b5pilot Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I ran across a used Warwick Thumb 5 bolt on at our local GC for an unbelieveable price. I snapped it up. I did my first gig with it last night. This thing is freakin' awe inspiring! I wish I would have gotten one of these years ago. I'm obviously pumped. I thought I'd tell you folks about it. Woo Hoo!! Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 To quote that famous zen philosopher-poet Napoleon Dynamite: Lucky! "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABGBrian Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Pics??? Official Website BandcampFacebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTragicRich Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Definitely need pics!! [Carvin] XB76WF - All Walnut 6-string fretless [schecter] Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless | Stiletto Elite 5 [Ampeg] SVT3-Pro | SVT-410HLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 The Thumb is DEFINITELY one of the most beautiful basses all around. A friend of mine (Who also has a quite impressive collection, by the way, including vintage basses and top-level newer ones as Ken Smiths 4 and 5, a Tobias 5, among some jewels), has a Fretless Thumb 4 he always has to keep away from my drooling... Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slap-pop-karl Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Pictures are needed for me Okay I got my hair cut! Its now this short *shows how short using hand* Lets get down to business gentlemen! I want that bagel now!...Don't forget the lettuce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 No photo, no bass. - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpedebass Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 tease! Love God...Love People! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edro Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 No photo, no bass. I agree. On another forum I'm a member of we have a term for when folks post threads about new gear, rave about how nice it is, and don't post pics of it. Not sure if it's used here, but it fits... Cowbell!!! Stop clangin' the cowbell and get some pics of this new fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 I'll post some pics as soon as I can figure out how. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTragicRich Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 If you have a digital camera, or a regular camera and a scanner, you'll just upload them to a free image hosting site such as imageshack, or photobucket (there are many more, but I'm not familiar with them, hopefully some other users can chime in with others). And those sites should have directions and code for you to input into a message board/UBB such as this. [Carvin] XB76WF - All Walnut 6-string fretless [schecter] Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless | Stiletto Elite 5 [Ampeg] SVT3-Pro | SVT-410HLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Thanks Poly! Meet the family. My Guild Pilot 5, my Alvarez ABG, and the new member - the Thumb5 %5Bimg%5Dhttp%3A//i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg285/wildwookster/100_1203.jpg[/img] Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Schweet! Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Looks great! Would look better without those metal thingies in the fretboard. - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 You're a metal thingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 You have mixed singular with pluralityness. I are confused. - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Hello "Thumbie". U alone? Wanna take a ride? :P Yummmm!! I Insist. Warwick´s Thumbs RULE. "Thumbs Up" Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Thanks! I didn't want to be accused of telling tall fish stories. I like metal thingies. I do like fretless basses but I would have a little too much trouble keeping my intonation on stage with one. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Those metal thingies... are cool, unless you have to mess with them as in "fret that is somewhat lower than the others and causes buzz..." There used to be also other kind of "Metal thingies". Kramer used to make them. I´ve just had my way a copy (presumably Hondo) of the "Kramer Duke" bass, and found the copy also has an aluminum neck (2 screws from the body back to the aluminum neck "T-core", and then 4 screws on a "normal" neckplate from the back, wood to wood... Still have to find out what the switch on the bass´s controls really does (it is kinda "normal-beast" kind of change... hehe ). It also came with a fret slightly lower than the others (the 9th), so up to now, the solution was to elevate the bridge saddles height a tiny bit. Still sounds awesome. Metal thingies... Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTragicRich Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Awesome fish! Everyone keeps getting Thumb's... where's my Thumb??? *sob whine sniffle cry* [Carvin] XB76WF - All Walnut 6-string fretless [schecter] Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless | Stiletto Elite 5 [Ampeg] SVT3-Pro | SVT-410HLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 come on Bump.. I´m waiting for it... "You´re a ... " Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 I tried a Kramer bass with an aluminum neck. I think it was a Kramer. They have the tuning fork style headstock right? Anyway, I didn't care for it. It was very heavy overall and especially neck heavy. I didn't care for the feel of the neck either. of course, that's just my opinion. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 When I first tried one of these it was on a music store to test an amp (The bass was secondhand). The store had a real BAD electrical work, and I had no rubber soles. Sooooo.... there goes the amp, and when I get a grip of the nez.. Zzzzzzappp!!!!. And it happened about.. thrice while I was testing the amp. Very fortunately the "Duke" model is Headless (has the tuning pegs at the bottom of the body while remaining headless at the top of the neck) and has wood sides at the neck AND some paint/lacquer, which prevents me from getting zapped again. Anyway, since then (and another couple unfortunate incidents on stage, as the "fried lips syndrome" from bad grounded SM58´s and so), I got the custom of either having rubber soles while playing, or using plastic bags under my socks to isolate, or BOTH. I catched a fork-head Kramer at a recent gigo, at the other band´s bassist hands. Not even felt the need to see it closer. Somehow got conditioned. See one of those, inmediately feel the electric zap again .. Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 You might want to go wireless when using those. Iv'e been zapped before - not a good feeling. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpedebass Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 come on Bump.. I´m waiting for it... "You´re a ... " Fish? Love God...Love People! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Nice bass, b5, congratulations! ...I like metal thingies. I do like fretless basses but I would have a little too much trouble keeping my intonation on stage with one. Perfect intonation is overrated. I get up with my fretless and it's "full speed ahead and get the whiners below-decks." Any funky note doesn't last long and I can always correct. It's a voyage of discovery! Besides, it was no less than that fretless guru Phil W. who told me that playing out with the fretless as much as possible is the best way to improve. So I play it in church on Sundays where they can't fire me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 come on Bump.. I´m waiting for it... "You´re a ... " Fish? Thumb! Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slap-pop-karl Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Ahh now i see Okay I got my hair cut! Its now this short *shows how short using hand* Lets get down to business gentlemen! I want that bagel now!...Don't forget the lettuce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlrush Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Nice catch b5. Thumbs up to you. :thu: Alot of folks are buying Warwick these days. I'll have to keep my eye out for one, but I've never seen one in this area. Visit my band's new web site. www.themojoroots.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Very cool, always enjoyed the Thumbs, a bit out of my price range, nice to see you got a good deal. They do sound sweet-alicious, enjoy -Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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