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mart said:
'87 Streamer with a £700 buy-it-now option:
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Yeah I saw that too, looks like a very good deal if you're in to the vintage. Only thing is, it does appear to have appeared on ebay a few times, so either it aint quite right or it just hasn't found the right buyer yet!
 
An '87 Thumb 4:

What is the body wood on this - is it bubinga? The back has lovely shading. The neck is said to be ovangkol, but it's surely wenge, isn't it?
 
mart said:
An '87 Thumb 4: What is the body wood on this - is it bubinga? The back has lovely shading. The neck is said to be ovangkol, but it's surely wenge, isn't it?
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Yes it will be Bubinga with a Wenge (Bubinga stringer) neck and fingerboard. The Ovankol bit will be because he lifted the info straight from the Warwick site where the new Thumb bass is described.
 
Have had to put my CS Ovangkol body Corvette $$ on eBay.
I've got a 2010 ltd corvette and a baby on the way! Yikes.
It's got a few scratches but it sure sounds good :)
 
Pedro said:
Yeah I saw that too, looks like a very good deal if you're in to the vintage. Only thing is, it does appear to have appeared on ebay a few times, so either it aint quite right or it just hasn't found the right buyer yet!
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i'd buy it if it was here in the states maybe!
 
There's a 2000 Fortress flashback 4 in UK for £699 BIN:

Says the neck is bubinga/wenge? Really? A wenge fingerboard seems plausible, but what is the neck - it doesn't look like bubinga or wenge or even ovangkol to me.
 
mart said:
There's a 2000 Fortress flashback 4 in UK for £699 BIN:

Says the neck is bubinga/wenge? Really? A wenge fingerboard seems plausible, but what is the neck - it doesn't look like bubinga or wenge or even ovangkol to me.
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Yeah saw that too, first time I've seen a flashback and was actually impressed with the looks. Would like to buy, but as usual the moneys tight tight tight lol
 
Nice looking 1996 Thumb NT 6-string on ebay right now:

I wonder why they blocked off the serial number on the auction pic of the back of the headstock.
 
They replied:
Sorry, we do not give the serial numbers out for the purchasers protection and privacy. This also prevents the bad people from stealing real serial numbers to make fake copies
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Sounds fair enough...
 
Unfortunately my P-Nut I is now on E-bay. I know the "buy it now" price seems a little high, but as far as I can tell it's the only one in the world that's for sale. It's also in mint condition.
 
Florin, I wrote to the seller and got the same response. It doesn't make sense to me. It would make sense if they had written: "we do not give the serial numbers out for the SELLER'S protection and privacy." And besides, I don't get why they are worried that someone will "steal" the serial number. If I wanted to make a counterfeit Warwick with a real serial number on it, I could probably just enter stuff into the serial number lookup on the Warwick website until something worked. Heck, Warwick has an example of a serial number on that same page.

I felt like writing back that, like Michael Jackson, I am bad and I am offended by their insensitive reply. Haha!
 
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Cracka G said:
Florin, I wrote to the seller and got the same response. It doesn't make sense to me. It would make sense if they had written: "we do not give the serial numbers out for the SELLER'S protection and privacy." And besides, I don't get why they are worried that someone will "steal" the serial number. If I wanted to make a counterfeit Warwick with a real serial number on it, I could probably just enter stuff into the serial number lookup on the Warwick website until something worked. Heck, Warwick has an example of a serial number on that same page.

I felt like writing back that, like Michael Jackson, I am bad and I am offended by their insensitive reply. Haha!
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Haha, true my friend! Well, it is their right to do this. But you could ask them in private the Serial Number, and they should provide it to you. Tell them you want to check it is not stolen.
 
yep :-) The one in Germany is a showroom instrument - so I think the condition won't be better than yours
 
I saw this on ebay uk, and it look interesting. Good price as well.
 
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