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03-14-2011, 03:01 PM
|  | Must. Stop. Buying. Basses. Errrrkkkk!!!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | | Warparts Jazz build
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I'm doing my first ever build. I put some of the parts together just to check fit and measurements. Here's a couple of pictures.
The specs are:
Warmoth Jazz body, alder with flame maple top. Red w/natural mask drop top binding
Allparts Jazz lined fretless ebony neck (with Fender waterslide decal that will be replaced by something custom)
Vintage-style tuners
Seymour Duncan SJB-1 pickups
Fender vintage-style threaded saddle bridge (not the one that's in the pic, but almost exactly the same)
Control plate wired Master Volume, Blend, Tone (with vintage-style cloth wiring)
TI Jazz Flats
Aged pearloid pickguard with no screw holes (still waiting on that - still debating whether to put it on with double-sided tape or just go with no pickguard at all)  
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03-14-2011, 03:01 PM
| | Must. Stop. Buying. Basses. Errrrkkkk!!!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | |
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03-14-2011, 04:37 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | it's looking great Stu! |
03-14-2011, 04:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by StuartV  Aged pearloid pickguard with no screw holes (still waiting on that - still debating whether to put it on with double-sided tape or just go with no pickguard at all) | She's a beaut. The finish is exquisite.
IMHO, I'd go with the pickguard. I never liked the looks of a Jazz with a control plate and no p/g. But hey, it's your shiny new Jazz. Rock it however you want! |
03-14-2011, 04:52 PM
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BWS Enterprises | | | | | No pickguard or go with a clear one - just my $.02 - I built a Warmoth J5 fretless with no pickguard - Jaco style.
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03-14-2011, 04:53 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | Wow, that finish is AMAZING. I really like the natural masked binding look. How long did you wait for your body? I've been waiting on a Jazz body from Warmoth (and ironically also have an Allparts neck here) for about 6 weeks now. I know it could take a lot longer. But if my tri-color sunburst comes out even close to as gorgeous as your Jazz, it'll be worth the wait. Though I personally don't like Jazzes with control plates but no PGs, that top is just too beautiful to put holes through. Either double-sided tape it on or no PG at all. |
03-14-2011, 04:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Seattle | | | God that's beautiful! But that neck just looks wrong. I'd say put some kind of a finish on it. Or at least some epoxy on the fingerboard. Oh, and NO PICKGUARD.
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03-14-2011, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oxford, UK | | | Cripes... nice wood there for sure.
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03-14-2011, 05:09 PM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | Why cover up the gorgeous top? |
03-14-2011, 05:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | cool! |
03-14-2011, 05:12 PM
|  | A figment of our exaggeration | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Way Out West | | | I like the top without a pg too. Beautiful. |
03-14-2011, 05:30 PM
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03-14-2011, 05:47 PM
| | Must. Stop. Buying. Basses. Errrrkkkk!!!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeddd How long did you wait for your body? | Ordered it on a Wednesday. Had it in my hands the next Thursday (8 days). 
It was one they had in their online showcase. Which means it was (relatively) cheap, too! 
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03-14-2011, 05:51 PM
| | Must. Stop. Buying. Basses. Errrrkkkk!!!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | | I'm definitely not putting screw holes in the body. Ordered a p/g custom with no screw holes and will attach it (IF I attach it) with double-sided tape. I needed one to use to make sure the control plate is positioned correctly anyway. When it's all put together, I'll post some pics with and without the p/g and see what y'all think.
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03-14-2011, 06:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portland | | | Put the pickguard on there. With the control plate it looks awkward
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03-14-2011, 07:21 PM
|  | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MooseLumps Put the pickguard on there. With the control plate it looks awkward | I have the opposite viewpoint. I think jazz bass pickguards look awkward.  Leave the pickguard off. It would be a real shame to cover up that beautiful top.
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03-14-2011, 07:42 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | if it were mine, i'd probably put either a clear pickguard (to show the wood) or a parchement one (for a more traditional look), mostly because i don't llike the feel of the added distance between the bottom of the strings and the face of the body, but if you're comfortable playing it without one, then i wouldn't install one at all. |
03-14-2011, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Central Alberta | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_10 if it were mine, i'd probably put either a clear pickguard (to show the wood) or a parchement one (for a more traditional look), mostly because i don't llike the feel of the added distance between the bottom of the strings and the face of the body, but if you're comfortable playing it without one, then i wouldn't install one at all. | +1 |
03-14-2011, 11:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Holiday, Fl | | | Wow, beautiful body, very classy look. You are a man of great taste! |
03-15-2011, 12:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC | | | probably the nicest top I've ever seen on any bass or guitar. awesome
normally i'd say put the pickguard on but this bass is too nice to be hidden by some plastic. leave it off.
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