My Thumb LTD 2001 was flooded:-(

KlausK said:
Gentlemen,

I'm not sure if a tank could survive what my Thumb went through. Submerged in muddy flood water for one day and came back to life? Unbelievable!
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Your bass never died................or as Butthead would say: that bass is not human............it feels no pain...............it cannot be reasoned with !! :lol:
 
I live on the other side of New York and we had about one day of light rain. I'm glad to hear your bass is working!
 
KlausK said:
Gentlemen,

I fired up my flooded Thumb and UNBELIEVABLY it is working!

Both pickups work and the active EQ works! WOW. I hear minor crackling noise when turning knobs but a Radio Shack cleaner should take care of that.

I can't believe my Thumb is still working. This story should be officially posted on Warwick's homepage. I'm not sure if a tank could survive what my Thumb went through. Submerged in muddy flood water for one day and came back to life? Unbelievable!
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Hooray! glad to hear that! :shock: :D
You should definitely send a mail to warwick telling them this amazing story!
 
wow glad to hear its working!!! +1 on the truss rod cover - awesome idea! - im from the hudson valley and the rain was very bad here.. glad to hear the bass is ok... after all, its a Warwick. :D
 
DRY IT! As soon as possible. Wood tends to bend when wet, specially in an musical instrument. Someone brought me a Rickenbacker a few weeks ago that was a flood victim and it had bent completely. I suggest drying it and refinishing. But as soon as you see more anything unusual take it to a professional luthier.
 
Wow, warwicks can't be defeated, they survive fire, water... what's next?
good luck mate, I hope the wood of the bass won't move and be sure that there's abolutely no humidity in the control cavity
 
My experience is that wet wood should dry during a long time in a cold and decreasingly humid place in order to keep wood intact.

Drying humid wood in a warm dry space will twist any slab of wood.
 
Scubadiver said:
My experience is that wet wood should dry during a long time in a cold and decreasingly humid place in order to keep wood intact.

Drying humid wood in a warm dry space will twist any slab of wood.
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I guess so too..................even if it's a Warwick................wood = wood. :wink:
 
I'm letting it dry gently. So far, the bass looks and feels good.

The only thing I'm worried is potential twist of the neck. I do my own setups for all my basses/guitars but have never dealt with a twisted neck. So, I'm completely lost when it comes to a twisted neck. How can I determine if a neck is twisted?
 
I would say,

you end up with fretbuzz, that you can't solve by changing string height and trusrod setting............I'm just guessing though............let's hope you don't have to deal with it........... :roll:
 
The Insane said:
Wow, warwicks can't be defeated, they survive fire, water... what's next?
good luck mate, I hope the wood of the bass won't move and be sure that there's abolutely no humidity in the control cavity
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The afzelia ones survive acid too!
 
Vinman said:
The Insane said:
Wow, warwicks can't be defeated, they survive fire, water... what's next?
good luck mate, I hope the wood of the bass won't move and be sure that there's abolutely no humidity in the control cavity
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The afzelia ones survive acid too!
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... id like to hear this :D whose bass had a brush up with acid?
 
Stroud said:
Vinman said:
The Insane said:
Wow, warwicks can't be defeated, they survive fire, water... what's next?
good luck mate, I hope the wood of the bass won't move and be sure that there's abolutely no humidity in the control cavity
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The afzelia ones survive acid too!
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... id like to hear this :D whose bass had a brush up with acid?
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If someone has it's gotta be Thumbin. :lol:
 
My town in New Hampshire had a 90% power loss and i think 6 roads got washed out. The only problems we had was a tree landing on our greenhouse. My conolences KlausK, I hope all of your belongings are ok to.
 
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