Hi,
The time has come for me to part ways with some of my collection of lovely Warwick basses. These instruments get occasionally played/cleaned and waxed/returned to their classes, and deserve to go to someone who will give them the play time they deserve. After owning a few other thumbs (limited 03 & 06, 98nt) I finally got the “one” I was looking for. This bass is the lightest thumb I have played with the thinnest/fastest neck which plays and sounds great. I bought this bass from the original owner on eBay.de, and the instrument is in excellent original condition except for some blemishing of the paint on the bridge which does not affect its function or the playability. A couple of years ago I had the frets crowned/levelled and the bass set up by Chris Eccleshall guitars, and there is plenty of life left on the frets. Everything else on the bass works as expected. I wrote to Warwick about the spec for the bass and had a prompt reply from H.P. Wilfer, see below.
Bass Thumb Bass NT 4 string
Serial Number E xxx 87
Year 1987
Month May
Number 852
Neck Wood Wenge Wood with Bubinga Strips
Fingerboard Wenge Wood, with Mother of Peal Inlays
Frets Bronce Warwick Frets
Nut Just a Nut Brass Version
Neck construction NeckThrough hidden neck construction
Body 3 pcs. solid Bubinga Wood
Surface Oil Finish / Beewax
Pickups active EMG JJ Pickups
Electronic 2 Band Electronic by MEC
Hardware Schaller Hardware made for Warwick
Made in Germany / Pretzfeld (West Germany)
Included is a Warwick heavy duty flight case (black), and strap locks
£1650 GBP collected, or worldwide shipping at buyers expense. No Trades