P-T-P Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 So I acquired MB1's Bleached Blonde Thumb bass yesterday. It's a cracking bass and the photo didn't do it justice. However, as I was looking at the sunset inlays on the fretboard, it occured to me that the sun doesn't set that way. To explain, from the nut down, the inlays show a mountain with a sun in the top right. As you move towards the bridge the sun drops down and to the left until it disappears behind the mountain. Am I missing something? Does it set that way in the Southern hemisphere? I'm trying to picture it in my mind, but I can't ever see it coming down in the sky that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 It rises in the East and sets in the West - also the reason why southpaws were frowned upon in times past! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-T-P Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 [quote name='ped' post='50541' date='Aug 25 2007, 12:42 PM']It rises in the East and sets in the West - also the reason why southpaws were frowned upon in times past![/quote] Thanks for that professor lol I'll take some pics, might explain what I mean better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hehe righto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 [quote name='P-T-P' post='50539' date='Aug 25 2007, 12:32 PM']...To explain, from the nut down, the inlays show a mountain with a sun in the top right. As you move towards the bridge the sun drops down and to the left until it disappears behind the mountain... ...Does it set that way in the Southern hemisphere?[/quote] Yes, it would do that in the very far South. In the Northern hemisphere at noon the sun is in the South, therefore it rises from the South East, to the left, and sets in the South West, to the right. In the tropics it moves directly overhead at the height of summer therefore the left/right thing switches and isn't very clear anyway. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 [quote name='P-T-P' post='50539' date='Aug 25 2007, 12:32 PM']So I acquired MB1's Bleached Blonde Thumb bass yesterday. It's a cracking bass and the photo didn't do it justice. However, as I was looking at the sunset inlays on the fretboard, it occured to me that the sun doesn't set that way. To explain, from the nut down, the inlays show a mountain with a sun in the top right. As you move towards the bridge the sun drops down and to the left until it disappears behind the mountain. Am I missing something? Does it set that way in the Southern hemisphere? I'm trying to picture it in my mind, but I can't ever see it coming down in the sky that way.[/quote] Perhaps the sun is rising at the 22nd fret and setting at the nut?! Either way - the bleached blonde is IMHO the best of the Warwick Limited editions, and you've got yourself a stunning bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 [quote name='finnbass' post='51098' date='Aug 26 2007, 11:59 PM']That's clearly a faulty bass. I'd ask for a full refund Mine looks like this...should I also lose sleep? [/quote] That's an amazing bass - If you do leave sleep over it I'd be happy to take take it off your hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Dave Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 First, nice basses! Second, from what I can see, the inlays get smaller as they go done the neck, so it only appears to be moving to the left. Therefore no problem, it's just going down behind a mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 MB1. Just think yourself lucky, its not been designed by BMW another well known German bass /designer/manufacturer!......Beautiful Plumage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 oh right i was thinking "what the hell? the sun is supposed to do that!" then i realised you might have your left and right mixed up mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-T-P Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Okay, so the southern hemisphere sunset I can buy, but then how do you explain the presence of the two wolves, which are a solely nothern hemisphere inhabitant? It's totally runining my mojo. It only makes sense if you read from the 21st fret to the nut, i.e. we're in the northern hemisphere, wolves are howling and then the sun comes up. But then they should be sunrise inlays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazm Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Sounds like someone cocked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-T-P Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Well they're all like it, so it's more a design flaw than cock-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Dave Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Erm, do you guys not realise that at the Uk's/Germany's latitude at mid-winter the sun sets in the South-West, while in the summer it sets in the North-West. Effectively at some point in the year the sun can set anywhere behind an object. If you want an easy explanation, then it could be a sequence of sunset between mid-summer and mid-winter (sun gradually sets more south (left). However I still have to emphasis that the inlays get smaller: while the mountain being central and the sun on the left, therefore giving the impression that the sun moves to the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 (edited) Clearly your inlays are inside out and I would recommend the only way to correct this issue is to deliver said bass to me. Also when it is the right time of year, birds get confused and fly the wrong way, so the sun has to set a different way so that birds don't crash into it. If that happened it would be raining millions of birds and all the resulting feathers which are scattered about would drastically effect climate, ruin the global economy, anarchy would ensue and the streets would be filled with crazy little men in capes and pointy black hats. Think yourselves lucky. Edited August 28, 2007 by presoulnation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 It's not the sun, it's the moon, thats why the wolf is howling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Everyone knows the moon is a fictional character invented to keep small children scared of going out at night....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 MB1. Definately the moon! the wolves are howling at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiepyrite Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Bloomin 'eck! You've given me GAS. Very very nice bass! And I love the inlay If it has a wenge neck, it's my perfect bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 MB1. No need for the wenge whinge!,its maple mabel!(the photos really dont do the wood grain justice,it has to be seen to be believed,best Thumb ive ever heard too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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