(x) Custom Epic 96C10130 Warwick Fort...

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Author Message enzo Advanced Member Username: enzo Post Number: 366 Registered: 4-2009 Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 5:52 am:    Very curious Epic (I guess). Looks like a Warwick Fortress. Serial 96C-10130 stout71 Intermediate Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 199 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 5:54 am:    That's one cool looking axe. Interesting pickup placement. enzo Advanced Member Username: enzo Post Number: 369 Registered: 4-2009 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 5:46 am:    Could also be an Excel... mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8395 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, February 09, 2015 - 7:45 pm:    Wow, I think I must have been on vacation when that bass was done. I have no recollection of it whatsoever! The angle of the picture is exaggerating things, but it's still very unusual and I'll venture to say one-of-a-kind. serial: 96C10130 name: Custom model: CLB4 top: Burl Walnut accent: Maple pinstripe body: Mahogany shape: Custom ("Fortress Horns, Europa Butt" neck: 3-piece Maple scale: 34" long fingerboard: Ebony inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals side markers: bronze peghead: Cone with veneers like neck through, no volute pickups: MXY, treble pickup 3.5" away from fingerboard electronics: "Epic" volume, pan, bass, treble, mono finish: satin natural polyurethane (oil-look) backplate: plastic hardware: polished brass originally made for: Larry Morgan Music, TX birthday: August 20, 1996 Other production note: String with .040-.060-.080-.100 The bass visited here in 2000 (again, I must have been on vacation because I STILL don't remember seeing it). The fingerboard was levelled and refretted. We were going to change something about the electronics, but the customer changed his mind when he sent it in. Enzo, did you buy this bass? enzo Senior Member Username: enzo Post Number: 419 Registered: 4-2009 Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 4:16 pm:    I wanted to, but owner was holding it tight. I'm a waitin' though Still working on the money to refinish my SII Graphite baby. nrg_svr New Username: nrg_svr Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2015 Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 10:33 pm:    THAT is awesome!!!!! I see Ric in it too with the inward pointing bouts. WOW!!!!!!! The Fortress hasn't quite got that look. This is way cooler!! Whoever ordered it had a few basses in (their) mind! 'Fortress horns, Europa butt'.... hmmm..... That is skookum all the way! (Message edited by nrg_svr on February 18, 2015) mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8409 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 12:35 pm:    I had to look up "skookum." Thank you for the new word!