100-200 to trade mine for it, but the only way those asshats can operate is to buy it as a used instrument, and then give me 10% off... Um, that would have cost $400-500 to trade it, not worth it. Still have mine, but would have loved to have swapped for this specimim.
The peavey actually ended up coming home with me a couple weeks later, $59 couldn't turn it down, had to wait for the police hold. I later sold it after I found my furies. The FNA was listed as a "corvette single buck" ( a bass that never existed) and there was an overpriced corvette standard bubinga next to it, that was listed as a corvette pro series or something like that, because these guys at guitar center didn't know jack about Warwick's that are not currently in production. They wanted $899 for the "single buck" and $799 for the standard. They sold shortly afterwards, they were in great shape.
Well... I really like the violent honey one, or whatever
Hey! Great band name... "Violent Honey"
it wasn't the non birdness of the headstock that I didn't like. It was just an ugly tacky headstock that screamed to me all the bad parts of the 70s. Some may love a headstock like that, but I immediately felt an aversion. Nice bass though, interesting wood choicesI'm ok with it. If they were trying to market it as a Thunderbird "copy", I'd throw the first egg... but as a custom shop that wants to make a T-bird style bass, but leave their own mark on it... they could do worse. I personally would love to see a T-bird with the headstock from a Flying V {he said as he ran for cover}
if you like that one scroll out and check out its brother that I was unable to rescue/trade forWell... I really like the violent honey one, or whatever
Hey! Great band name... "Violent Honey"
