TimothyGroovy
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- Aug 3, 2000
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Joeykun
pronounced ジョーイくん
- Jun 22, 2007
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EagleMoon said:
You won't get a 22 fret neck unless you order a WL signature bass.
But, you can get a 21 fret with the WL profile.
- Feb 3, 2005
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EagleMoon said:Well then, I guess that answers that.21 frets is fine.
My new V4PJ has the Will Lee nut width on a 21 fret neck.
I had a Warmoth that was my main bass for years that had 2 J's on a P body.
I'm confused. You joking? If not, I've played basses with necks that have that feel to them and LOVE them.NO OIL!!!
What..you don't trust me?
You can always do that later if ....
B.
Sadowsky said:I've heard that one before
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I might have been the index case for feature changes. Just ask Kevin
- Feb 3, 2005
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Here's my old Warmoth. It is a P body with EMG jazz p/u's. The neck bit the dust and it has been like this for quite some time. I have thought of getting a fretless neck for it or just selling it to someone as is. Anyway, gives an idea of the look of 2 jazz pickups on a P body.
By the way, I got this in like 91 or so. I remember giving the paint guy a picture of Will Lee in Bass Player and told him to match his Sadowsky! I guess this is where my love of Sadowsky started. This was a poor man's version all those years ago!
I'll try to dig up an old photo of it in use with the neck (it was a birdseye maple p neck with vintage tint). It was my main bass for over 10 years.
By the way, I got this in like 91 or so. I remember giving the paint guy a picture of Will Lee in Bass Player and told him to match his Sadowsky! I guess this is where my love of Sadowsky started. This was a poor man's version all those years ago!
I'll try to dig up an old photo of it in use with the neck (it was a birdseye maple p neck with vintage tint). It was my main bass for over 10 years.
- Nov 4, 2003
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Hey Vic, here's another option for you to consider. It was shown to me by my first upright teacher, who was the principle bass in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Fred Zimmerman's numero uno protege.
Leave the non-finished wood as-is (or you can put a light coat of guitar honey on it if you want just to condition the wood). Then get some mixed nuts that include the big Brazil nuts. Take one of those, bust it in half and rub the open break surface on the back of the neck. The oils in the Brazil nut give that super slick feel that you are after. I've been doing that for 30+ years now, and it works great on "unfinished" necks. Also, those oils seem to be pretty stable; and I've never seen them get nasty.
GL
I'm not really looking for options here, I'm trying to understand why options are being offered up. What's the downside here?
If it's the fact that after a while it'll darken up with "mojo", I consider that to be a good thing in this case, and Roger's description (here and on the phone) of how it'll feel... nice and warm and smooth... like a well played 60's J... is EXACTLY what I want.
Vic, I tend to agree with you. I had a walnut Cirrus with an oil finish on the body and neck. The neck felt fabulous. Never sticky, never greasy, but just like you describe, a well worn bass. It may not be for everyone, and it doesn't have that pristine look to it over maple, but it feels sooo good!
- Nov 4, 2003
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I'm not really looking for options here, I'm trying to understand why options are being offered up. What's the downside here?
If it's the fact that after a while it'll darken up with "mojo", I consider that to be a good thing in this case, and Roger's description (here and on the phone) of how it'll feel... nice and warm and smooth... like a well played 60's J... is EXACTLY what I want.
Or you can send it to me and I'll rub my nu.............nevermind....
No idea about darkening, never seen that; and not intending to suggest anything different than you were doing. This was just a trick that can be used on the type of finish you are talking about (and works better than chicken grease8^)). but, if you're not interested, that's cool too. Its all good.I'm not really looking for options here, I'm trying to understand why options are being offered up. What's the downside here?
If it's the fact that after a while it'll darken up with "mojo", I consider that to be a good thing in this case, and Roger's description (here and on the phone) of how it'll feel... nice and warm and smooth... like a well played 60's J... is EXACTLY what I want.
So, Mike; vaseline doesn't work so well IMO, but different "strokes...."Or you can send it to me and I'll rub my nu.............nevermind....
What I'd like to understand is why anyone would treat the wood with ANYTHING until they played it for awhile as unfinished, bare maple. What's the downside to THAT?
Why would I even suggest it if I hadn't experienced it. If the wood is silky smooth after the finish is removed, it's at the optimum as is for feel. Oil treatment is going to develop some drag to it over time, however little that is.
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Why would I even suggest it if I hadn't experienced it. If the wood is silky smooth after the finish is removed, it's at the optimum as is for feel. Oil treatment is going to develop some drag to it over time, however little that is.
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Basically, lack of protection for the wood... possibly affecting stability in some cases.
This has not been my experience, and I have played both. I think you might be overgeneralizing because it depends immensely on the type of oil used and how the treatment is done, which I think is key. Those old J basses have basically been "treated" with human oils and other stuff... definitely not bare wood anymore at all, and those are the best feeling necks to me.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the unfinished thing you're into, I just feel better about having something there to help protect the wood a bit, and have never ever had any "drag" issues at all with oil finished necks.
Oh, fer...
I guess I should have known this would be an evolving situation, but I kinda wish I'd had glasses that see into the future when I ordered mine, since I may use picking mine up as an excuse to go visit the in-laws in Long Island.
