=The Warwick Thumb Club=

Sen8 said:
Thx Florin! Who's that Morgoth? His nick sounds dark as hell...! I'll protect that thumb as my daughter!!! (my wife yells at me when i take too much car of my thumb^^)
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You must fear him, he´s the "Thumb predator"



:D
 
Florin said:
Welcome sen8, nice bass there :-) Beware, there is a guy named Morgoth here on the forum, he will try to steal your bass :-)
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Everytime I am I the chatbox, he asks about my Thumb 5 NT FL and if I am selling it rofl
 
I've met this Morgoth guy in the past, he's very evul. He has already stolen many Phumbz, and he won't stop. Trust me, avoid him at all costs. I think you should send your Phumbz to me, so I can protect them from his evulness. Yeah, this is the best solution.
 
Yeah, you're right, i should send to you my Thumb right now!It's unsafe here...Mais bon un Reimois, c'est de l'autre côté de la France pour moi!
 
Guys, how many of u are using WW amps with your thumb? Are the results great? I tried yesterday a 300W WW head with 15" WW cab, and it sounded awesome...
 
Hi guys - I'm new here. Just picked up a 98 Thumb on ebay the other week. I've a sizeable collection of basses, and my two main stage basses up until now have been a Status Kingbass and an Alembic Stanley Clarke. I'd always been intrigued by Warwicks, especially the Thumbs, on account of their slightly oddball (in a world full of Fenders and their clones) looks and that famous growl, but it's taken me a long time to jump in and take a chance on one. I guess I thought it would take something really special to capture my imgination in the same way as the Status and Alembic have. But I found this Thumb, nothing flashy, just a standard BO 4 string, at a price I just couldn't pass up, and hey presto, here I am. First impressions out of the box were that it has a very tactile quality about it (all my other basses are lacquer finished, so the the feel of the bare wood of this bass is still strange to me!) that makes you want to pick it up and play it, and the sound is massive - warm and growly at the bottom, sparkly but not harsh at the top: just how I like it! But I wanted to hold off on commenting until I'd tried it out in a band situation - I've had too much experience of picking up basses that sound fantastic in isolation, but which, when played alongside a drummer and guitars, just feel disappointing, with little impact or girth.
Well, this little thing didn't disappoint at all. In fact, I was blown away. A wonderful solid tone at all volumes, and one of the few basses I've ever played that, when you really dig in, feels like it can keep up with you. In a live situation, with the adrenalin pumping, I find that most basses reach a point at which they seem to say, 'No, sorry, that's all I can give you!' - beyond that point, you're just expending extra energy for no noticeable increase in dynamics. But the Thumb never reached that point - it just kept giving! Fantastic! I'm yet to try it out on a real hardcore funk-fusion gig, but I've one coming up very soon, and can't wait to see how it performs.
I just have some small issues with the ergonomics: I don't mind the little bit of neck dive (I have an Alembic Stanley Clarke, so I'm used to that!), but I do find the concave back strange. I'm a skinny guy, and I find that the top edge digs into my ribs a little - convex would suit me better! Still, it's worth putting up with this for that sound and playability.
Anyway, great to finally be a member of this happy club.
Karl
 
Welcome. 8:

And, as you may know, there is this nice forum law which says something like "no pics, no bass". ;-)
 
Welcome to the forum Karl, and thanks for the nice story :-)

Maybe your next buy will be a 5 stringer, they are pretty different, because the pickup placement is different. for most of us, that's the true monstruous Thumb sound :-)

The 4 stringer is very close though, and many of us prefer it, because it it has more lows than the 5 stringer.

Now post those pics, or you are just having fantasies :-)
 
Ah, yes, that old rule - fair enough, here she is:

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Last arrived '89 Thumb, unfortunately the camera phone can't take the really wonderful grain of the wood, that is one of the best that i ever seen... For the second time xD
 
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