This gorgeous fretless bass is nearly all Warmoth parts, with a couple Fender parts thrown in for good measure. I've had it for about four years, and I'm coming to grips with the fact that I'm just not going to learn to play fretless well anytime soon. The only reason I've kept it so long is because it's so pretty.
The parts are all high-quality, mostly sourced from Warmoth, and it's been professionally assembled. Warmoth did the finish on the body as well. It's relatively light for being maple/wenge (due to the chambered maple body -- 10.1 pounds on my postal scale), sounds amazing, plays smoothly, and the looks kill. It just needs a home with someone who will take it out and play it in public.
My asking price is
$850 shipped in the CONUS, which includes a pristine case and new strings, and is of course much less than what I have into it. I'm not looking for trades, sorry. I do ship out of the country using USPS Priority Mail at your cost. I usually do FedEx within the US.
The only flaws I'm aware of are one corner of the pickguard that cracked off when I overtightened a screw (pictured; it's a really small piece), and a tiny hole that I drilled through the headstock (right next to the G post in the headstock closeup pic) that my tech epoxied in when I wised up and brought it in for professional assembly. It has only a few hours of playtime over the four years I've owned it, and it's never been out of my house since I brought it home post-assembly.
First, the specs on most of the parts (ask if you have questions), then some pictures. Let me know if there are any closeup pictures you'd like to see.
Body: chambered maple with a AAAAA flamed maple top, finished by Warmoth in Tigers Eye dye with a trans brown back (standard burstover). The body alone cost me $555 in 2007, and today would run you $100-200 more, depending on the quality of the top you picked out.
Neck: Wenge/ebony Warmoth, unfinished, with a really cool grain on the back. Nice and smooth. Unlined, side dots only.
Pickups: Both Fender, one is Custom Shop 60s, the other is Fender "Original" Vintage. Can't remember which is which. I tried out a couple combos in my tester bass, and this pair worked together the best.
Case: G&G vintage-style Jazz bass case, licensed by Fender (has the vintage logo and everything).
Other parts: Hipshot tuners, transparent gray pickguard, all black hardware (including screws and strap locks), Gotoh 201 bridge, all new electronics from Warmoth.
Everything was professionally assembled by my go-to tech, who is great. There's one tiny hole on the front of the headstock from when I started drilling holes to install the tuners -- the tech filled this in with epoxy, but it's small and hard to see. Both the body and neck were previously attached to one other bass. The action is great, it plays smoothly, and the flats on it have very little play time (and sound amazing).
