Assembling a Warmoth bass?

[ishouldbeking]

the weight issue is really a personal one, i think. When I was younger I never realized there was much difference from one bass to another weight-wise. My stingray is probably almost 10 lbs, but it balances perfectly and I've never noticed it feeling overly heavy when i play it. Now my Peavey T-40's... one is probably like 13 and the other 12, those feel heavy. After 2 or 3 hours of rehearsal your shoulder will have a nice dull ache, though when those were my main players my arms, shoulders, and back did bulk up a bit, so maybe there's a positive trade-off in there somewhere.

But realistically, anything under 10 lbs should be playable without much difficulty by the majority of bassists, i'd say. My rick is 9 lbs or so and feels light to me. YMMV, all IMHO, of course.

 

[RBrownBass]

Ditto that!

I think there ought to be a bit of a reality check here. There are lots of good reasons to build a guitar, but cost ain't one of them. There are some nutso claims being made about cost here.

For example, will the whole thing cost around what a MIM Fender would cost? Answer: no friggin' way... I think you'll find you are in new G&L tribute...

MIM? Tribute? You've got the wrong comparison going here. If one of those basses suited the purpose, you'd just run down to the GC and buy one.

There's no reason on Earth to buy wood components from Warmoth or Allparts with hardware and electronics of like quality and expect the finished instrument to cost less than an MIM Fender or G&L Tribute. I would, most of the time with MY personal tastes in parts, expect it to cost less than an MIA Fender (G&L and Ernie Ball's proprietary stuff makes it difficult to compare). And that's where the savings would come in, unless for some reason you somehow ended up with a bass that didn't outperform an MIA.

 

[Hamerguy]

I plan on building myself a P from Warmoth parts. I have seen a Fender Elite P II I really liked, cherry sunburst with gold hardware. I want to build a similar bass like that but with passive electronics. That Fender went away for over $2000 (it was as new, possibly never played). To build myself a P (with double P pickups) from Warmoth, Schaller and Dimarzio parts I can do it for less than $2k, even putting a rosewood b'n'b neck or an ebony neck on it. As for the resale value, I think Warmoth parts have a good reputation and here in Germany have an okay resale value. Most people look for replacement parts for Fenders, so the bodies and necks made exact to Fender specs seem to have the best resale value.