=The Warwick Thumb Club=

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flhtk66 said:
I am 48 years old, was in my first band at 12. Played my first Warwick a month ago, i put it in layaway and just brought it home last night. I having e a gig this weekend, so ill try to get some pictures up. Oh... its a 99 thumb nt. It sounds great by itself, cant wait to see how it sounds in the mix.... later!
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Where did you get the bass? The Warwick showroom in Nashville is having an open house this coming Saturday, April 11th from 1-7.
 
This is my '99 Thumb
 

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This is all my babies!
 

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I dont think my answer posted... its a 1989 Washburn Chicago Series B100. This is an active NT bass. Washburn made a few decent basses back then, and this was definitely a good one. I paid $1600 for it in 1990. The only thing ive done to it since is put a set of Barts in about 3 years ago.
 
This is an advertisement for the bass, i found this on Ebay. It doesn't sound as good as the Warwick, but its not too far behind. I dont think you could beat a Thumb on sound. All my basses sound really good. I upgraded the Carvin with Barts and a Bart preamp, I bought it new in 1995, the Bongo I bought new in 2012, and it sounds awesome stock. Wont be upgrading that one.
 

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In looking back through all the threads, i notice a big difference in the appearance of the woods. My bass seams to have a straight grain to the wood, while some have a nice swirling grain. Is it because mine is older?
 
flhtk66 said:
In looking back through all the threads, i notice a big difference in the appearance of the woods. My bass seams to have a straight grain to the wood, while some have a nice swirling grain. Is it because mine is older?
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Well, partially. Did you use the curling iron that came with the bass in the toolset on a regular basis? Those lines straighten out if not professionally maintained.
 
Damn, you're a smart mother scratcher! I would have never thought about that. Thanks! I'll look for one on ebay.
 
I was just emulating the ernieball forum with their "professional maintenance" and "professional setup" to cure all :)
 
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I was just emulating the ernieball forum with their "professional maintenance" and "professional setup" to cure all :)
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Hahahahahaa!!! Don't get me started on the dumbasses from the EBMM forum. Seriously, there are enough extra chromosomes per person in that forum to side an 11 a side soccer match :-D
 
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Well, partially. Did you use the curling iron that came with the bass in the toolset on a regular basis? Those lines straighten out if not professionally maintained.
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Sometimes it happens suddenly, during a gig.
 
Yep.... now I remember why i dont like forums. I ask a simple legit question, and all i get is smart a$$ answers and people talking smack about people in a different forum. I think I will delete this app now.
 
It's just a different wood selection, like bubinga looks straight grain, while bubinga "pommele" looks swirly.
 
They're just having some fun. This is actually one of the better forums out there for getting help. No offense was intended.

As Think said, it's just different woods. I don't know for sure if there are specific years they switched between a "normal" bubinga vs. pomelle, but I do know in some other models, even those built in the same year, sometimes they have a more plain grain whereas others have a more figured grain. I think it mostly boils down to the woods available at the time of construction, how they were cut, etc.

The more recent years seem to put a little more stock in using higher figured woods on most of their models, and are labelled as such (be it bubinga pomelle or AAA Flamed Maple as some examples).
 
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Yep.... now I remember why i dont like forums. I ask a simple legit question, and all i get is smart a$$ answers and people talking smack about people in a different forum. I think I will delete this app now.
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No harm intended. I just wanted to be funny and at the some time had a "professional" run-in.

I should sell my EB basses and get a really cool Warwick.
 
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