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Thanks for all the nice offers.
I may consider trading with regards to high class fretless 6, say Vigier, Lefay, Kost and the likes. Open to offers, cash both directions possible.
Cheers
Marc
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It depends.
PM pls
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Whatever may happen to currency exchange rate within the next days and weeks:
if you send me 2,200€ and take shipping costs, I'm your man.
This bass has a mean growl to it. Intonation is great and chords play easy and sound clear, transparent and without mud. B-string has same volume as E- or A-string, lively harmonics and usable notes even in higher positions.
Open pores and oiling make for great haptics.
Weight is massive: 5,7kg
Electronics work passive and active
Bass has been played, but not much usage the last years. I did some oiling and adjustments.
Sounds:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nhdu9kr89pybf4/warwick_thumb.mp3?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnb7gupeexo3m1z/ww_thumb_gefuddel.wav?dl=0Dimensions:
neck at saddel: 52,45mm
neck at 12. fret: 73,35mm
width at bridge (H core to c core): 84,10mmneck thickness ca. 22mm
neck form factor: flat C, not yet D
Location: Aachen / Aken / Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
price (26-Feb-19): 2200 EUR (approx 1900 GBP), plus shipping costs
Manufacturer data sheet
Bass Thumb Bass NT 6 string
Serial Number B 214 90
Year 1990
Month February
Number 214
Neck Wood Wenge with Bubinga
Fingerboard Wenge, Mother of Dot inlays
Frets Bronce Warwick Frets
Nut Just a Nut Brass version
Neck construction continuous "Hiddenneck" neck connection
Body 3 piece massive Bubinga body
Surface Beeswax finish
Pickups 2 passive Bartolini Humbuckers
Electronic active MEC 2 band electronics
Hardware Schaller Black Hardware, Warwick specific
Made in Germany / 91330 Eggolsheim
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I'm going to add a Titan V12 to my little Mesa bass amp collection.
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aaaahhh
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any Soundsamples ?
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haha, the TL-6, best value/price ratio ever. Payed 550€. Bassculture pickups, neck veeeryy broad. My drummer loves this one, always disappointed when I bring in some other bass.
These Vigiers are outstanding. Best neck profile / playability of all basses I ever owned. Attack faster than traditional basses, but a bit softer than typical high end instruments. Very well suited to all kinds of music.
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current weapons:
SIGN CUSTOM 6, build to my specs:
Lefay Herr Schwarz 6, the first one, too build to my specs:
Vigier Passion 6, No 011
Vigier Arpege 6, No 005
Vigier Arpege No 026
Kost Sujet Standard 6
Peavey TL-6
Lett fretless 6
Warwick Thumb NT 6
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I'll report on former 6-artillery later on.
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What a hell of a thread!
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The only thing better than one sixstring bass is... two sixstring basses!
The only thing better than two sixstring basses is... three sixstring basses!
The only thing better than three sixstring basses is... four sixstring basses!
The only thing better than four sixstring basses is... five sixstring basses!
to be continued
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assume this bass to be sold
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As I'm devoted to sixstring basses, I don't grab that one. sigh
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Open to trades. Sixstring only. Fretted 6 or fretless 6. Heavily interested in Vigier, Lefay, Status Stealth.
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still for sale
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That'a a very good price for a very good instrument
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23 hours ago, mk1967 said:
I suppose it's the same colour like those on my beloved 1993 Arpège III fretless 😍 - where it's called "Antique violin" (I guess)
That one as a sixer! Damn.
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I love the blueburst.
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On 1.11.2017 at 00:22, Sipuri said:
Last bass on the bucket list is a Vigier. This thread is not helping GAS,it's definitely not indigestion I'm feeling just now
Did you ever play one?
There's nothing which can compare, completely different from all I played before.Same with me.
Being a notorious sixer, I went through several high class gems, but for the last 1,5 years I really tied to my (now 3) Vigier bass guitars. What makes them so great?
First: playability. Never ever played a bass which fits so easy into my hands. Responseness to different attack is natural, will reproduce very light attack, can cope with hard hits. It is so easy to play a Vigier.
Second: ADSR (attack - decay - sustain - release). How fast tone builds up, how much transients project, does the overtones release in a consistent way...attack is not ultrafast and not snaily slow, fitting the bass sound very well between kick drum and guitars.
Third: phenomenal fundamentals. Giving clear harmonic direction and definition.
From audiences (non-musicians, musicians, luthiers) I consistently get feedback, that the band's sound significantly improved since I use the Vigiers on stage. The Arpege and Passion basses simply complement the other instruments, supports them and glue the band together
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It HAD the 12-preset-electronics. But I don't like that one. So I replaced it by a Glockenklang-2-band electronic with active/passive capability. IMHO the only on-board electronic leaving natural sound and dynamics uncompromised. Pls hear attached file (neck passive / neck active / both passive / both active / bridge passive / bridge active):
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Added this nice one to my arsenal
Arpege six SeNr 026
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Mesa Boogie Titan V12
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After reheasing with 2 bands here my findings:
- incredible versatile preamp, 2 channels, 2 overdrive settings, plus Boost/solo option (say: eight different volume levels/sounds at your foottipps )
- lots of power, lots of headroom, diggin' harder and even harder into your strings projects in a linear fashion, no intrinsic compression (well, you are on your own to provide even dynamics)
- sorrily, my unit does not work stable with 2 Ohm speaker load. After 30 secs or so, high current protection kicks in and mutes the outputs. 4 and 8 Ohm loads work stable at even silly volumes. (had an email exchange with Mesa Tech Support partner in Europe. Only option is to upgrade the power amp. I'm not convinced to go this way.)