Bass ramp

[bongostealth]

So I see a lot of jazz guys like Matthew Garrison and Hadrien Feraud playing with ramps. Where can I get one? Would it have to be custom made? I would like to stick one on my Warwick Thumb.

[renyzen]

you need to have them custom made by a luthier. BTW make sure that the top of the ramp is radiused because i've heard some luthiers with little experience with ramps makes the top flat

[caligula]

You can also go to garywillis.com(Gary Willis was probably one of the first to use a ramp) and use the "Ask Willis" function to send him an email, he usually answers within 7-10 days.
Search the archive on his website, I'm sure someone has already asked him re the ramp. AFAIK the answers are public for everyone to read.

I used to have a ramp on my old 5-string, custom made by the guy who built my bass. Any good luthier should be able to custom build it for you.

[bootsyc2001]

Willis video for making a ramp for a J bass. Concept would translate to another make/model.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKffNbWXRfQ

[Jeff Scott]

I think Paul McCartney had the first ramp ever on a bass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5f1xzYM8kI