warwickhunt

Love this bit... "extremely well packaged for safe transit "! Why bother, it's f*cked and the courier would save you the trouble of breaking it up for firewood

Contact Andy at Wizard, he's really helpful and may be able to sort it out with an email or phone call.

Give me a shout today MB if you want that Planet Waves lead and a blast of the Tech cab. We are on at S Shields but I'll be taking the Aggies likely as not.

Sorry I'll not be able to make it Neil, we are on in S Shields. Have a good one. PS Will you be gigging the Infinity? Let us know how it performs.

A man of few words Olly Genuine friendly advice here... some folks (admittedly not everyone) like a bit of detail and info, so why not pad out your thread with a bit of extra info that isn't available in the eBay listing (how old it is, did you do the defret) or maybe stick a couple of pics on here (it's free unlike eBay listing photographs) of the bridge so that people can see what grub screws are missing and maybe other members might have a couple spare kicking about that they can let you have... it happens! Why not offer to let any local Basschat members come and try it out before they buy We don't all bite. One or two will if you ask nicely

[quote name='alexlotta' post='213462' date='Jun 5 2008, 08:22 PM']You can't Imagine how FAR from The original meaning has a babelfish translation. It can Definetely happen , that If You put Available- in- Europe with "exceptions",the bidder does'nt realize clearly Those. 2) With All respect possible for Your Thoughts it happened To me to buy stuff from England , where the seller did'nt want originally send To Italy ,and i just asked "if That does'nt sell now ,than could i purchase? etc etc ".. And I don't feel so "retarded" With the beautiful pedal or preamp i have now in my house (off course it is valid If the english grammar of the overseaser is at least barely understandable..not like mine is very often i fear ) _____-__ That little Thing aside ,Out of Curiosity : I'm Italian ,and i've noticed That a LOT of "european auction" don't get catched By italian Ebay_search Engine ..and The same APPLied for USA_stuff!. Stuff available for overseasers Does'nt appear on the search ,so I use the *.com Address for the researches I care REally.[/quote] Do many Italians randomly place capital letters and underscores in a sentence?

Shhh you haven't seen me... right! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19219&hl=tech"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19219&hl=tech[/url]

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='213338' date='Jun 5 2008, 04:53 PM']Seriously, check this link out - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15928"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15928[/url] and follow the link to the Warwick forum. 1987 is the year for the earliest 6s well, accoring to basstards bass anyway (the owner of the 6 with s/n 3). This is interesting... once you get the bass have a look at the serial on the headstock... that might give us a few pointers. If it is as early as 87.. or even 86, you could be mega quids in.[/quote] I remember that thread! As I say I'm going off the contouring on the headstock which was phased out on the Thumb 4s by 88, so this appeared odd on a 89 bass but it could be that it was due to the 6 being very limited in production. The sellers image shows what looks like 89 BUT I'd love to think that it was earlier. Bear in mind that the Warwick serial numbers are totally hand stamped during this period (I've seen misaligned digits and even digits that have been 'crossed' out and restamped)... could someone have stamped a '6' upside down? When you get it I'd stick images on the Warwick Forum and ask if any other Thumb 6 string owners can show what the back of their basses headstock looks like. If you can find any candidates from the same period see if they are flat on the back or sculpted. No disrespect to Warwick Customer Services but you'd be wasting your time asking them as I've seen several people quote what Warwick have told them and it is patently incorrect

NICE! But... are you (or the seller) sure that is an 89? The only reason I ask is that the sculpting on the back of the headstock is generally specific to the earliest model Thumbs. I could be wrong but gut feeling tells me the bass should be an 86, in which case you've scored a bigger bargain <edit> I see that the photo shows an 89 stamp and thinking about it the Thumb was only available as a 4 up to about 88 and then the 5s were introduced, so it may be that they carried over that rear headstock shaping into the 5s and 6s even though it was dropped on the 4s prior to 89. Either way a cracking looking bass

If you are starting from scratch then I have a genuine EB/MM Sterling pup for sale... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20623"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20623[/url]

I shipped a bass to Romania (EU) via UPS and it cost £100. The bass arrived safe but there was hassle as they scr*wed up the collection day and then relabelled it at some depot which caused hassle for the recipient as he was asked to pay for the delivery. £100 is about the going rate for a bass insured for delivery from the UK to within the EU. HOWEVER... if receiving basses from the EU into UK I've paid as little as £18 (from Germany) and an average of no more than £30!

It's gotta have given you a boost, so build on it and go on from here

"I'm selling this on behalf of my church..." I'm just an owld cynical git I know but I wonder if I can ask to collect from the church

Nothing wrong with Warwick basses that couldn't be levied at [b]ANY[/b] bass! Fenders... some people like em, some people don't. Musicman... some people like em, some people don't. Sandberg... some people like em, some people don't. You get the gist Their used prices have taken a big hit (for whatever reason) so I'd recommend looking at that end of the market and you could end up with a stonking 5 string neck-thru. There are plenty of Streamers in that price bracket and you may well score for a Dolphin. $$ and Corvettes will be cheaper again. If you like slimmer necks try to get hold of an early 90s or late 80s bass as they are 'generally' slimmer profiled but any NT should be less clubby.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='210729' date='Jun 1 2008, 08:16 PM']Some mentally deranged loon has bid this up to £182 and it still has 2 days to go! [/quote] £410... M.E.N.T.A.L!

Translate please... "three power amps controlled by a Closed-loop, Servo-controlled, Active Parametric Synthesis, Tri-amplified system" Isn't it a bit short sighted not to offer passive cabs and/or a stand alone amp head?

[quote name='Josh' post='211825' date='Jun 3 2008, 02:37 PM']But more to the point, I got a Spector Euro for a Christmas present 2 years ago, I paid for it, and it was my first real High-end bass, though through youth-related stupidness and lack of knowledge I sold it on. And latley I've been eriously thinking how it would fare now I'm more focused and havinga much superior amp. Luckily I know where the bass is and who has it: I even miss the colour [/quote] Did you sell that through the old BassWorld site? I recall agonising over whether to go for that bass (or one very much like it), mainly 'because' of the finish/colour.