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  1. Paulhauser
    I have a pair of fretted and unlined freltess Thumb NT6'. On the fretless the side dots are placed where the frets would be, not 'in between' like on the fretted. Now I don't know where Ww places the dots on a lined fretless ( on the frets or in between ) if they ever produced such in the early '90's Since the dots are on the fret positions on your bass I'd assume it was born unlined and fretted later.... (Ww can do anything for custom shop but yours is an early example and I don't know what were they offering in terms of customization back then...) edit: emailing Warwick can solve this mystery, they have a great customer service
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    Good luck and do let us know how it ended...
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    It wasn't me but fwiw there is one for sale in the for sale section of this forum with one of the best figured top I've ever seen on a thumb (no affiliation)
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    @wrinkleygit sorry for my lack of knowledge but what is that lever (?) protruding from the saddle of the D string on the bridge? edit: ok, 4+1, I got it. Never seen such before though.
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    This is a transition-era Spector and as such you won't see many around. These already have SS logo / Spector brand but still 34". I had one and it was a lovely instrument. The neck was comfortable for me (no surprise given that I play Spectors 95%) 1400 Euros is just about right especially if it is in tiptop condition.
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    Do the only sensible thing you can do: keep it 🙂
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    Actually the ramps on my basses (the two Ibanez on the pic above your post) made me a better player, or rather helped to refine my right hand technique. Nowadays I use plectrum as much as (or more than) fingerstyle but back then when these two were my main practice/gigging instruments and I playes exclusively fingerstyle these rampes provided to be a helping addition to these basses. edit: and apart from these two ramps and refinishes on two of my other basses and the occasional EMG40 swapping I think 90% of the basses I ever had were completely stock w/o mods and stayed that way. So while I understand your sentiments I think for me ramps were not a fad or a fancy thing to add but something that has proven to be worthwhile
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    I have ramps on both my Ibanez Prestige SRs for many years now, still use them and still like them a lot actually.
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    Then it is your chance 🙂 I don't miss mine because it is only about 10 feet away from me in the other room 🙂 Killer basses, I love mine, like a P on steroids with world class ergonomics, the only thing that could surpass it to have in 5 string version.... @ribbetingfrogyours has some of the best figuring I've ever seen on this model.
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    Could your please let me know what is the string spacing at the bridge? Does it have any case in which to ship? Slightly off, but I'm curious @Hellzeroand @marcblum what is your top 3 fretless basses you were referring to?
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    No doubts here, it is a genuine Fodera and they are using this "extended low B headstock" design for ages. It is a custom option.
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    You can always leave the G string off.... 😄
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    Damn, that was fast!
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    Stuart is making fine acoustic guitars as @cetera said. His new creations go under the name of 'Esopus Guitars' and he already relesased one model this fall. For more info head to his site http://esopusguitars.com/index.html While I'm not much of a guitar player and certainly no game for such handcrafted acoustics I'm happy the he is doing fine and does what he loves.
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    IIRC I have your old 3006E (with wooden Bassculture pickups) but could be wrong. (sold in/around 2008? )
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    While on the subject I did have one issue with the bridge, or rather one of the monorails: I could not lower the C string enough for the desired action. I do favour a low action especially on the SR5006 which I use exclusively for fingerstyle and tapping/sweeping but it is not THAT low. I had to make my luthier route out a bit of wood so the monorail could be sunk in deeper. It is fine now but left me wondering.... (In all fairness the same thing occured when I got my Warwick Masterbuilt Thumb 6NT and on the C string the lower terminus of the adjusment range was still well over the frets so again, couldn't go lower)
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    I didn't mean to discredit your experience, it's just I might have ended up lucky..... which is bizarre, it shouldn't be an issue at all given the price level of these basses.
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    This is strange as I own the exact same two basses, the 3006E for a good 14 years and the 5006 for 8 years and never had this issue at all. Just to be sure I've just checked both of them and the intonation is spot on on the B with a usable measure of range left to the neck-end of the monorails. - on both models. I use .130 and a very very low action so the string hasn't have to travel a lot to reach the frets so the pitch does not alter significantly between the harmonic over the 12th fret and the actual fretted note at the 12th.
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    Can't be of much help but I still have occasional regrets of not buying a 35" (!!) scale Ian Hill a few years back. Would love to have that tuned to BEAD, just my other (white) Euro 435 custom is. (And yes, it was 35" eventhough the specs said 34" in the listing and it had the Ian Hill sticker on the back of the neck)
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    How about putting new strings on it and trying that way? (I'm assuming by your comment on the the string installation that you kept those on the bass) Even my regular basses that I know the sounds of can sound a lot more dynamic and open after a string change.....
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    I have one of these and it is a killer bass! Sounds like and angry P bass with more mid-growl and it's surprisingly versatile bass. Also I have tho say that the Czech workshop really outdid themselves, fit, finish and overall quality is right there with the US Spectors I had / have. If they did a 5 string version of this exact bass I would be a first day buyer.
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    It's easy say so with a collection like yours 🙂 Normally I don't comment on sales threads except for nice Spectors 🙂 Good luck, whoever gets this will be delighted for sure!
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    My Forte 6 that I had have quite a fancy top. Ebony board too, Spector branded tuners.... In fact the only things separating from an NS-6XL were the inlays and the HAZ. So this whole Forte thing got quite blurred out in the end.
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    Thanks! Have you tried any of these 5rs? (I think you got a red classic 4 but not sure) I never had a JJ Spector, the coil tapped TW's come close but the positions are different. I quite love how this JJ sounds, still has the Spector vibe but a bit different than my other Spectors. And the low B is massive!
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    I hold the X series EMGs in very high esteem, I have 4 Spectors that I swapped X series in. Truth be told some of those swaps weren't only for non-X to X but for other reasons, too like having a PJ setup in 40's housing. In case of my 40TW to TWX the change was very nocieable (and not only when using the coil tap) just as when I swapped the 40DC to DCX in my NS-5XL. The X series seem to have more dynamics and the sound is more open for the lack of a better word.
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