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Vintage, great-sounding set of active EMG P/J bass pickups.

These have come out from a late 80's Warwick.

[color=#000000]Warwick Thumb NT6 bass, from Warwick's golden days. [/color][color=#000000]Hand-made in 1990 in Western Germany. I have owned this for about 3 years, but alas, my needs have changed and this beast has to go![/color]

[color=#000000]Electrics feature Seymour Duncan Basslines pickups and Warwick 2 band preamp (with active / passive push-pull pot). [/color][color=#000000]Schaller strap locks attachments are installed.[/color]
[color=#000000]All hardware is original, as far as I know. Wenge / bubinga woods combination, with wenge fretboard.[/color]



[color=#000000]Great low action, and the truss rod works well. Bronze frets are in decent shape.[/color] [color=#000000]Restrung with £50 La Bella steel roundwound strings just prior to sale.[/color]

[color=#000000]There are scratches due normal use; please note the lacquer chip next to one of the frets - but this one doesn't affect playability. There is also a surface scratch on top horn, but it doesn't look to have gone through to the wood.[/color] I added a photo that's me trying to make it as visible as possible (flash and all) - you can hardly see in the other photos.... It is a 27-year old instrument, after all :-)

[color=#000000]The actual finish is the rare gloss-black polish(slightly blue tint), but with wood grain still visible underneath. I believe a set of 3 Thumbs were made like this, for a 1990 trade show.[/color]

[color=#000000]Comes with Warwick rockbag.[/color] Bass is heavy, but sounds incredible (two sides of the wood choices, I suppose). There's the famous warwick growl on low notes, and piano-like sustain on the high notes.

[color=#000000]Meet-up in Wimbledon / Central London preferred. I don't want to post this bass and risk it being smashed! I may be able to meet half-way if you are driving down, within reason....[/color]


I've included other photos I took of the bass, inside / outside - hopefuly to compensate for my lack of photography skills....

Sorry if I missed this earlier in the thread, but are the frets going to extend higher by a few mm, after the neck/body joint?

Looks like a fascinating project :-)

Sold Ian a Dimarzio pickup, instant payment, highly recommended. Cheers

into-what? :-)

or Roland HD-3. Mesh snare makes a big difference.

I'm happy to have a go at a track (i'm assuming it's a full band?) - drop me a PM

and SOLD, in record time

Billy Sheehan signature pickup from Dimarzio.

Bit of wear on the cover but perfect working condition. Comes with original box.

Bank transfer or paypal gift pleas. Price includes postage in UK.

sounds like the engineer was intending to make use of the amp's power section, with the hope of needing to put less bass through the PA / monitors. maybe it didn't work out in practice ;-)

looks incredible!

SOLD

different circuit (has 3 band EQ, plus passive tone) to the one posted above, but thanks. Looks like bass exploratory surgery it is!

anyone?

I am sure the extra pickup routs are very clean, and precise, not done with a chisel by an angry hamster.

wow!!! may be your best work yet

Hi guys

I'm a recent and v happy owner of a 2012 Fender USA Precision Deluxe (P/J, active / passive tone controls). I'm loving it, but I noticed that when it is in "passive" mode, changing any of the 3 EQ controls seems to have an effect on the tone. I haven't opened up the bass, but I found this a bit strange. It's not drastic, but I can hear the difference when turning the EQ knobs...

is this normal? is the active EQ, even nominally bypassed, still loading the pickups / circuit somehow? or is this likely a "defect" -either due to Fender's circuit design, or maybe how prior owner wired in the new passive Dimarzio pickups?

Would appreciate any experiences with other active / passive circuits...

many thanks
Roman

all good, highly recommend. cheers!

Sold some TI's to Davie, all very easy. best wishes!

cool idea - remind me a little of the Steve Morse musicman signature guitar

SOLD

As part of the forthcoming gear clear-out, I found a set o[color=#000000]f Thomastik Infeld flats that I will not have a use for.[/color]

[color=#000000]Please note the following:[/color][list]
[*]I got the strings as a together with a bass that I bought (as spares for the other TI set), so I can’t give an accurate number of hours they were played prior to me owning – however when I string them up yesterday, the strings seemed to have a decent bit of metallic “zing” left…. So they are not dead! I have played them for maximum of 15 minutes yesterday.
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[*]G string silk seems to be a tad darker than others if you look closely. Don’t know why. It's possible these strings came from different TI sets originally[font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=#000000].[/color][/size][/font]
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[*]G string measures around 110cm from tip to ball end (~43.3 inches). All other strings are actually longer. The G MAY fit a 4-in-line headstock, but please check carefully. I am sure this set would fit 2+2 or 3+1 headstocks, though.
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[*]Although this did not come with the strings as I got them, I have a full TI string packaging set (at some it was used to store other strings), which I have included and will post the strings in.
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[color=#000000]So I propose £18 posted … hopefully that’s fair given the above?[/color]

[color=#000000]Paypal gift or bank transfer preferred.[/color]

[color=#000000]Cheers[/color]
[color=#000000]Roman[/color]

600-700 I'd say

Guitar Aid in Putney is good

where are you based?