Warmoth Jazz 5 - Trans Black, Blocks & Binding

[Akito]

This was formerly Adrian Garcia's bass and was assembled by Carey Nordstrand. It has been an incredile player for me and has outlasted a lot of incredible basses that have passed through my hands in the last few years. To be honest, I never paid much attention to the pickups and electronics, because they sound great and perform flawlessly, but if I remember correctly it has an Audere preamp and possibly Dimarzio pickups. It also has the nifty passive/active switch.
To me this is a special bass for a few reasons. It's a real player with a terrific jazz bass tone and rivals instruments from the Fender custom shop. It's also a reminder of a friend and tremendous person who is sadly no longer with us. I hate to sell it, but the days of holding on to a large numer of basses are probably over for me, and I'm trying some different instruments to shake things up.
I work all the time and this bass has been played and has a few nicks in the finish on the sides. It has a very nice birdseye neck and board with black blocks and binding. The neck is very stable. It comes with a new SKB hardshell case, and I'm looking for $1200.00 shipped.
Here are some pics.

IMG_3087 by Cold Hearted Saint, on Flickr

IMG_3082 by Cold Hearted Saint, on Flickr

IMG_3081 by Cold Hearted Saint, on Flickr

IMG_3080 by Cold Hearted Saint, on Flickr

IMG_3078 by Cold Hearted Saint, on Flickr

[stkittsmusic]

Hey man

Great lookin bass hows the low b on it? Got any sound clips?

Cheers

Alex

[Akito]

Hey man, the low B is awesome on this bass. I sold a very impressive group of 5 and 6 strings a while back, and this bass was the one I kept. I'm very particular about my B strings, and this bass is the real deal. I'll dig up some sounds! The pre is pretty versatile, and you can always go passive with the flick of a switch.

[Akito]

Replied to some PMs and whatnot! Here are a few bad video clips of the bass in action. Unfortunately all taken with cameras with poor sound response- ah well, they are what they are! Working on digging up better recordings. You can't really here the very cool and versatile mid range on this bass in these clips. It really gives this jazz its voice. Also, weighed this and I get 9.5 pounds give or take a few ounces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvJB8wWUCgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2y9S9mgXIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFbqVzhW_KU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDR9-IxIxH4

[Akito]

Lotsa PMs but no takers yet. I'm going to post a pic of the guts a little later.

[Gord_oh]

way cool. would love to make this my newest addition, but sadly i cannot.
taxes are in fellas! make this purchase since i cant.
free bump my friend.

hope you dont mind, i saved the pics. may use them as a reference later for a build.

[Akito]

Feel free!
Okay, so I am an idiot! I popped the back plate and saw that the pre is an East! Of course I remembered once I saw it. I'm pretty sure it's a J-Retro 1 Deluxe.
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[rojo412]

That's an amazing bass! Just the way it should be...
Dimarzio + East + Warmoth + Nordstrand + Blocks and binding =
FREAKING AWESOME!

Someone buy this before I start questioning my OWN jazz basses

And it's a U-Retro Dlx. Same as the J retro, but not on a plate.

[nozkcb]

34 or 35 neck?

[coronado3]

the warmoth necks are 35" scale.

[pharaohamps]

Originally Posted by coronado3

the warmoth necks are 35" scale.

Really? I have a Warmoth Deluxe 5 very similar and it's 34", same as the Fender Deluxe 5.

• Standard Deluxe 5 String Bass Guitar Neck Features
• 34" scale with 22 frets
• 10" radius fretboard - 1/4" thick
• Triple reinforced truss rod system
• 5-in-line pegheads have 14mm machine holes for Gotoh GB7 Tuners
• 4+1 peghead has 17mm machine holes for Schaller BML Lite Tuners
• Asymmetric back shape

http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Necks/Deluxe5Necks.aspx

My bass has EMG's and no inlays but the woods and hardware are the same as the OP's bass. Its B string slays - good luck with the sale and RIP AG.

[Unrepresented]

Originally Posted by coronado3

the warmoth necks are 35" scale.

Their Gecko necks are 35" scale, all their deluxe series necks (such as this one) are 34".

[monknmike]

Hey can can you tell me the nut width?

[Akito]

Hey folks! I had to pick up and move suddenly because I came home to find a nice foreclosure notice on my door! Evidently the landlord thought paying the mortgage with my rent was an optional thing for the past few months. I just got internet at the new place.
Answered some PMs. Sorry I was out of touch, but I am back now. Still need to sell this bass, unfortunately. I'll get back with the nut width. I am pretty sure as stated above that this is a 34".

[ledyard]

Man, I look at this bass almost daily. Its so gorgeous. I wonder how it would sound through an Ampeg playing heavier sounds.

I assume if its 34" and Jazz bass bassed that the neck is thin and fast just as any jazz bass??

[eddiebo]

PM for ya

[Akito]

Answered some PMs, sorry for the delay. I've been a little behind because of my move. The neck on his bass is not the typical jazz neck imo. It's a bit deeper and the spacing is wide at, I believe, 19mm. It's a very comfortable neck, and I enjoy the wider spacing because it really allows me to dig in. If you are into shallow, narrow necks though, it might not be the right fit. My other bass is a Modulus Q5, and I make the transition between the two without a problem, though the neck profiles are very different.

[Akito]

bump

[dostavkausa]

Hi I am interested in this bass please send me an invoice for quick payment
Thanks,
Stan

[Akito]

PMs answered. Stan, I sent you an invoice on paypal. I've never done an invoice on there before, so hopefully I did everything right!