Building your bass..

Any or all of those are good choices... (for some reason, I am drawn to the Carvin kit. The one I worked on was pretty high quality, and talk about price!). I always suggest that a guy try to make it from scratch if possible...

-robert

 

You might also consider http://www.mightymite.com or http://www.allparts.com


They sell decent parts.

Finishing can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be. It can be anything from a few coats of clear poly to protect the wood to a tree-tone sunburst. It just depends on what you want.

The neck can be left unfinished (might not last as long) tung oiled, matte sprayed or gloss sprayed. OF course if you go with a Moses neck, there is no need to finish it.

Chas

 

I just thought I'd give this a bump because I've been considering a Warmoth bass for a long time, but I just get lost with all the parts.

Here's what I don't get:

What about String Tees, nuts, and other neck related items? (ie Which ones are good?)

What about Jacks, Pots, and all that jazz? (same as above)

What about Knobs, Plates, Covers, etc? (This is the most annoying just because of all the small parts there are)

What does Warmoth do about Straplocks, jacks, and String Tees? Do you have to drill/cut them yourself?

thanks.

 

They sell all of those things, and I think that you have to install them yourself, as well as filing nuts, and *maybe* saddles, but that I'm not too sure of.

And then my own two cents:

I wanna build a Warmoth. I already have a neck, now I want to take a Warmoth body, and wire it up all purdy, with new hardware, body, pickups, and electronics. I think it'd be a great project, not to mention give me a 4 string that was a seriously butt kicking groove machine...

 

Yep, I'd love to build a Warmoth 4 too...I've got everything all spec'd out, but I need the money, not to mention the need that will outweigh my desire for a graphite necked 6 string.

Like I said though...doesn't matter, I don't have the money for anything, nor the need. I'm just fine as it is.

 

Quite a few players build their own basses with Warmoth bodies and necks, or with Warmoth bodies and Moses Graphite necks. Moses has necks that fit the Warmoth 5 bodies and necks for the Gecko 5. Both companies build good products. It just depends on the overall sound, stability/durability and sustain you are after. As someone else said, the Moses necks don't require a finish. They are totally ready to go.

 

Yes, fine was an understatement.

(So is my bank account...)