The Guitar Center 37th Anniversary Warwick Bass

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To commemorate their 37th year of business, Guitar Center commissioned Warwick to build a special edition electric bass for them. This 4-string bass is built off of Warwick's popular Thumb Bolt-on series. What makes this instrument so unique is the exotic mix of woods that were used for the body. The hand-selected bubinga pomele top is a perfect match for the ovangkol back, with a thin maple veneer in-between the two woods, which creates a distinctively pleasing look. Bubinga and Ovangkol are closely related tone woods with similar sound yet striking differences in appearance. The straight grained mahogany-like ovangkol back contrasts beautifully with the reddish hues of the curly buginga top. The ovangkol neck features an ebony fingerboard and Warwick's trademark bell brass frets. The ebony fingerboard gives this special bass a quick attack that is well balanced with Warwick's trademark woody growl and focused lows.

The Guitar Center 37th Anniversary Thumb Bolt-on bass comes loaded with MEC active J-style pick-ups and a MEC active 2-band preamp. This special Warwick bass is available only at Guitar Center stores and is available now. There were only 150 of these unique basses made for Guitar Center's 37th anniversary.

Retail price: $2,299

For more information, visit their web site at www.warwickbass.com.