Andyjr1515

I've dropped the price to £950. Still negotiable - but not quite as negotiable as it was before

Yes - that's the kiddie, Simon. Thanks! And it's actually better playing now than it was then. For the bash, I'd only just got it back from a pro-musician friend that I occasionally make and/or lend guitars and basses to and he'd experimented with the great feature of the Warwick bridge where the high-mass base carrying the saddle blocks is actually two part. The top half of the base that carries the saddles is fully adjustable in height and side/side/front/back tilt. I'm pretty sure he'd raised the action using this feature to use it as a bowed instrument - bit like a cello. Since the bash, I've brought it back to full 'normal bass player' spec with a pleasingly low and slick action and plenty of mwaah. The great thing is that, for players who aren't looking for that mwaah, you can raise the whole block easily without having to lift the saddles onto stilts. It's an largely unsung feature of the Warwick system...

No problem at all

Well, Leicester isn't far away...you could always pop over and try it out . As the little known poet Albert Thring once said, 'Dreaming is just ethe-re-al Buying is where it all-gets-real' - which has nothing whatsoever to do with basses, but it does go some way to explain why Albert Thring never made it as a poet... Drop me a PM if you want to pop over - you would be very welcome.

Those who frequent the Build Diaries section will be familiar with the builds and mods I've done for fellow band members, fellow Basschat members and, as with this one, for myself. Yes, it's a self-built - but bass-wise, I have been pleased to have been awarded the 'No Treble' Bass of the Week five times over the past few years. Some of the instruments I have built over the years can be seen on my website www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk And those who have been to some of the more recent Bassbashes may well have seen this very bass, the: "SWAPAAWTBBWADS" bass (Same Woods And Proportions As A Warwick Thumb Bass But, Wisely, A Different Shape). Spec is: 34" Scale through-neck 4-string Solid Bubinga body Mahogany/Wenge 3-part neck Black ebony fretboard Luminlay side markers (1/3/5/etc., at fret positions) Seymour Duncan SJB-2 pickups (passive) Seymour Duncan STC-2 2-band EQ Warwick bridge, stop-tail, tuners and Just-a-nut Mk3 Fitted with D'Addario Chromes Schaller strap buttons (others can be fitted on request) 8lbs 7oz playing weight Background is that I built a tribute Jack Bruce Thumb-ish for our band's bassist (which he still plays) but l ended up playing it myself that often that he suggested I build one of my own. Not wanting to head down a plagiarism route, I made one with the same key dimensions and timbers as the Thumb (although lighter than most I have played) but a different body and headstock shape. There is a build thread on the forum - it's missing some emojis from the various forum format changes but has pretty much all of my original build photos on it if anyone is interested: Why am I selling it? Well, the hand arthritis has got me to the stage where my bass and guitaring days are basically over. The bass sits in a gig bag in a cupboard which is not what basses are made for... Here are a few shots of it. Those with a black background are from when it was first made, those with standard room backgrounds were taken this morning. It is in 'as built' condition: ***Someone asked me to add a close up photo of the body now rather than when it was built. It's here: I'm open to offers - my main priority is getting this to someone who's going to play it. I won't use couriers but more than happy to meet halfway up to 100 mile radius from Derby.