I picked her up yesterday (Nov. 5th)
My Luthier started with one coat of Dark Walnut stain and the put on 6 coats of true oil. He put the whole thing together after he routed the bridge pickup cavity.
Total charge, route, finish, assembly and setup just under $200.00 !
The total cost, parts and labor….. just under $800.00 !
I took the Bass to band rehearsal (about 4 blocks from the shop) at just after noon. I tried her out through my Acoustic B20 practice amp and after some adjustments of my own (pickup height and string height) I got her sounding like I wanted.
Rehearsal started at 6:00 and I had played her off and on up until then.
She fit right into the band mix without getting lost and kept the low end of the band strong with true pitch recognition.
The neck plays like butter and the tone is just what I was looking for, the Bill Lawrence P-46 sounds just like a P pickup but with a little something more (clarity and punch ?) and the Bill Lawrence designed bridge pickup makes my right hand technique present and clear (I play from a whisper to a scream with my 1st, 2nd and ring fingers, bridge to neck heal.)
The Bass is 1.5 to 2 lbs lighter than my G&L or Lakland, about 7.75lbs…… a joy to play.
I can't wait to play a gig so I can run her through my GK 1001RB II and both 1X15 NEOs.
Body: Warmoth Deluxe 5 P, standard P route (with added bridge pickup route) 4 lbs
Neck: Warmoth Deluxe 5 4+1, 1-3/4" nut, maple with pau ferro fingerboard with no dots, side dots are there though. Graphite rods, Hipshot ultralites. (Thank You mwolff)
Pickups: Bill Lawrence P-46 and a Bridge pickup from a Fender Am. Dlx P 5
prewired harness from Best Bass Gear:
- 1 Audio Taper 250K Pot (Noble)
- 1 250K Blend Pot (Noble)
- 1 Audio Taper 250K Pot (Noble) w/Capacitor (Sprague Orange Drop .047)
- 1 Standard Stero Jack (Switchcraft)
Bridge: The Takeuchi T5 5-string bridge is machined from solid brass. The string pitch is 17.5mm (.688"). Each individual saddle rides in machined tracks to eliminate any side to side movement. This is the perfect bridge to use with the Deluxe 5-string basses. Stringing is easy through the notches on top of the bridge, or for better sonic coupling, the strings can go through the body.
I used Gold Speed Knobs, gold football jack plate and a Gold neck plate.... I left the tuners as is because I don't have the scratch to "go with the gold" at the moment.
better pictures to come (after I figure out how to work this damn camera)
. I have a similar build shipped to me last Wednesday that seems to be lost in transit 
. In mine I used the Bill Lawrence blade style pickups - an EB-60PB "P" style and an EB-50PB humbucker in the bridge position.
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