spawn315 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) For sale Warwick Thumb NT year 1987 JD series Great sounding (EMG pickups) and great neck! It has only two small flaws: an engraving on the upper horn and a small break in the wood under the mechanics of the B No problem to ship this bass from Italy New battery box and wax finish: [url="http://postimage.org/image/1ze2b1w90/"][/url] [url="http://postimage.org/image/1ze3yl8qs/"][/url] [url="http://postimage.org/image/1ze5m4l8k/"][/url] [url="http://postimage.org/image/1ze79nxqc/"][/url] [url="http://postimage.org/image/1ze8x7a84/"][/url] Edited September 10, 2011 by spawn315 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBass Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 price?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawn315 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) Asking for 1700€ or a trade with a Dingwall/Warrior/Fender vintage bass + money PS: new photos tomorrow.... Edited September 6, 2011 by spawn315 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris90 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Are you sure this is a JD? It should have "JD Thumb" on the trussrod cover. This was used from 85 to 86. So I wonder what your serial number is.. I have a 85 JD Thumb 4string myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've got an '87 JD. NAS sold one (4-string) on here nearly 2 years ago and gave a potted early Thumb history: [quote]The Thumb History In 1985 Warwick created the Thumb modifying the Streamer shape... it was to have been a headless bass but it turned out so good it was left headed. The shape was influenced by the ideas of a great pro player John Davis. He used to move a lot on stage and he wanted a smaller body and a faster neck than the Streamer had. The Wengé neck was a Warwick trademark at the time and the bass sounds clear, powerful and big. The earliest Thumb basses were made in 1985. These basses are really hard to find, expecially the ones with the early body shape (changed in 1987). In 1986 Warwick produced 40 basses a month. They made them with a Schaller one piece bridge. The old Thumbs had the famous EMG pu's, a slightly more aggressive sound than the warmer and smoother Bartolini's which were installed as an option (as on this bass). In 1992 Warwick developed their own pick ups, the MECC's which are still installed in the Thumb Basses of today. Specs: Bubinga body, Wengé/Bubinga neck, Wengé fingerboard, 34" scale, 26 bell-brass frets, black hardware, Schaller/Warwick tuners, Schaller/Warwick one-piece brass bridge, brass just-a-nut I (with individully adjustable strings grooves), Bartolini J pickups, 2band active preamp. The early Thumbs were built in 1985 and some of them have the JD logo. JD stands for John Davis, a bass player in the Nurenburg Area after whom Hans Peter Wilfer (the founder of Warwick) named the bass. The name was changed in 1986 or 1987 from JD to just Thumb Bass.[/quote] So I think all the Thumbs until somewhere in 1987 were JDs, and then they all weren't. This one's got the one-piece bridge/tailpiece and carved back of the headstock that mine has. Wish I had the money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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