=The Warwick Fortress Club=

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Unpacking the LTD!!!!

So 20 years ago I bought brand new one of the last Warwick Fortresses made in the old factory (Dec '94). It was done as a special edition (so I'm told) with flame maple body and gold hardware. I still have it and it's still my main bass.

Today I received a brand new Fortress LTD 2014

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Forgot to say... all I need now is a 5 string Masterman fretless and my life is complete!
 

Ali

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Beautiful bass, congratulations, always thought Warwick should have made a neck through curved body version.
Maybe custom shop 2016?
 
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Very nice!!! I've played a 4 of that bass, but not a 5. Looks awesome. Kick ass, man!
 

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Welcome back bassman! And what a bass! This is my main bass for 1 year now, and I am very happy. How does it play? What is your experience with the pickups? You can do a simple mod to make them real single coils, with a louder signal (the bass has a pretty low output now)
I ended by changing them back to MEC, but they were indeed great pickups, just not for my taste.
 
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Here are my Fortresses. 1st up is my 1993 Fortress One. Here is how it arrived!

Post this guy's forum/ebay/whatever name so we can all know to never buy anything from him. Who ships an instrument in just a gig bag and in no box?!
 
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wow, glad it survived the travel, testament to the bass :) or sheer luck, normally marking items as fragile might not get people to pay that much attention.
 

Curtis

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I found a very affordable NOS '96/'97 bue Fortress one. Will have it soon. Come back to you guys :D
 
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Here's a shot of my 3 Fortress's. I have a '97 Masterman, a '95 Fortress One, and a '93 Fortress One 4-String with SD pickups, and the "Carved Body". I hope you like them! :D

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Are those Position Markers original, or Stickers?
I still need a Flashback-5 for my collection! (And a BN Dolphin-5...)
 

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Hi Tony

They are all stickers, myh little fetish ;)
 
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Abort, Corvette's and Streamers spotted in fortress club!
 
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