Have the parts on order, can't wait to get her Check it out... Maple/rosewood deluxe 5 1-7/8" neck: Flame koa on swamp ash deluxe 5 J body: It will also have a black Hipshot style A bridge, aluminum, Sadowsky soapbar pickups, and an Aguilar OBP-1 preamp. Oh, and Sadowsky flatwound strings. Should be sweet!
First 5 string, I've built 3 or 4 4-stringers... - A fretless padouk/ebony neck with a walnut body and Bartolini's - a fretted jazz style with a Moses neck, alder/maple body and EMG pickups - another fretted j style with swamp ash body, maple/pau ferro neck and Dimarzio ultra j's....
It's addictive isn't it? I have 2 Warmoths myself, and I was considering putting together a Gecko. Do you have a favorite?
I came this close to building a Gecko, but just sold a beautiful Skyline 55-02 because of the 35" scale, couldn't get used to it. I'll bet the B's on the Gecko are great, what with the laminate neck, tilt-back headstock and 35" scale....plus the shape is just cool. I had a heck of a time deciding on wood combinations, but in the end stuck with the tried-and-true.
no to derail...but how did you like the bass you put together with the moses neck? I'm in the planning stage and haven't decided between graphite and wood. (feel free to PM me to avoid a flame war)
The MOses necked bass was cool, nice modern tone with the EMG's, one I wish that I'd kept. Those necks are well made and of course very solid, nice feel, and nice tone, not sterile but very organic. It didn't fit the Warmoth neck pocket route though, so that was a bit of a pain.
Your body, I presume? I caught a glimpse of this in the body sanding area (getting the fuzz on the new pickup routs cleaned up) on the way to my office, and recognized it from this thread. Looks sweet!
I'm considering getting a maple/ebony neck instead, for more growl. I almost never see a fretted bass with an ebony fretboard... What do you think? Tone? ...anybody? Maybe it's too late, they might have started the fret install.....Bwbass?
Hi! Very, very, nice. Did you consider a Sadowsky Pre? Think about it. Tightest bass tone out there Rob
I did, but the Aguilar contols the same frequency centers, and is about 40% the cost of the Sad.....and I've read alot of good things about the Aggie too.
Didn't Alex Aguilar design the original Sadowsky Pre? Nino? ...and I'm sure it's too late to change anything on the neck. They're pretty quick down there!