Members mench Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 I just placed my order for a swamp ash Jazz Bass body, painted Arctic white with royal blue competition stripes (3 stripes diagonally at the arm contour). I also ordered the control plate, knobs, and bridge. I'm expecting it to take about 6 weeks to get here so I'll post some photos then. I'm EXCITED :-p previous thread on what I'm doing here
Members DerekDRP Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 very cool keep us updated. an good luck. :thu:
Members NV43345 Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 I dont know about the stripes. I prefer a clean look. But it sounds like a cool project.
Members sultan417 Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 I have a Warmoth neck that i got last year... ..just like that with large MM style frets. Ive been debating on finishing it with a natural ash J-bass body, or just getting a MM Stingray.
Members bassman1956 Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 I think white with the blue strips sounds cool! Now all you need is a Shelby Cobra sticker on there, right on the strips, to set the whole thing off like a race car! purrr-deee!
Members mench Posted October 20, 2005 Author Members Posted October 20, 2005 Actually, I nearly went against the blue and white because I didn't want it to look like an american muscle car... I considered green and gold in true aussie spirit but that'd be too cheesy and blue and white actually looks better :-p sultan that neck would look great with natural ash - and black hardware looks really good with those maple bound & blocked necks (at least in pictures, I've never seen one... )
Members sultan417 Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 Originally posted by mench sultan that neck would look great with natural ash - and black hardware looks really good with those maple bound & blocked necks (at least in pictures, I've never seen one... ) Yeah, now i just gotta do it. Im thinking a natural ash body, routed for P and J pickups (fralins) with a black pickguard and Badass II.
Members JC Bass Posted October 20, 2005 Members Posted October 20, 2005 Originally posted by bassman1956 I think white with the blue strips sounds cool! Now all you need is a Shelby Cobra sticker on there, right on the strips, to set the whole thing off like a race car! purrr-deee! Careful now...we wouldn't want him to try and pass off his bass as a Shelby Cobra or anything.
Members mench Posted October 22, 2005 Author Members Posted October 22, 2005 got an email back from warmoth, they can't do the royal blue stripes because the paint's a different type to the white - we went with Lake Placid Blue instead. I think it might actually look better anyway... a bit more old school, like my old adidas runners :-p
Members Thumper Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Lake Placid Blue is always a good choice, especially for a Fender-style bass. I got a Warmoth LPB P-bass body with PJ pup-routs in 1999 for my Frankenstein P, and it's very, very nice.
Members mench Posted October 22, 2005 Author Members Posted October 22, 2005 It is indeed a nice colour but the bass is going to white with LPB racing stripes. Now I have to wait 6 weeks for it to get here
Members SpaceGhost Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 I e-mailed warmoth but I haven't received any answer back: Does anyone know if warmoth will route the Jazz bridge pickup in the '70s bridge position, about 3/8" closer to the bridge?
Members JC Bass Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by mench Now I have to wait 6 weeks for it to get here As Mr. Petty says, "waiting is the hardest part"
Members L-1329 Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by JC Bass As Mr. Petty says, "waiting is the hardest part" A - freakin' - Men! It took about three months to get mine, but then again it had some customized and very time consuming options. I have read that Warmoth can route the pickups in different locations, if you know where you want to locate them. You need to talk to them in person to find out. They set mine up with a more or less hand made neck pocket, so I think that a relocation of a pickup route should be no problem. Good luck!
Members DontLookJustGO Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 You should check mosesgraphite.com. They make graphite necks for a lot of different basses, including Warmoth.
Members fremenblue Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by DontLookJustGO You should check mosesgraphite.com. They make graphite necks for a lot of different basses, including Warmoth. I have a Moses graphite neck on my frankencision. One minus is the weight, she's heavy now. Also, depending on what you like, it's a tone some would say is more sterile or clean, lots of "stringiness". The wood of the neck definitely provides some of the tone. My frankencision came out a total 80's sounding rock mo-sheen. Lotsa mids, cuts like a chainsaw. Very spanky-brite slap tone.
Members bassman1956 Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by SpaceGhost ... Does anyone know if warmoth will route the Jazz bridge pickup in the '70s bridge position, about 3/8" closer to the bridge? What bridge are you using? Do you know yet? That would be the only limiting factor I can think of, because they can't be in the same place. Other than that, I would think they could move it.
Members mench Posted October 23, 2005 Author Members Posted October 23, 2005 the bridge thing got to me actually - warmoth rout/drill for about 5 different bridges, one of which is supposed to be a direct replacement for a fender bridge (gotoh 201) however on looking at the photos, the gotoh is a five screw bridge, and the bridge on my p-bass is 3 screws, string through body. I checked on the fender website and the current fender bridge is the same. I was going to use my p bridge but I had to order a gotoh 201 with the other crap.. No big deal but I'm glad I noticed before it got here
Members bassman1956 Posted October 23, 2005 Members Posted October 23, 2005 I haven't swapped one out, so I can't swear to this, but, what I gather from others on here, everything lines up with the Gotoh, and then 2 extra screw holes are added.
Members mench Posted October 23, 2005 Author Members Posted October 23, 2005 Ah right. There's no option to have the ferrules drilled for standard fender - only as part of the gotoh 206? (guessing on the number - the massive gotoh bridge with string-through option) Probably should have emailed about it but I was going to have to buy another bridge at some point anyway.
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