Weird Thumb

Lorenzo

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Why did they put this dark wood on the wings? For extra growl?
 

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My guess is they were the same color as the body but as they aged darkened more than the other parts.
 
I guess they are just some unusual grain not different pieces of wood and they look cool:)
 
Yeah, it looks like that swirly bubinga, with light and dark parts. Awsome grain!!! Wowowowow!
 
That looks stunning, its odd to see that effect. It really equals out the look

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I don't think I've see this kind of Bubinga since then. We do have beautiful and impressive grained bubinga, but different. This wavy, light colored piece is awesome!
 
i've never seem a bubinga pattern like that, quite stunning. Sort of like its got a quilted maple-y effect to it
 
Thank you for your comments. Fyi more photos of this cute bass are in the For sale section under the "Thumb V 1988 any takers" thread
 
I'm sure I have seen this very kind of grain on, at least, another Warwick bass. I wonder, this could be due to the way the wood was sawed. Like on the LTD 2013 (fretboard), or on Roscoe basses... Don't know... but it sure looks amazing!
 
Hi Herb, long time no bass. Hope you are well! Did you not own an 89 Thumb 4 NT? I remember recognising it in your photos years ago, cos it loked familiar and I believe it once belonged to a dear friend of mine (who sold it in Zurich around 1997 or 98). Did you know that he reversed over it (in a soft gig bag) in a huge jeep? It was fine! I guess that is part of why I like Thumbs.
 
Aside from the dark wings, my 90 Thumb had almost identical wood grain, really lovely bubinga!
 
From what I understand, bubinga bark is very light in colour, which explained the pattern on the LTD 2002 Corvette (my old bass). However (not so sure about this), I seem to remember seeing that there could also be darker wood (possibly because of resin?) outside or mixed in with the lighter bark, hence the darker areas.
 
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