Guy Pratt presenting his Warwick Custom Shop Bass featuring slidable pickups. Guy's idea was to have a bass with a small body based on the Warwick Starbass Single Cut design and a movable pickup system he had seen on a "Dan Armstrong Bass" he owned which featured a rail sliding pickup system that was originally to be found on the Framus 5/130 from the Framus Hollywood series (also called the Hollywood Electra) invented by Fred Wilfer (founder of Framus and father of today's Framus&Warwick CEO Hans-Peter Wilfer) in 1959. This model was built until the mid 1960's and was available in a in a number of variations including different brides/tremolos and colors. The concept also was found on Framus' 5/148 Hollywood Bass (sometimes also referred to as Hollywood Star Bass).
For a full list of specs on Guy Pratt's bass check the Warwick website: www.framus.de/e...
Some detailed shots of the sliding pickups: • Warwick Custom Shop Ba...
The Framus 5/130 Hollywood (fixed bridge): www.framus-vint...
The Framus 5/130 Hollywood (Tremolo): www.framus-vint...
The Framus 5/130 Hollywood (Partly w. Tremolo): www.framus-vint...
The Framus Hollywood Bass: www.framus-vint...
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15 окт 2024