[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1375798' date='Sep 16 2011, 06:04 PM']Lovely piece of timber. It must be one of the last Thumbs to have the carved rear headstock as I've tended to note that as the 2 piece bridge came in the carving went out (I've owned couple 89s that didn't have the carving and iirc an 88 that didn't, so I assume this may have sat in storage).[/quote]
Yup the carved rear headstock finished in 1988 so this must have been one of the last to be made, it is a beautiful bass and totally unmarked, not even thumb rest prints The grain looks like a pool of water and ripples, stunning.