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 Post subject: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: November 27th, 2015, 2:20 pm 
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Warwick-Th ... SwQTVWCCoj
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 Post subject: Re: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: November 29th, 2015, 10:25 am 
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This bass is somewhat interesting because 2000 is after Warwick stopped using Wenge for the necks and switched to Ovangkol.

The seller gave me the serial number and I e-mailed Warwick and they confirmed that the neck is indeed Wenge.

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I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.

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 Post subject: Re: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: November 30th, 2015, 8:43 am 
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For what it's worth, I think the switch to ovangkol that you're referring to applied to bolt-on necks, not neck through basses.

I got my Thumb NT 5 in late 2000 or early 2001 and it also had a 7-piece laminated wenge neck.

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 Post subject: Re: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: November 30th, 2015, 8:11 pm 
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Addison wrote:
For what it's worth, I think the switch to ovangkol that you're referring to applied to bolt-on necks, not neck through basses.

I got my Thumb NT 5 in late 2000 or early 2001 and it also had a 7-piece laminated wenge neck.


I am curious: have you run the serial number of yours through the decoder on the Warwick website?

I ran the serial number of the bass in question through the decoder and it came back saying it has an Ovangkol neck. I didn't believe it, so I e-mailed Warwick and they replied saying it does have a Wenge neck.

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 Post subject: Re: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: December 2nd, 2015, 10:12 am 
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Interesting discussion about the neck wood of this bass. Any time you see that rick dark chocolate brown, 9 times out of ten you're looking at Wenge. Especially when looking at a Warwick. The body itself looks like Ovangkol, also known as Shedua (I've seen a few Wal basses listed as having "Shedua facings"). Did Warwick confirm that was an Ovangkol body?
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 Post subject: Re: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: December 2nd, 2015, 12:06 pm 
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I believe that is a Bubinga body. Also the older Warwick basses (this one) does not have a valute support at the nut area of the bass. It was to strengthen the headstock tension.
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 Post subject: Re: Warwick Thumb 5 String
PostPosted: December 2nd, 2015, 1:05 pm 
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markcv wrote:
The body itself looks like Ovangkol, also known as Shedua. Did Warwick confirm that was an Ovangkol body?

They confirmed that it is Bubinga. I don't know that Warwick has ever used Ovangkol for NT bodies.

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