Dubs Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Lead-Nobby-Meidel-No-8-of-30-In-The-World_W0QQitemZ130236946735QQihZ003QQcategoryZ118985QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Lead-Nobby-M...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] This is a first on me - a one time special run of 30 guitar versions of the headless Warwick Nobby bass (the first Warwick from what i gather). ...where's Warwickhunt when you need him? Edited July 10, 2008 by benwhiteuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='236834' date='Jul 10 2008, 07:56 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Lead-Nobby-Meidel-No-8-of-30-In-The-World_W0QQitemZ130236946735QQihZ003QQcategoryZ118985QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Lead-Nobby-M...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] This is a first on me - a one time special run of 30 guitar versions of the headless Warwick Nobby bass (the first Warwick from what i gather). ...where's Warwickhunt when you need him? [/quote] Did someone call The Nobby's are/were some of the earliest and limited but oddly enough the bass version appears on eBay with surprising regularity... it's either a handful of duff basses that keep doing the rounds or owners never hold onto them. I've seen the basses selling for less than a grand. I've not seen the guitar version that often (nor have I studied it) though I do recall a while back someone questioning if the couple that have been noted are cut down basses! The pup mounts look like they could be hiding a cavity routed for bass pups but I'd really not like to say what the real story is. I suppose the scale length and fret spacing would easily identify if this were originally made as a guitar! Letters of authenticity from a music shop or HPW are so easily faked/typed up that I'd be reluctant to take that as the only form of provenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Seems to be a Steiny copy that's missed the point. There's a comment on the link he provides telling us the necks may have stability issues - nice to know what you might get for 6 grand. It's rare. Suckers aren't , sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaussie Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='237088' date='Jul 11 2008, 09:26 AM']Did someone call The Nobby's are/were some of the earliest and limited but oddly enough the bass version appears on eBay with surprising regularity... it's either a handful of duff basses that keep doing the rounds or owners never hold onto them. I've seen the basses selling for less than a grand.[/quote] I've tried a couple of Nobby basses. They actually sound very Warwick-like, which I guess shouldn't have surprised me, but did anyway!! The thing that put me off was the feel. They really don't sit very well at all. I've got a real Steinberger L2, and while I never made a side-by-side comparison, I feel comfortable saying there's really no comparison between the two as to how the feel strapped on. [quote name='warwickhunt' post='237088' date='Jul 11 2008, 09:26 AM']I've not seen the guitar version that often (nor have I studied it) though I do recall a while back someone questioning if the couple that have been noted are cut down basses! The pup mounts look like they could be hiding a cavity routed for bass pups but I'd really not like to say what the real story is. I suppose the scale length and fret spacing would easily identify if this were originally made as a guitar! Letters of authenticity from a music shop or HPW are so easily faked/typed up that I'd be reluctant to take that as the only form of provenance.[/quote] I was thinking much the same. Still, there are these rarities around (for example, the early Status/Strata guitars), and since the guitar buying public is much larger than the bass-buying one, it would make sense to at least makes some prototypes to see if they'd sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnbass Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I love Warwicks, but that design is an abomination. It's going to stand on it's own tuners.... What genius thought of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 [quote name='finnbass' post='237182' date='Jul 11 2008, 11:33 AM']I love Warwicks, but that design is an abomination. It's going to stand on it's own tuners.... What genius thought of that?[/quote] It does come with a centre-pin fitting for a stand but I agree that I'm not a huge fan of the design. Must say that the re-released version looks tastier. I've often wondered whether (like the Streamer shape) it was licenced from N Steinberger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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