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Possibly odd Warwick at Bass Direct...


Kev
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[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Warwick_thumb_NT5.html"]http://www.bassdirec..._thumb_NT5.html[/url]

...is it me, or was this bass fitted with side LEDs (switch and extra battery route) which are now removed, leaving holes where the side dots should be? Check the picture that shows that side of the neck and zoom in.

I mean, it could just be that the LEDs appear black when off, but they bizarrely look like holes to me! Odd that LEDs haven't been mentioned in the description either.

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[quote name='tom5string' timestamp='1487833649' post='3243273']
No matter what that is: the price is WAY too high imo
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No different to all their used bass prices then. Especially on Warwicks. They had a Streamer 4LX on their Facebook page for a grand the other day!

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[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1487835865' post='3243285']
Zoom in on the fret markers and the one on the right you can see a bit of red in- I think they are red LEDs and having seen a few bass direct bass descriptions I think it's far more likely they forgot to meantion them.
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I thought it was weird!

Given its 5 minutes down the road from me I could just go and check it.

Regarding price, it isn't that bad. You would want to list it for less than £1,200 privately, so £1,500 at a shop is pretty reasonable.

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[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1487834994' post='3243281']


No different to all their used bass prices then. Especially on Warwicks. They had a Streamer 4LX on their Facebook page for a grand the other day!
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I noticed that. An astronomical price for an LX. I sold a near mint 2009 model with the nicer neck profile for a smidge over £500!

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[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1487838434' post='3243329']
I noticed that. An astronomical price for an LX. I sold a near mint 2009 model with the nicer neck profile for a smidge over £500!
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Do bear in mind Bass Direct do commission sales. They may not be Mark's prices :)

If I had to guess, the Thumb would be a trade-in at that kind of price (realistic), whereas that LX may well have been a commission sale, where the seller needs to get their 20% commission back somehow ;)

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Seems a bit overpriced to me, but I'm a tight northerner :lol:
Nice Thumb, and yes looks likely to have had LEDs at some point. Worth a phone to check as the descriptions are often just lifted off the net for their ads.
'Wick withdrawal Kev?

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I haven't really inspected a Warwick all that carefully before, but I think I'm now starting to understand the appeal. The craftsmanship is very impressive. From the front it looks like a one piece body, yet from the back you can see it's a neck through. Most brands would usually settle for a neck and two wings, occasionally capped with another fancy slice of wood. This seems to me like they've scooped out the back to fit the neck, leaving the top intact, and it looks so seamless. I can't remember when I last saw a bass that looked so much like one unified piece. Even the way the fretboard tapers off onto the body is incredibly smooth. Bloody gorgeous that is!

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[quote name='ZilchWoolham' timestamp='1488029739' post='3245163']
I haven't really inspected a Warwick all that carefully before, but I think I'm now starting to understand the appeal. The craftsmanship is very impressive. From the front it looks like a one piece body, yet from the back you can see it's a neck through. Most brands would usually settle for a neck and two wings, occasionally capped with another fancy slice of wood. This seems to me like they've scooped out the back to fit the neck, leaving the top intact, and it looks so seamless. I can't remember when I last saw a bass that looked so much like one unified piece. Even the way the fretboard tapers off onto the body is incredibly smooth. Bloody gorgeous that is!
[/quote] what I like them, or the old ones, is you get a feeling that the design and the woods are part of the same. The woods and construction methods have been chosen for certain sonic or visual reasons and that's why they look the way they do. Even body shapes are partly down to the weights of the woods I think.
Form following function - appeals to the designer in me

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I actually love it when this happens....
"Oh that's way too expensive......oh it's sold" lol

Happened recently when I sold my JV Squier on Facebook....
"Oh that's way too expensive for a Squier"
"That's ok, it just sold so......" ;)

Si

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[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1488034006' post='3245224']
I actually love it when this happens....
"Oh that's way too expensive......oh it's sold" lol

Happened recently when I sold my JV Squier on Facebook....
"Oh that's way too expensive for a Squier"
"That's ok, it just sold so......" ;)

Si
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:lol:
I don't really understand why people were saying the Thumb was expensive though. Certainly not as shop stock.

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IIRC the older Warwick bodies were cut into three pieces, two side pieces and a center piece. The center piece had its back half removed, onto which the neck was glued. Then the two separately shaped sides were glued back on the neck+centerpiece. Result: a neck thru construction that's hidden from the front.

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  • 2 months later...

This is back at Bassdirect, I was quite interested last time before it went. Do you reckon its still the slim neck era? Id beinterested to see if the LEDs could be added back in, as my onstage eyesight is getting a little dodgy under stage lights.

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[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1487838434' post='3243329']


I noticed that. An astronomical price for an LX. I sold a near mint 2009 model with the nicer neck profile for a smidge over £500!
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You sold it very cheap. I've seen other LX basses sell for £1000

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[quote name='andytoad' timestamp='1494362515' post='3295428']
This is back at Bassdirect, I was quite interested last time before it went. Do you reckon its still the slim neck era? Id beinterested to see if the LEDs could be added back in, as my onstage eyesight is getting a little dodgy under stage lights.
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I have a '89 one of these. It looks similar apart from the older ones had carved back of the head stock. I have a '91 stage 2 and that is similar neck like on my Thumb.

It is interesting how big the battery compartment is. Looks double to my two '89 Thumbs so I would be interested to know if this is 18v.

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