some new beauties from the warwick custom shop

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Would definitely never want a Dolphin would I 🤡
They're only the best model W ever came up with.
 
Except for the gold HW, what I like about this SSI is the "early 2000" aesthetics, the simple red oil-finish, before the "Masterbuilt"/"Teambuilt" thing.

It looks like your "normal" Made in Germany Warwick, made for gigging at a reasonable price.

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Nachobassman said:
Except for the gold HW, what I like about this SSI is the "early 2000" aesthetics, the simple red oil-finish, before the "Masterbuilt"/"Teambuilt" thing.

It looks like your "normal" Made in Germany Warwick, made for gigging at a reasonable price.

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But this is also natural oil finish as far as I see it. And this means ugly scratches. The gold hw is okay for me though... 🥳
 
Hardy said:
But this is also natural oil finish as far as I see it. And this means ugly scratches. The gold hw is okay for me though... 🥳
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I know about the "ugly scratches", my '09 Streamer LX is full of them. :D
 
Dang, that's really chique. Probably heavy as fuck too.
Really not a fan of the fretboard, and if you know how ebony is harvested you would know that they upcharge for these kind of fretboards but in reality it's a byproduct...
 
Gnermo said:
Dang, that's really chique. Probably heavy as fuck too.
Really not a fan of the fretboard, and if you know how ebony is harvested you would know that they upcharge for these kind of fretboards but in reality it's a byproduct...
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How do they harvest it? I don't know if that fingerboard is Macassar or not, but I do know that Pale Moon ebony, with the white and dark streaks tends to be pretty rare.
 
Long story short:
A normal ebony wood log is mainly not black, not even flat dark wood, it is mainly "pale" wood, so, traditionally humans have been selecting the dark/black bits and THROWING AWAY, DISCARDING, the rest of it. Because capitalism, you know.

Recently, wood management ethics have changed a little and many manufacturers, like Warwick, have been using the whole ebony logs and marketing those woods with fancy names like "tiger stripe ebony", "pale moon ebony", etc.
It is wood that comes from the same logs, same species of wood, same density and acoustic properties, just different colours.

Salud, camaradas.
 
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Nachobassman said:
Long story short:
A normal ebony wood log is mainly not black, not even flat dark wood, it is mainly "pale" wood, so, traditionally humans have been selecting the dark/black bits and THROWING AWAY, DISCARDING, the rest of it. Because capitalism, you know.

Recently, wood management ethics have changed a little and many manufacturers, like Warwick, have been using the whole ebony logs and marketing those woods with fancy names like "tiger stripe ebony", "pale moon ebony", etc.
It is wood that comes from the same logs, same species of wood, same density and acoustic properties, just different colours.

Salud, camaradas.
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Two sides to this... Consumers expect ebony to be black. Companies, if they do not offer this, usually are not seen in a kind light by the consumers.

Usually it is rare to have an ebony tree with a "heart" (centre part) that is black. From documentaries I have seen, it is 1 tree in 20, meaning when the cut down the tree, if it is not black, it is left unused, to rot.

I applaud companies using everything they can (Tiger Stripe from Warwick etc). Taylor, as I recall, was also instrumental in changing people's ideas of what Ebony looked like.

Where I get a bit annoyed is with companies such as Gibson who are known to stain their white/cream Ebony wood to be black. I suppose it is avoiding waste and giving the customer what they "want". So I will put the blame on the consumer as well as the companies.
 
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