Rolf

"Hate" is too strong a word, but "disappointment" certainly isn't. I got a Gibson SG bass in a trade and it basically did not feel like a quality instrument, at all. It looked pretty cool, but it was unbalanced, with poor hardware and pickups. It came with flats and everything I played sounded like a dull thud with no sustain. Then I changed to rounds, which made everything I played sound like a dull clunk with no sustain. I don't know how Gibson can keep selling them. Thankfully I sold it pretty quickly, for good money, and spent it on a bass I wanted instead.

I have my parts P-bass strung in BEAD and it works good. I also have a Hipshot d-tuner so I can go down to A, it's a little floppy with a .130, a .135 would be better.

I'm a fan of the Dimarzio Model Js, I have them in my old Warwick Streamer. They're dark but not muddy, and have a lot of output. If you connect the coils in series it's getting close to a P sound.

I recently got it, or rather one of my dream basses: That leaves a Wal mk.1 and a Vigier Passion, the one with a carbon fiber neck.

I love 8s, but I can feel the neck dive from here.

Those 12s are very cool! How do they balance? I had an 8-string with a Thunderbird body but the neckdive was horrible.

No, it's sealed by the resin so it won't need any treatment.

I play a lot in drop D and drop Db and I use .110 strings for both tunings. Right now I have Dean Markley Blue Steel for drop Db and Cleartones for drop D. I like the tension of the .110s for E/D# standard tunings too.

It was the first thing I fixed when I got it home 😄

I can see that, it's not a lightweight at 5.1kg, but it's not the heaviest Thumb I've encountered luckily. Not even my heaviest bass as it turns out, I had to check all my others and my 8-string P-bass is actually 5.2 kg

I'm very happy with it! It plays and sounds great as it is, and a cleanup, wax polish and oiled fretboard did wonders for the looks:

I've wanted one of these for YEARS and I finally got one. It's a 1988 NT5 with a beautiful pommele bubinga body and stock EMGs. It plays great and balances pretty good too. Just needs a fresh coat of wax to bring out the nice wood grain!

OK, NOW it’s a collection!

Turned out great, it looks even more like a Wal now Just a little sanding left before I screw them on.

I have two older Warwicks, a 1987 Streamer and a 2003 Thumb, so both over 20 years old. They’re solid, very high quality instruments and should last for years and years. My Streamer has some fret wear but they can probably be redressed before they have to be replaced. And I replaced the truss rod two years ago, that was a 15 minute fix. Just beware that the old one-way truss rods can be difficult to find. I got the Thumb a couple of months ago and it can’t have been played much, it feels brand new with no wear at all, just a couple of nicks in the body. I’m still looking for another Warwick, I’ve got to have a neck-through Thumb sometime