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[quote name='GreeneKing' post='606967' date='Sep 23 2009, 07:02 PM']Nope, I wouldn't leave them off for long myself. The job can be done just as well one at a time if you're concerned. [b]I get a quiet satisfaction from lemon oiling a dry board[/b]. Perhaps I'm a little sad [/quote] I thought i was the only one! It's a warm fuzzy feeling when the crusty old lifeless fretboard comes up nice and dark. Aww.....

Pics up as promised, if you need any more from different angles give us a shout Like i said, a bit cheeky for £50!

That looks stunning, good score mate! I'm a sucker for dark wood finishes anyway but that's beautiful If you fancy a fretless sister for it have a look ay the link down there \/ \/ \/ \/ \/

[quote name='bassace' post='606084' date='Sep 22 2009, 08:47 PM']But do you think you need Auralex foam? I would have thought that any foam would do; nothing special about Auralex, I think. I'm using offcuts from rubber stable matting one and a half inch thick strips. Works very well.[/quote] That's what i was gonna do. We've got some offcuts of various types of foam at work so i reckon i've got enough to build a few, even got some of the egg-box type stuff too

Basically gives you a consistent sound on any stage. It's an isolation platform, i bought mine after playing a venue with a large hollow wooden stage and getting uncontrollable wolf notes on some strings, making the intro to Under Pressure sound horrible They do work, played similar problematic stages since i bought it any haven't had any problems

I don't see why it wouldn't work, tbh i was a bit gutted when i opened the box to see my Gramma. It definitely doesn't look like £50 well spent although it does work well If you like i can take some pictures of mine tomorrow and upload them to give you a better idea of what they look like, although it would be incredibly easy to knock one up. It's basically a carpet-covered board on 2 bits of foam with another bit of foam inbetween those I'm thinking about making one and flogging mine really, i think it's a bit cheeky charging that much for them

[quote name='Brave Sir Robin' post='604970' date='Sep 21 2009, 09:01 PM']the tuners do say west germany. Could it be 95? hmmm Ovangkol neck, Thought Fortresses were Wenge? Puzzling. The cuts on the body near the neck are strange. Could it be a replaced broken neck and refinish?[/quote] They did make them with Ovangkol necks, and there's one or two with maple necks too. The grooves near the neck are also on some other Fortresses, the one in the link i posted is a '93 and that has them. I had a looksee on the Warwick forum and a few there have Ovangkol necks and at least one other has the grooves near the neck Apart from the date it seems to be normal, everything else on the neck points to before they were discontinued

I'll have to re-learn it, but then i do like sweets!

[quote name='YouMa' post='604769' date='Sep 21 2009, 05:48 PM'].....I aways listen to i can dig it baby by little beaver it was jacos first session and is one of the sleaziest smooth bass lines i have ever heard, wish i could play it.[/quote] Brilliant bassline, in f# or something? Been ages since i've played it

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='604781' date='Sep 21 2009, 05:56 PM']the tuners say 'west germany' on them which would suggest that them, like the nut, are older?[/quote] Yeah that's one of the reasnos it's so confusing! Post-Fortress Warwicks just said Germany on the machine heads A guy on the Warwick forum said they had a stock of parts from when they were discontinued and they eBayed a few around 2006 so it might be one of those. A new/old stock type of deal, that's probably a better explanation. Like i said, it's definitely a Fortress neck due to the neck bolt configuration

The grooves near the neck are a feature of some Fortresses, i think the early ones (this is a '94 i think, well the body is!): [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/TheRandomEvent/Bass%2520Stuff%2520For%2520Sale/IMG_1140.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D444055&usg=__0Q5NIGeCTVVq-C8mMQUudRjKAUQ=&h=691&w=922&sz=504&hl=en&start=46&um=1&tbnid=g5K2wpIjPDGaQM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=147&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwarwick%2Bfortress%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1"]http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...t%3D36%26um%3D1[/url] I have since put the truss rod cover the right way round too . I've not had the bass long so i only discovered it was upside down yesterday! I know Warwick made the Fortress with Ovangkol necks as well as the more popular Wenge, also i have heard of them using a 3 piece maple neck on the German ones too. I posted on the Warwick forum and it's either: -A custom order made from old parts. However this wouldn't explain adjustable the brass nut unless that was lying around too. The only custom Fortresses on the Warwick site both have the Just-a-nut - An original body with a replacement neck. Still doesn't explain the nut unless Warwick were kind enough to take it off the old neck, or again it was lying around I suppose it's unlikely that there was an error when the serial was being stamped, giving an 0 instead of a 9? It's been confusing me all weekend!

Some pics up if anyone can shed any light on the neck wood. It's darker than the Ovangkol on my Corvette but nothing like the Wenge on the fingerboard

Leave it, it's relic'd! Whack it one eBay for £2,000 more than it's worth!

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='603156' date='Sep 19 2009, 09:14 PM']strange. can we see pictures of this lovely bass, ive always liked the fortress shape[/quote] Yeah i keep meaning to get some up but my missus keeps forgetting her camera! I'll get some tomorrow I'm not actually too bothered if this isn't an original neck as i got the bass very cheaply, just a bit curious!

Cheers, the serial number search doesn't turn up any results though. Maybe best to email Warwick on this one i think I took the neck off and there's no other holes in the heel so i'm stumped. The neck couldn't be off a Corvette as i compared it with mine and the screw holes are in differently places Weird! And before anyone asks, no i haven't mistaken the 05 for a 95! (although that does sound like something i'd do)

I'm a bit confused regarding the serial number on my Warwick Fortress One. I always understood that the last 2 numbers indicate the year of manufacture and the letter indicates the month. My Fortress has B and 05, indicating February 2005, however i thought Fortress were discontinued long before then? It was sold as a 90s model and i've never checked it. It has the Fortress Truss rod cover and the adjustable brass nut so i assumed it was all original, however i am now thinking it may be a different neck on the original body What do we think?