Warwick Factory: Birth of a Thumb
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2011
- Warwick hand selects all the wood that goes into making their Warwick and Custom Shop Basses. After going through a minimum 3 year natural drying process, the planks of wood are put on Warwick's 5-axis CNC router. A 5-axis router allows for more efficient routing, as well as being able to make curves and angled cuts a normal 3-axis router is incapable of.
Here is just that process sped up twelve times the speed of what it takes to route a complete Thumb body.
It's just awesome buying a Warwick Double Humbucker, then learning about CNC programming in my engineering design class, then attempting to build my own instrument with a CNC router, then finally being blown out of the water by coming to this video and seeing how you guys do it! Awesome work. Keep on it, I love my Warwick!
This video will never get old for me. Can't wait to see my Thumb 5 BO. The wait will be worth it 100%
In fact, there are many more steps that require handwork. The selection of matching pieces of wood, precise glueing of the body parts, the whole lacquering process including the sanding and staining up to constant quality control at every step - and many more steps in-between.
We incorporate machine work only in some steps to guarantee absolute perfection.
You're welcome to check out our virtual production panorama videos on our website! There we show all the steps of our production in detail.
This is my bass. Stunning sound, great to gig with live, and an instrument to have a lifelong relationship with. The CNC lathing is fantastic to watch and the result is perfection...
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The best bass in the world!
That machine is so accurate, its unbelievable almost.
dude their basses are seriously awesome
Great vid. Thanks for putting this together, Warwick!
Thanks for the video, I love watching CNC machines do their thing! Thank you.
These videos are satisfying to watch. I may have to make Warwick my next purchase.
Ok - so this is done by a machine - but a whole load of hand finishing is needed afterwards . Was I the only one that wanted to blow at the screen to remove those shavings more frequently ? - messed with my OCD
Really nice video. I complained about Warwick videos in the past, but the recent ones were really good. Way to go!
Beautiful!
Just ordered my first thumb...waiting like a puppy in the window for the brown truck to arrive many days from now
Just got one of these beauties. 1995 model. What a stunning sounding instrument.. punch like no other. Not the most physically 'comfortable' instrument I've owned, but it's more than worth it, I believe its ok to have to work a little to get what you want with an instrument, its a compromise..like a relationship with it. Fantastic video!
Just one word: amazing.
I moved to Spector to get a 35" scale, I still have a German corvette 5 string.
Warwick makes good Basses, oiled wood, the bridge and adjustable nut are some key features that stand out.
This is amazing
i love it!!! great job
Fascinating.
The most important part i liked was the way the body was clamped to the base!
Truly an Art of making bass guitars
Really nice!
That was actually enlightening of how Warwick makes a bass.
I want a machine like that at my house!!
God, I love watching this video
Good video. I would be interested in seeing the process when they were completely handmade!!!
awesome!
thanks Warwick :'')
Thank you :D i will do that now
I had one, they are special
I literally blew on my screen unknowingly to get rid of those wood dust out of the body
very cool
How long has Warwick been using CNC routers for body shaping? I would love to know all the history behind that factory, it is an amazing subject not only for bass players. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! If that's the effort in giving birth to a thumb, imagine the effort giving birth to the rest of the body! :-) Seriously, great video.
I love the sound of warwick but 5k for CNC'd bass? wtf?
What's the problem with using f a cnc to shape a piece of wood? The fact is, it's more accurate than other methods for complex compound curves.
James Rockford exactly. If they were hand carved I'd understand. But a machine does 90% of the work.
There is still a lot of work before pressing run on that cnc. If you are just doing 1 bass, it'll be faster by hand. The real diference in tone, would be caused by the wood selection(always referring tonthe same guitar model). Quality comes from every detail. Accuracy is just one. Maybe its just 5k$ instead of 10k$ because its cnc-ed.
Thumb B.O.s are nowhere near 5 grand, and 95% of solid body instruments are CNC shaped. All the money is in the wood selection, electronics, and untold hours of hand-fitting needed to complete the instrument. Warwick does it better than most, in a country in which employees are paid a respectable living wage, their price reflects that.
This was likely a teambuilt German pro and not a masterbuilt
That soundtrack music is real nice and groovy, who plays ????
+Funkinvaders Reggie Worthy
That is the awesome sound of the Thumb in the BGM
I want that machine!
The best basses. Just awesome.
Thanks... Spector!!!
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Thise music is nice stuff
Can anyone tell me which musician makes similar music ?
thanks
Hola saludos desde Colombia barranquilla edgar como se llama esa maquina me interesa tener una asi me ahora mucho trabajo
If anybody would buy me a Warwick that'd be great!
the piece of wood was thick enough to make two of these
Great basses for studio but the neck dive and weight makes these basses a very difficult choice for live performances. Hell the weight wouldn't be an issue if not the for the neck dive. Having to hold up the neck while playing gets old real quick.
heavy!
Warwick is making a killing.
Was the Thumb BO from 2002 made this same way?
Hi there, process was probably a bit different in 2002. You can send us an email at info@warwick.de, they´ll know how things were down back then ;)
What's the point of a 5 axis router in this case? All I saw was straight cuts a 3 axis could've handled perfectly
as far as I know, 5 axis routers cut down time in certain operations where 3 axis need multiple steps
Drilling holes on sides and look at the counterbores at 1:32. Plus, I think it's only a 3+2. @80386 Here, the point of the 5 axis is to reduce number of operations not the machining time. Look at 3D parts, it's almost flat. And here the head don't follow thoses curves.
Did you see the precision that was taking place on that body? When it's done that well on a very fine piece of tone wood it's fine with me. All "handmade" does is add bucks to the retail price. I've been playing a Corvette Standard for years. I'm sure made very much in the same way & it's been a wonderful bass, & I know what I'm doin'. Peace!
For more information you can send an E-Mail to info@warwick.de
how thick is a warwick thumb body
Scroll back up and watch the video!!!!!
a little bit incomplete, the neck ? the pick ups ? for example ?
Imagine programming that machine.....
Why? you aren't planning to rewrite the software, are you? besides, it is difficult but nothing like really complex software
what track is it?
awesome! is there a video of a streamer being cut? :)
Here come the curves 1:43!!!!
I had the same idea when i first saw a cnc milling machine, the machinist refused to machine a complete bass because of the mess from wood. A huge vacuum cleaner near the mill would make the operation more eco friendly.
what about an NT?
can anyone tell me how thick the body is on a warwick thumb
Too thin
Music tracks please?
And what for such money??!!! For MEC or wood?
+musbobbb For Electronics and hardware.Nothing to do with wood.Those are for the eyes not ears.
the electronics are not more than 30 bucks. pickups another 70. that's it. and this is very high estimate indeed.
Pickups aren't cheap. A cheap set is like 150 bucks.
Christian Crowle 150 bucks to you, the retail customer. but wholesale cost is not even close to that amount. and OEM produces them for even lower. pickups are VERY simple bit of kit.
As a woodworker myself this is only the start. A lot of time is required to sand and finish by hand as well as asembling all the parts.
Ryan Martinie
What happend.?
@TheSmooshster i own a sandberg from germany..and it smashes a warwick into the ground. and it costs 1600€ for a custom made and handmade bass.. so.. yeah.. warwick is not the only bass manufacture from germany..
Interesting, but soulless. The machine will never replace the warmth hands of the master.
What is "soulless?"
I've had several MiA fender standards and they all sounded different and great.
He was just pointing out the fact that it is no longer a human being creating these bass guitars. Just a "soulless" machine.
+Serg NAzaR The machine is superior to the "warm hands of the master".
Machines depended on human to aid the work efficiently,machine cannot judge whether the cut is exact or not.The human key in the order,the machine obeys them.So instrument building are still handmade,human eyes supervision,human hands evaluation like before but much better now.
You're goddamn right. My wife is a master of my wood. ;)
Hey Mr Warwick i would like to get a custom bass done by you guy's but i'm in the uk can't find out the price or who to contact? Please help :)
They are so embarrassed to tell the price in public.
Use of CNC is no less handmade than complaining that a motor was spinning the blade of a tablesaw rather than it being cranked by hand. It's all a matter of degrees :-)
Carl Maltby so I could bolt or glue a finessed neck on a finessed body smack my logo “that I probably payed someone else to design” on the head stock and say it’s hand made and ask 5k for it? 😂 I’m in the wrong line of work.
all hand made ...
+Reinaldo Roger haha ;) Robot hands? :p
+Reinaldo Roger the operators hands that is.
You probably like some crap bass line like Fender right?
Whatever this is related to, but Fender basses are crap? Nothing against Warwick basses, but did you ever consider why so many bass players play Fender basses?
I have a neck thru Thumb 5. No doubts, an absolutely great instrument, I love it! But today I have an audition and will bring my Fender Precision for it. ;-)
This is sad ... talent bilders are not necessary anymore ...
my thoughts exactly.
There are thousands of Luthiers who make their own guitars by hand, take Carillion guitars for example, that dude is amazing!
+Emerson Santos There's market for talented builders provided they have to endorse players.Remember,Instrument don't sell by its own.That's the duty of Advertisement,Salesman and World class bass players/endorsers to push them..
Carl Thompson!
Well,,,, I'm am a cabinet maker originally, and I see the possibility of keeping the traditional craft alive via CNC. Original french furniture can no way be produced economically by hand today, but the intricate joints and carving can be done on CNC by those who have the knowledge and so, the original craft lives on, although in a new form, and the funiture will still have a future for some people with good taste ;-) And the knowledge is still passed on. I don't think you can CNC french polishing yet, so that part still has a chance although expensive.
Bandé tout le long...
There are heaps of guitar manufacturers out there, don't post your hate messages here. We're here to watch how they make bass, not because we prefer the manufacturer. Also you can't push 1 brand whether its better in your eyes or not, because not all manufacturing company's basses are available around the world.
this does not exist at warwick
lol.
smashes a warwick into the ground?
lol.
no.
too much waste of wood
ugh cnc...
Minimum 3 year drying process...what marketing BS. Oops, the humidity just increased - we'll need another year. Nothing interesting about this video except that they cant afford a vacuum system
cnc router and a computer...nothing special.
Nothing exciting about a machine made instrument.
What's exciting about something that's made entirely by human hands? These machines are much precise and efficient, the way it should be.
boooooooring.......