Will Warwick build a 7 string?

[Lo end PUNCH]

I know they have an extensive custom shop and they build 6 strings with 20mm string spacing so I was wondering If I asked them to build a 7 would they do it. 7 string Streamer bolt-on with a quilted maple top, wenge/ovangkol neck and BRUSHED gold hardware, that would be cool.

Will Sadowsky do a 6?
Will Bee make a headless?


just thinking out loud

 

[cheezewiz]

A Warwick 7 string. Now there's a bass you'd need to be a body builder to play!

 

[john turner]

warwick used to offer 7 strings as a custom shop option about 12 years ago. i remember seeing them in some warwick literature from a namm show in jan '94. at the time they were us$3k more than a standard -6- string. that's one expensive extra string, i'll tell you what.

 

[Tbirdbassist]

Wow 3k+? wow... I'd just go with a Stambaugh, save yourself a HUGE amount of money and wait. I could IMagaine Warwick would take quite some time to build a 7.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

I have asked Roger Sadowsky about building a 6 string bass and he has no interest in doing so.

 

[vindy500]

thats coz more than 4 strings are evil guys, how many times must i tell you??? gosh...

 

[Tbirdbassist]

You be quiet. If you dont, John will eat your soul.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I am beginning to like Warwicks, but they have huge necks. A six string Thumb I played was huge, their sevens must be gigantic!

 

[Mark Wilson]

I'm sure if the price is right, ANYONE will do a custom job.

There's someone on TB who has a custom 7-string fender, and i've been trying to find it for ages! Anyone know?
*new Thread*

-Mark

 

[the_butters]

Is this a 7th string on the high or low end? In other words, a low F# or a high F? I bet you'd need like .175" strings if it's a low F#.

 

[embellisher]

I'm sure if the price is right, ANYONE will do a custom job.

There's someone on TB who has a custom 7-string fender, and i've been trying to find it for ages! Anyone know?
*new Thread*

-Mark

IIRC, Garry Goodman had his Fender Bass VI modified to accomodate 7 strings?

 

[phat daddy]

I have found that most bass companies won't build an extended range bass beyong the number of strings offered in stock peices. Conklin is a sure-fire maker for 7s, and Roscoe makes a nice one, too. That said, cough up enough dough and you may be able to convince Warwick to build a 7, although Roger Sadowsky definately won't make a bass with over 5 strings on it.

 

[steve4765630]

They don't do any production basses in 7, but I think you can get them from the custom shop. Big $$$$ though.

 

[superbassman2000]

there is always wishbass

 

[Frank Martin]

As others have said so far, their custom shop does a lot of things, but they are quite expensive. So, just as an answer to your theoretical question, yes, they'd make you one; it's possible they've even made some. Unless you find one of these made for music-shops or used - some larger music-shops order some special ones every now and then (the majority are doubled 8, 10 and 12s, f/fless; others are different woods or p-ups), I'd rather ask a smaller, but highly regarded luthier. There are so many talented luthiers out there.

 

[embellisher]

thats coz more than 4 strings are evil guys, how many times must i tell you??? gosh...

And why are you of this opinion? Why should it bother you, if somebody wants more than 4 strings on their bass, or feels that they need more than 4 strings to express themselves?

 

[Baryonyx]

I'd love to see a Warwick 7 string, a 7 string Thumb would be ace!

 

[Basshole]

And why are you of this opinion? Why should it bother you, if somebody wants more than 4 strings on their bass, or feels that they need more than 4 strings to express themselves?

Uh...dude, I think he was kidding. I'm guessing you didn't see Napoleon Dynamite...

 

[Human Bass]

the über mass from any warwick with more than 6 strings would deslocate Earth from its orbit.

 

[Dragonlord]

Dude, why don't you drop them an email at [email protected] ?