Warwick Stress Test

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For those who were looking for this picture, and for those who were unaware, I found the pic of Hans Peter Wilfer testing the strength of a Warwick neck:



Some have mentioned Ned Steinberger doing this with one of his basses, but those are carbon composite molded necks. What make the Warwick test so special is that it is an all-wood neck and it proves the strength and stability of the woods Warwick chooses for their necks! Don't try this with most other basses!
 
I may do it wrong, but I use to shake my WW' neck while doing truss rod adjustments to stabilize it quicker. It doesn't move too much. Once I did that to my friend's cheap bass. I didn't mess anything, but neck felt like a rubber band and my friend was scared a lot... :shock:
 
That is pretty damn strong and hats off to HPW for having the conviction to get on there!

It is all the more impressive when you consider that the headstock alone is resting on one chair (its not like its half way down the neck) and the body alone is on the other (again not half of the neck).
 
As much as I trust Hans Peter and the strength of Warwick necks I'll not be trying that at home.
 
holy crap that's hard to watch! Looks exactly like the streamer pro M I just bought a few weeks ago. Maybe that's why I got it so cheap, lol.
 
permadave said:
holy crap that's hard to watch! Looks exactly like the streamer pro M I just bought a few weeks ago. Maybe that's why I got it so cheap, lol.
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LOL!
 
this freaks me out, but then again that is amazing
 
Greg said:
I saw Ned Stienberger do this with a Synapsis guitar.
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Here's a YouTube of Ned showing the stability of the Synapse - not only does it survive him standing on it between two chairs, but it still plays in tune afterwards! But the Steinberger has a carbon composite supporting the rock maple neck. Most other guitars would "synapse" under such stress... :lol: But not a Warwick!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeiyx2mByo[/ame]
 
No arguing Steinberger makes quality product. On the cross sections of the necks on the Warwick site it shows the truss rod and 2 rectangular rods, 1 on either side of the rod. Anyone know what these rocs are made of?
 
Their the stiffening bars.Over the years Warwick has used a couple materials but settled on mild steel. :wink:
 
Thanks this is the pic I wanted to show my friend that is currently on the market for a bass. I had been looking for it everywhere and could not find it.

thanks a lot for posting it. for real.
 
I was wonderin thought. those are with wenge necks right? what happened if that were done on an ovangkol?

I wished there was a vid of that stress test on the neck.

LOL.
 
thats amazing :o :o :o and he doesn't look like a light weight either.

wouldn't even think of testing it for myself :shock:
 
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