Warmoth Owners Club!!

[songwriter21]

Hey All,

Hopefully I'll be happy with this 5-string that I just bought, as I'm very picky. I've heard nothing but good things about Warmoth, though. They sound very underrated because they're totally custom part-by-part, I guess.

Anyway, here's the link:

Warmoth Gecko 5, professionally built, awesome finish


Do we have member #'s here at the Warmoth club?

[Chris V.]

Is it possible to buy a bass from Warmoth where it is all set up and ready to go? I'm not interested in the Gecko models.

[Chef]

no

[The Crusader]

Originally Posted by Chris V.

Is it possible to buy a bass from Warmoth where it is all set up and ready to go? I'm not interested in the Gecko models.

no, but I'll be selling some of mine.

[L-1329]

Here are my three. I go to Warmoth for the more, non-standard stuff...

Deluxe five Explorer. Bart deep tone P2's, Aguilar OBP-3.



Deluxe five Z body. Custom Nordstrand NP5 and stacked J5, Audere 3ZB Z-mode.



And of course what cool bass doesn't deserve a matching little bro?

[Instagator]

Here's an Antigua P Bass from the showcase.I had an orig.78 fretless Fender neck and needed a body for it.The Warmoth was a perfect fit.Nice paintwork by their paintshop.All hardware is 70s vintage.Pickups are Curtis Novak handwound Charley Christian style.CTS pots,047 cap.











Love those Warmoth's...Cheers.

[basswave]

Originally Posted by Al Heeley

Gecko 5-string with SD Basslines passive pups and standard jazzbass wiring.
Walnut on alder body, finished with tru-oil. Birds eye maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
She was put together in 2002.

Nice...

How does she play and sound?

I like how techie it is but does not have a wicked active pre.
Just a simple layout.

[Jefenator]

Got this off the Bay a few years back (is 6 a few?). It might date back to 1988 if the PO was truthful. Apparently it used to be metallic purple (which fits in with late '80s) & was played by a guy in Europe. When I got it, it had the Barts with the NTBT pre but entirely the wrong volume pot. I got the right stuff in pretty quick. Later in '02 I busted a tuning gear when I passed out, playing a 9-1 with the flu. Fortunately they're the common Schaller BML. While I had the gears off, I refinished the headstock, which literally looked like crap. It's been pretty stable since then!

I'm always shopping, but it would be hard to find another 5-string with this much history!

I know they don't make this "wide" style any more which is too bad. With all the gigs I've done, it's definitely come to life. It's my main fretted 5.

I might try Sadowsky single coil pickups in it eventually.

[Herrlster]

Originally Posted by L-1329

Here are my three. I go to Warmoth for the more, non-standard stuff...

Deluxe five Explorer. Bart deep tone P2's, Aguilar OBP-3.

Are those LEDs in the side dots?

[L-1329]

Originally Posted by Herrlster

Are those LEDs in the side dots?

Yup. FretFX blue LED side dots. This bass definitly makes a statement.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by L-1329

Deluxe five Z body. Custom Nordstrand NP5 and stacked J5, Audere 3ZB Z-mode.

Where did you get the metal rings for the pickups?

And can you get them in neck Jazz size?

[Scoopbass]

Here's mine. I confess I bought this used so wasn't involved in the build - but the quality of it has astonished me. The next one, and there will be another, a Jazz I think, I'll build myself.

SG body shape. Walnut body. Rosewood neck, Ziricote board, 34" scale. All gold hardware, twin Darkstar pups, Audere Z-mode with four bands of EQ. There's a gold thumbrest too (removed in this pic, hence the two marks between the top edges of the pups)

[L-1329]

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

Where did you get the metal rings for the pickups?

And can you get them in neck Jazz size?

I got these from Allparts, but I haven't seen them on the site for a long time since. They might have been made by ABM, who went out of business, and there is no more left possibly. There might be other retailers who have some in stock. These came in a pack of two for the J pup, one fender bridge and the shorter fender neck size. I have a leftover short neck size if you want it.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by L-1329

I got these from Allparts, but I haven't seen them on the site for a long time since. They might have been made by ABM, who went out of business, and there is no more left possibly. There might be other retailers who have some in stock. These came in a pack of two for the J pup, one fender bridge and the shorter fender neck size. I have a leftover short neck size if you want it.

Definatly dude! I have a Jazz with two neck pickus, you can see on the bridge that the rout dosn't match.

This pic is a little blurry, but you should be able to see the sides.


ABM are back in buisness too, I believe. The rings are on ABM's site, but noplace you can buy them from, from a check I just took.

[Chef]

re-post to fix broken photobucket links...


1951 P5
Nord SCPB5/Big Single
Ash body, maple neck
Hipshot Hardware
Assembled/details by Rodent!

[Mr.Bassie720]

I have 3 made from Warmoth parts.The one shown here is the first one,Modulus graphite neck(note fender style headstock),Bartolini pickups,Everything else Warmoth.Best bass I have ever owned.

[WarThumb]

This is my current desktop wallpaper. No good reason to post it really, just did it anyway..

[Datsgor]

Wow, a Warmoth club...well. These may be old pictures, but here are mine.



and one that does not exist anymore....had to trash the body on this one.

and a good old black/maple

[JGR]

Here ya go...





Brazilian rosewood board, birdseye maple neck, mahogany body with camphor burl top, hipshot bridge and ultralite tuners, SD SJB-2 pickups, passive vol, vol, tone, tone, 8.7 lbs.

Got a couple more in the works.

JR

[scarekrow]

Originally Posted by richnota

Boutique-style 51 Fretless.

Black Korina body, Bubinga neck and fingerboard. Tung oil finished.

Nordstrand pickup.

Wow. That's the ticket.