Gear Watch: Warwick Thumb SC Single Cutaway

Warwick has announced the Thumb SC single cutaway bass. The German made bass, which is their Thumb NT model mixed with a single cutaway design, is tailored towards jazz, funk, and R&B settings.

The Thumb SC features a specially designed passive MEC soap-bar humbucker and active MEC 3-band electronics with 2 toggle switches for coil splitting. The body is US swamp ash with a Bubinga Pommelé top and a Flamed maple neck.

The Thumb SC is available in 5 or 6-string models, with the options fretless or left-handed at no extra charge. The 5-string model will MSRP at $7,500, and the 6-string at $8,000.

Warwick Thumb SC Single Cutaway specs:

• Neck-through design
• Available as a 5-string broad neck or as a 6-string version
• Fretted or fretless and left-handed versions available without additional charge
• US swamp ash body with Bubinga Pommelé top
• Flamed maple neck
• Tiger stripe ebony fingerboard
• Scale: 34″ Long Scale
• 26 frets (or fretless)
• Passive MEC Soap bar humbucker
• Active MEC 3-band electronics with 2 mini toggle switches for coil splitting
• Warwick tuner
• Warwick 2-piece bridge
• Warwick Security Locks
• Black hardware
• Just-A-Nut III
• Warwick EMP strings, 5-string: .045″ .1352″, 6-string: 025″ .135″
• Includes Warwick “User Kit” and RockCase Flight Case (exclusively for Germany, Czech Republic , Poland, UK, Austria and Switzerland) or “Premium Line Plus” RockBag for electric bass

Visit Warwick’s web site for more.