FT: '98 Warwick Thumb 4 BO Bubinga/wenge & Jackson warrior WRMG trade with 5 or 6 string fretless or fretted

[Bassdude BE]

Hi There,
as i'm looking to step up to a 5 string (pref. a lined fretless,might also consider a 6 string with narrow nut) i'm looking to trade in my beloved and recently revised '98 Thumb BO and can also ad a Jackson warrior guitar or some cash to the deal to make it your worth while.

The Thumb is in perfect nick and after a thorough revision of the electronics and woodwork it looks and sounds even better than i could have hoped.
I would never think of letting this go if i didn't have enough of 4 strings and really felt that it's time to move on to 5 and/or 6 strings.


[b]the spec's:[/b]

[i]body[/i]: striped Bubinga
*completely cleaned and waxed several times over the last 8 weeks

[i]neck[/i]: wenge + ovangkol (wenge stripe in the middel, ovangkol at the sides)
* just had a near perfect set-up incl. intonation a.o.

[i]fretboard[/i]: wenge

[i]frets[/i]: bellbrass
*frets have just been polished

[i]p.u.'s & electronics[/i]: MEC pick-up's and pre-amp,
active circuit with active/passive push/pull switch
*battery compartiment/connection and part of the wiring have just been replaced

[i]strings[/i]: Ernie Ball Hybrid slinkys 45-105

[i]tuners[/i]: Gotoh GB-350 Res-o-lite tuners (only 35-37gr. a/p.)
*tuners were ordered new at Soundland.de 8weeks ago and have only been in use for about 1 month.
These tuners are the lightest currently available and they reduce the neckdive isue that good that you can even hardly feel it's there when combined with a good strap.Packaging and bill of tuners is available.

link to tuners: [url="http://www.soundland.de/catalog/mechaniken/gotoh-gb-350-bassmechanik-p-257893.html"]Gotoh GB-350 Bassmechanik[/url]

Warwick Rockbag & extra set of EB 45-105 hybrid slinkys are included.
*I might be able to modify a guitarcase to fit the thumb in case this should be necesary to secure safe shipment.
Considered it's immaculate condition, the hard work and new parts i've put in it i would value this around 915GBP/1050Euro excl. shipment .

lots of detailed pictures of the thumb here:
[url="https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/Thumb#"]https://picasaweb.go...91607043/Thumb#[/url]





[b]Second i can offer a g**t*r as part of a trade.[/b]

This is an older Jackson warrior WRMG (one that was made in Jackson's better days),
it has an emg89 in the bridge, an emg-hz in neckposition and a licensed floyd rose that has just been equiped with 5 new hypertension springs so it stays in tune much longer.
I'm not sure but i think the body is alder, the neck is hard maple with rosewood fretboard. the neck is fast ,straight and easy to play and the guitar is equiped with brand new EB Beefy slinkys.

[u]Now for some negative points:[/u]
As with all guitars that have these strange pointy shapes there are some dings and dongs and some chips and scratches at the conders.
The bright side is that most of the damage is on the backside and it will hardly been noticed when playing.
All in all the guitar looks pretty good for it's age and just oozes brutality when you look at it.:twisted:

Second negative point is a little problem with the pre-amp:
when i got the guitar there was some crackle in the poti's so i cleaned the contacts and the poti's with some contact cleaner, but while cleaning the electrics two wires accidentely came loose and these should be soldered back on again to put the guitar back in working order. just a little job and if you want i'll have it repaired myself by my local guitartech but if you decide to do it yourself you can have the guitar for cheaper value.

Whammy bar and case are also included.

I would prefer to offer this as part of a trade combined with the thumb for a lined fretless 5/6 string,
but in case of a straight sale i would value this at around 305GBP/350Euro if you take it as is or at around 350GBP/400Euro when i have it soldered and set-up by my guitartech first.


lots of detailed pictures of the Jackson here:
[url="https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/JacksonWRMG"]https://picasaweb.go...043/JacksonWRMG[/url]#


I'm intrested in trades with 5strings or narrow nut 6 strings, it thas to be pref. a Warwick and pref. as close as you can get to the sound of a thumb. I would prefer a lined or partially lined fretless, but will consider as well fretless as fretted versions.

I can offer a trade of the thumb + Jackson
OR
the thumb + cash
OR
(maybe if it's really worth it!) the thumb + the Jackson + cash

Let me know what you got!

Peace & Grooves!
D.

Edited September 22, 2011 by Bassdude BE

[Big Black Shed]

The Jackson photos not woking.

[Bassdude BE]

[quote name='Big Black Shed' timestamp='1316558316' post='1379805']
The Jackson photos not woking.
[/quote]

sorry, my mistake ,i forgot to put the album in the "public to all" section, it should be fixed now!

[url="https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/JacksonWRMG"]https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/JacksonWRMG[/url]#

[Bassdude BE]

Here are some resized pictures of the thumb,
if you want the full size pictures check this link: [url="https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/Thumb"]https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/Thumb[/url]#

[Bassdude BE]

& Here some resized pictures of the Jackson,
if you want the full size pictures check this link: [url="https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/JacksonWRMG"]https://picasaweb.google.com/114784379631091607043/JacksonWRMG[/url]#

[Bassdude BE]

bump!
Now intrested in trades with unlined fretless basses as well.

[Bassdude BE]

Bump , i also have an as new Genz Benz streamliner 600 and 2 Aguilar GS112's to offer!

[Bassdude BE]

bump, now open for other (trade-) offers!

[Chris2112]

To me the Thumb looks more like an Ovangkol body and a three piece wenge neck. Which is what it would be if it were a standard bolt on model of that era. It's not a custom shop model, is it?

[Bassdude BE]

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1317137539' post='1387225']
To me the Thumb looks more like an Ovangkol body and a three piece wenge neck. Which is what it would be if it were a standard bolt on model of that era. It's not a custom shop model, is it?
[/quote]


You could be right about the neck,
but the body is definately striped Bubinga (the wood has a lot more of a "red" to it in real life than in the pictures, also i have compared the bass with my friends ovangkol thumb and the wood structure/colour and sound is a whole lot different to the ovangkol one)

this is definately the wood of the body: http://www.warwick.de/modules/custom_shop/options.php?TYP=WOODS&submenuID=14620&katID=14627&cl=EN


It's not a custom order model but the bubinga body used to be an option back in the day as there were a lot of "not so standard" thumbs being made in that period.


If you check the warwick forum you can find some posts that explain the different wood combinations that were used for some basses of "the standard line"
in that transition period as they were already experimenting with alternate woods for the necks and bodys , but still had some "old stock" woods that they were also trying to get rid of.. this bass would be a step between the older Bubinga pomele bodys and the newer ovangkol bodys.

(that's also the reason why i was thinking the neck is also a combination of the darker wenge and the lighter ovangkol as that transition was made in the same period)


Anyway, i've already tried a lot of thumbs in the last two years and this always triked me as " the best" as it has seems it has the best of 2 worlds,
for one it has less neck-dive problems as the other thumbs i'v tried and also the neck is more stable and easyer to play than the newer thumbs i've tried.

To be honest i would be really sad to see this go and i'm actually hoping that i can free some funds for a fretless by selling other stuff so i can keep this one in my collection.

[Bassdude BE]

UP

open to offers, got my eye on a beautifull fretless here on the forum..