4low Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Updated Price: 1090 £ / 1390 € I am selling my Warwick FNA Jazzman - one of only 200 from the Limited Edition for Warwick's 20th anniversary in 2002. The most spectacular feature is probably the top which is made of Swirly Bubinga : Warwick had started collecting and storing this wood years before especially for this Edition. Ovangkol neck and palisander fretboard with mother-of-pearl inlays. Hans-Peter Wilfer (founder of Warwick) has personally signed this bass on the back of the headstock. The bass has the Warwick signature growl, 2 MEC (Large Pole MM & J) Pickups, nice to adjust with 3-Band-EQ and "Slap Countour" activation through pulling the violume poti. 3way Miniswitch for the MM-HB (Serial, Parallel, Single Coil). Top condition, comes with Warwick user kit (only the bee wax is out, which is good news, as the bass has been well taken care of) and certificate. The instrument is located in Munich, Germany, but I will be happy to ship. 1190 £ / 1490 € plus shipping. No trades! Will take more pictures on request. Edited September 29, 2014 by 4low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72deluxe Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) Not sure if this is still for sale, but have a free bump! I have a couple of FNA Jazzman basses and they're lovely. They aren't curved like Streamers but I think a curve would only make me expand my beer belly to fit the curve.... Lovely bass. Wish I had the money, and the desire for a 4 string haha. Does this really have the "slap contour" EQ with the volume switch? Mine had the standard MEC preamp and this switch just bypasses the preamp entirely (very useful if you have a flat battery) Edited February 13, 2014 by 72deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Thanks, 72! It is a great bass and, yes. it is still for sale... All I am doing now with it is look at and admire it while I play 5ers... This one has the best looking top of all the 2002 Ltd.s I have seen: the proportion of the lighter part in the middle of the body just seems "right" in relation to the body... Yes, it does have the "Slap Contour" feature - wich I find great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basexperience Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Hello there. I'm lucky enough to have 151/200 - which one is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Hi! I am currently traveling abroad and the bass is not with me... if I remember correctly, it is number 162... this is also written on the back of the headstock - but the picture isn't clear enough. I will verify the 162 when I am back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 I was right... It is #162 of 200 - and a very nice looking one, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Interested but... ££££ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ditto !! My dream Bass right there, well along with a 63 P Bass. Alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Go for it! Much cheaper than a 63 P ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) Price drop: 1250 GbP / 1550 Euro plus shipping from Germany Edited July 3, 2014 by 4low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Make me an offer...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally8 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 oohhhhhh sexy. Have a bump from a fellow FNA Jazzman lover/owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72deluxe Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 You don't see many FNA Jazzman basses coming up for sale - nor many of them in the wild! I'm glad to know they are around. You see far more Corvettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally8 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1405942942' post='2506707'] You don't see many FNA Jazzman basses coming up for sale - nor many of them in the wild! I'm glad to know they are around. You see far more Corvettes. [/quote] I always call my FNA Jazzman a corvette due to the same body shape - am i being thick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72deluxe Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Not really, but the Corvette has no preamp, and even the "active" Corvette with a preamp only has bass / treble boost and not the three-band like the FNA. Additionally, the FNA was the one that has the massive humbucker on it, so it sounds quite different to a Corvette (I have an active Corvette too!), and obviously with the Jazzman you can get a warm round tone thanks to the neck pickup. You can also route the electronics on the FNA differently (pickups in series in different orders or in parallel), whereas the Corvette only offers a blend between the two pickups. They are the same shape though. Flat. But I would say they are rather different instruments given the different electronics and pickups. The FNA Jazzman sounds much beefier than the Corvette to my deaf ears. I think the FNA should fetch a higher price than the Corvette due to the extra versatility of the instrument (you can boost the middles!) and if you have one with a fancypants EQ (not standard), it has a smile-curve EQ for quick slapping tone that you get by pulling the volume knob (it is a preamp bypass switch ordinarily). So yes without me blabbing on further, I would argue that FNA is superior to the Corvette (which is subjective, depending on what you're after in a bass obviously) and is quite a different instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cana.dan Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Wow! What a bass. Really wish I wasn't broke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally8 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 [quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1405959028' post='2506944'] Not really, but the Corvette has no preamp, and even the "active" Corvette with a preamp only has bass / treble boost and not the three-band like the FNA. Additionally, the FNA was the one that has the massive humbucker on it, so it sounds quite different to a Corvette (I have an active Corvette too!), and obviously with the Jazzman you can get a warm round tone thanks to the neck pickup. You can also route the electronics on the FNA differently (pickups in series in different orders or in parallel), whereas the Corvette only offers a blend between the two pickups. They are the same shape though. Flat. But I would say they are rather different instruments given the different electronics and pickups. The FNA Jazzman sounds much beefier than the Corvette to my deaf ears. I think the FNA should fetch a higher price than the Corvette due to the extra versatility of the instrument (you can boost the middles!) and if you have one with a fancypants EQ (not standard), it has a smile-curve EQ for quick slapping tone that you get by pulling the volume knob (it is a preamp bypass switch ordinarily). So yes without me blabbing on further, I would argue that FNA is superior to the Corvette (which is subjective, depending on what you're after in a bass obviously) and is quite a different instrument. [/quote] Cheers 72 delux - mine has that pull slap tone thingy but i have beefed my slap tone (via the little screws in the back) for playing certain metal tunes rather than a nice slappy tone. They are awesome basses, my neck is lighting fast. Good luck with the sale and i wish i had the justification to buy another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Thanks, guys, for the explanations and free bumps... The "slap tone thingy" is called the "Slap Contour" feature, and all 2002 Limiteds have it. Works great! I hope I find a good home for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Price Drop: 1190 £ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basexperience Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Good lord, it's still on here. Hmm. Do I need *two* of them... 1% of the world stock... I absolutely *adore* my one, it's a stunning piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks, it sure is! People seem to think that, just because it is pretty, it cannot be a player... but everyone who has tried one knows better... By the way: you DO need two of them, sure! :-) ... just imagine something happened to one of them...and I also believe you would then have more than 1% ... in 12 years, I am sure some of them got destroyed... Edited August 21, 2014 by 4low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Nobody interested??? ... make me an offer...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basexperience Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Yeah, they play gorgeous - I used mine for 3 months out in Andorra over a ski season: it ate it up and spat it out. Was lucky enough to use one of the rare Trace Elliot V4 combos too, the sound was immense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4low Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Still here... price update to 1090 £ / 1390 € ... also: just put a new set of DR Lo Riders on the bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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